mini-update

[mellowtigger]

Lowe's gave me a refund on the items that were wrongly delivered. Afterward, a neighbor brought over the mis-delivered items. Yay! I found the refund email from Lowe's, and I replied back saying it was okay to re-charge me. It bounced back, due to "no-reply" email address. *sigh* I called their number, spoke to a human in the wrong dept and they transferred me to accounting. It rang, then switched eventually to hold music, then it ended the call after about 15 minutes. *sigh again* Well, I tried to do the right thing. With the long phone call earlier this week, I may end up consuming more employee wages in customer service time than the $15 items were worth, so I'm just giving up now.

My leg was doing well with the physical therapy exercises. Then, on the way to the bus stop for the next therapy session, I decided to "walk quickly" across the road that was beeping at me for being late. Bad idea. I stressed that leg for the first time in nearly 2 weeks, and I was limping more strongly again. Therapy mostly went well, but there was a strange tourniquet thing we did, as he tried exhausting those leg muscles with whatever oxygen they had pooled already. My leg is in a bad mood again today.

The wind chill was below -18C/0F here in Minneapolis recently. Temperatures are supposed to get above freezing again this weekend, according to forecast. Winter is here. I'm looking forward to the winter solstice and at least getting some more daylight soon.

Comments

[rebeccmeister]

Frustrating to have those kinds of setbacks with your leg! On the other hand, it seems like you've been seeing some improvements, so there's longer-term hope.

I have a feeling it's going to be jarring this year to go from California sunshine to New York winter. Eastern New York winter is still generally mild compared to Midwestern winters.

[darkoshi]

> I may end up consuming more employee wages in customer service time than the $15 items were worth

That is a sensible metric to use.