I could have called today the battle of the bureaucracies. First off, I started having weird dreams about Book Expo America which is coming up next week. Then, they called me and said there was some sort of problem with my paperwork. I spent about three hours getting that straightened out which it all supposedly is now. Then, I spent about another hour in various email communication with the Book Expo America associate people. Then I wrote for a bit and talked on Facebook. Then, I wrote an email and made another phone call regarding money I was owed. Now, I'm just blogging and trying to watch a dinosaur show at once as I ponder why the gaming website I work on to raise money for ADAPT isn't crediting me. I'm trying to decide if I have enough energy to pursue that with them. You see my allergies are making me tired.

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My poor assistant can't come to work today (apparently, her dad didn't believe her that she needed to work and took her car). She's really upset and crying on the phone, so I believed her. Because you can't fake that! At least, I found someone who can help me come and pee, eat, and so on. It got be worse.

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Today I was without a PCA for a fair amount of hours because of the weather and other concerns. But I was okay. Really glad I had some good programs on the DVR and lots of posting to distract me from the fact that I couldn't go to the bathroom. Such is the life of a personal care assistant user when her services gets screwed up. I have four interviews tomorrow and hopefully will find someone to fill my open shifts.

Other than that, this day has been very productive even though I slept late until almost 10:30am. I've posted in every blog I own and answered some questions in myLot. This is my last official thing to do today except for creating a new entry for tales from the chair.

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I'm trying to get home for Christmas, as you know. I left my house and about midway through the van ride to the train station. I realized that I'd forgotten my medicine. I called Amy in a panic and had her drive the meds to me at the Springfield train station. Lucky she could! Demi came along, too, to help her with directions.

But when we get to the station, we find out that our train was going to be 2 and a half hours late. That means I'll miss the last train to Harrisburg and my parents house. After a series of frantic phone calls to the 'rents, it was decided that I would go back home and they would come get get me in the repaired van tomorrow. Maybe I'll have time to hit the library before they get here. Although that will be one cold walk! It's freezing here.

So, I tried to call Amy and Demi and tell them not to come (as I was going back home anyway). But Demi forgot her phone, so no luck there. Ivy is making me dinner and it smells awesome! Let's eat!

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Even as I wrote those words, I kept wanting to say, "knock on wood" because I thought this knee was getting better about three times before. After each, it had a nasty relapse. Yesterday, I went to the orthopedist whose name was Dr. Doctor which I find funny and he leaned on my knee in an effort to pop something back in in case it was misaligned. This hurt very much. But, I guess it worked because I can stand up now. I still have some pain but nothing like before. In fact, if I'm really careful and sit very well which is hard in my old chair because it's broken there is no pain in my knee whatsoever. I know this is not the end of this process although I wish it was. Tomorrow, I start physical therapy to try to get my knee back to normal. Well, normal for it which is not normal for everyone else because I have cerebral palsy. But, I'm kind of enthused about the whole process. I might actually be able to go to my college reunion picnic and, more importantly to me, my honorary niece's dance recital.

But just when everything health wise was looking up, other things in my life started to go wrong. Of course! One, a website I work for accused me of plagiarizing which I've never done and never would do. Two, one of my assistants needed the rest of the week off as she's being evicted. Three, another one of my assistants possibly has pneumonia. Four, the company that pays my assistants mistakenly, they say, confused one person's time sheet with another person's and paid one person twice and the other person not at all. Now, they have to go in the first women's account and retrieve the second person's money. I'm having them send me copies of the timesheets in question to make sure this is what really happened because I have a suspicion that it is not due to the fact that the first person, who's very honest and I've never had a problem with, didn't tell me about it. I'm sure she would have if she had gotten a double paycheck. I think that maybe they are just claiming that that happened when what really happened was that they forgot to put in the second person's time sheet at all. We'll see what we see.

Today is also the day of finding lost things. I found my writing notebook, four missing library books, and an extra box of gloves that my assistants use to take care of me. I'm supposed to be getting a new shipment of gloves tomorrow, but I don't know as my supplies has not been that forthright in the past.

Why does it seem that when one thing works out, another or several others, goes awry? At least I'm glad that some of my assistants can cover the times when others need help.

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