All I can say is what a DAY! I had been planning on entering the Phillip’s Mill Photography Exhibit but life gets so busy, I lost the paperwork and forgot all about the show.
This past week I was at work catching up with my good friend Sierra and she asked if I was entering the show. I told her I had forgot all about it, and so began the rest of my CRAZY week!
I started to think about images that I could enter, and as soon as I got off work I raced home to begin my search. I filled my hallway with photos, which I’m sure you have seen on my previous post. By the end of the night I was so overwhelmed with the images that I had discovered, and I ended up going to bed…leaving me clueless and 2 days away from the due date. And now is probably a good time to mention that even though I’m 2 days from March 4th I had to work all Thursday…11 hours; which left me no time to finalize anything, leaving me with one day to complete my project!
So now that we’re all caught up, I started my day by sleeping in and enjoying a fabulous breakfast, compliments of Mama. I wanted to wake up with a fresh mind so I could figure out what images to choose and take them to Romeo’s, (my framer). Of course for those of you who know me know that THAT did not happen. I probably sat and stared at my work for 2 hours deciding on an image. I wanted to use some of my images from a senior project I did at Columbia College Chicago and I had some matted one way and the rest matted another way so that decision alone took at least 45 minutes to decide on a set. I finally made a decision and started to clean my frames. Well don’t you know that my mats don’t fit in my frame!!!!! I was furious. So many things were going wrong with this project I started to have mental thoughts of quitting but I officially hit the breaking point of this project when I realized that my mats didn’t fit in my frames and I was refusing to spend more money on this project than I had to. I called up Sierra and told her I was out, I wished her the best of luck, and I told her I was beginning to plan my images for next year’s competition because I’m incapable of getting it together. So here’s another classic Courtney move. As soon as I publicly announced that I was quitting I had to continue. There was no way I could give up. By now it was almost noon; I still needed a shower and get to the framer so I could be at Phillip’s Mill by 5:00pm. I didn’t have time to wash my hair so I got half of a shower (I know, who does that?), hopped out of the shower and as I was doing my “wiggle dance” to get in my jeans I bent down and heard a huge cccrrrraaaaaaaaccccckkkkkkk! I can’t believe it! I am rushing so much that I just ripped my beautiful jeans!!! I was so mad, and I didn’t have the time so I threw on a long coat and ran out the door. I was short on time! I made it to Romeo’s, Dave got me all set up, my images looked beautiful and I was beginning to feel stress free. I made it through the rest of my afternoon gathering my info for the exhibit and headed over to the Mill. I originally planned on going with Sierra but I needed to get back early so I went on the journey alone. The drive was beautiful and the rest of my day went smoothly but all I can say it WHAT A DAY! Who thinks this much, gives up, keeps going, rushes so much that they ruin fabulous pants, which now means that I have to spend money on this darn project because I ruined my clothes! Crazy but good day!
Wish Sierra and I luck on getting in to the show. If we’re in book your calendars for June to come view our work.
Have a great weekend!
