I am beyond frustrated and devastated to the point of tears! My luck with expensive electronics has been HORRIBLE recently! This summer I had a mishap with my Canon. The LCD screen got stepped on during a fishing trip. It was totally my fault, it was one of those where you can turn the LCD screen around and close it and I didn't even after many warnings from Mike but I continued using it. It felt old school taking photos and not knowing what you were getting until you developed them.
My ipod too had a tragic accident that involved the toilet. It was low on battery and I put in my pocket so that I would remember to charge it up but my bladder had other plans and as my pants came down my precious ipod classic made a splash in the toilet water...prepee thank goodness! I was surprised at my lightning reflexes! My hand was in there after it before I knew it but the damage was done and it was fried!
The most recent tragedy was with my BRAND NEW Nikon. I JUST got it for my birthday last month!! I had already been traumatized severely so I was super careful. It was always in a case or on the counter top but I guess I wasn't careful enough. I have no clue how it could have happened but there is and impact mark on the LCD screen. Oh my goodness, it feels so crippling not having a camera to document family adventures and the precious things that only seem to happen once. There is no reenacting these memories and my memory is so fickle. I can't trust it to record these images for the future. Even my poor little blog has been suffering. Who wants to read a blog with no pictures!? Not me he he!
I will have to wait until after Christmas to see if I can get it repaired, gotta pay for Christmas first. (that means no photos of little surprised faces Christmas morning! Oh it's killing me to even think about it!). I would imagine that a camera should be able to handle normal use handling with out breaking so I am tempted to call Nikon customer service and complain.
Mike reminds me that it is just stuff. He is so patient with his clumsy and silly wife. I am not so patient with myself. It just makes me absolutley sick to my stomach! I will be kicking myself for these mistakes for a LONG time!
