When looking ahead to plan a trip that will eventually escalate into three to four months what is the first thing to do?  Well for me it was thinking.  And after all the thinking and planning I look back and wonder if that was the  first thing I should have done.  Perhaps if I hadn’t started thinking about it I wouldn’t be in the predicament I am in.  Predicament???  Well, let’s put it this way, because of my grandiose thinking I have put myself in a pickle, so to speak, of information overload.

As we know, when a woman is planning a trip there is always SHOPPING to do!  So I did.  My first purchase, being a photographer, was to purchase a new (non-professional) camera.  Decided I needed something compact and small and easy to handle.  My pro-cameras are heavy and to be honest with you I am tired of how heavy they are.  So, my compact little RED camera became my newest addition to my family.  My cameras are a bit like children.  Can’t live with them and can’t live with out them, temperamental at times and often misbehave.  The first misbehavior part was the fact that my old tried and true MAC would not accept the new updated technology of little MISSY RED!  Yes, my camera has a name…So…I had to get a new computer.  A laptop this time so I could take it with me.  I made one great huge mistake however.  I bought a PC instead of a MAC.  What a nightmare!  After using a MAC for so many years I was lost as a goose.  A PC is like a foreign country where I don’t speak the language.  So, lots to learn.  Then had to have a new program (Lite-room) to handle my new technologically advance camera card.  So, lots to learn.  After taking two long long classes I finally downloaded something free that does the job and is a lot easier to use.  Hey, don’t laugh!  I was used to Photoshop on the MAC and I learned that.  Perhaps it is just that my brain is a bit older now.

Then I ended up with a different phone and oh my goodness…that is like holding a little brain in t he palm of your hand.  I know why it is called a smart phone.  It is smarter than I could ever be.  But…I’m learning.  And then, THE BLOG.  What a nightmare!  Something else new to learn and learn and learn and re-learn.  And I am still learning.  So I hope you bear with me as I learn as I go.  And I won’t even mention the new GPS I must master. (OK you techies out there, quit snickering!)