It's worth a substantial amount of credit that I won't have to pay for again, with 4 schools involved. And each school has their own system of student identification even though they all use the same transcript service, Parchment. I feel like a personal assistant, and I think my son would be lost if I wasn't there to ferret out these old emails from months ago purporting to include instructions and pertinent information regarding classes and grades. And that's only because I recently logged onto my son's email account and found he had over 19k unread emails. OMG! Gen Z does not read email unless absolutely necessary.
It's nearly 11 by the time I got on the elliptical. Today is cooler temp-wise but I still wish the a/c was stronger. I'm a bit surprised by people greeting me. I know them by sight from years ago, when I used to come at a later hour. I guess I'm memorable because there aren't any other small Asian woman at the gym. In fact, there aren't any Asians at all. I see a lot of familiar faces, and some new ones. But very few kids. I'm good with that.
I'm a tad better at pull-ups today, inching my way back! At first, I thought the discomfort under my armpits was from the seams of my shirt chafing my tender skin, but now I think it's soreness of my lats and the back of my triceps. Weird that pull-ups could cause that. My sciatica is receding but not gone. Yet. My appointment with the "back doc" is next week. It'd be funny if by the time I get to my appointment, my pain was all gone. But that's unlikely.
I did go to the new dentist yesterday, and I was surprised and pleased by his pleasant soft-spoken manner. He reminds me of Mr. Rogers! Old-fashion dentist who does his own cleanings and x-rays. Everyone else I know has techs to do that. He measured the gingival pockets between the gum and teeth, and commented that tartar doesn't stick to ceramic crowns. Also that the cracked ceramic was cosmetic but that the teeth themselves were still fine and the metal caps intact. He ground down the rough edges and said that there wasn't any need to replace the crowns unless I insisted. Whoa! He literally just saved me thousands of dollars!
There's still a lot of things I need to get done, like finding someone to install the glass replacement panel to the storm door, and getting my car inspected before the month is over. I'm thinking those pesky wheel bearings are going to wait a little longer. They don't make any noise until I reach 40 mph, and then my car sounds like the movie soundtrack to an old film on war planes. It could be worse...
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