randomly chaotic and frequently mundane

So, my digital camera wasn’t working.  Something was wrong with it and I was searching ebay for a replacement.  Placed a few bids, lost a few auctions.  Mom picked up my camera yesterday, to see if she could do anything with it.  Afterall, what would it hurt?  It was broken anyway…

she fixed it.  Of course, she fixed it about 30 seconds after I bid on a replacement, LOL.  I lost the auction, so that’s good.  And the even better news is that the camera that I love is in good working order again.  Apparently, the lense (which shifts out when it’s on) was jammed.  Mom gave it a nudge and jiggle and poof.  Fixed.  I tried exactly what she did, but I guess I wasn’t doing it hard enough, what can I say… I didn’t want to break it.  I’m very glad the camera is fixed, I’d like to get some good pictures of Gage at the birthday party this weekend.  It’ll be his first real birthday party since his first birthday.  It’s a dual affair, Gage and Kalina.  Their birthdays are only 3 days apart, so it didn’t make much sense to have 2 birthday parties (2 weekends in a row, no doubt).

Haven’t posted much of late, my apologies to anyone who actually attempts to read this regularly.  I don’t spend much time online of late, mostly too tired to do much online lately. 

Gage is doing really good, so many words.  He asks for things he wants now.  He asks for different foods, drinks, activities, etc.  He writes words on the magnadoodle all the time.  I’ve written new words out for him and he sounded them out.  It’s incredibly encouraging, even if he needed a little help putting all the sounds together.  He hasn’t had any meltdowns or serious tantrums lately, and he’s gotten so much more affectionate.

Work continues… it’s good, though I like the stuff I do besides cashiering better, I must admit. 

The digital camera is dead.  I don’t know what happened, but it won’t turn on or close up.  I’m working on getting a refurbished one of the same variety.  I like that camera.  I’ll “upgrade” when I can afford the most recent model with all the groovy features I want.  For now I’ll just see about getting something that I’m good and familiar with that I know is really good for my needs.