Hi all. Welcome to the conclusion of my first dozen of these ramblings on here. And what a great story I've got for you today!
So, yesterday was a day that started with absolutely no plans at all. Now it has been years since I have had a day like that. No plans, no requirements, no "just got to do...". But what about the swimming and the long walks I hear you say? Well, I'd messed up the rhythm of the swim one day walk the next so it wouldn't matter which one I actually chose.
So I started by just writing yesterday's blog on here but that didn't take too long and I was soon free to do what ever I wanted. And the first thing I did was some ordinary work! :-). Must be mad but I do love what I do so it wasn't a hardship. In fact it was the opposite. With my new attitude to life since diagnosis I do enjoy the work I do when I squeeze it into my now totally different schedule and priorities of life. So yesterday I worked on preparing the final versions of the portfolio downloads for our website. Now I've just realised that I've not told you much about what my day job is but you can get a good idea by visiting our website if you want to see behind the curtain a bit! www.saturnprojects.com It's a new version of our site that still needs some tweaks so no heavy criticisms please! If you do go there you will find that none of our "download here" buttons work - and thats my fault!!
And now the exiting bit of Tuesday. 11.30 am, Tuesday 28th July 2009 - please make a note of the exact time and date in your diaries - I received a phone call from tgirl "Hi babe, you can pick up the new camera at 12 o'clock" Yippie!! A new toy. Not just a boy toy but a "boy and girl" toy. Both of us love photography and I do it as a semi professional so T and I are going to do more of it once my op is over. As I've said before, this is now all about getting ones priorities right!
Not that I was excited but I was there early and there it was waiting for me. In a glow of light that seemed to stream down from the heavens. This beautiful things was now to be mine. Sorry, ours ;-) Nearly broke into song and that would have been a tad embarrassing! "Do I want a bag for it?" Yes please, one of those posh ones.
Now it's all about the anticipation. A bit like courting as a teenager. So I put the new camera in the boot of the car and drove into town for a good long walk and a cup of coffee. The excitement hadn't gone too much too my head as I still made sure the coffee was skimmed milk and a decaf! Good and bad at the same time. New toy and abstinence at the same time - my body was tingling ;-)
T rang "Have you got it?" Yes but it's locked in the car and I'm having a coffee. Not sure that she understood because that's where we differ big time. If she had picked up the camera it would have been out of the box before she got out of the door, driven home at maximum speed and the thing charged up in minimal time so that she could play without a second of delay. Us men like to savour the moment. We're different and that's the way it is!
But I did go home later on after the second part of my long walk and I did get the battery out to give it a charge so that it would be ready when T got home. And I was good as I left it for her to put together and take the first photos. I'm a good man and deserve the praise I'm sure I'll get one day...
But the camera is wonderful, it is beautiful, it is a wonder of the modern world. It proves the existence of a higher being - the Nikon designer!
With smiles on our faces I then went off to start making tea whilst T started to decorate the utility room. We are a couple without set roles here. We both love cooking so we both fight for the kitchen and are both strong critics when we think/know the other one is doing it wrong.
Food eat, tv watched and finally bed before Wednesday would be arriving with its day in hospital for the pre op review and tests. Back to reality but we did have a new camera. Did I tell you that I liked it.....
A xxx
