Test shots

These aren't great pictures, but check out the depth of field! I'm impressed. And these shots were in low lighting indoors with no flash. It will take me a while to get used to a prime lens, but I think I'll be able to get a handful of decent pictures at the baptism. Here's hoping!

This is just stuff on my desk at work. I was trying to test out the new lens on the sly, but the autofocus is pretty noisy and the mirror flap always gives me away.




There are a bunch more that I'll have to sort through later.

New lens

My friend with the new baby has asked me to take pictures at the baptism this week--talk about pressure! I don't have any good lighting equipment for indoor shots, and my kit lens is too slow to use without flash equipment.


After a ton of research I found this fast prime lens and it sounds too good to be true at $110. The problem is no local stores have it in stock! GRRR! I ordered it from B&H yesterday, and paid extra for overnight shipping, so it should be on my camera tomorrow afternoon for some fast practice before the baptism on Wednesday.

It's going to be a long, long time

Mom and I were looking forward to seeing Elton John tonight, but he postponed the concert! The rumor is he has kidney stones. Ouch! He's in town right now, but we're going to have to wait SIX long weeks before we see him. This will be my first concert in many, many years, and it's Elton! I'm pretty excited.

Finalii got one!

Ken finally got his birthday present today! It was only 8 months late. We promptly went out and bought another WiiMote and several games and then spent the rest of the day bowling, playing tennis, and golfing.

Sad news

Unfortunately, Ck's kidney values have gone back up--after just two days of being off IV fluids. That means his condition is most likely chronic and terminal. I'm trying to give him lots of attention and make him happy.

We are continuing his antibiotic, and I requested injections instead of pills. He hates pills. I didn't expect the injections to be that difficult, since I give insulin shots twice daily with no trouble at all, but I freaked out a little bit when I saw the syringes. The needles are 18 gauge, and referred to as "kitty harpoons." Ack!

It's been a long week

Ck is home after a week of intensive care at the vet clinic. As I suspected, his kidneys are failing. His bloodwork and urinalysis showed highly elevated kidney values, so on Monday the vet called me and said he felt the situation was critical.

He got IV fluids 24/7 and they started him on a new diet--strictly kidney-friendly prescription food. He is happy to be home, and I hate, hate, hate that I have to take him back after the weekend. The vet is hoping this is acute kidney failure, due to an infection or something, and not chronic renal failure, which is terminal. So, we'll test his blood and urine again next week, and have a better idea.

My baby

Whenever he gets sick, I take nearly a million pictures of him because I'm so scared he'll be gone forever and I can't stand the thought of never seeing him again. He spent the day at the vet yesterday, and now we are just waiting on his test results. I'm really worried about his kidney function. We'll know more Monday.