So That Is What.s Wrong With Me

I remember Marjorie saying something about I should find out why my legs ached so much when I walked.  I called her to ask he what she meant.  She said that her mother-in-law had that problem and it turned out her inner leg artieries were completely clogged and filled with placque, etc.

Since I am very concerned I will not be able to do this job of traveling to the field for SBA because of my not being able to walk without pain and having difficulty manuevering in the airports because of my bad back I decided to call my heart doctor about the artery tests I had last year.  The receptionist said the doctor was not available but his assistant Melinda could meet with me Friday morning. 

Melinda is so thorough, she asked me so many questions and she had retrieved the tests.  When she found out I was in so much pain on my backside, she told me she wanted me to see a back doctor before we did anymore about the legs.  She said that may be my problem.  I had not thought about that.  She also said the tests from last April showed the clogging to be mild.  She made an appointment for me with a Doctor Thorne.

I found out I need to have a lumbar laminectomy because arthritic calcium is pressing on the nerves and causing the leg pain!!  Eureka!!!

SBA Training

I flew to Sacramento on Feb 6 and a Robert W picked me up at the airport.  Turns out he was the youngest person in the training (there were only 9 of us and 1 went home, so 8) and I was the oldest as usual.  We stayed at the Homewood again and they gave me one of the rooms for the handicapped on the first floor.  I love that because you don't have to climb in and out of a tub to shower, you have this really roomy shower room.  In 2009 a lady had an accident in the tub, so I am sure they have learned to just put the old people in the showers for the handicapped.  Works well for me!

The first day of training we all went to a Chinese lunch and we had bought fruit and such at Whole Foods the night before.  I also bought some gluten free cookies but...they have a lot of artificial stuff in them.  Something I ate really disagreed with me and I had an explosion just before I was to meet my ride in the morning.  There was such a mess and I had to totally shower again and redress and left a big mess for the cleaning lady.  That is so scary to me that certain food affects me like that.  I was panicked the rest of the week and on the plane home.

The training was excellent and also included of day of Closing procedures--no more having special escrow people come out in the field, it will be the Customer Service Reps.  They also gave us a jacket and two shirts and really act as if they will call us.  Are they expecting more hurricanes this year?  They say there has been a three year slowdown in disasters.  Right now they have 284 workers and want to have 450,

Saturday I had my face threaded, which I love having done and my toes pedicured and met Melissa and her friend at the mall to eat (forgot my camera).  My legs ached so much I had a hard time walking though.

I flew home on the 16th and James and Camber picked me up and I drove their car to their home as they were headed for the Bahamas on a trip they had won!  My back was aching and I did not feel well at all.

Keira

Meagan put some pictures of Keira on Facebook.  She is precious.  

Meagan and Matt's Baby

Wow, I haven't written in here for a long time, much has happened but not sure I can remember it all now.  First of all Meagan and Matt's baby daughter was born Friday night.  Jennifer had called and left a message and then Maya reported the baby was born and sent a picture.    Oh, yes, 7 lbs, 5 oz as reported by Maya. Birthday 2/11/11  That is easier to remember than my 1/22/33

 

 Picture sent by Sarah Chipps to Facebook.

Hard Times

I have to remember because I always forget.  I am very lonely when I come to San Diego.  Last year I had Kelsi, this year I don't even have her.  I should just stay home, yes, I am lonely there, but it is expected.  I am alone. Somehow I always think it will be different down here.

Everybody has their life.  Everybody lives so far a part.  It costs me too much down here and unless I have money to spend for clothes, etc I am just stuck on the computer which I can do at home.

I thought I would be so focused and work on scanning, on finishing my quilt, on sewing.  I don't want to do any of those things.  I do much better at home just doing my own thing.

I thought I would get out and exercise and eat less.  I still weigh the same as when I came down a month ago.  So obviously nothing is working... I thought I would spend some time with Meagan in anticipation of the baby but not so.

My legs ache so much when I walk, I just can't get any good exercise.  Bummer.  Hard Life.  Not happy anywhere anymore.

Bad Day!!!

Today was a bad day for me!  The restoration to my new computer from my on line back up was just 9 hours away from being complete when the new computer started freezing.  After many attempts to get it up and running strong, I called Toshiba.  We did a system restore with no loss to my data, however, still freezing up. 

Three Toshiba reps later I was finally convinced we would have to do a system restore and lose all my data and programs I had put in the last two days.  Ok, I was resigned to that.

However, I had bought Microsoft Office 2010 and installed it and now I can't find the key card!!!  I called Microsoft because I do not have the receipt with me to run over to Walmart.  Always helpful, they said if I faxed in the receipt tomorrow, they would replace it with a new disc, not just a card.  Cost would be $23 plus $5 postage.  Not bad, for a $200 loss! 

First I will travel across town tomorrow to get my receipt--it is at Linda's house--and I am at Maria's house today, a loooong way a part.  I wonder if the Walmart near Linda's house will help me or will I need to go to the Walmart near Maria's place, a loooong way back?

Not to mention all the work of having the restoration done.  A friend suggested no lap top has enough memory to hold all of my pictures and maybe that is what caused the freeze.  How will I know that until I have everything restored and it starts freezing again.  So frustrating.  I can say with all honesty that computers have been such a delight to my life for the last 25 years but they have also caused me more frustration than anything else in this world, with printers coming in a close second.

The New Computer

• A couple of months ago Melissa observed my computer was probably due for a crash, from what I had told her about it. 
•  My friend Mary Anne told me about backing everything up with Carbonite (which I did). 
•  Last week I received a certificate from Walmart for 0 interest financing on a computer. 
• Then the back of my computer broke.
• I did a survey on Microsoft to see what requirements I needed for a new computer, considering my activities.
• Mike and I went shopping for those specs and found some possibilities at a Walmart near his home.
• I reviewed the requirements I needed with possibilities Online.
• It takes too long Online...I need it before I leave on the 7th, all set up.
• Then I did a survey to see if any of the possibilities I wanted were in a local store.  I zeroed it to two.
• One was in the Walmart store near Mike, One was in City of Industry in L A, all the rest were Online only.
• I bought the one at Walmart for 0 interest financing and Mike helped me set it up with cross over from my old computer and it is now restoring from Backup with Carbonite.
• Sounds like Destiny, doesn't it...or good planning and research...Which?