What I Do For A Living

My life is a simple one. I deliver mail for a living. I have been doing it for over 21 years, I started this job at a relatively young age, and will not even be able to retire, once I reach 30 years! So, I will continue to do my job, until...I can leave it with full benefits. The way things are going these days, with the economy....I don't even know, if I will have a job waiting there, after my 29th year. But there is always hope.

Today, I went into a second hand store to purchase a few Christmas items...and while at the checkout counter, I noticed an slr camera behind a glass door. A Canon A-E1, to be exact. This was the very camera that I used while I was attending college, way back then...I use to be the photo editor of the paper...and used the very same camera. Of course, I have since lost the camera...don't remember exactly what happened to it.

So, I asked to look at the camera. It was priced at $65.00! Amazing! I had to take it...I wasn't even sure if it still worked, but it looked to be in excellent condition...so I took my chance...and along with the camera...came another lens! A bag! A strap! A lens cover! And a lot of other stuff! I could not believe my luck! But would the camera work?

I went next door, to a Longs department store, and bought a battery, and a roll of film I wanted black & white film, but they did not have any. After my purchase, I went and sat in my truck and loaded the battery...and then the magic happened! It made a familiar sound, a sound that I had not heard in a long time....a sound that let me know, that it just might work! A small, click...that was all...a small tiny audible click. I was halfway there!

I loaded the film in....it was like second nature to me...Everything was coming back, as if it were only yesterday! And then I closed the film compartment...and I prayed.

I looked through the viewfinder, and set it in focus and I clicked.....The camera worked! Anyone who has ever taken a photo with an slr camera...knows the joy of hearing that simple click...it is a joy that only a true photographer can appreciate...

So, I know it can take pictures...but I will have to see how well, once I get the film developed! I will tell you about that later.

Thanks for your time.

Beto