Sunday Drive

evil eggplant

My part-time consulting job has turned into a nightmare. My client would like to extend me, I don't want to, and there is a considerable amount of money in play here. I'm totally stressed out.

Time for a Road Trip...

I jumped in the motorcar and headed out to the Lake for some fresh air. Driving around the lake is a 110 mile journey. Refreshing, it cleared my head.

More pictures can be seen here.

Happy Monday...

Dee

Pretty...
So what did you decide about the job? NICE road trip... snow and fog and clouds really pretty.

evil eggplant

I made the crucial mistake. I trusted them. Now its time to pay.

Dee wrote:

So what did you decide about the job? NICE road trip... snow and fog and clouds really pretty.

waveneyman

evil eggplant wrote:

I made the crucial mistake. I trusted them. Now its time to pay.

Hi Rich - sounds like some of my clients ... I enjoyed your chill-out drive tho'
cheers
mark

evil eggplant

I really should know better. I don't want to live my life where I can't trust anyone and am always looking over my back. I lived that way in NCY for 30 years. So when I left NYC I promised myself I would be more trusting, and that I was would accept the risk of being shafted

So I really shouldn't complain now that I'm getting the shaft job

Thanks a bunch for your comments. Cheers...

waveneyman wrote:

Hi Rich - sounds like some of my clients ... I enjoyed your chill-out drive tho'
cheers
mark

Scott_Quier

I feel you pain
Yeah, been there (the job situation). Wish I had been there for the photos. These are really great!!!

marlof

Sorry to hear about the work stress, Rich. But I'm glad it made you go on the ride, and take these images, since I really enjoyed them.

saurora

Nice shots! I could have used that drive myself today....thanks for allowing me to tag along!!!

Highlander

Great set of images. That view must have helped soothe your ruffled feathers :

evil eggplant

Thanks everyone..
Thanks, all.

Sorry for the rant, last week was really rough. I swear, from now on, I get everything in writing, but for now, it's time to renegociate.

Sometimes, I wish I could open my head and set a timer that would turn off my brain for a while. The wheels never ever stop turning. This is not the best way to live, life is too short. I was hoping my contract would peacefully expire the end of this week, and I could head up to Yellowstone for a week.

Expectations are bad things...

Taking pictures is the only thing that seems to silence my constant internal dialogue. When I'm looking through the viewfinder there is absolutely nothing else. I am 100% absorbed by the task at hand. Nothing else can do that. Not intimate moments with the one I love, not booze, not a book or movie.

I very much appreciate all your comments and emails.

Cheers

waveneyman

evil eggplant wrote:

Thanks, all.

Taking pictures is the only thing that seems to silence my constant internal dialogue. When I'm looking through the viewfinder there is absolutely nothing else. I am 100% absorbed by the task at hand. Nothing else can do that. Not intimate moments with the one I love, not booze, not a book or movie.

I very much appreciate all your comments and emails.

Cheers

me too buddy

cheers
mark

liquidsquid

I hear ya, working two jobs right now, and the evening one I am trusting to a guy who now owes me 10K+ and hasn't been able to pay in 6 months. Since it is a start-up I am really really trusting him. Talk about gears turning. To be fair, I haven't delivered anything to him yet either, but that is about to change.

What does it for me is mountina biking. The fear of cracking a skull prevents me from dwelling on problems. Photography doesn't do it for me, but being outdoors with or without a camera comes close. I see now why you are so passionate about photography if it is theraputic for you.

-Mark

ian408

Just curious. What route around the lake gets you to the 110mi mark? Is
that the door-door version? Have the passes opened yet?

I will probably head back up to the lake in June. Beautiful place it is.

Ian