The timing of things
The week of September 7 (just a few days from now) will probably be the most stressful yet most awesome week for me because I will have to make and perform some difficult tasks that will shape the rest of the year. The stressful part of it is anticipation and production of good results. Some of it is work-related, and that alone would be stressful, but the rest of it will be more “me”-related. Here’s the rundown.
1. I’m going to New York in October. It’s my first return to the city of my birth since 1991, and I only plan to be there for two days. Which days those are I don’t know, but I do know that I have really planned the two days already. It involves lots of walking and hunting, so I also have to be in shape to undertake the trip. Google Maps is a godsend because I have each of the two days with stops, directions and phone numbers all done. I just won’t know what days or what I’d do on those days until the morning of September 8.
2. On said NYC trip, I’m buying an iPod. I’m retiring the junky Sansa and hope that the September 9 iPod announcement includes price cuts for the iPod Classic. If not, I’d settle for the revamped Nano with reservations. I wonder what the wait time is at the Apple Store.
3. Two weeks ago, I finally bought a dSLR. You’d think that a person like myself who has been in photography since age 6 would already have one of these, but I’m just a poor girl who has waited for the price to drop within reach. Since the purchase, I have ordered and purchased countless amounts of accessories, including this lense which will arrive sometime near September 8. I test-drove the camera already, and it’s funny how much about shooting with an SLR I’ve forgotten, like how to use a viewfinder, since I have exclusively using my Sony Cybershot for nearly four years. The photo at top was taken at an ice cream parlor which opened two blocks from my house this summer.
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