Est. 2012 | Colorado Springs, Colorado and Charlottesville, Virginia wedding & family photographer

I’ll admit, I have had a rough last couple of weeks. I allowed business to control my life which isn’t necessarily bad for my clients but it’s bad on my body. I need rest. I have been going hard for so long that my body started to feel the effects just last week after completing a double header weekend. I’m SO thankful I understood my calendar and declined weddings this month. Not only does it give me time to ensure I’m caught up with everything but it gives me some time to take a dose of the best type of medicine … relaxation. I was so stressed out last week with pushing social media off to the side, not being 100% caught up with editing as I have been so great about this year that it effected my sleep. I was waking up several times throughout the night and was getting little sicknesses left and right all last week. It was ROUGH! So this past Monday, I made my typical weekly to do list but I came in with the mind set that I was going to dominate this week. Now I’m at terms with myself that I need to take care of my body right now. I have caught up with my social media to dos and just about caught up with all of my editing so I can finally ship out some beautiful packages early next week. 🙂 The problem was that I was ready to be on vacation mode as soon as I entered July … I mean, I did take July off of weddings so I should be living at the beach, right?! Not exactly. I still have my daily blogging, emails, six sessions, gift packaging, packaging inventory, albums to design/print and update my website. Whew! I’m so glad I didn’t take this month completely off to travel because I know I would be overwhelmed! Instead, I’m leaving tomorrow (Friday) until Monday night for a mini getaway at the beach. I need Vitamin D! Today, I’m finalizing my editing so I can vacation with a clear mind and photograph an awesome couple while I’m at the beach. 🙂 It’s going to be awesome!!!

I hope everyone has a great start to their weekend! I’m taking today to pack and finish little odds and ends around my office! Cannot WAIT to have my toes in the sand tomorrow! 🙂 I’ll be back in the office on Tuesday responding to emails/blogging!