Jeremy and I have been thinking of baby names we like. A week or so ago we decided for a girl it's probably going to be Jemma Mae. We both like rocks and fossils and gems are rocks... Also, one of the movies we "watched together" when we lived far away from one another was Fools Gold, and there is a character named Jemma in that. The other thing is that my nickname for Jeremy, at least on my phone, has been Jem. It works on a number of levels. May is the month we started dating and Mae is the middle name of Jeremy's mom and grandma, and his great grandma's middle name is Mae.
We had a more difficult time figuring out our boy name. So far we both like Otis Eaven. (Eaven is heaven without the h) Otis means wealth, which I find ironic since gems can be valuable/have wealth, so maybe it's meant to be. The only thing I worry about is if it's a boy and we name it Otis and it turns out to be chunky and have man boobs other kids might call him Otits. Or if he has acne Ozits. :-S I would hope that nobody would be that mean, but some kids can be.
Okay, changing subjects... I am getting a Pentax K10 with two flashes, a remote cable, some SD cards, and some other stuff. It's used but like new. :-)
The story is, I was working at Dillons and this guy came through ever so slightly frazzled and said that he just got done printing off like 300 pictures. I said, "I want to be a photographer!" Then I mentioned I did just get a job at Sears Portrait Studio but would like to be able to work outside and on location more someday. We talked about some other things for a few moments and then he said, "Well, I'm selling my Pentax K10 and some flashes for $500.00, if you're interested call me." He gave me his card. I looked some things up online and figured if the camera is in good condition this is a total steal.
I did some figuring and with my tax returns I will have enough to buy this camera and pay off all of my debt. I called him and found more out about the camera. It all sounded so great. I asked why he was practically giving it away and he said that before he had talked to me he wasn't even thinking about selling it, but he was so frustrated with work that day and has two other digital and two other film cameras. He also said that if he had thought about it more before throwing me a number he would have tried to get $800-900 for it. But he also said that he and his wife are the church going type and that he gave me $500 as an offer so he was going to stick to it. He also said he would hold the camera for me until I get my tax returns. :-D Yayyyyyy!!!
Oooh... I get to go to Wisconsin in June. I'm super excited. It'll only be for a week, but I'm so happy Sears is going to let me have off.
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