It’s been a wee bit busy around here lately…to say the least. SOOO busy, in fact, that I missed my own birthday weekend! WHAT?!…you say! I know. How is that “possible”?
Well, first off, I’m telling you this not for the sake of garnering any undue sympathy…absolutely not. I only bring it up to illustrating the depth of what I mean. Of course…
Okay…maybe I might be looking for a teensy, weensy, itsy, bitsy nod of sympathy. But don’t think I’m not overwhelmingly grateful for the work!
So…my adorable hubby Mark and I planned a fun weekend getaway with friends to help celebrate my big 3-0 (okay…I lied…I already had my big 3-0 a few years back. I’m just not ready to move forward yet. You understand.). We were headed to the Kern River for a 3-day, fun-filled rafting trip. Being from Oregon, where rafting is a weekly activity (right up until your boat can no longer make it through the ice), I was STOKED! I hadn’t truly been on a good, high class rafting trip in years and I couldn’t wait. That was, until the day before we were due to leave when my senses became acutely aware of the immense amount of work I still needed to get to on my desk. And being the uber-responsible person that I am, I calmly made the grown up decision that I had to… that I’d have to stay home. Of course I discussed this civilly with my hubby in the most grown up fashion…being that I AM grown up now. While we sipped tea and rubbed each other’s feet. Ummm yah…probably not. YAH RIGHT!!! There was no “talking” or tipping of tea cups. Just a very vocal, emotional, red-in-the-face announcement of sorts, amid hot tears and tantrums. But Mark’s used to those by now, of course, and he quickly had me calmed down and realizing the importance of what the monumental decision I’d just made meant… It meant that after a full 900-mile relocation from Southern Oregon to Southern California, and many months of re-branding, re-building and re-networking…THAT MY BUSINESS WAS DOING GREAT!!! The astounding fact that I was too busy to take a weekend off for my birthday meant that I was, once again, up and running at full speed: making a living working for myself by doing what I love!!!
I can’t tell you just how amazingly blessed I feel to have reached this point, AGAIN! It’s only by the grace of God and I’m so completely thankful! I love my new town, plus the fact that I get to still travel to shoot with friends and clients I’ve had for years now back in Oregon and so many other great areas. I love my husband, and his never-ending patience and love. I love all of my new SoCal friends, “family” and clients. And I LOVE that I’m able to travel around, camera in hand, making people happy by doing something I absolutely LOVE!!
I have continued to meet amazing new clients and make some wonderful new friends this past week, since my birthday…
And I’ve also been commissioned for some wonderful new projects in the coming months that have my creative energy going at Mock-4…
So stay tuned…the BetsyBlue party has JUST BEGUN!!
Hugs,
Bb
by Betsy
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