HAVE U SEEN ALL OF MY LAST 4-5 POSTS (2 ON MY CAMERA/MANNERS & 2 ON PARKING)? IT HAS BEEN A PIC. WEEK W/JESS MAKING AN APPLE PIE FROM SCRATCH, /MARK’S B-DAY, THANKSGIVING, MAKING GINGERBREAD HOUSES, & DEECORATING R X-MAS TREEE. LUCKILY MY CHAIR RAISES, LOWERS, & TILTS & MY REMOTE ZOOMS & TURNS ON/OFF MY CAMERA AS WELL AS TAKE A PIC. WHAT’S FRUSTRATING IS WINDOWS (THE BACKLIGHT IS MY ENEMY, BUT, LUCKILY, I CAN FIX THAT ON DIGITAL PICS), NOT ROOM 4 ME 2 GO WHERE I WANT 2 MANUVER (I HAVE 2 BE FAR BACK), NO WAY 2 GET ATTENTION-THOUGH I TRIED, & MY 3 YR. OLD NEICE WAS IRONICALLY THE BEST BY POSING & HOLDING A POSE 4 ME (SO CUTE), VERTICAL PICS (I ANTICIPATE CROPPING PICS MORE), & PEOPLE STANDING. OR MOVING (I MISS A LOT, BUT ALSO TAKE A TON, ANTICIPATING 2 DELETE A TON). I KNOW THAT AFTER MAKING GINGERBREAD HOUSES, I CLEANED OUT & ENDED UP W/OVER 30 DECENT PICS COMPARED 2 THE 10 OR SO I USUALLY GET-SURE, I COULDN’T GET SOME PICS I USUALLY GET, BUT SOMETHING HAS 2 BE SAID 4 JUST SITTING THERE!

WHAT I TOLD MY STROKE SUPPORT GROUP:

most the time what we do is pull along side the space at the curb that we want to unload at and unload John, then the driver goes and parks the van.

THAT SEEMS LOGICAL, BUT I CAN’T DRIVE MY POWER CHAIR AT NIGHT. I HAVE DOUBLE-VISION & SEE WORSE AT NIGHT, SO I’D HAVE 2 SIT IN THE COLD, WAITING 4 MY HUSBAND, MARK. & LAST NIGHT THEY PARKED IN THE CROSS-HATCHES–EXTREMELY RUDE–SO I’D HAVE 2 WAIT IN THE STREET.

I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT HANDICAPPED PARKING CAN BE NARROW. FORTUNATELY, MARK CAN SQUEEZE OUT MY CHAIR W/O ME ON IT-I SIT IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT (I’M TRANSFERED THERE BECAUSE I GET MORE SUPPORT BY NOT BEING BOUNCED IN BACK & CAN’T SPEAK IF I NEED HELP, & MY 9, 6, & 4 YR. OLD DON’T MESS W/MY SEAT BELT).

WE WERE AT R KIDS’ SCHOOL 2NIGHT BECAUSE WE WERE INVITED 2 A MUSIC PROGRAM. WE TRIED TO GO, BUT SOMEONE WHO’S NOT HANDICAPPED, PARKED IN HANDICAPPED, & ANOTHER PERSON, I’LL CALL HIM/HER “IDIOT,” PARKED ON THE CROSS-HATCHES WHERE MY RAMP & CHAIR GOES. I DOUBT ALL THE HANDICAPPED PEOPLE NEEDED IT-IT’S COMMON FOR THEM TO FORGET THAT I CAN’T GO ON SIDEWALKS W/O RAMPS, SO THAT LEAVES ME IN A DARK STREET. I DIDN’T CARE 2 RISK MY LIFE!
THIS IS A COMMON FRUSTRATION, BUT USUALLY ONLY AFFECTS MARK & I. THIS TIME IT AFFECTED MY FAMILY. MY KIDS WERE DISAPPOINTED. I HATED THAT I KEPT THEM FROM GOING. NO, IDIOTS WHO DON’T REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THOSE SPOTS KEPT A FAM. FROM GOING.