Author: Dan

I drove again today. I’m getting a lot better at using the left foot gas pedal. Monday I get to head out on the road, I’ve just been in a really big parking lot up to now. All other drivers and pedestrians consider this fair warning. Be on the lookout for a Patricia Neal student driver car.

Last week was a roller coaster. Monday and Tuesday were fine. Wednesday, Stephanie needed a day off, so she took it. Thursday, she had a day off and took me to my driving evaluation at Patricia Neal. That went well, looks like I’ll just be using a left foot gas pedal, not hand controls. I have more training this week. So I’ll be driving the Jetta soon I hope.

I also got my taxes done at H&R Block Thursday, that was great. Not only do I not owe anything, I get a refund. I had money set aside to pay taxes, but since I didn’t have to use it we paid off all our credit cards instead. So except for Stephanie’s student loans we are now debt free. Which is good because Friday was a bad day.

Stephanie lost her job Friday, she has details at her blog. So we are a bit short on income now, but thanks to the tax money I didn’t have to give to the government, things aren’t nearly as bad as they could be.

In other news I finally got around to showing Stephanie how too add pictures to her Gallery so there are lots of new pictures online.

I finally have an on the road driving evaluation scheduled again, for Thursday March 10th at 8:45 a.m. I’m a bit worried about it, I haven’t driven a car since before the wreck. I’ve tried driving around a parking lot but I’ve never done anything more than that. We’ll see what happens I guess.

Well, what happened this week? Stephanie and I spent Tuesday working on wedding stuff. We got the tuxes taken care of and figured out the wedding rings. Wednesday was fun. I had to teach in my information society class, that was no problem. Except that my scooter ran out of power on the way to class, hills really drain the battery. Luckily I was able to call a friend and he pushed the scooter to his car and gave me a ride to class. Later that afternoon the scooter ran out of power again but this time I was able to make it to a power outlet for a recharge.

Wednesday I also found out that I made it to the interview process for admission into the SISLT Ph.D. program at the University of Missouri – Columbia. My phone interview is Monday March 7 at 9:00 am central time. Wish me luck.

Thursday I got the chance to talk to Donna Nicely, director of the Nashville Public Library, for almost 2 hours. It was an great experience and that conversation should help with my Ph.D. admissions interview, since I want to study public libraries, information policy and technology.

I haven’t made any progress yet with driving training, the paperwork is either lost or in transit. Walking is getting better, I’ve cut back on the baclofen and that’s making my muscles work more. My legs ache a lot but that’s just because they are working harder and building strength. Plus less baclofen means I can actually stay awake. 🙂