Desperado

For a fleeting five minutes I held the Nikon D7100 in my hands. It should have been the happy culmination of a frustrating process, but it wasn't to be. Earlier, I got the I don't give a damn anymore blues after Nathaniel left for Biloxi. I boxed up the Nikon D5000, D40, 18-55VR, 55-200VR, 501.4 and 18-55non VR with batteries and cords and sent them to Adorama. It ended up Adorama would only give me $315 for them. At that point I should have said No Thanks!, but I accepted and they credited my card. They were not even going to give me that much until I told them I was trying to order the Nikon D7100, to which Mr Gold(fine name) offered me last months quote. He had said prices had gone down since last month.  So I ordered the D7100 body only for about $800. Today Melanie got wind of the charge on the card and said among other things, how do you plan to afford it being you only are going to be working two more weeks, doctors bills,etc? So, I called Adorama and got Mr Gold and said, was it possible to get the merchandise back? He said all had been sold except the 55-200. Great! So I called to cancel the D7100, which they wouldn't since it had shipped. So, I perused the site and wanted to order a D5100 upgrade from what I had for 400something, but decided instead on a D3100 with 18-55 for about 349.00. It has all the guts of the D5000 I had only thing going for it is its lighter. Does not have the articulating screen. So I boxed up the D7100 and at 3:30 will take it to UPS and return it, losing about 12.oo to ship it back.
Seems I will never afford the body I want, one that will allow me to meter the old lenses I have. Oh well, its only a body. I shall wait and perhaps fortune will smile and I will be able to afford the D400 if Nikon updates it. It does not help the I don't give a damn's though since Nathaniel left.