Life is a Series of Vicissitudes

Yesterday's clinic appointment was for a second ultrasound and aspersion on my underarm. *sigh* Although I have great doctors, it's one procedure that I'm not all that fond of. Nonetheless, I'm certainly getting used to it, and they pulled out more than 20 cc of fluid buildup (slightly less than seven fluid ounces), so that was excellent and I feel much better today. 

The printer for the store sales computer system is an 
HP Laserjet 1100 printer - VERY old. I bought a 
duplicate printer a couple of years ago just in case, 
and we might have to switch over to it for a while 
to see if it is any improvement (or even works at all). 

Of course, when one thing starts going well, something else makes up for it, and that happened at work when our store laser printer decided it didn't want to work properly. Eventually we did get it to work, but it's not feeding the paper quite straight. Print quality has been an issue for years, but we live with it. It's a VERY old printer, and anything newer doesn't work with the VERY old software it needs to mesh with. I do have a spare - I purchased one a couple of years ago just in case. As I recall, that one had problems too, but between them, we'll hopefully be able to get reports printed out through the end of the year or whenever we actually shut the doors permanently. 

The Allina/United Hospital complex in 
downtown St Paul is massive in scope. 
I usually park in the Gold ramp (upper 
right), crossing to the orange section for 
my breast cancer appointments. For my 
radiation therapy, I'll be at the opposite 
end, in the purple/red building on the 
right. My surgery took place in the main 
turquoise blue building. 

If all goes well, I start Radiation treatment next week Wednesday for a total of fifteen days, every weekday morning. I needed appointments as early as possible, and they've accommodated me to the best of their ability. I have 9:15 am for the first week, 9:15 am for the second week, the third full week ranges from 9:00 am through 8:00 am, and the final days have me there at 7:45 am. That's excellent. Hopefully snow won't mess things up even more, but I'll deal as I need to. I take major roads all the way to the clinic and back, so street clearing shouldn't be a factor. (I only think of this because we got a major snow dump last night that DH will need to snow blow this morning so that I can grocery shop, he can go to work, and I can put the trash bin to the curb for the weekly pickup). 

It's winter, so no leaves on the trees, but the main 
hospital complex is this. I'm always impressed when 
I come down to here. I worked in hospitals for years 
when I was young, and our hospitals then were 
nothing like the ones we have now! 

So, life is a series of vicissitudes. I'm sure your own life also has its' challenges that you must face, whether it be just getting the kids out of the door and off to school, or dealing with an illness or a dysfunctional companion. Everyone is dealing with something in their lives, so be kind to others today. Smile, offer a sincere compliment, and generally, try to make their lives slightly brighter. Shine that light! I'll be back tomorrow, Slava Ukraini.