MY Old Country House: lensrental.com and the SOL's

I am going to go on record saying

"I hate the SOLs"
The "Standards of Learning" Tests

I think I am in fairly good company.

And I think I am in such good company that I am not even

going to go into why I hate them.

Why did I even bring them up, you ask?

Well, I am hall monitoring during the SOL's this week

at my son Cooper's school.

Keeping track of the kids as they take potty breaks.

Their stressed little faces make me ache.
While I have been sitting here this morning

There have already been a few kids who have made multiple trips...

...that would have been me.

But on the plus side, I have some quiet blogging time.

Anyway, I rented the Mac Daddy camera lens again
for the 8th Grade dinner dance.
from lensrental.com

I have a Canon xsi body and this lens...
the Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L
...is compatible with my camera body

My pro photographer friend said this lens is a MUST have if you do
lots of Portrait work.
It takes killer interior shots.
It retails around $1500
(almost more than my sofa!)
Rents for one week + shipping = $84
still not super cheap but a good compromise for
very special occasions.

and before I send it back I

took a few shots of the kids in the yard.....