So I rented this lens from a site that Shane stumbled on recently called Photo Rental Source. The guy was so great in giving me a discount on the lens and monopod (like a tripod, only with one leg, hence the prefix "mono") since I didn't need it for the entire week. I thought that was nice. Then the real clutch was when I was leaving Lori's house after shooting some photos of Anna for her 3 month shot. I was walking out the door saying I needed to meet this guy named Brad to get my lens. She said there was a guy named Brad in her Sunday School class at First Baptist that was starting a rental company. Turns out is is the same guy - Houston is such the small world. So i thought I would give him a little publicity and brag on how easy it was. They can ship anywhere, but for us Houstonians you can meet at a Starbucks, have a quick tutorial, and walk away with $1000s of equipment that you didn't have to buy and get to return. I will definitely be using him again, especially for any special events or vacations.
It's no wonder people kept asking me for my business card or asking what paper I worked for. And when I had the extender on, which doubled the 70-200mm zoom lens (which Brad threw in the extender last minute for me to try), that thing was even longer. And with the wind it was downright heavy. Another woman was working as a volunteer for the tournament and let me borrow her Canon 50D. Heavier camera, but very fast shutter speed. Loved it!
A side note on Justin: we have not been doing well at night. Derek and I feel like we have a newborn (ironic, since I want one so badly). The worst part is when you are expecting to have a good night's sleep and then have multiple interruptions. Justin has been waking up with either nightmares or night terrors. Not quite sure about the difference of either. He is scared of a tiger in his room that we have to double check under the bed each night. He wakes up, opens up all four plantation shutters (I guess he's looking to see what's out there), turns off his noisemaker, and then comes screaming out the door, crying about a loud noise and the tiger waking him up. Sometimes it's within 4 hours of going to bed, others it's around 2-3am. He is truly scared, not pulling our leg. We will try to comfort him, go back to bed with him, only to have him wake up every 30 minutes to see if we are still there and if the tiger is there. I am truly at a loss of what to do. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. I have been praying over him, his room, and during prayers with him about keeping the enemy at bay from his thoughts. I truly think we're under attack, and just want a good night's sleep for all of us. It got to a climax while we ere in Waco, which made for lots of caffeine consumed while taking photos. That with the pink eye I got in both eyes while in Waco, and the fact that when I got home today our upstairs A/C was frozen (and it was 88 degrees by 3pm). Please keep us in your prayers - just one of the joys of children!
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6 comments:
Pink eye in both eyes!!! Oh no!! I am sorry about Justin not sleeping, Ryan goes through that every so often (usually when he's growing) and I know how frusturating it can be. Keep on prayin'.
I have no advice, except to do what my parents did when I became afraid of everything. They bought me "Brave Heart" the stuffed lion. He was so brave that sleeping with him made me brave and kept me safe. I will be praying for your sleepless nights. I know how wearing they can be. Hope to see you soon.
I like seeing you in action!!! Glad all the photo equipment worked out well. I know you're happy to be home. I'm super sad I didn't get to see you face while we were both in Waco, but understand the week you had.
I can relate to the sleepless nights, Wyatt has Herpes, yep you read that right, so his little mouth has been really hurting him and he has NOT been sleeping at all. Wish I had some better ideas of how to help. I think praying over his room and being consistent is the best thing you can do...and of course getting him a Care Bear Cousin as Kacey suggested :)
Oh, Shannon....I know EXACTLY what you are going through. We went through it with Reagan. She never had nightmares...just the night terrors. I found out (after much research!) that the difference is that a nightmare actually wakes them up and they are alert and can tell you about a scary dream (if they are old enough.) If it's a night terror, they just start screaming, are not comforted by anything, don't ever officially wake up, etc. It was horrible and so scary for Brad and me. We really thought there was something wrong with Reagan. But - she grew out of them and has not had one in a couple of years. I also found out that when they travel or are in a new place, bed, etc. or are overly tired, it triggers them. I don't really have any good advice except to just sit and hold him (if he will let you). When R did have bad dreams as she got a little older, we told her she was welcome to come into our room, but couldn't sleep in our bed. I just had a blanket there on the floor and she knew to bring her pillow and not wake us up. Sounds mean, but it worked and she wasn't waking us up every night saying she was scared. Anyway - just hang in there and know you are not alone! Love you!
Night terrors. I think it's called that for the parents' sake. Valerie had them when she was little (maybe 5), and I finally took her to the doc who told me she was so exhausted that she wasn't falling all the way into REM sleep. The situation kept perpetuating itself as she would never get a full night's sleep. What the dr. did was prescribe a sedative that would deliberately put her into a deep sleep for many hours (probably 8), and sure enough, she didn't wake up screaming. She took it for maybe 1 or 2 weeks, just long enough to retrain her brain to go into the deep sleep patterns on its own. We never had the problem again. I know you'd hate to resort to drugs, but I'm just telling you what we finally had to do to retain our sanity! Bless your hearts. -kerry
I'm sorry that you are having to go through this...I've heard of these night terrors, scary. Maybe God is preparing y'all for a newborn in the house :)
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