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“Body Lines” – Self Portrait

Tomorrow marks a few things. Tomorrow is the last day of my one-and-a-half week vacation. It also marks the day that I can pre-order my iPhone 4 (actually I’m hoping to do this by midnight tonight if at all possible). And last (but definitely not least) it marks the three-year anniversary of Simon’s arrival to the U.S. The day that I met him in person for the first time ever after knowing him for four years online. I’m taking him out to dinner to celebrate. I can’t believe it’s been three years! Part of me feels like he’s been here forever… I almost can’t imagine life without him now. But I can still remember sitting in the airport terminal, scared shitless about what would come out of those gates for me, and what it would mean for us. We had already expressed our love for each other. We already knew what we wanted to happen. But we had never actually met before that moment and it was terrifying and  exhilarating all at once.

For those who don’t know, we ended up being married six months later and we’ll be celebrating our three year anniversary this December!

I am really, really not looking forward to going back to work on Wednesday. It’s been about three years since I took a vacation, and this week and a half went by so very quickly, I feel like I’ll need another two just to recover from going back. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I hate my job. There’s just so much drama. It’s been so nice to be living relatively drama-free for the last ten days. I’m almost afraid of how I’m going to react to jumping back into things. Hopefully I’ll be able to swallow my anxiety and just ride the wave.

I am quite sad over the fact that I didn’t take my vacation as an opportunity to photograph more. There’s so much I want to do/try… but really I need more tools. I really want this flash for my camera. I also want this skin (or this one) and this wireless remote. I don’t ask for much, right?

But with the purchase of my iPhone 4, I’m not going to be spending much money elsewhere for a while.

But, they will be mine. Oh yes, they will be mine. Someday.

What is the best (and worst) thing happening to you this week?

An oldie but a goodie found in my Flickr photostream.

I have spent the last 24 hours sitting in front of this computer screen, attempting to create Jessica Gallagher.com. I purchased it what seems like forever ago, but have yet to actually make a portfolio out of it. It’s been so long since I’ve actually coded something, I felt like a fish out of water. It’s a good thing there’s a door to this office, because I’m pretty sure I’ve called the computer every name in the book (and a few ones that never made it to the book). It probably would have helped if I had some sort of plan, or idea of how I wanted the site to actually look like… but that would have been something called “planning ahead” and I’ve never been too good at that. I have to say that I’m pretty pleased with the way it’s going. And, surprisingly, it actually is looking the way I had envisioned it in my mind. Which is saying a lot, because that just doesn’t happen when it comes to me and code.

I’ve forgotten how much I really love creating websites. I mean, granted, I’m no genius. And now that I’m not in my angsty teen phase, I’ve noticed that most of my friends have grown up and actually do this shit for a living – so my knowledge is nowhere near as great as most people I know. I’ve fallen out of the proverbial code loop, as it were… but there’s just something about it. It’s been a very long time since I have sat in front of a computer for a full weekend, staring at the screen until my eyes cross, swearing at a string of code that just won’t work until I feel like giving up, then feeling like I’ve won the lottery when I fix it. Last night I could barely fall asleep, because I was thinking about how to make things work. Plans of ideas of what I wanted to do. I actually dreamed about coding last night. I can’t remember the last time that happened.

I have a love-hate relationship with web design. Sort of like the relationship I’ve developed with photography. I’m beginning to think all my relationships with things are love-hate. But the love part of it totally makes up for everything else.

So, I decided to change the look a bit here, but I don’t have the energy to tweak it to make it mine. I may just end up starting from scratch and doing something myself, but for now a pre-designed template will have to do. I’m trying to turn this more into a photo blog than a regular one, due to the fact that I never have anything interesting to say anyway.

I will update later. Right now? I must not burn the quiche.