well, that was fun (fsvo)
Sep. 4th, 2020 12:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennlkHeaded out to PT in the old car somewhat early this morning -- I had to stop at the township office to drop off the summer tax payment, and it sometimes takes a while to get through that town in the AM -- dropped off the payment, got back in the car, pushed the brake pedal. And it went straight to the floor. "that's not good." Pull around the parking lot to the driveway, push the brake pedal to stop. Car slows, pedal goes to floor. "definitely Not Good." Drive home (lovely windy road with no traffic lights) hoping that no critter will run across the road, swap to my car, off to PT, to hopefully not be too late. Made it to PT only five minutes late, which was not too bad.
Do PT, text J from parking lot after (it's half-nine by then, he's bound to be up), run errands, come home. The brake line split. OK, the rust that was pretty much all that was left of the brake line split. There's a trail of brake fluid in the driveway where I came home. At least it happened in the parking lot of the township hall, and I could get home without really using the brakes; rather than in A2. OTOH, I do have a cell phone and a AAA card, so I'd not be stranded for very long, as long as I didn't hit anything.
PT says I'm progressing well, but they still want more strength and stability under load. Range of motion is probably as good as it's going to get, but being able to put something on a shelf is as important as being able to reach the shelf. No appointment next week (clinic is only half staffed due to holiday, and they say I can miss a week without problem), but scheduled through October now. More exercises, increased repetitions, regrouped reps (rather than 3 @ 10, 30 with no break).
Errands were errands. Grocery shopping was light, as I've pretty much filled all the holes in the pantry that I'm going to. Mostly perishables today, and bird and cat food. Spent less than $20 at Costco (I know!), since all I got there was veg. New MI apples are in at Meijer (w00t). Probably coulda got a couple more snack-y things, but it won't do J any harm to run out of potato chips before I go shopping next week.
Do PT, text J from parking lot after (it's half-nine by then, he's bound to be up), run errands, come home. The brake line split. OK, the rust that was pretty much all that was left of the brake line split. There's a trail of brake fluid in the driveway where I came home. At least it happened in the parking lot of the township hall, and I could get home without really using the brakes; rather than in A2. OTOH, I do have a cell phone and a AAA card, so I'd not be stranded for very long, as long as I didn't hit anything.
PT says I'm progressing well, but they still want more strength and stability under load. Range of motion is probably as good as it's going to get, but being able to put something on a shelf is as important as being able to reach the shelf. No appointment next week (clinic is only half staffed due to holiday, and they say I can miss a week without problem), but scheduled through October now. More exercises, increased repetitions, regrouped reps (rather than 3 @ 10, 30 with no break).
Errands were errands. Grocery shopping was light, as I've pretty much filled all the holes in the pantry that I'm going to. Mostly perishables today, and bird and cat food. Spent less than $20 at Costco (I know!), since all I got there was veg. New MI apples are in at Meijer (w00t). Probably coulda got a couple more snack-y things, but it won't do J any harm to run out of potato chips before I go shopping next week.
