Basik maff be hard,,,

Oh, where to start,,,, Been a mad, mad, mad, DAY,,, Not mad emotion, just sort of this side of total off the hook krazzeee,,,

Lots o runnin’

BUT, For a goodness for once. Talkin’ ta Da this weekend, he was discussing a ‘clinic’ that recently Re-vamped and GREW a town over (bout 14 miles away) and how they have been getting really good word from people he knows.

I looked, but weekend, not open, so well, nuthin much came about, EXCEPT the fact that “walk ins welcome”,,,, Roll the dice, buy the ticket, take the ride,,,,

Left Da’s at 10am,,, arrived there shortly after,,, Walked in, talked to receptionist, lobby not overly full, but BIZZY,,, thinking to self “great, we are gonna be here for HOURS,,,,”

filled out the paperwork side of things for Da, showed him where to sign, did the leg work of getting him checked in and before my arse made contact with the chair next to Da, they called him in.

DOC was Supernice, Nice looking (9 months pregnent and I envy her hubby,,, she’s a looker) VERY empathic to our needs, was horrified by the recent events so far, even got angry about it to some extent though not cussin’ mad, but carefully chosen wording describing “incompentent sheepskin holders”

Funny that, she is an honest to Dawg DOCTOR,, not an APRN or PA,,,

Da completely relaxed around her, was even cracking jokes a bit (his humor ain’t ded, but the pain makes it a little less afluent.)

Build a treatment strategy,,, DO carry forward with the second MRI (was today at 3) Don’t bother with the Rheumatologist as this isn’t showing signs of old Arthur (cancled that one) Hold the current other appointments, FOR NOW, as there may be further information from them concerning this recent MRI, Forward ALL imaging to her office (done!) and she wrote a scrip for a powerful but NOT NARCOTIC pain killer, to help aleviate this mess he has been in.

And Da and I returned back to his house by 11:15,,,, No appointment recall,,,, less than an hour and MORE forward movement in that hour and only 28 miles of driving versus the 6 appointments, 5 diffferent docs, 1000 miles of driving, and NO Plan for treatment of any sort.

I’m TICKLED PINK right now.
But the logistics of all the running (as we still had to get him to the MRI at 3,) messed up me head a bit.

Had some time to kill before the run to the RILLY BIG MAGNETS,,, so, piddle on Bloo for a minute. Started by stuffing the cylinder with rope (#7) and pulled the rocker arm, and

BRAIN FART!!! I’m looking down at the new valve seals and totally flummoxed myself thinking “I forgot to put one on somewhere,,,,” (I’m looking at 4 seals in the bag) F!F! F! F! fFFFFFfffff!!!!! Run in the house, grab the borescope and start eyeballing things,,, “Nope! new seal, new seal, new seal, new seal,,,,,,,,”

And then the math hit me,,,, Two cylinders remaning, two valves each, FOUR SEALS,,,,

Fuggit,,If’n I’m that scatterbrained that I made ‘bad maff’ anxiety hit,,,Mehbe, I just need to leave the wrenches alone for the day,,,, Better than messin’ sumpin up: like dropping another keeper!?!?! Though I have access to good ones, I DID intend on using that donor block at some point. even if only to power a genset of something. (High milage, but ran great before I went to rippin’ her apart.)

So, Bloo sat,,, run to the MRI an hour or so later and that was another ‘in n out’. I think I sat longer waiting for the receptionist to make a disc of the recent images for us. (she also forwarded the files to the Neurosurgeon for assessment.)

Now we wait for word,,, Three places,,, someone is gonna have something to say,,,, Roll the dice, buy the ticket, take the ride.

badd maff n all

on other fronts, I stole this from Francis

Time to wake up if ya haven’t felt that burn yet. Its not so bad here in Appalachia, but Was HORRID when I went back to my hometown a couple three year back. I’d imagine it’s grown worse since, as we are seeing Diversity rear its head ’round here too.

And no, I have no problems with skin tones, I DO have a problem with intergration resistence, and many of the current ‘immigre’ are HIGHLY resistant to intergration to “Murhican”

Sad to say, I know more than a few ‘muricans’ that don’t fit that description. Especially that “I do not wish to be a kept citizen” aspect,,,, Too many live on that check from Ungle Sugar at far too early an age, and never Get off of it. They “barter that incentive for a dole’ and then bitch when the state wants to control every aspect of thier lives.

I don’t pity them when the bitchin’ starts: I just point out that they let that particular camel into the tent, now its time to live with it.

ANNNDDDDDDDDDD,,,,,,,,,

on other fronts, a HUGE thankyou goes out to Mike in FLA for another Donation to the Blog/shop. Brother, you are being incredibly generous to this not so destitute grump, and its HIGHLY appreciated. Please, do not put yourself in a predicament on my account, but thank you and it IS appreciated!!!! (and if any others are feeling generous in their own way, the TIP JAR link for ya. I wont’ give ya any crap, but will publicly thank you unless told otherwise!!!)

And oh Yeah,,, Jesse Jackson died,,,,

I’ll just leave that right there for your inspection,,,,

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