Jammed cam

It's been awhile since I have last blogged. Been very hectic with our rehearsals. We've been rehearsing some new songs lately, which has been good. One the things that has happened to me lately was when a hotel staff broke my beloved Ixus400 camera! She might have blocked the lens while it's extending. The lens got stuck, or jammed, halfway. Now it's showing the E18 on a blank screen with beeping sounds when I turn it on. What a bummer! This has been my toy for more than a year and has helped me in a lot of ways, especially with updating pictures on my website. Now I'm trying to resolve the problem because it's already out of warranty and I read from other users (on a Canon Ixus forum) that it costs hundreds of U.S. dollars to repair it. Phew!