I’ve been meaning to write a diary entry for quite some time but I just get so caught up with work and everything these days! Whew! Anyways…I’ve been good and busy, so I can’t really complain, right?

I’ve been doing all sorts of things since I last wrote. In August, my best friend got married up in Portland, Oregon and I was a bridesmaid so I spent 5 days up there helping out and organizing the bachelorette party (which was a lot of fun, I might add!). I had so much fun, but in a way it made me a little sad. Life changes so much! Some friends are getting married, others are having kids…a lot move away or get so busy that they find it hard to stay in touch (which I’m guilty of). Even my family life is changing drastically…my grandmother passed away almost 9 months ago and now two of my three uncles are both going through divorces with wives they’ve been with for over 20 years. Life can change drastically in such a short period of time. Although I’m nowhere near being called “old,” I still do feel myself getting “older.” But on the happy side of things, my best friend is thrilled to be a newlywed and she had the most amazing wedding I’ve ever been to. It was absolutely beautiful! You can see a few photos in my candid section if you haven’t seen them already. And the most important thing is that she’s really happy with where her life is right now…which is what makes me the happiest about as well.

I also went camping for the last time with my grandfather last month. He unfortunately decided that he’s done camping now that my grandmother is not here to go with him, so he sold his camping trailer last week. Makes me a little sad, but I told him that if that’s what he wants to do, then it’s his decision to make, not mine. He’s going to give me their huge two room tent and all the camping gear so that I can go camping still if I want to. I actually might do it because my uncle has to sell his trailer as well, due to his divorce, so he might be having to tent it as well! So we’ll see how that works out!

In between all that, I did a few shoots (one for Danni.com and another for Suze.net with Aria which will be showing up here on the site in the future) and I also did another guest bartending appearance at Sharkeez in Newport Beach with Aria. Lots of fun to be had for sure! This time around I was rather drunk, as you’ll be seeing in the candid photos from this night coming soon to the site, and I think I had a little too much fun! The next morning wasn’t cool though. Aria and I spent the night at her brother’s place in Orange County, and when we went out to our cars the next morning, one of my tires were flat. So on top or being tired and hungover, I had to deal with a flat. Fortunately it was resolved, but my day was longer than expected! See…even models have car trouble!

The week after camping I shot Brandy Robbins for two days for PinupGlam.com. This was the first time that the owner of the site left me completely in charge all day. He’s usually there as the primary photographer and myself and someone else are the secondary photographers…but this time he has a few meetings so I was the primary photographer for two days! I was a bit stressed out, but he said that everything turned out great! I’ll have to let you know what sets I shot when he posts them to his site!

Then I was off to Glamourcon for two days! That was a tiring and stressful trip! I flew into Chicago the Friday night before the show and because of the storms the day before, power was out and there was NO air conditioning! And let me tell you, it was HUMID! The next morning I got up and went to the show…and there still wasn’t any air conditioning. With all the people in the ballroom, it became a sauna pretty quickly! It was on the verge of being unbearable, but thankfully I had members Iceking and Buster to keep me company! It was great meeting new and old fans, and meeting other models as well. Saturday after the show I did a group photography workshop as well as a private photography workshop. Wasn’t done until about 11pm! Then the next morning I did another private photography workshop and the show all day. And then I flew back to LA that night! Quite a lot of work done in such a short amount of time…but all of it was worth it and I had a blast!

After getting home from Glamourcon I shot for Penthouse.com and did a live chat with Jamie Lynn for them. It was a ton of fun working with Jamie again! I hadn’t seen her in such a long time because she was under contact with Penthouse for over a year…but now she’s back working for other companies. She’s a great girl and so nice to be around. I want to shoot soon with her for the site so hopefully I can make that happen! Then I took some MUCH NEEDED time off from shooting. As easy as it may look, it’s very draining, especially when you’re traveling. So I took almost two weeks off from shooting and just spent time working on the site and getting other things in my life taken care of.

I’m still doing voice over for Spice Xcess commercials over at Playboy and I’m still interviewing the Treats of the Month for Twistys.com. And still shooting for other companies and for the site here. In my personal life I’ve been helping my grandfather clean out some things around his house. Last week I went over and went through the entire kitchen. He doesn’t cook very much so we’re going to have a yard sale and get rid of everything he won’t be needing…and I got to take a few things that I didn’t already have that will come in useful (like my grandmother’s crockpot and things of that nature). And I also painted the last big room in my house last weekend! And the best part about it is that I shot a photoset and video of me painting it! It won’t be up on the site for a while, but I know you’re going to love it! It’s a great set!

And I believe that’s about it. I did go to the spa with Aria and Crystal, but I’ll save that for another diary entry in the next couple weeks because my fingers are about to fall off from typing so much!

xo
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