weekend end

it was a long weekend

 the weather was weird

 temperatures climbed 

broke records 

made it hard

 to get into the spirit 

of the season 

of the holiday 

i left the office wednesday after lunch

did some errands on the way home

over the weekend

 we watched several movies 

we went to our friends annual christmas day dinner 

i beautified

it was a long weekend

 but a good one 

we did not buy each other gifts 

we stopped doing that a few years ago 

my sister 

who we usually see christmas day morning

was not feeling well 

she had awful laryngitis

came by on sunday

 she got toonman a ton of gift cards for netflix and iTunes

 she got me a terrific lightweight olympus with interchangeable lenses 

we got her

 an iPad air and a catball for her cats 

(sorry its such a small photo but thats what she sent)

then my friend missy stopped by

we commiserated about camera manuals

i usually do not read manuals

my feeling is

if i can't figure it out

if i cant intuit it

i shouldn't be using it

well 

olympus is testing me and that theory

the battery is finally charged

only took an hour

 i am going to go see what i can intuit 

because

the manual which came with it 

refers to pages not in the manual

there's a better one online

 but 

til i print it out at the office

 i am going to wing it!