It's not like I was
expecting great things for today. Breakfast, wash clothes, quick trip
to the food bank and maybe clean up around the apartment a little
bit, do some drawing maybe even worked out and possibly catch a
movie. That of course did not happen. I was in the front room, I have
just brought the wash back from the laundry when suddenly I lost the
ability to drive straight. I was having a horrible déjà vu. On the
screen of my control I was getting a reading of “motor to is
disconnected”. I thought maybe I'd back into something in place the
lever and disengaged by motor. Luckily I had a stick with me and I
snapped the motor clutch into place but when I tried to go forward
the message returned and I just turned in a circle. Are you tired of
hearing this because I'm sure as hell getting tired of writing it.
I did not have fit or
throw one, all I knew is that I had to switch the broken chair out
for the backup chair. I mean there is no way anything was going to
happen today, Saturday, on my chair. My wheelchair shop totally
closed all weekend. The one piece of luck I did have going for me was
I had my cell phone stuck in my pants. I called my son, Mark Anthony
unfortunately was home today one of the few Saturdays Mark has been!
He agreed to come by the apartment. Mark lives so far away from my
apartment that I felt obliged to call at least one other family
member who lives closer but cousin Scott was out of town.
I was dead center in the
living room. I could not reach my computer and I did not have a
tablet with me. I did keep myself entertained some but with the cell
phone. I'm sure everyone's tired of hearing me bitch and moan about
this stupid chair. But they sure seemed supportive as they responded
to my post. Mark and Christie finally showed up and from there things
went fairly quickly. Mark brought my backup chair along side my
disabled chair and he graciously assist me with my transfer once
shared the next. I still have great confidence since I transferred by
myself when the chair came back earlier in the week. I turned the
kids loose after I was safely in my chair and situated. Luckily, when
they brought my chair back that transferred out of the back of chair,
I plugged the backup chair and charged up its batteries – – this
was indeed a fortuitous move. I still want to salvage something out
of the day and I've been looking a bit shaggy lately so I saddled up
and went across the street to the little Hispanic barber who
practices there.
I cannot believe it my
little barber she had a full house! I cannot believe how many people
were in this little barbershop. I've been there numerous times and
have never seen another patron. But look like a full house – –
and that was – – we're just really two other guys waiting for a
haircut. The rest for family members of the two guys I guess there
for moral support. I got my haircut! I don't know why this is
important to be a not like him going anywhere or seeing anybody. I
just wanted people to know today was not a complete loss.
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