On the 8th day of NaBloPoMo
It's gray and rainy and sometimes foggy here in Salem today. Every time I look out the window I want to retreat to the couch with a white surrender flag, a cup of hot chocolate heavy on the marshmallows, a blanket, and my book ("I Am Charlotte Simmons" for those who are interested). But alas, there is a toddler running around these here neck of the woods so retreat of any kind is pretty much impossible, at least not the all-day kind of retreat I'm looking for. If I was still working, this would definitely be a mental-health sick day.
Earlier this afternoon Henry and I got in the car and drove over to the mall so I could take our broken PowerShot in to be repaired. The camera store sends the cameras back to the manufacturer with a turnaround period of 6-8 weeks and a cost of $175. Having been told those two bits of information, it looks like we're officially in the market for a new camera. I looked at a few that they had for sale but wasn't completely enamored with any of them. All I'm really looking for in a camera is one that will take a picture as soon as I press the button. Nothing makes me want to tear my hair out more than my camera deciding it's not ready to take a picture even though I've expressly told it to. For that reason I tended to keep our now broken one set permanently on the action setting, a fact which some of you more seasoned digital photographers could maybe tell.
Since we're apparently going to be financing a tv in January, I guess we'll probably be taking a look at cameras then as well. In the meantime, my mom has lent me her camera but her rechargeable battery has gone to the great rechargeable battery landfill in the sky and a new one is on backorder. I bought a non-rechargeable one and wore it out pretty quickly. All of this is my long-winded way of saying it might be a while before any current pictures are posted on our flickr site.