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 What the heck am I doing today? Shenanigans, General Tomfoolery or What? You never know |
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Talk about perks, my career had one of the best I can think of! I traveled in the course of business, delivering classes for my employer. I was a Senior Training Specialist for Motorola Solutions, and taught classes on a wide variety of subjects centered around 2-way radio communications. I knew that when the time arrived that I would retire, and I have. I've always said that if you can't stand the heat in the kitchen, get out! I can't handle the heat anymore. I was qualified to deliver approximately 32 different classes, but about half of those were 'Legacy' classes, and were not in demand anymore. My students were technicians, those who maintained, programmed, calibrated, and repaired large 2-way radio systems. Some of these systems are statewide, and use TCP-IP networking to allow sites to communicate with others. Some are small, traditional type radio sites. The size doesn't matter, in each case the systems must be kept operational at all times, since many of them are Public Safety Systems. So I traveled, sometimes frequently, 3-4 weeks in a row.... where have I been? Some of the places I've been (I can't list them all here, the list would be too long) are pretty interesting. 1. Hawaii - Four times, Oahu, Maui (twice), and the Big Island, Plus I lived on Oahu from 74-83. 2. Bangkok Thailand, twice 3. Frankfurt Germany, twice 4. Algiers, Algeria 5. Melbourne Australia 6. Bismarck North Dakota, Summer & Winter 7. California, especially the Los Angeles area, Too many times to count 8. Washington DC, Too many times to count 9. Seattle three or four times 10. Texas, all over the state 11. Florida, all over the state 12. New Mexico, HOME! Several times  Best Cultural And Regional Honorable Mention |
Yesterday Was Quite A Day! As the title states. Yesterday Was Quite A Day. Please allow me to start from the beginning. We decided to go the ER. My condition had not improved much, if at all,. How bad was it? Well, even though I could get clean in 15 minutes or so, the whole ordeal would take at least an hour! Why so long? My legs do not support me well, if a all. Kathy can't pick me up, nor can she provide an arm for support when I try to stand. Plus, my legs might support me at the start, but there is a time limit on things. Once I'm on my feet, we have maybe 10 minutes to get me settled. And we both end up exhausted. Our next problem was getting me to the ER. After the Fiasco of trying to get to the lab for that MRI, we decided I would go by Ambulance. Not my first choice, but probably the safest. Until then I was almost pain free! Yet the minute I was on that Gurney, that back pain kicked in. Plus, Kathy told them that if she hasn’t been with me all the time, she would think I’d had a minor stroke. The EMT’s did their duty checking for stroke symptoms. The only thing he noticed was that my left hand grip was slightly weaker than my right. Nothing more was said or done about that matter. They ran a CT Scan from my head to groin. That game out good with no Cancer seen, and two small non-intrusive kidney stones. Once that was done we played ‘the waiting game’. I was discharged 6 hours after we arrived, there was no Medical Reason for me staying. I slept in the love seat as always. My new bed for the foreseeable future. Our big question is, suppose this is a permanent arrangement? Only time will tell. |
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