The Bad:
The power steering went out on the van because the power steering belt came off. Apparently on Dodge Grand Caravans this happens when they get very wet. Nice to know...
The Irritating:
I took the laptop in to Schrock Innovations. They reinstalled the wireless card, found 277 Windows issues and 173 spyware problems. The laptop now connects to any wireless network I point it to and it runs faster.
And A Sore Arm:
My left shoulder has been giving me trouble since last Sunday. By night time I'd be in shooting pain at the shoulder, across my left collarbone and down my arm, and have to stop reading to Cassie and huddle on the couch. I figured I was doing something during the day to irritate it and by evening it had reached the point where it really hurt. But I couldn't figure out what I was doing that was different. This continued each evening all week until it occurred Wednesday morning. So following the advice of coworkers I made a doctor appointment.
Saw my internist Friday morning. She also is adopting from China so we had to discuss that for a few minutes. After she examined me, she decided to go with a conservative treatment and assume I did something to injure myself but don't even know it, like pulling a muscle wrong while slamming shut a van door. So for the next 7-10 days I'm taking three ibuprofen three times a day (for the muscle pain) and one Gabapentin at night (for the nerve pain). If I'm still having pain, then we'll progress to an MRI.
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
The Good, The Bad, and The Irritating
The Good:
As I've always suspected; Cassie is tops in her class and a near genius.
Well, maybe those weren't the exact words of her teacher, but at tonight's Parent-Teacher Conference Cassie did receive a glowing report. She's at the expected levels in every area and in most cases is a high achiever and one of the top students. She listens well, understands oral instructions, is a good example for other students, is not the follower that I feared she was but instead is often a leader, and participates well. The only issue seems to be one of Cassie trying to achieve perfection. Whenever Cassie felt she'd failed at something the tears would flow. This happens at home too. Mrs. Allen reports that this seems to be easing up somewhat.
The Bad:
I had a near-miss with the van. Today as I was driving to work, the power steering suddenly went out. I managed to get the van around the next four turns over the next two blocks to make it to my parking spot but it was difficult to control. I called AAA who towed it to Metzger's Auto Service. They report that the power steering belt broke and are trying to figure out how it happened. Anyway, I've driven less than 10 miles since we've returned from Retreat outside of Gretna. Imagine if we had driven into Gretna to visit the local quilt shop - we would have used up that spare 10 miles and been barreling down the highway at the time the belt broke. Whew.
The Irritating:
My laptop will not access a wireless connection. Yesterday morning it worked fine at home. I took it to work to use over my lunch hour and it wouldn't connect to anything for love nor money. When I brought it home again it still didn't work. I can access my software programs but forget doing anything on the internet. There's probably some stupid little toggle I have to click or unclick for something to work but who knows why it suddenly quit working and where that toggle is. I'm off work tomorrow so one of my many errands now includes a trip to the computer shop. Until now, I hadn't realized how often I really use the laptop.
As I've always suspected; Cassie is tops in her class and a near genius.
Well, maybe those weren't the exact words of her teacher, but at tonight's Parent-Teacher Conference Cassie did receive a glowing report. She's at the expected levels in every area and in most cases is a high achiever and one of the top students. She listens well, understands oral instructions, is a good example for other students, is not the follower that I feared she was but instead is often a leader, and participates well. The only issue seems to be one of Cassie trying to achieve perfection. Whenever Cassie felt she'd failed at something the tears would flow. This happens at home too. Mrs. Allen reports that this seems to be easing up somewhat.
The Bad:
I had a near-miss with the van. Today as I was driving to work, the power steering suddenly went out. I managed to get the van around the next four turns over the next two blocks to make it to my parking spot but it was difficult to control. I called AAA who towed it to Metzger's Auto Service. They report that the power steering belt broke and are trying to figure out how it happened. Anyway, I've driven less than 10 miles since we've returned from Retreat outside of Gretna. Imagine if we had driven into Gretna to visit the local quilt shop - we would have used up that spare 10 miles and been barreling down the highway at the time the belt broke. Whew.
The Irritating:
My laptop will not access a wireless connection. Yesterday morning it worked fine at home. I took it to work to use over my lunch hour and it wouldn't connect to anything for love nor money. When I brought it home again it still didn't work. I can access my software programs but forget doing anything on the internet. There's probably some stupid little toggle I have to click or unclick for something to work but who knows why it suddenly quit working and where that toggle is. I'm off work tomorrow so one of my many errands now includes a trip to the computer shop. Until now, I hadn't realized how often I really use the laptop.
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