Boo Hoo!

I took my camera into my classroom for the first time today. I normally take a whole class pic the first week of school, but even that hasn't happened yet due to my beginning-of-the-year chaos!

So, we were about 5 minutes into our fun Metric Olympics this morning and I dropped my camera. We have carpeted floors, but it is super thin carpet and under that is concrete.

Sure enough, I picked up my camera and the lens was busted. It wouldn't un-zoom. I'm sure that is the official word for it. There were literally lots of tears! I have baby showers for Molly coming up and both Megan & Ashley's weddings. This all happens before the end of the month.

I called all over town to see if anyone could fix it in-shop. I knew that shipping it off to Canon would mean 6+ weeks of no camera. Well, I found someone and I rushed right in there after school. The guy at the counter said that he's seen this problem before and it would mean getting a new lens for the camera. Sweet! That sounds easy. Oh wait, he's not done talking. It would be $150+ and about 3 weeks to fix it. He told me it would be a smarter just to go out and buy a new digital camera.

I don't really have the money for a $200 replacement, but my camera is as important to me as my phone. I would say that I use it almost every day! All I really want is the exact replacement for the one I have now.

What to do, what to do ... ???

I think I'll be shopping for a camera tomorrow. I'll let you all know how it goes. Until then ... no new pictures. :(