Visited several foot clinics Friday in Maryland to be told the docs had hospital duty and weren't in thier offices. So found a big clinic in Carlisle and went there Monday to find out they were all booked (7 of them!) til Wednesday. So called my family doctor when I was told that he didn't "DO" workman's comp evaluations and that I had to arrange a doctor appointment via a list provided by my employer (so nice that my manager didn't share that tid-bit with me TWO WEEKS AGO!). So two calls, one a.m. one p.m. to our WC division went unanswered with no call backs to my message.
But wait! I got home at midnite in Chattanooga to a message on my HOME phone from someone with whom I had left my CELL phone as a contact number.
And now its late, 4 a.m., and I'm going to bed and not even worrying about trying to coordinate an appointment tomorrow (today).
Oh, and by the way, K&B trucking called today to see if I could take a slot that just opened up for the Chattanooga regional position (the one I was told I would probably have to wait 6 - 8 month for). I told them no - I wouldn't be ready to consider a job change until November 1 at the earliest.
So, off to sleep - laughing that I just got a letter from a hometown florist from whom I bought flowers for Mom last year reminding me her birthday is next week - could they be honored to again send her a gift on my behalf?
Uh, no.
So today I sleep. And of course, today will be sunny and warm for the first time in 2 weeks.
plans this week - get feets fixed
- have tree cut down at LazyB
- roll hoses and put away tools from the old Mack
- take Mack to the Mack dealer for a tune-up
- apply for vacation pay at work to cover first week of not working that is not covered by
Workers Comp
- cross fingers that WC claim goes forward and I get to sit on sofa and eat bon-bons
for next two weeks - paid, of course!
- stew over fact that I just burned my weeks vacation and now probably wont be able
to get time off in March to go to Ireland - for the 2nd year in a row.
- drink beer and eat pizza (my luck, my gout will flare up!)
