No April Fools Here

Now that I've gotten back into the routine (somewhat) of writing my blog I find that when I don't do it I miss it.  So, even though it feels as though there's nothing new to report, I'm writing anyway.

Today was a day filled with appointments.  I was "off" work today due to my physical therapy/doctor schedule.  I left the house at 10 a.m. and finally returned around 3:30 p.m.  All-in-all the news was good.  But, somedays, I think it would be easier to be at work!  I started my day with thirty minutes of traction for my neck.  Then it was on to an hour of physical therapy.  My therapist is really starting to dig-in to some of the muscles in my shoulder and pectoral area.  Sometimes it feels good, but most of the time it's pretty darn painful.  I try not to be too big of a baby about it, but sometimes my facial expressions get the better of me and let her know how I really feel about what she's doing.  Sorry folks -- no pictures to go along with that image.  :)

After therapy Tony and I headed up to see Dr. B.  There, while we waited to be seen, I had the opportunity to observe a medical interpreter at work.  I was fascinated!  Ever since working in EMS I have been drawn to that career as a part-time option for summer, or an on-call position for evenings.  The woman at the clinic today was a Spanish interpreter and I was able to talk with her for a few minutes and gain some information.  I'm really very intrigued.  She was waiting for her patient to show up while Tony and I were waiting to be called to the back.  Interestingly, three Spanish-speaking patients came in while we were sitting there.  I joked with Tony that he was definitely in the language minority in that room.  Six people total, five of whom spoke fluent Spanish.  I should add here that all present also spoke fluent English from what I could tell.  None of the three people present were the patient this interpreter was waiting for.  But, I enjoyed practicing my listening skills as those present conversed.  Poor Tony had no idea what anyone was saying.  I guess he's lucky that when he asked me questions I didn't respond in Spanish too!

Finally, about the time my regular school-day would have been ending, I headed over to the Apple Store to have them take a look at my phone.  It hasn't been holding much of a charge lately, draining very quickly, and sometimes turning itself off while showing it had 34% or more left of charge.  I was also having trouble with the top "lock" button.  Luckily, I have AppleCare, so they were able to swap out the phone for a new one.  The whole visit took less than 20 minutes.

That's about it for my exciting day.  I missed out on all the fun of it being April 1st.  Can't say that I mind too much.  That's all for now...