Showing posts with label hot air balloon festival Temecula. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hot air balloon festival Temecula. Show all posts

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Happiness Is....

There used to be a little cartoon in the newspaper that always started with "Happiness is..." It was a little modestly naked boy and girl and each cartoon had a different little line about what happiness is for the day. I tried to find a sample of it in a Google search but came up empty.

I was thinking today about what makes me happy. Until I finally get a job and my life is back on keel, the only thing that really makes me happy is going out somewhere taking photos. I think it's my escape away from the bills, away from sitting in this house doing job searches, avoiding the calls that start when a bill is a few days late. I haven't been this broke since I was in my late 20's and used to have to call mom and ask if I could borrow a few bucks until payday. I have no one to call anymore. I used to be Auntie Moneybags and I can't get used to being Auntie's Broke. LOL!

Anyway, this was about what makes me happy. LOL! There's a hot air balloon festival this weekend in Temecula. I've been wanting to go to one for so long but always missed it. Now I think about the gas for that 60 mile ride and the price of admission and I know I'll talk myself out of it tomorrow (the last day). Although, it could be my birthday present to myself. I've got to do something for me, right? I know I would escape for a while and do the one thing that really makes me happy - take photos of something new.

I guess I'll see what tomorrow will bring. Maybe I will go to church, come home and change and just bite the bullet and take off for Temecula.

For me happiness is my photography and wishing I could find a way to make some money with it. What makes you happy?