I woke up Saturday morning, and for once it was to the sound of my own alarm.  However, it didn't make getting out of bed any easier.  I climbed down from my loft bed, tiptoed to the window, and peeked outside.  It was disgusting.  The sun was hiding behind thick clouds, and I was certain it wasn't going to come out that morning.  I was exhausted so I climbed back into bed, hoping I would have better luck on Sunday morning.

Sunday morning I woke up at 8:00am.  Once again the sun wasn't out, and I started to get frustrated.  When the sun finally came out I was stuck in a meeting.  I don't exactly have good luck.

Monday I started to panic.  The weather forecast for this week did not look promising.  I had a free moment around 3:30pm and rather than napping I grabbed my camera and went for a walk.  Generally, I at least have an idea of where I want to go to take pictures, but on Monday I was absolutely clueless.  I spent about an hour just wandering around looking for anything that looked remotely interesting to photograph.

I found these awesome icicles on the Palmer Museum, but there was no way to get a decent shot of them.  Depressed, I continued behind the Palmer to the Stuckeman Family Center.  After a quick google search, I found that Stuckeman is made almost entirely from recycled content, and these materials can be recycled again when the building is torn down.  That's awesome!  Anyway, the building's exterior is green, but when I snapped a photo it appeared gray:

I was really mad.  I wanted a picture of the building because it was an interesting green color.  I felt the picture looked boring without the strange color.  I left to take pictures elsewhere, but the sun was going down and the clouds had started to cover the sky.  The rest of my pictures were just as boring.

When I got back to my dorm I decided to play around with the picture of Stuckeman.  All I had to do was change the contrast, and suddenly I was happy with the picture:

Changing the contrast made the color differences more intense and made the picture slightly more interesting.  Usually, I don't like messing with my pictures, but in this case it was necessary.

Hopefully, I will have better luck this weekend!