8. Good news, bad news

Good News
I finally looked at Canon's Web site and found out that they published a service bulletin promising free repair of my broken camera. Why didn't I make the 2 minute Web search in February? All reports are that Canon does a quick repair and gets the camera back to you within a couple of weeks. Until then, I'm still camera-less unless the Earth moves and D agrees that it's time for a serious camera upgrade (very unlikely—see Bad News below). Maybe I'll be able to find a loaner to take on vacation next Friday.

That vacation next week is Camp Crow's Feet. I still have to knit my secret homework, but I have a plan, a husband-less weekend (see Bad News again), and a long flight between me and the deadline. Before camp, I'm spending a weekend with one of my oldest friends. As excited as I am about camp, I think I'm even more excited to spend two days seeing Seattle and catching up with him.

I'm probably going to get to both MD and NH S&W. MD for sure, and NH if it fits into my whirlwind weekend in Boston plans for May 10-11.

Bad News
We did our taxes. We sent a really big check to the IRS this week.

Law widowhood continues. D actually had a day off last weekend. We tried to go to the Air and Space Museum, but got stuck in the crazy traffic around the Kite Festival. We gave up and went grocery shopping instead. Tomorrow, he flies to CA for a Sunday (!) deposition. If there are cherry blossoms left next week, we'll get together for a picnic lunch at the Tidal Basin on Wednesday.

My work is almost as crazy as D's, but not in the fun, we're about to release a new product way. It's in the we're down a few members of the sales team and Rosemary is picking up a lot of the slack and our annual summer conference is a month earlier than usual way. I truly love my job, and that's probably all that will keep me going for the next 6 weeks.

Comments

[Norma]

All I saw (not really) of this post was "Sunday deposition." Yep. Been there, done that. You're at least getting to all the festivals it looks like I'm NOT going to get to this spring. Bad news: Hubby is having his shoulder replaced right around that time. Nursing duty. I think I'd rather take the Sunday deposition, if I were pressed into full honesty. Heh.

[claudia]

What is Camp Crow's Feet??

[Kimberly]

Glad I'm not the only one with Good/Bad news going on. Good-vertigo is gone. Bad-got laid off. Good-can collect. Bad-hot water heater let go.
Good-The Gift will be 1 year old the end of this month. Bad-Where did the year go?
I am going to NH Sheep & Wool this year. Maybe I'll run into you.
Enjoy the vacation.