Some nights sleep can’t come fast enough, the day was hectic, your pulled in every direction, groceries, cleaning, cooking, bathing, playing, swiming, so many things you can hardly believe you accomplished them in one day. Other days the same things happen, your just as busy but when night falls…sleep just doesn’t happen. I find these are my thoughtful nights. If I ponder life, the future (which secrectly I hate to do) or anything more trivial than getting to the next task on my to do list, I can’t seam to get to sleep. I can’t seam to stop running over possibilities. Where I want to go, what I want to see. Not everyone knows this about me, but as much as I love shooting weddings and having the freedom to do so many things because I don’t work a 9-5 job, sometimes I miss the structure. And on top of that I do want to eventually join the full time work force again. Most people say, why!? You have such a good thing going for you… But I really long to teach, and to teach art. I miss being envoloped in an artists world. Sure, I get some of this feeling from my current work… but it is still work. I want to do art for me again. Paint, draw, sew, whatever. Ahhhh, and this is why I can’t sleep tonight. Well, with that being said. Here are a few images from our recent vacation (more to come soon). For now this is my retreat, my way to escape and be an artist again, even in a little way. I also love to travel, to explore new things… When Mike and I go on vacation we come back more exhausted than when we left. Here is the first part of our trip. San Fran.