It’s been several days since I last posted. Nothing post worthy has come up, but I felt like doing an update because today went pretty good.
I took the 73 Toll Road this morning for an appointment in Newport Beach with my [tag]Primary Treating Physician[/tag]. It’s been several months since my last visit with him, so I got him up to speed on where my progress was currently and had him fill out his portion of the Handicap Parking placard application. I asked his advice on a reimbursement issue I was foreseeing and about getting psychiatric help since I’m now living in state again. I thanked him dearly for all his help on my case. It’s almost been a year since his taking over my care and considerable progress has been made over that time.
On my way back to Laguna Hills, I again took the 73 Toll Road, and on the way back I realized I forgot to ask for a receipt on my way to Newport Beach, oh well $4.25 lost forever never to be reimbursed. I wonder if they will ever change the 73 into a freeway. It really seems like a waste of gas to take the 5, 405, 55, 73 just to get to the Fashion Island area from where I now live.
Anyways, traffic wasn’t bad coming home only took about 20 minutes. Once I got home I debated the finer points of whether or not to mail in the disabled placard form or to just go to the [tag]DMV[/tag]. I decided to go, and I took [tag]Negative[/tag] with me for a car trip. It only took about an hour once there. I spent the first forty minutes waiting in my car because the person behind the directory assistance desk said that was about how long my wait would be. So I waited with the dog for a while, going inside every once in a while to check on the progress of the queue. When it got close to my number I stayed inside and waited patiently. The person who helped me even remembered me from when I got my license renewed just over a month ago. Crazy eh? Suffice to say I’m glad I took the time and went, because they gave me the placard today. Last time when I mailed in the form, it took almost a month to process.
So as the adventure continues, on my way back I decided to go shopping at the [tag]Trader Joe’s[/tag] by my house. In the parking lot happened to be the cute cashier I mentioned several posts back. She was on cart duty. She impressively maneuvered and pushed around about 15 carts through the parking lot. I commented on her powerful strength, unfortunately I didn’t catch her reply. But I did notice a smile. Ten seconds after the smile I realized I forgot to bring bags to use so I could get a raffle ticket. Next time I go I need to remember to recycle the collection of bags I have amassed. Shopping didn’t take long I focused on just getting the essentials, some quick dinner stuff and got out of there.
I got home, took the dog inside, unpacked the car, and re parked it in my spot. Came back inside, put away the groceries and munched on some grapes. I took the dog for a quick potty walk, then brought him back inside, put his backpack on, and then we went to the mail box. The new mail box they are building is almost finished. Soon there will be less walking involved with retrieving the mail. I kinda want a treadmill. Went through the mail, and had more time to kill before my 4:30 [tag]Physical Therapy[/tag] appointment. I was a couple minutes late getting there, On my way I went into the wrong shopping plaza. Luckily I had their number in my phone and got some direction to their office. Once I found the place, I filled out the obligatory paper work and waited for my therapist, Matt. To make a long story short the evaluation went OK, he gave me three neck exercises to do once a day, and I have an appointment again this Friday at noon.
Now that day is over, I can only hope that tomorrow the [tag]cable card[/tag] issue will be resolved with my [tag]TiVo[/tag].
