When the
alarm sounded at its preset 0500, Loki was already pacing from room to room in
her weather-alert manner. The sky was
overcast and fitful winds were blowing off the ridges. The radar at that time displayed a cluster of
thunderstorms to our northwest. By the
time I pulled into VA’s lots at 0805 rain was beginning to fall from dark,
gloomy clouds.
The
scheduled NP appointment was little more than a review of meds and other
options such as classes available to vets with PTSD to help them recognize
trigger situations, and to formulate methods to deal with them. I’ll be seeing a new psychiatrist next time
as this physician’s contract period has expired. I took the opportunity to thank her for her
help obtaining the increased disability rating.
I was quite
pleasantly surprised when she told me that she had looked up my last letter to
the Johnson City Press, the one that irritated Roe enough to call me. It’s always nice to hear someone say that
something I’ve written is well done.
Combined with the memory of the intended irritation of a teavangelist
legislator, it became an even better morning.
The drive
to Auto Solutions went smoothly. At 1000,
I find myself perched on a metal folding chair, balancing the notebook on my
knees and wishing I had not been so “clever.”
In preparation for leaving early, I grabbed my conical travel coffee mug
and filled it with the morning caffeine dose.
For some reason, every time I try to drink from a travel mug I wind up
spilling the contents down my shirt. Do
I actually have a drinking problem?
The A/C on
the Pathfinder has a broken pipe that must be ordered in before any other
repairs are possible. I’ve given the OK
and we’ll hope that it arrives by Friday.
I’ll take the opportunity to have scheduled maintenance done as
well.
The skies
remain dark, oppressive with the promise of thunderstorms and potentially other,
more damaging storms. The Severe Storms
Prediction Center has increased our probability of severe storms from light to moderate;
I’m looking for another evening of entrained mesocyclones storms. For, but not
Forward. The storm reports are
increasing in frequency. The
Psychiatrist asked me if anything in particular was causing stress. Spring storm season always pushes the levels
way up.
I’ll be
watching radars tonight and hoping for calmer weather.
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