PT

I had my first physical therapy appointment today.  I arrived early and watched The Price is Right in the waiting area.  A lady was going to play the putting game.  It brought back a lot of memories when I watched the show when I was a kid.  I thought I was pretty good at guessing prices (not so any more). I remembered a guy who played the putting game years ago, and he missed the putt, but it bounced off the back rail and went right in the hole.  And wouldn't you know it? This lady did the same thing today.  Cool, but they haven't called my name yet.  Only others were to "Come on down!" I eventually get up from my seat and ask if I missed my name.  I guess I didn't because she sent me to a lady to sign some papers, and then I was on my way.  However, I now only had 15 minutes left for the therapist to perform an evaluation on me.  They had some really cool yet intimidating equipment to measure my neck strength (if I didn't know any better, I would have thought they were strapping me in for lethal injection).  Turns out that my range of motion is twelve degrees less turning to the right than to the left.  Good.  I am not crazy, and I really do have a problem.  The doctor who originally referred me to PT said I should have about three sessions.  I am now scheduled for two sessions a week for four weeks.  Hopefully, with the help of those folks, I can correct the range of motion and strength issues.

After PT I went to Best Buy, so they could check out my phone.  It wasn't user error.  The screen was dead, but they did get a shipment of six more Evo's as I arrived in the store.  I suppose I am the luckiest unlucky lucky guy.  That reads terribly.  Let me dissect that statement.  First, I was lucky to get the Evo at all.  Apparently, they sell like hotcakes.  Then, the device was useless in less than four hours.  My mom's never had a problem.  This afternoon the manager replaced it and even transferred my screen protector. Hooray!  

After seeing a blog post from my sister, I decided to stop by Sherwin Williams to pick up a fan deck.  Many rooms in my house need painting, but it may take years to get to them, but right now my old room is ready for it.  My parents need a little help in getting things like this rolling, so I went and got it:

The fan reminded me to post what I got my dad for Father's Day:

It is a digital level by Craftsman, and can measure angles with an accuracy of +- 0.1 degree. Not bad.  I think he'll like it. He is working on building a sundial on a non-level surface.  This should come in handy for those calculations involved in the project.

I finally got outside and road my bike for a little bit.  I really ought to ride more and get in shape considering I want to do some physically demanding careers.  This time of year it is still over 90 degrees at 10 PM; I really can't catch a break from the heat, which may be a good thing in the long run, but I definitely noticed the effects of the heat on top of the fact that I hadn't ridden in several months.

Yesterday, I spotted a couple hawks in my backyard. I went inside to get my camera only to discover that I left my memory card in my computer.  I ran back inside and was ready for action.  When I got back outside, there were more than two.  In total I spotted five.

I saw them again today and took some more photos.