It's almost as if I have fallen of the face of the blogosphere. So much has happened to me lately. Where do I begin? Looking at my last post, perhaps i should mention that sadly, Tiger Stadium is now gone. [moment of silence] About a month ago my coworker at the Studio, Laura, up and quit. As a result, I got promoted. I got her position as well as all the stuff she hadn't finished yet on top of all the stuff I've been working on. I'm still playing catchup but I'm happy. I like the increased hours + increased pay. Soon I'll be getting insurance benefits.
So all of the sudden, I had received a lot of money: Increased pay at the studio + a bonus at Best Buy + a significantly higher tax return check than what I was expecting = perhaps I can now get a new camera! At first I had been looking at Canon 40Ds on ebay but now with all this money, perhaps I can get a brand new Canon 50D using my employee discount at Best Buy! Well here's where life hates me. The day I was going to get it, I was working the closing shift in the back with plans of getting it after we closed. We sold the last one earlier that day and weren't getting any new ones in for a little while. More about this is coming towards the end.
A couple weeks ago I got into a car wreck.
I took it to City Body and Bruce there wrote up two different estimates: One involving used parts and one involving new parts. The one with used parts came to $5200 and with new came to $5500. Neither estimate addressed the issue that my car won't start. So I sold it to a salvage company and got $400 for it. I'm pretty bummed out by this because that was my first car, which I paid for in full with my paper route money 5 years ago. Though I guess I can be proud that I've gone 5 years of driving before being in my first wreck.
Now remember that camera I wanted to get? Here's where life wanted to add insult to injury, the night I wrecked my car... we got 6 that came in off of truck. >_<>
Sometimes when I think about it, it doesn't feel real. Like I'm still waiting to wake up and for the accident to have been a dream. No such luck yet though.
This weekend Bethany and I are going on a little trip up north. I have a friend who's getting married in Traverse City on Sunday, which I'm photographing, so Bethany and I are going up a little early to spend some time together alone. I'm pretty excited for it and I know she is too. It should be a lot of fun. And that's not to mention that my friend's wedding is going to be pirate themed. That's going to be... different. And knowing Marie, I really shouldn't be surprised at all.
