A tilled bean field shot while I was NOT enrolled in Summer classes.

I’m so happy I didn’t take Summer courses.  I may take some next year and I may still do one of those wacky 15-day intersession courses.

There are few things I’m happy about.

Being able to travel and shoot for myself.  This included starting up a workshop and scouting locations in the beautiful Northern Nevada high plains.

Saving up money for Fall tuition is important.

Not having to constantly switch between being a student and being a pro-photographer as I do when I’m working and attending classes.

I have to go back to my days in grad school where my friends and I would look forward to starting the next year of school.  The break makes me a bit nostalgic for going back to school.  If I had taken Summer courses I would still be excited about the classes I’m heading for this Fall semester but it might also be some continuation of the grind of schoolwork.

There is some unneeded rationalization here that follows the line of taking it slower makes me learn more and learn it deeper – that may be true, or not.

I will not be qualified as soon as I originally planned (as I need 18 hours in my subject field to teach at a collegiate level), but for me, plans are just that and subject to change.

Overall, it’s a good thing to take a little more time for me, save up a little cash, spend a little more time with friends (which actually means spending more time working as most of my friends are out of town on vacations) and get excited about Fall courses at AAU.