Home and health improvements

[greatbear]

In spite of losing out on the Provincetown trip, I've decided to use the time for much-needed repairs. Some of these involve my rickety old body. I will be making appointments to have hernia surgery in a few days as well as trying to find out exactly why my Achilles tendinitis has gotten so bad in the past few months that I can barely walk. That, coupled with the fact I eat like a pig and slowly have been losing weight makes me believe there's something else at play here. I'll find out soon enough I hope. I also have to make a dentist appointment (I know it's been more than ten years by now) as well as another trip to my ophthalmologist to see how the glaucoma is doing. Yeah, I'm falling apart big time.

My main issue in all of this is having the time off for the procedures (and accompanying recovery in the case of the surgery) held against me by management. This started many years ago with one particular manager that for one reason or another, disliked me intensely and delighted in making examples of the slightest faults or issues. This put a big flag in my records that to this day seem to haunt me from time to time. Not long ago I heard he had kicked the bucket, and when told this among others in our group I applauded the news and hoped for some really good rot to take place. Yeah, not nice, and shocked some, but as a reference, he got what he had coming IMO. I need to make sure these procedures will not be held against me, and if they appear to, I will hold off and possibly begin some legal action. All I ask for is equal treatment. Sound familiar?

Also, now that these pesky vacations are no more, I have more time to work on stuff. While my eyes might need some work to improve my vision, I can only hope it's as easy as this:



On Sunday while awaiting the final outcome of our trip, I finally did something about the sun-clouded headlights on my Stratus. Both lights had clouded badly over the past nine years, and the right-side lamp had some deep gouges from the time that Mom had gotten run off the road by some mofugger (that I was ready to go find and beat to a pulp) into a row of orange traffic barrels. Some sanding and polishing with my new Baldor two-speed monster buffer, and the things look practically new again. I should regain a noticeable amount of illumination as well.

Comments

[geometrician.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry about your trip. I could feel the heat coming off your post yesterday.

The headlight assembly looks freaking amazing.

Please see someone ASAP about your eating and losing weight. Sooner, rather than later.

[sfmini.livejournal.com]

After a few tense situations, I hired a employment attorney to write a letter to my employer suggesting it was in their best interest to allow me to get my medical care. They dismissed it until the second letter I commissioned arrived, then they checked with their attorneys and ever since they have been most accommodating.

Funny thing is, they don't really seem to mind that this broken down mess is gone for a couple of hours every so often. They didn't seem to mind the surgeries and broken bones either. Oy

[erstexman.livejournal.com]

Wow - and I thought I was falling apart! Take care of yourself there and stay on top of things!

[normalcyispasse.livejournal.com]

I'm no fan of doctors, but I acknowledge their necessity.

On the other hand, that's a damn impressive job on the headlamp assembly!

[champdaddy.livejournal.com]

...now that these pesky vacations are no more...

Should I ask, are we still on?