So if you don't know, Mark
has had a rough year. Three trips to the hospital and a long road to recovery.
Yesterday we took a big step. We went shopping. Or I should say Mark went
shopping. I was simply his mule. It was his first foray out of the house other
than trips to the doctor since July. The thing that makes it possible is his
electric handicap cart. He zips around in that thing like Dale Earnhardt jr.
while I walk behind him struggling to keep up. So things worked out well. We
went to one store, Home Goods. That's church to Mark. If I let him, he would
spend hours in that place. My only problem with taking him shopping is that
little cart. It's a great convenience, but I have to take it apart every time.
Take it apart to put it in the trunk. Put it back together when we get to where
we're going. Take it apart, put it back together, again and again. It comes in
five pieces but I only take it down to four because the one time I removed the
back end of it I couldn't get it back on. I spent twenty minutes in a hospital
parking lot wrestling with that thing, cursing all the way while Mark sat in
the air conditioned car. Finally I kicked it good and hard causing the rear
wheel assembly to fall snuggly into place. I have not removed it since.
Yesterday I had a problem with the battery. It is very heavy and requires a
good, strong jerking motion to pull it out. Once again, Mark was in the warm
car while I struggled with that battery. No matter how hard I pulled and jerked
at it, it wouldn't budge. After breaking out into a full blown cursing fit
where I used the "F" word about three hundred times, I got the
brilliant idea to ask some strong young man to remove it for me. The problem
with that is that only women go to Home Goods. Women and Mark. Finally, after a
near stroke and breaking out in a sweat, a large truck pulled up in front of
Home Goods. So I asked the nice truck driver if he would give my battery a
yank. He did, it came right out, and I felt good again. I'll have to remember
that next time I need something yanked. Just ask a truck driver.
Alan, you should look into one of these. https://www.discountramps.com/scooter-wheelchair-rack/p/SC400-V2/?CAWELAID=820562990000011040&gclid=CjwKCAiA_ZTfBRBjEiwAN6YG4XiUqtmGnA9xfsySsnxGrhrde2q446_g34AlJIZoLfCZic1mKusFeBoCP0UQAvD_BwE
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