like sitting at the front door, barely blinking an eye so he can't ding-dong-ditch you stalk?? or is that just me? it was one of those days again, my mother's day gift was in the mail and of course, mr. ups man decides to deliver at 7:30 p.m. (i think he does it intentionally just to torture me!). and this is so bad, embarrassing to admit but i'm going to keep it real... i didn't even take a shower today in fear of missing him (yes, he seriously has been known to ding-dong-ditch me!! and i didn't want today to be one of those days!). so in the mail... a new lens :) i ordered it last week, what a trial that was - they were sold out everywhere!
i called 4-5 different places and seriously, within the time it took me to make that last phone call, the first store miraculously received a shipment in (of 1, yes, a qty of 1!) and dh was able to order it online for me (side note: dh was stalking every website, like seriously hitting refresh hoping that he would find me that lens - and bravo hunny, you did it!). sorry if i'm rambling and i've lost you, but if you've ever wanted something so bad, and as it was slipping through your fingers you, by the grace of God (because yes, there had to be some divine intervention going on here!) were able to hold on for dear life... than you can understand that that was exactly me with this lens. go on, laugh.
so, it's 7:30 p.m., ds is super fussy from being up for 4 hrs straight already, i'm scarfing down my pizza (just waiting for ups man to arrive) and ding-dong! i'm up in a mad dash to the front door (which takes me .2 secs). yell to dh, "you've got Luke?!" don't even wait for an answer, start prying open the box. and here are a few shots i was able to get in before i had to start luke's bath and bedtime routine. already can't wait for tomorrow!
ETA: please forgive the messy rooms & fish tank. it's going to be such a learning curve going from a fill-the-frame mentality to a everything-in-the-frame focus. so i do apologize in advance for all the messiness that's bound to come through (at least initially) while i play and get acquainted with my new lens ;)
I'm a wife to the most kind and loving husband ever, a mother to two of the most beautiful baby boys you'll ever meet (Lucas, DOB 8/29/09 and Logan, DOB 12/20/11), a children's social worker by day and a photographer by night (more like, weekend). I love to bake and only cook because we need to eat. If I relied on my dear hubby to cook for us, we'd be eating bean and cheese burritos or quesadillas for dinner every night! There are so many things that I love, but most importantly, I love being a wife and mother and this is the place where I can document our life, mostly in photographs, today.
Have fun with you're new toy!! I have to admit I'm a little jealous :)
ReplyDeletethanks! i find it so interesting that you, and few others on the board, say that?! i completely didn't expect to get that response. i wonder why uwa's are never a topic, hmmm?! lol, i probably would've bought one a lot sooner had they been (yeah, i need to say off the board! board = trouble!).
ReplyDeleteI love it! What lens is that?? The pics look awesome, can't wait for more!
ReplyDeleteIt's the tokina 11-16mm f/2.8. I absolutely love it!! It's so much fun, I love pushing the distortions but still have tons of learning to do. I have some pics to post but just don't have the time (it's like sleep or blog, eat or blog, shower or blog, lol).
ReplyDelete