#319 Good Morning Sunday, August 28, 2016

Good Morning Everyone,

So here we are, Sunday morning, day 15 of my Harley Mishap.  They picked up my motorcycle on Friday to go to the shop at Everglades Motorcycles to get the insurance quote.  It cranked right up and the guy rode it into the trailer.  So mechanically there seems to be nothing wrong with it.  It’s just cosmetic.  The insurance adjuster is outside Kansas City…….WHAT??????  Sure isn’t the way it used to be when the local guy came by and took pictures.  I’m glad I took a set of pictures of the damage.  So now it is in their hands.  It really is a nice bike, but as much as I like it, I think I’ll stick with my scooter.  It is a lot more comfortable for me and so much more convenient.  No big boots needed!   Although I loved the idea of having a Harley and now I can say I had one – albeit very expensive – $44K to date with much more to come!  Sticking with my Honda Forza is more appropriate for my 2 wheeling experience.  Gotta love this look:

Red2 and Me in Naples

Red2 and Me in Naples

I guess there will be no Harley Events for me on my Forza, but so be it.

So yesterday, Roy stopped in and installed:

Skybell

Skybell

It is so cool.  Even though I can see who is at my door by just looking out the window, it is nice to have this.  We had trouble syncing it yesterday, but most of that was because I couldn’t figure out what my password was for the wireless network I have here in my house.  I’ve got to delete some of my passwords in Keeper.  I think I’ll do that right now while I’m thinking of it.  Be right back!

Ok so like I said it didn’t seem to be working correctly so Roy left frustrated and I didn’t really care all that much.  But now I’m pretty excited about the thing, now that I got it connected and working.  The only thing I don’t have is an icon on my computer.  I can’t seem to figure out how to do that but I’m going to see if I can figure that out also.  So here are a couple of pictures from yesterday:

Me at my door

Me at my door

Look at how great the picture is and this is all that produces it:

Skybell and camera

Skybell and camera

When the door bell rings, a text message comes to my phone.  I open that and the camera comes on and shows me my whole porch.  Then it acts like an intercom and I can talk to whoever is there.  It should work when I’m at work I guess, but maybe not.  May be out of range – but we’ll see.  It is really fun to have.  Thank you Roy.

I’m going to come back.  My keyboard isn’t keeping up.

I’m going to go to church this morning.  I’ve been debating about washing my hair before I go, but it is a pain.  I washed it yesterday afternoon so it is clean, it just doesn’t have the “poof” I like since I slept on it last night.  But I’m not going to wash it again this morning.  That is the only thing that has frustrated me about this injury.  No showers.  All I’ve been able to do are washcloth showers and I have to wash my hair in the kitchen sink.  But I suppose if that is all I have to complain about that’s pretty good.  My leg feels much better.  My knee is bending on it’s own and I don’t have the pain in the leg any more.  It’s beginning to itch a little which makes me think the healing is doing well, or is it because I haven’t been able to shower?  Anyway, tomorrow I’ll drive to Ft. Myers myself.  I’ve been driving to New Attitudes, and I’m going to drive to church this morning.  It makes me feel my independence again and as much as it was nice to have Jeff drive me around, I really don’t like his driving.  He always wants to keep his trip thing on to keep his speed consistent – even in town.  Then he does a few odd swipes of the steering wheel that makes the car swerve.  I swear he almost swerved into a couple of cars.  I guess it shows me that I still like being in control.

It is supposed to rain all next week with a tropical depression in our area.  I am going to Dr. Guzman on Monday and I think he’ll remove the sutures.  We’ll see.  I don’t think I want to go back to work this week, but I suppose I should.  As much as I want to retire, I know I can’t and I still need my insurance and paycheck.  I’ve got a lot of bills to pay and the spousal support isn’t enough to cover my expenses.  So back to work I go.

I guess that is about all for me today.  I’m glad you visited and I’ll see you next time!

 

 

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