Slowly--getting back to normal

It's a slow process, but things are starting to fall into place. Even though it was Black Friday, I ventured out to buy a camera. I took the back road to Best Buy, thinking I would avoid some traffic. Well, it seems like a lot of other folks had the same idea! Once in the store, it was a zoo! I did find my camera and a sales person and between the two of us I bought what I wanted. The new camera is a Canon G 11 (replacing my Canon G 9). Instead of dealing with several small SD cards totaling 24 gigabites, I bought three 8 GB cards. Also replaced were the tripod and the flash drives. At Wal-Mart the computer backpack and one more of the adapters that was stolen were replaced.

Once home, I did some online shopping which is definitely the way to go! At Amazon.com I bought a spare battery for the camera (it had the best price). Lastly, at Apple I bought a super mouse, replacing the mighty mouse. Apple was having a Black Friday 1 day sale, so there was a $5 discount! I still need to find all of my receipts from the stolen items. That's a task that I'll tackle tomorrow.

Black Friday shoppers were out in force. The mall was jammed, as was Best Buy. On the other hand, Wal-Mart was about normal and the grocery store was quiet! The check-out clerk said she was having a slow day! After Best Buy, the urge to go to the Verizon store at the Mall to replace the aircard was erased. One zoo-like store a day is enough!

IF my accounting is correct, I've bought or ordered just about everything that was stolen. I am on schedule to turn in the insurance claims on Monday. AND, since I now have a camera, some pictures might start to show up on Cruztalking. I think the website needs a bit more decoration than it has been having the past few days.