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Bonnie said:
It's regulated by the state of Texas .... every inspection place has the same exact equipment.
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You're right, of course. That does make sense.
Gosh. It seems like a lot of older and disabled people, might have a car, not for trips, but mainly in case of needing it, or just primarily for medical appointments, and local necessities, making that mileage issue a hardship, for sure. And even more than usual, people have been limited in outings and travel, due to the pandemic, as well.:confused:
 

Bonnie said:
Paid a visit to my car dealership for some advice this morning, and an oil change....
Their help doesn't come cheap ..(n)

I'm in need of a yearly state inspection sticker for my car. It's up at the end of the month.
Problem is that I don't seem to have enough miles on the car for it to pass an inspection! .... everything is in good order, but they want me to take it on a loooong trip, and put a bunch of miles on it .... not gonna happen!

Sounds like I'm going to have to enlist the help of family members for this task. Crazy!
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It is ridiculous that those of us in TX with perfectly fine cars need to go through inspections every year when I see these old bombs driving around with smoke coming out of the exhausts. :mad:
 

Today's my annual physical. I'd skip it this year if I could, but my insurance says once a year every year or else. Or else what? Or else they'll cancel my insurance. The reason I'd skip it this year is because I've been seeing the same PCP for more than 10 years but couldn't get an appointment. She's booked up until practically the end of time. It took me three months to get this appointment. Three months!

I don't like having to start over with someone new. It's like dating and all that getting-to-know-you stuff. Ugh. There's certainly nothing special about me that the new doc will remember when next year's physical rolls around. Well...maybe my blue hair? Gramma Smurf.

Eighteen years ago today my younger son died. He'd be 59 now. It's a sad day for me, something you never "get over" but does get easier to bear. He will always be remembered by me as young and strong and handsome.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Today's my annual physical. I'd skip it this year if I could, but my insurance says once a year every year or else. Or else what? Or else they'll cancel my insurance. The reason I'd skip it this year is because I've been seeing the same PCP for more than 10 years but couldn't get an appointment. She's booked up until practically the end of time. It took me three months to get this appointment. Three months!

I don't like having to start over with someone new. It's like dating and all that getting-to-know-you stuff. Ugh. There's certainly nothing special about me that the new doc will remember when next year's physical rolls around. Well...maybe my blue hair? Gramma Smurf.

Eighteen years ago today my younger son died. He'd be 59 now. It's a sad day for me, something you never "get over" but does get easier to bear. He will always be remembered by me as young and strong and handsome.
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So sorry about losing your son. No, it is never something you get over.
 
Taking Joey to the dentist today, taking him to his PCD tomorrow. Apparently the group home is unable to do this. Seriously thinking of bringing him home. We would have to move, but if we have to do all this why let the group home get paid for what we are doing.

Plus the level of care has really dropped. I told director yesterday, if I have to choose between the AD idiot being moved and the group home idiot manager being moved, the group home manager has to go.

I also told her my older son and daughter are pressing me to file charges against her for fraud for using Joey”s money. If they leave her in charge of his group home, I will have to do that. I don’t want to. But if you steal five dollars from a bank and return it later when someone notices, well, you are still a bank robber.

She used more than a 100 dollars of his money and while it is being returned, it was still stolen.
 
Oh, my, @Aneeda. You and Joey certainly have had more than your share of difficulties at the group home. I use the word "difficulties" because I can't think of a stronger term without being obscene.

One of my brothers just called to tell me that one of our sisters had a brain aneurism yesterday and was flown to a city with a hospital big enough and sophisticated enough to operate. She was in surgery for about seven hours and will be in the ICU for at least three weeks. No one knows yet how her recovery will go or even whether she'll recover at all. With the Covid protocols in place, no one can see her, not even her husband.

Guess I shouldn't complain about Kaiser's policies. They focus on prevention, which is why they insist on the yearly physical.
 
Today, I'm pleased I popped out yesterday for a few top up groceries because it's cold and dull and definitely not a day for going out unless you have no choice...
Instead I've been cleaning..oh joy... 🥱.. but not just any cleaning, the best type.🙄. cleaning all the of the kitchen cabinets inside and out , perched precariously on the top rung of a ladder... and dismantling all the Cooker extractor hood, washing those,and changing the charcoal filters......then that leads onto spotting other things that need cleaning while I'm up there, and then I get down, and the floor needs washing..and so it went on.🙄
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
@hollydolly Thank you for the kind words. No one can ever understand the loss of a child no matter their age. It's pain I would never wish on anybody, but as I said earlier, it gets easier to bear.
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Oh I know, bless you... I lost a baby myself, still birth ( not quite the same I know ).. and my sister lost 2 children, one at 4months to cot death and one at 15 who was killed while crossing the road..., so I know the pain from that angle.. 😟
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Oh, my, @Aneeda. You and Joey certainly have had more than your share of difficulties at the group home. I use the word "difficulties" because I can't think of a stronger term without being obscene.

One of my brothers just called to tell me that one of our sisters had a brain aneurism yesterday and was flown to a city with a hospital big enough and sophisticated enough to operate. She was in surgery for about seven hours and will be in the ICU for at least three weeks. No one knows yet how her recovery will go or even whether she'll recover at all. With the Covid protocols in place, no one can see her, not even her husband.

Guess I shouldn't complain about Kaiser's policies. They focus on prevention, which is why they insist on the yearly physical.
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Sorry to hear about your sister. I hope she recovers.

Do you mean they found an aneurism or that the aneurism burst? I have an aneurysm on my communication artery, the right carotid artery, and the iliac artery. 🤦🏻‍♀️. The brain ones can not be operated on, so I am really interested. But it’s a difficult time for you, so don’t answer if you don’t want to share.

Yup, it’s been a very difficult year for Joey. The group home manager is way out of her ability skill set. They keep her and the other useless workers because they can not find decent help in an industry which is always hard up for decent help.

I don’t think brining Joey home is a great ideal for him, but at least he would be safer and that’s saying something. I have to give it a great deal of thought. They offered a different home but the bedrooms are upstairs. ☹️ He doesn’t do stairs very well.
 
@hollydolly Nope. Don't live in your house, but hidden cameras tell the tale. Jussayin';)

@Aneeda72 I really don't know any details. The info I got was second hand from my brother, who talked to a sister who's an RN and a midwife. RN gives her a nodding acquaintance with that kind of medicine, and midwifery doesn't shed any light on the situation at all!
 
Well just spent the afternoon batch cooking for the freezer... so that's 5 days meals taken care of.. and the total cost was less than £5.00.... it's definitely the way to make money stretch that's for sure.

I could have kicked myself tho'.. because it would have been more meals except I bought some chicken thighs yesterday , and usually I would freeze them in packs of 2 each... but I wasn't thinking and just put the whole pack in the freezer, which means of course that when they defrost I'll have to cook them all at once..

Washed up and cleaned up the kitchen for the second time today

It's dark now at 5-15..been dark for an hour.. I've just put my wheelie bin out at the end of the path for the bin men in the morning..

Got a cuppa tea, and gonna rest my back for a bit now
 
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