Blog 101218 – – Friday
– – computer giveaway
The weeks are going to
quickly, it seems the days vanish one into the other is another
Friday and I'm looking down the barrel of the weekend which excites
me yet frightens me as each day brings me closer to the end.
The storm which has the
lingered all week is finally moved out. The temperatures dropped and
fall is definitely here. My little tree, the one on the other side of
the drive from my apartment, will finally begin turning its leaves in
earnest now that the summer has gone its way. There's snow in the
mountains now and there is even talk with snow coming to the valley
floor in the next storm coming around the first of the week. But
today, brisk as it might be, might be a good day for traveling and
for me to get out for a little while. The independent living center
is having their annual giveaway day. I generally is not participated
in this event but maybe today I might drop by. I certainly don't need
anything from the A T closet but it is always fun to “window shop”.
The independent living
centers like the CREATE operation have become the depository of
literally tons of assistive technology (A T). Millions of dollars of
equipment that has been abandoned another in the community has come
to rest at these places. People die, people get new equipment, and
people just really abandon equipment they cannot sell. Ssome programs
like CREATE halfheartedly try to get this equipment back into the
system. In places like the independent living center, and other like
private nonprofits have their “loan closets” where some of the
equipment is recycled back into use. But so much comes in that never
goes out and just piles up. Now in an effort to create space these
agencies are having these giveaways. Power chairs, power beds, manual
wheelchairs, cushions and so much other stuff which is just stuff. If
I am interested in anything it would be some safety belts for my
power chair. I don't need these but it might be fun to have them as
backup and they would not take up too much space. I need to visit
with Deborah the filler and about my reinclusion with family. I'll
take my large tablet and spend some time with the IL folks... that is
I feel I have the time after I work out and listen to Science
Friday.
I
changed my mind. Soon after I'd written the first part of this blog
my occupational therapist showed up for a home visit. This is a good
thing. Typically, I don't use all my benefits the way I should. And
so I'm using my home visits to make my living more ideal. We talked
about some ideas and some changes in the possible purchase to make my
kitchen more usable and visually more acceptable. My OT is a big guy
like me. He shared with me he had recently been diagnosed with type
II diabetes. We mourned we talked about the challenges of middle-age,
weight gain and the monstrously difficult task of losing the weight
once we have bound this unsightly mass. We talk like friends (and we
are) but at 60 minutes he was out here after all Casey still on the
clock. He gets talked about possibly picking me up my van driving
over to his woodshop and making some hooks. I think would be fun but
I don't think I will be anything and a client that's okay too I would
be using Casey to get back to making hooks so what's the difference.
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