THE CAMERA. Elliott's point of view/ Jo's point of view

-


 Is it really that big of a deal? Jo has had her camera for years and loves to take pictures. It makes any walk more fun for her. I know that.  For her 60th or 55th birthday I asked a friend for some advice knowing she wanted to upgrade. Jo heard me on the phone and said she didn't want a new camera.

I have slight OCD. So for me I was afraid I would obsess about the pics I took and what I should do with them😱. Friends said just enjoy them or print out a favorite. As a matter of fact I have done that and have a sunset hanging as well as pictures of a recent Moab trip. 

I have let go of this particular OCD. Elliott knows I want to join the photography club if clubs open before I die. I spend way too much time thinking about cameras.

My ex-wife started a million things and never finished. Is that why I put that same burden on Jo? She took up knitting and made beautiful blankets she gave to friends and the grand kids. She has always finished jigsaw puzzles until the last two! She wanted to become a personal trainer. We spent the money and she worked even while having a full time job at Head Start with three kids still at home.

Elliott on the other hand was going to take up the guitar. Is he on his second purchase? Not to mention the lessons I bought him as a gift🤔

Did I mention the ukulele and ukulele lessons or the scuba diving course that got him certified but because of a panic attack there were a whopping two dives. Do I criticize the electric bike he bought? Twice now he's had to be picked up due to a flat tire.

Jo wanted an electric bike. She used to be a strong biker. ..as in getting up a hill in Block Island I had to walk up. I just wanted to make sure she would use it (because she has a history of that)!!! 

What??? really? You do have me mixed up with a loser and I detest and resent that. 

Jo decided on her own not to get the bike. 

I tried to picture myself riding and wondered when and where this would happen. I also let go of the metal detector I've wanted for years because it isn't practical given the two dogs and stuff we take to the beach as well as the sand dunes we have to climb.

So I do believe his reaction to my getting a new camera (no I do not have an iPhone or ipad) was weird. *We don't travel anymore " Elliott said. Was that a dig because he blames me for the selling of the RV? 

AT THIS POINT FRANKLY MY DEAR I JUST DON'T CARE.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

10-day Canadian Rockies trip by Car

-
Image
 We are very settled in Monroe and are considering selling Lincoln and visiting a few times a year. We talk to the little ones almost every Sunday. They are growing up. 2nd grade, 1st grade a nd  preschool.  I'm doing fine on the exemestane.  Scans have  been clear. We have found a few docs but still have a couple more to find. We are heading back to CA in a month for four months.  Our flight to Canada was easy. We are trying to be less judgmental so I won't talk about a couple of annoying things.  I am trying very hard to do this blog in as non-OCD as possible. I wrote for epinions for years and don't want to be detailed like I was. "Just the facts, ma'am." We rented a car so did what we usually do. We borrowed a couple of itineraries from the web and followed those. One thing we would do differently is arrive in Calgary and leave in Edmonton though this is not a direct flight.  We would have toured Calgary for two days instead of leaving it to t...
Read more

The Worst of Times

-
Image
2022 has certainly been challenging. Health issues just kept piling up. Our world turned right side up or upside down depending on your perspective.  After family therapy we are good with the Loomis Levy's and have had the kids a lot. It's been fun but exhausting.  We made a necessary choice to be closer to our adult daughters. After searching and changing our minds, we bought a great house in an over 55 community in Monroe Township, NJ.  Funny but we are 45 minutes away from cousin Marissa and family; too far (2 hours) from Terri and Jeff and 1 1/2 hours to Manhattan. I may have mentioned this but our daughter MD gave 3 months notice, sold her house and got a job and apartment at a hospital near Lennox Hill.  Our furbabies turned 11 and without the beach house (We sold it and will sell the RV.) they don't run as much as they used to but they are spry and healthy.  I'll take pics when I am in the house and hopefully find my camera in one of the 6 suitcases we pa...
Read more

After Surgery: What is it like

-
Image
 3/15/2022 Although I am on pain meds and a little loopy, I wanted to get my surgery day down before I forget. I don't know if this is the protocol of all breast surgeries, but I saw a lot of people!  At 7:45 I was taken into the pre-op area where I was asked my name and birthdate a dozen times. So many times, that when a woman walked in, I just said my name and birthdate. She laughed and said that she knew my name but not my birthdate. "I'm Dr. Baker." Well of course I didn't recognize her. I only met her one time, and she had a net on her head and a mask and plastic covering her face. She had on scrubs so there was no white coat. In any case I was asked by lots of nurses health questions, got an IV put in with at some point saline and an antibiotic and off I went to Nuclear Medicine and saw a machine that looked like it was from outer space. I wondered if this is also the radiation machine but I didn't ask. Mitch, an RN, spent a long time explaining what wou...
Read more