I made it! It’s May 13th and I’m still alive :). Prior to this past couple of months, I’d never photographed more than three consecutive wedding weekends. I’ve just finished up a six-week stretch and I feel great! Matt and I are taking the next couple of weekends off before hopping back into the season and while I’ve absolutely loved being as busy as we were with weddings, I’m looking forward to recharging over the next two weekends. Our Saturday this coming weekend is all planned out: from 8 am to 11 pm, we will do…. nothing. Well, we’ll probably hit the farmer’s market, but other than that, nothing. And it’s going to be glorious!

As always, things that have happened/lessons learned from the past week:

• I need to embrace the fact that I’m an utter klutz. During my run last Wednesday I tripped on flat sidewalk and totally ate it, landing on my elbow and hip. I was rewarded with a a large batch of road rash on my arm and pain while walking. Perks: I DID have an excuse to sport the Spongebob band-aids my dad sent me during my freshman year of college.
• While on my flight home from Florida last week, I calculated taht with my trip to Jacksonville and my trip to Kansas city the previous weekend, I’d been at 8 different airports in 7 days. This is a record for me, and I’d like to avoid beating it in the future.
• On my flight TO Jacksonville, I sat next to an especially tall gentleman who’d played for the NBA back in the 70’s- I felt pretty famous chatting with him! It turns out he has the gift of telling it like it is- when he asked my about my band-aid and I told him I’d tripped on flat ground, he said “You’re not very coordinated, are you?” Guess not.
• Hip injuries are no joke. It’s a good thing I’ve always been a stomach sleeper because even rolling over hurts.

And (you knew it was coming) a preview from Greg & Jackie’s wedding on Saturday! Full blog post coming on Thursday!

Happy Monday!