Thank you! I'm actually sad because I haven't had the time for photography much these days, and during the summer everything is dead and dry and bleh; I prefer green, wet, and fog for most of my landscape photos. Perhaps I should start a blog or something for my photography so I can push myself to keep photographing and getting better. I really want to to start again, because I love the art of photography. It takes a certain amount of skill and luck to capture those amazing moments in time, those little pieces of life that, if not captured on film, will never be remembered or exist in the same way again. I love capturing those pieces, and it's also a way for me to leave something of myself behind, to make a little mark on the world.
And yes, I've been very lucky to take so many trips!! It's been an amazing experience and I absolutely love traveling and seeing things I've never seen before and capturing those experiences so I never forget what my first times and my adventures abroad were like. I'm actually hoping to go on another couple trips. If I get accepted for a global outreach trip, I'll get to go somewhere in Europe or Southeast Asia, hopefully. My mom and I are also planning a potential trip to Hawaii and maybe Japan while we're at it (since she's been to Hawaii TWICE without me [well, once was "with me," but I was in her BELLY URRG WHY MOM?!] and she's going AGAIN without me in November, so I made her promise to take me sometime soon haha), but it might be after I graduate college, I dunno. I'm an extreme adventurer and I absolutely ADORE traveling, so this is very exciting for me. It's expensive though; I'm going to have to save up for a while and probably get a third job this summer haha.
ANYWAY, I'm going to try and start taking more pictures again since it's fall and winter and funness now, so I'll probably upload them here when I get some good ones.