My new toy!

Like most people, I have a hard time waking up when I don't want to.  I set 3 alarms that I normally cut off until the last minute.  Sometimes this cycle can last up to an hour.  I had to work Tuesday night and my allergies were acting up something terrible so when my first alarm went off at 4 p.m., I decided that I wasn't getting up early to exercise, so that I could sleep until my final alarm went off at 5 p.m.  So my alarms kept going off for a very long time, and I kept turning them off at the first hint of sound.  When I finally got up at 5:22 p.m., I saw that I had a missed call from work at 4:50.  I called back and they said that they were trying to call somebody out but they had found someone to take the call-out.  I was pretty angry at myself because I didn't feel so hot and would have enjoyed staying home.  But they had already called another coworker out.  It was totally my fault and I just dealt with it.

Salt in the wound was that on my way to work, Hunter texted me this:  "Guess whose camera came in a day early".  I was even more upset with myself.  If I had just gotten up and exercised like I was supposed to, I would have gotten to stay home and play with my new camera all night.  When I wasn't either working or showing off my mad rapping skills that night, I was thinking about my new toy and getting incredibly excited.

Hunter and I had doctor appointments on Wednesday morning, so I didn't get home until around 11.  When I got home, I saw THIS:

WOO HOOOO!!

And I opened it up to this potentially disastrous situation.  I could just picture these packing peanuts going everywhere.  But somehow I managed not to spill a single one.

There wasn't much I could do without a charged battery, so I plugged in the battery to charge it and got some much needed sleep.  When I woke up, I actually read the manual and tried to learn how to take the best pics.  I kinda struggled at first and I still have a LOT of learning to do.  My new camera looks so sleek and sophisticated.  I have named her Posh Spice.  Today, Posh and I got to know each other a little better.

This is my favorite picture of the plants outside.  I am just astounded by the picture quality!

Later this morning, Posh and I headed to downtown Beaufort for a little photo shoot, to try to get me more acclimated with landscaping pictures and different lighting and what not.

There are several good pictures, and this is one of my favorites.

I LOVE Posh!  And I'm excited to learn more and more about photography!