Hi, all

I hope you are all having a great week. Mine is going fast which is always a good thing work-wise. My time at my current job is coming to an end quickly. Halloween is my last day there. I have such mixed feelings about the whole thing. I have been there for a long time. I worked 7 years in pediatrics then quit for a year and came back to work in the cath lab for 7 more years. What is it about the number 7? I always thought that was a lucky number for me! Anyway -it is hard to leave a place where you have so much history. I will miss so many people there but there are also plenty of things I won't miss. I am faxing my things into the new company tomorrow - then they are suppose to get my computer set up and start training me for my new adventure - working from home as a MT. I'm not sure this will work out - I need a salary comparable or more than what I have now - and I will get paid for what I do , and that will depend on what work is available for me. I guess I won't know if it will work out unless I try it and since I have nothing else in the works, this is the best solution I have right now! I'd appreciate any prayers that all goes well! My DH and I have been going over our finances lately - I guess the thought of losing a job makes one evaluate bills and things. Well - after doing this, we became very depressed about the current situation. With one in college and one going to college in a few short years - this all adds up big time. And since I am a born worrier - this has not been the best time for me - but I am trying VERY hard to look on the bright side of things and hope for the best! Wow . . . . . what a depressing post! Sorry about that! I guess this has all been weighing on me lately and I just needed to get it all out. If you have read down to this point - I am very impressed! LOL OK - lets change to a happier subject! It is the final week of my Oh Shoot! photography class with Candice Stringham. I have absolutely loved this class! Candice really is the best. I love how she teaches and she has been there throughout the entire 6 weeks answering all my questions and commenting on all my photos - and this has all been so great in helping me learn how to take better photos. Now I still have lots more to learn, but I am finally getting a good foundation. I have taken other photog. classes and have not "gotten it" , ya know? I never could understand why my manual pictures were completely black or completely white, or what aperture or shutter speeds were. I never knew what the numbers on a lens meant before this class. I actually knew very little about my camera except that I always put it on auto or on the P mode because I knew that way the camera would do most of the thinking for me. LOL But now I actually know how to put it in manual and get the exposure set right - and I know how to choose what setting according to what type of picture I want to take. This is all very big news for me!!! So we have had an assignment each week, and I am going to share my photo from last week, which was an assignment on taking low light photos without flash. I took several pics of my dog (of course! - the poor thing is starting to catch on and look away when she sees me with my camera!). I also took some pics of other things around the house but this one was my very favorite - maybe because it is of my favorite drink. You're going to want to grab a cold drink when you see it (lol) : Have a great day!