Sign of the times

   

 It's a sign of the times. I know that's cliche but it certainly works for many different issues but this one in particular is right on. When I got on the train the other day this is who I saw another Transit passenger with a Santa Claus hat on. I didn't mean to stare but I had to make sure I got the image transfixed in my mind. You certainly looked working class and I'm sure he was but it felt compelled to show signs of the time and the season. Already where is it every day until after New Years. I wish I had thought of spending a couple days just riding the tracks and seeing how many people were wearing Santa hats or some form of Santa outfit this year. Who knows? I still may do it. I miss me quick however the days are fastly Falling Away and soon it will be Christmas Day not that we would know it much here in Salt Lake. The temperatures today was over 60°. It felt like spring I was out in the weather only once or twice I had a meeting in the middle of the day which took 2 hours and in the morning I had to keep an eye on my wash which means I have to run down and put three quarters in the mechanism push it in and start the machine again for another cycle. Remember my CNA usually throws my wash in the machines on Wednesday when she's here. Then before she leaves she stops by the laundry pulls the wet clothes out of the washer and throws them in the dryer. Then I go back once the first dry Cycles ended and put the quarters in again and start another cycle and try to figure out something else to do to keep me out of trouble till those finish. Today I actually worked on my arm bike pumped an hour. I'm glad I have something productive to do ask these clothes dry. I was able to pull them close out of the dryer get back to my apartment just as my meeting was beginning. I usually am very good about folding the clothes put in them away and hanging up the shirts right after I get back so they're all done but this project now will have to wait till after resume meeting at least.

Remember how I sort of complained about going to these meetings and not really saying anything the time that I'm there. I just can't think of anything to say that's important enough to chime into what's going on with the rest of the folks at the meetings. One of my buddies sometimes calls on me to make a statement just so that it shakes off the lost in the corner person that I tend to project. I mean I suppose they could say Mark please stop coming to the meeting if you're not going to participate. I'll have you know many times or sometimes if we don't have a full quorum nothing can get done and many times my presence at these meetings- - even though I'm silent as a rock- - allows work to be done started because we're barely have a full compliment to do the work but we can work at least and whatever we do will be. Today was the definition of assistive technology at versus other forms of technology which seems it could closely mimic the U.T. that we support. We sort of got caught up in the minutiae of what's  and what's not AT.