Buck up! Be Man!

Buck up! Be Man! Buck up! Be Man!

I just got out of a meeting with the Boss I am going to Atlanta ! I hesitate a bit musing the exclamation point. I know, I wrote a couple, of weeks ago, when this issue/opportunity first came up about how much I did not want to go but now I have had a chance to rethink the challenge and I am feeling I just might be up for it. I did the expense project, as the Boss, requested and found the whole thing very doable. I also got to thinking. I have time before May to really focus on my strengthening. If I truly focus on this project I will feel much more comfortable about traveling alone. I am anticipating Atlanta will be warm at this point in the year so I should be able to move round much ore free then I did, say, in Philadelphia. So, I decided to stop boobing and take the trip and enjoy the opportunity. Besides, I have a nemeses who directs an Assistive Tech (AT) program here in town and he has been making great noises like HE is going which he feels will make HIM the focal point for AT reutilization in the state.

Let me digress a minute- I want to explain that just because I use the word “nemesis” I don’t necessarily dislike this individual it just that he can be hard to be round sometimes. The guy is brilliant in he own way-infact so much so he actually isolates himself from his peers unknowingly and unintentionally. He is one of those folk who uses jargon to try to impress people and all his jargon just works to move the people he was trying to impress further away from him.

So, with that said maybe I want to go so I will have an even hand if not an upper-hand with this person. I am the current chair of the AT Council for the State which chairs most of the AT players in the state: rehab, Independent Living, Info and Referral and various private non-profits which have hosted “Loan Closets”. Multiple Sclerosis, Easter Seals and United Cerebral Palsy to name a couple, loan out power wheelchairs, some computers and various other pieces of AT, are some of these players. Actually what really worries about this guy having too much control of such a project is that he is easily led ( directed) by those in power. I believe there are some real “Darksiders” in high areas who have direct control over this guy and his programs. I believe the least amount of control these folks have of an AT reutilization the better Now, I don’t want to be the head honcho of this project I just don’t want the project controlled by this other individual. I do have to admit this guy does have excellent organizational skills and is not afraid to bug a person until the project is completed.

So, I am a jerk. This is not new information I just want to be have a say in the AT program when the program might be brought back to this state and, in some way, make the transition as painless as possible.


I just got out of a meeting with the Boss I am going to Atlanta ! I hesitate a bit musing the exclamation point. I know, I wrote a couple, of weeks ago, when this issue/opportunity first came up about how much I did not want to go but now I have had a chance to rethink the challenge and I am feeling I just might be up for it. I did the expense project, as the Boss, requested and found the whole thing very doable. I also got to thinking. I have time before May to really focus on my strengthening. If I truly focus on this project I will feel much more comfortable about traveling alone. I am anticipating Atlanta will be warm at this point in the year so I should be able to move round much ore free then I did, say, in Philadelphia. So, I decided to stop boobing and take the trip and enjoy the opportunity. Besides, I have a nemeses who directs an Assistive Tech (AT) program here in town and he has been making great noises like HE is going which he feels will make HIM the focal point for AT reutilization in the state.

Let me digress a minute- I want to explain that just because I use the word “nemesis” I don’t necessarily dislike this individual it just that he can be hard to be round sometimes. The guy is brilliant in he own way-infact so much so he actually isolates himself from his peers unknowingly and unintentionally. He is one of those folk who uses jargon to try to impress people and all his jargon just works to move the people he was trying to impress further away from him.

So, with that said maybe I want to go so I will have an even hand if not an upper-hand with this person. I am the current chair of the AT Council for the State which chairs most of the AT players in the state: rehab, Independent Living, Info and Referral and various private non-profits which have hosted “Loan Closets”. Multiple Sclerosis, Easter Seals and United Cerebral Palsy to name a couple, loan out power wheelchairs, some computers and various other pieces of AT, are some of these players. Actually what really worries about this guy having too much control of such a project is that he is easily led ( directed) by those in power. I believe there are some real “Darksiders” in high areas who have direct control over this guy and his programs. I believe the least amount of control these folks have of an AT reutilization the better Now, I don’t want to be the head honcho of this project I just don’t want the project controlled by this other individual. I do have to admit this guy does have excellent organizational skills and is not afraid to bug a person until the project is completed.

So, I am a jerk. This is not new information I just want to be have a say in the AT program when the program might be brought back to this state and, in some way, make the transition as painless as possible.