Running on Empty

 

It's the first full day of winter but it feels like spring along the Wasatch Front. Temperature today is almost 70°. Thank you to a warm wind. I was out and about so I enjoyed a warmer weather it made waiting for the bus a treat. The only drawback on such a beautiful day was the fact that I messed up my battery charger yesterday and for some reason I could not fit the charger into my power chair receiver for stoking up the batteries. I didn't worry too much about it and I didn't focus last night on the problem that I didn't have my chair plugged in. I figured the day would be a little stressed day and that somewhere along the day I'll be able to get it charged properly. However, one of my friends called and wanted to go to coffee which means I would have to use what power was left in my chair to go up to the bus stop catch the bus and go over to the coffee shop the Starbucks. I started today at about 50% charge so I figured I'd have enough to do what I needed to do. Even with the coffee shop trip I figured out have enough but I forgot how quick the charge drops once it hits the 50% mark. By the time I've got to the coffee shop I was down to 30%. And I still wasn't too worried it was definitely in the yellow zone but I had not transferred into the red zone. When you're in the red zone it's very spooky you may or may not have enough power to get where you're going and you should be charging immediately but that was something I could do. After a great discussion with my friend Lori I rolled up and waited for the next bus to come down the line every time I got to the apartments I was at 17% in the red zone and the red zone is the last song. I still didn't have a charger that would plug into my chair because of the connector becoming loose yesterday and unable to plug in. Melissa kind of fixed it but got everything out of alignment and that's what I need to do tomorrow or day after is to get the guy down here it does some of the maintenance work to fix it. I ended up digging out one of my old Chargers that I can still plug into and hopefully run that tonight so I'll have enough power to go and do what I need to do downtown tomorrow. Oh I didn't realize, why was having coffee with Lori I was called by assist they organization I volunteer for downtown and they want to have a meeting tomorrow. I thought we were off for the holiday but I guess I'm wrong so I need to charge the battery up and head into the city tomorrow to get to my meeting by 11:00 a.m.. I think it's going to be sort of a holiday party meeting with things to eat one or two people to assess their eligibility that should be about it. Once I finish a deep charge on my chair tonight I should be okay. It's beginning to feel like Christmas again