This was the sunset one of the nights that Jen, Karen, and I camped at Assateague Island. It was a really great time. It was tough, a few times, cause Karen is only 1, and there was a lot of sand and bugs, lol. But this trip was in the midst of the craziest month I've had in an awfully long time!
Chris and I went back to the Western side of PA the second week of July. It was nice, but stressful. It's always so damn stressful. And with a wedding in the family in the next 9 months, the stress level was running even higher. I love my family, don't get me wrong, but 4 incredibly easily-stressed out people together is not a good time. I just continuously feel so glad that Chris is so normal. Mentally. He has like 0% crazy in him. That's perfect to counteract me and my insanity lol.
Chris and I went to the Phipps Conservatory in Pittsburgh when we were in town. I took a ton of photographs! I also took a bunch at my parents' house. They do a ton of landscaping, and there's always a ton to take pictures of. I love it! And miss it, here in the city.
A week after Chris and I got back into town, Jen and Karen came to visit! It was their first time visiting me, so it was very exciting! Our trip to Assateague took up a good deal of their visit. It's an island in Maryland that has tons of wild horses on it! They're everywhere! It's real sad, though. One was killed last month. There are signs and warnings all over the island, about staying away from the horses. They are WILD, which means they do what they want. They can and will hurt you. We saw a bunch of people touching them, and letting their kids touch them! Idiots! We yelled at them out the window, and then I called the ranger station and told them what was going on. They were glad. It just pisses me off, because it's people like them who ruin things for everyone else. If it keeps getting bad, then they'll have to ship the horses off to somewhere else or something. So stay back and let everyone enjoy! I got lots of pictures of horses. So neat!
So on the 30th, I got foot surgery. I had a really big bunion on my left foot, and it had become painful and awful so I decided to get it fixed. I'm glad I got it done, but it's pretty painful. And the past few nights, when I try to fall asleep, I just feel like my toes are being pulled apart from each other. And it's horrible! My big toe is technically pulled apart from my other toes now, but it doesn't feel natural and it's so terrible. Ugh. I took my pain meds pretty late today, since I couldn't get up early lol, so I'm hoping they'll be working full force when I lay down, haha. We'll see. Since I've been laid up, I've been staying in my place most of the time, cause I'm on the third floor and the building has high ceilings lol. It's way too hard getting up and down. So I've been editing the 500+ photos I've taken in the past month. I've been loving it! Chris let me get photoshop the other day! I also bought a book to help me use photoshop, cause it's confusing as all hell. So we'll see how that goes.
I love this photo!!
