The Rest of My Life

There's a quote from When Harry Met Sally that sums up how I've been feeling for the past 6 weeks: "when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." Okay, it's not entirely accurate, I've already known who I want to spend the rest of my life with for some time now. But I did realize what I wanted to spend the rest of my life doing as far as a career is concerned, and waiting for that to start has felt interminable.

When January 1st finally rolled around and I could make the purchases (gotta maximize those tax deductions!), I felt giddy. But then there was the wait for them to start arriving. My camera bag came on Wednesday. My lenses came on Thursday. And my new baby came on Friday. But then I had to wait for the battery to charge. And then I realized that I didn't have a memory card--it supposedly shipped on the 3rd, but I was notified on the 6th that my order had been cancelled because they were out of stock. Huh.

So today, all of my stuff was ready. Today was the day that I could finally start to play. I'm embarrassed to say that I found the prospect thoroughly overwhelming. Just look at that monster! It's a really big camera. And it's got so many buttons and knobs and screens and things that I don't understand. So I sat, and read my manuals, and looked at it, and couldn't bring myself to actually take a picture. Lame. I know.

I guess the rest of my life can start tomorrow, because tomorrow I WILL pick it up and start shooting.