Brrrr

It's cold out there!

It's been a bit of a crazy week since I went on my impulse purchase of a Nikkor 105mm f/2.8 lens.  I had considered extension tubes before, then magnifying filters, and other cheaper alternatives, but then tried this lens and fell in love with it.  I still don't know if that's a good thing or not.  The first night I owned it I actally woke up at 3am thinking what on earth have I done.  The beast sure has a learning curve to it and it seems that your plane that's in focus (whatever you call that) is only 1cm or so for the real close-ups.  The only thing I miss on my camera is the nice macros that my previous Canon G10 was capable of.  That was a little miracle camera in that sense.  So why do I buy a funky, new, big, heavy macro lens for my Nikon when I could just take along the G10 for macros?  You get the idea... good glass as the snobs like to call it.  To top things off, I also ordered the Sigma 8-16mm, which is the lens I've been eyeing for the last three months.  I'm happy about being able to expand what I can do with my camera, but really spent more than I was planning.  Then again, I figured if I work my butt off, can't have a family, and have a load of other bad stuff to deal with, this will be my treat.  Time to live a little.

Today was also a crazy day.  I had been feeling really burned out due to work pressures, and then this morning as I was in a long meeting where we were all standing around, I fainted.  It happened quite quickly, I got warm, warmer, and really hot, then things went blurry, darker, and black.  Luckily one of the guys caught me so that I didn't hit my head on the concrete floor when I fell.  The next thing I remember was laying on the floor with a nurse raising my feet to her thighs to get more blood flow to my brain.  Someone put cold wet cloths on my neck, and then finally someone brought water.  A bottle of water has never tasted to so good.  I attended the rest of the meeting sitting on a stretcher.  I guess the one positive to working on healthcare projects is the fact that you have medical staff attending most meetings.  Funnily enough, when I started to get hot, I looked around to see who was there and would be able to help. 

I'm working from home half of the day tomorrow, so it's basically my weekend - weekend number two that I have to myself in the city since last March.  Time to go for a long drive and take some photos.