Sorry for the lack of blog posts! I have been keeping up with my new photo blog though so I am proud of that! Second year continues to be very busy so I am finding it hard to have things to write about that are interesting.
Actually, today's post might not be all that interesting either, but I really wanted to write something and I guess I want to get this off my chest.
I don't like our pet bird. He drives me crazy. He rubs his beak together in the most annoying way, he squawks, and he poops.... everywhere!!! It is nasty. He makes it nearly impossible for me to get any studying done at home. Part of the problem is Patch needs more attention than we can give him. Birds are very social creatures and unfortunately he gets left home alone a lot, or when I am home I have things to do that do not include entertaining/training a parrot.
I have tried talking to hubby about my concerns but he refuses to re-home Patch. I get it, he is our pet and my husband is attached. Yes the bird can be funny and entertaining but mostly he just irritates me. I did get hubby to agree that he is on poop duty. However, he has not stuck to cleaning up as often as he said he would so I continue to have to look at bird poop. Yuck. I don't think hubby understands how impossible Patch makes it for me to study. Yes, I can walk to the coffee shop, but then I have to buy something to eat/drink which gets expensive. Not to mention that sometimes coffee shops are noisy as well (though those sounds don't tend to pierce through my ear plugs like squawks). I just want to be able to study in my own home. I really don't think that is asking too much.
No matter how much I might be tempted to open a window while hubby is at work I know I will just have to learn to live with this situation. I did agree to the bird when we bought him. (At least I know to never agree to another one!!!) I didn't realize how much work owning a bird would be or how loud he would be. I take responsibility for not researching better. I also know marriage is about compromise. For whatever reason my husband is in love with Patch. I probably like things hubby doesn't understand (though I am sure they are not as much of an inconvenience as our poop machine).
At the very least I guess I could see tolerating Patch as practice for having children. I know kids will be louder and poop more with no option of re-homing, haha. Who knows, maybe when we finally do have kids hubby will decide our home is a little to full for Patch after all (a girl can dream)!!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Hobbies
Hobbies.
I used to have them and I really enjoyed them. Mostly reading and photography. A little writing here and there as well (hence the blog).
Now I study and go to school. Oh, and watch t.v. when my brain is too tired to absorb anything. What a life.
My husband and I were talking the other day and he told me that I really need to make time for my hobbies again. At first I thought, "I don't have the time". The more I thought about it though if I really tried I could easily make the time. Manage my studying a little better, cut out some t.v. and in no time I will again be a more well rounded (and probably happier) person. I know the opportunity to be creative or spend time with a book really helps me to destress.
This blog has been good because it keeps me writing and lets people know what is going on with my life. The next hobby I want to work on adding back into my life is photography. I love photography and miss it! I did some event and family photography the year before medical school and it was a lot of fun. I have photographer friends and love looking through their albums on facebook (and am quite jealous of how they get to spend their days sometimes). While my talent is not as good as theirs I do know that if I picked up my camera again I could create some nice shots and have fun doing it. I don't think that I have the time to schedule appointments for portrait photography but I find other types of photography fun as well so I have lots of options.
My plan for now is to do a 365 project and document it on a separate blog. This means I will take a picture a day for one year to document my life. In reality I will take more than one picture some days, but the real point is to get me thinking about my camera again and to take pictures of lots of different things. I am pretty excited for the project and plan on starting in the next few days! I will let everyone know the link to the blog or photo sharing place I choose to use.
**Update** Set up the new blog. See it at: http://amanda365project.blogspot.com/
I used to have them and I really enjoyed them. Mostly reading and photography. A little writing here and there as well (hence the blog).
Now I study and go to school. Oh, and watch t.v. when my brain is too tired to absorb anything. What a life.
My husband and I were talking the other day and he told me that I really need to make time for my hobbies again. At first I thought, "I don't have the time". The more I thought about it though if I really tried I could easily make the time. Manage my studying a little better, cut out some t.v. and in no time I will again be a more well rounded (and probably happier) person. I know the opportunity to be creative or spend time with a book really helps me to destress.
This blog has been good because it keeps me writing and lets people know what is going on with my life. The next hobby I want to work on adding back into my life is photography. I love photography and miss it! I did some event and family photography the year before medical school and it was a lot of fun. I have photographer friends and love looking through their albums on facebook (and am quite jealous of how they get to spend their days sometimes). While my talent is not as good as theirs I do know that if I picked up my camera again I could create some nice shots and have fun doing it. I don't think that I have the time to schedule appointments for portrait photography but I find other types of photography fun as well so I have lots of options.
My plan for now is to do a 365 project and document it on a separate blog. This means I will take a picture a day for one year to document my life. In reality I will take more than one picture some days, but the real point is to get me thinking about my camera again and to take pictures of lots of different things. I am pretty excited for the project and plan on starting in the next few days! I will let everyone know the link to the blog or photo sharing place I choose to use.
**Update** Set up the new blog. See it at: http://amanda365project.blogspot.com/
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