Chasing the Sky

Hi there -

Titling this blog "Chasing the Sky" was a bit strange of me. When I first typed it out and reread it, I realized it didn't really make a lot of sense. How can you chase the sky? It's always above your head, so it's everywhere you go. Thus, if you set out to do so, where in the world would you go? What direction would you start running to? It's only when a storm like the one I saw today is moving through the sky that you actually have something to chase after. It got me thinking about negative thoughts. Somehow, we always seem to focus on the negative - chase it, even. But negativity is only temporary. Like storm clouds: it comes, and it goes. But we feel pulled or drawn to it - maybe because it just offers some sort of direction. But there's something way more vast and infinite above it - above those storm clouds: the sky. Whatever vast and infinite that the sky holds, or could represent in this analogy - hope, positivity, light, faith - it never goes away. It can just be covered for a while. Because it seems like we never know where to find these sort of positive things, when really it's always right there, everywhere we go. Always above our heads. Thus, looking for it is much like chasing the sky. So maybe the key sometimes to finding happiness, hope, light, faith, ect, is not looking for it all, but rather simply dwelling under it - in its midst.

Okay, I'm done being all deep and what not. :) So I went chasing the storm today, trying to photograph it as it was rolling in. People passing me on the road that ran along where I was were gaping out their windows at me, haha... it's like they were thinking "Oh God, I don't know what to do - I'm witnessing a psycho!" ;) I haven't taken very many pictures since Erika's wedding, so it felt great to be out behind my camera lens again. It was kind of crazy though - the sun was behind me, lighting up the grass a really bright yellow, and then there were the navy clouds, stirring up power. Gave it a very cool effect.

My blood test results came back last week, and turns out I'm in the early stages of mono, which explains why I've been feeling like "crap on toast" and insanely tired all of the time. I know what you're thinking! "Who's Erin been kissing?!" And actually, the guy I'm dating is 5 hours away from me, which makes the whole lip locking thing a bit difficult. Must have gotten it some other way! Ha :) Plus, I've had mono before, and once you have it one time, it stays in your system your whole life, which gives it the ability to reactivate itself at stressful times or whenever it feels like it and such. So now I'm taking some huge vitamin horse pills and sleeping whenever I can for while!

I hope you enjoy the pictures - I really like them! I think I'm going to try and coax my friends into letting me take portraits of them sometime soon. I have some ideas. ;D Happy 4th weekend ya'll!

Erin