Life, Lately

It's been over a month since my last post! So here goes with an update...  I have certainly been busy, but not too busy that I don't have time to sit down and relax sometimes. Nothing new really happening, just rolling with the punches and accepting and living life as time passes by. Here's what I've been up to lately:

Work has been okay. It's not my favorite thing in the world, but there are days that I really love. My coworkers are okay for the most part and some of the regular customers are great. There is always someone there to put a smile on my face, and I have also been told that I put smile on other people's faces as well, so that is definitely a plus.

Wishing for a mild summer. I know that after this hectic winter we've just had, most people are looking forward to a hot summer. I am not. I hope for something mild. 70 to 85 degrees the most.

Watching period dramas. I've become obsessed with BBC's drama, Call the Midwife. It is set in East London in the 1950s. As you can imagine, you see a lot of screaming mothers and babies being born. But aside from that, you also see great characters, like the nun who loves eating cake and also seems to have a bit of dementia and Chummy, who is a giant with a heart of gold.  The show comes on PBS right before Mr. Selfridge (which I also love). I found out about it a couple days before season 2 of Selfridge was to begin and got through the first 2 seasons on Netflix in less than a week. Yea. It's that good!... to me at least.

Reading The Antelope in the Living Room. I saw this book in someone's instagram photo and looked it up immediately. What stuck out to me the most was that it was a book about marriage, written by a blogger who's Christian (Big Mama's her name). I'm at the stage in my marriage where I welcome almost anything that can give me a somewhat realistic view of marriage. So far, so good. I find comfort in knowing that some of the things Beau does and some of the feelings I have are perfectly normal.

Life. I am going to be honest and admit that I often go through bouts of frustration and depression. I understand that after some time, life pulls you into a routine that can easily wear you out and bring you down. My routine is pretty draining because the majority of it involves doing work that I don't particularly enjoy doing. I hate pushing offering credit cards on people, and I just really dislike banking. But over time, I've learned to take what life has offered me and just go with it-- Do my job to the best of my abilities with little to no complaints, and continue striving for a means to start my career. I still wonder if there is something I'm doing wrong why I seem to be stuck here in this waiting place, but in the mean time, I try to do what's required of me the best that I can and I try to evaluate everything that I do and go about completing each task with a good attitude. Because honestly, I don't want to be in this place, but I'm here. So while I am here, I will make the best of it until I am able to move on to something greater.

Camera Bag Review

Once I received a DSLR for my birthday, I was on a serious hunt for a camera bag. I was going on a trip in about a week, and I needed to have a protective case for my camera-- something fashionable, made of quality material and affordable. Those three qualities were must-haves for me. I searched Ebay, Etsy, and Amazon a million times over, but I either found something that was fashionable and affordable (i.e. ships from China) or fashionable and made of quality material (costing $100+), but never all three... until I stumbled upon Aerystar. To be honest, I don't even remember how I discovered the brand, but when I did, I was instantly in love. The camera bags had a unique look to them and were the exact style I was looking for-- messenger style with room for extra storage. The hard part then became deciding which color/style to get. I ended up going for the SETO Camera Bag. Green is my favorite color, and I love the neutral accent color on the face of it that would allow it to easily pair with various outfits.

Although the bags are upwards of $100 on the brand's website and various other websites, I was able to snag the same bag for less than $30 on Amazon. Score!! I really love this camera bag. It is made of a thick canvas material (think a pair of slip-on Vans) and there is a good amount of storage in and around the bag.

If you are on the hunt for a stylish and superior DSLR camera bag and you just don't have the money for Kelly Moore or Jo Totes, then consider purchasing an Aerystar messenger bag  from Amazon.

P.S. Gosh, this post sounds sponsored, but trust me-- it's not. Just giving my honest opinion about something I did a ton of research on, purchased and genuinely love.

P.P.S. Beau thought I was a complete dork having a photo shoot with my camera bag.

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Love and Marriage

Life with Beau on this side of marriage (i.e. after the first year) gets increasingly sweet. Not because of some secret formula, but because of the love we have for one another and the effort to not only have an eros love, but to love like Christ loves us-- agape love. It is something I see Beau doing every single day (and he's really good at it too) and it's something I strive for to the best of my abilities. I admit that it is a bit difficult for me because I am selfish. Marriage taught me that. No seriously. As I listen to myself complain talk about all the things that are wrong, I realize that I worry about myself a lot. Like, a lot a lot.  But seeing how Beau steadily focuses on having his horizontal relationship correspond with his vertical one, I too would like to love like him.

And yes, there are days when we drive each other mad. Like, up the the wall crazy. Days where I don't feel like talking to him, and he's confused as to why we are not speaking. There are days when he annoys me and I frustrate him. We have those days.

But sometimes, in that same breath, we laugh hysterically at each others craziness and fall in love all over again... love on top of the love that was already there.

Because, marriage. 

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