A Sad Story ... With A Happy Ending

Once upon a time ... on Saturday ... my sister told me my camera wouldn't turn on.

"What?" I said. "It just worked on my trip to Yellowstone! Maybe it is just the battery."

I immediately turned to plug in my battery. I didn't think the battery was dead, but I had to give it a try.

Meanwhile, I thought back to the last times I used my camera.

I recently returned from a trip to Yellowstone and Jackson Hole. It was a spur-of-the-moment, let's take a weekend vaca because I have been so flipping busy this summer, trip. My sister and I went.

I loved it! I took pictures of Old Faithful, Buffalo, waterfalls, my sister and boiling water.

Oh, and a Montana restaurant that hold special memories for my family.

We went swimming. We walked in the rain. We even found the waterfall that our friend almost fell in to!

We walked around Jackson Hole. I remembered the last time I was there, with college friends!

We talked. I told my sister secrets. She told me secrets. We laughed.

And all the while, my camera was by my side.

With the battery plugged in, I left for work, trying to keep hope that my battery really was dead and my camera really was OK.

Unfortunately, I knew it really was broken. When I got home that night and put the fully charged battery into my camera, it still wouldn't work. I was heartbroken.

All day Sunday I couldn't stop thinking about it.

I need a camera. It is important to me. I don't have the money. But I need it for school.

The swirling continued throughout Sunday and into Monday.

I started researching and debating. I tried to ignore my need to get a camera. I went shopping for school. I ate dinner. And I decided that I was not going to get a camera.

I also decided that I wanted to go to Best Buy and look at the cameras I had been researching. I wasn't going to by anything though. Just look.

Well, at 7:30 p.m. on Monday night, I bought this.

I love it!

I don't even regret it.

I still miss my other camera. But this black beauty is perfect for my next vacation--my BIRTHDAY TRIP!!

And it has some amazing features.

So while I was severely depressed that my camera died, all is right in the world now. Long live this camera.

And may we all live happily ever after.

The end.