MUSCLE RELAXANT

Last week when once again I had some pain from sciatica, my doctor prescribed Flexoral, a muscle relaxant, for me. In the past when I took it along with Ibuprofen, my sciatica pain went away. However, this time my doctor prescribed a dosage of three times a day rather than the normal twice a day and unfortunately I had a strong reaction to the medication. Even three days after I stopped taking it I still felt week and dizzy and spacey.

I called my doctor and she found a different muscle relaxant that was less potent and ordered it for me. But when I stopped at the pharmacy to pick it up, I learned my insurance company didn’t cover it and it would cost me $75. “No thank you,” I said. I had used a hot pad earlier during the day that helped somewhat and I decided I would keep using the hot pad instead.

Today, to my surprise, the nurse called me and told me she had contacted my insurance company and discovered another drug, similar to the $75 drug, that the company covered for a much lower cost. And she asked if I would like it. “Great,” I said and I sincerely thanked her for going above and beyond the call of duty to help me.

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LIGHT BULB

I couldn’t believe it this morning when I flipped on the light switch in the bathroom and it remained dark. Since I had the light bulb changed just a few months ago, it surprised me that the bulb burned out so quickly. Perhaps, the light fixture contained a 75-watt bulb rather than one of the halogen bulbs that I started using several years ago. Those, of course, last a very long time.

Nevertheless, the bulb has to be changed and unfortunately because I’m elderly and have trouble with my balance, I can’t change it. Luckily, my next-door neighbor and her daughter are very kind and don’t mind helping me. Thus, when they arrive home from school and work this afternoon I’ll call them. And since I don’t want to take advantage of my neighbors, I have some cookies in the freezer that I’ll give them.

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INGOLF AND ERIKA

I have been president of my condo association for the past eight years. However, uncooperative neighbors with petty problems during this past years have made my job very frustrating. Thus, I have mentioned to a couple owners that I plan to resign.
But upon arriving home this evening you can imagine my complete surprise when I found a beautiful orchid plant on my front porch. One of the owners in my condo association left it for me with a beautiful note. "Thank you Hannah. Erika and I wanted to express a special thank you for your long diligent, diplomatic, devotion to our Associations leadeship affairs. Please reconsider your "stepping down decision. Sincerely, Erika and Ingolf."
Wow...what a nice compliment. And so now I have to think twice. I've enjoyed being President and as I'm retired it has not been difficult. And so maybe, if no one else volunteers, I might consider continuing.

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COMPUTER HELP

When children are small, they need their mother’s help in many ways. As they grow, however, and become more independent, they turn to their mothers less and less. But the other day, my daughter with teenage children of her own called to ask for my help. It felt so good to once again be needed.

Her son had done something on her computer that made it freeze and thus she could not get the computer to do anything. Since I worked at the computing center at the Univ. of Wis-Madison before I retired, I can often solve computer problems, although not always. But this time I could. I told her to turn off the computer and then keep taping the F8 key when she turned it back on. This procedure would start her computer in safe mode so that she could set a restore point.

Before we hung up, I told her to call me back if it didn’t work. But she didn’t call and I felt so good that once again I could help my “little girl.”

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WICKED

What a great production and I highly recommend ‘Wicked’ to anyone who likes Broadway shows. I took my daughter’s family to see it today and we all enjoyed it immensely. The tickets were expensive, but I decided it would be a wonderful way to celebrate my 70th birthday and so I treated the whole family. The costumes were great, the dialog was clever, the plot was amusing, and the actors/actresses had great voices.

What amazed me was that during the performance my daughter correctly anticipated a couple outcomes. When a small cage with a “fake” baby lion appeared on stage my daughter said, “I’ll bet that will be the lion who didn’t have any courage.” And she was right.

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WISCONSIN STATUE – CONDOMINIUMS

I have been the President of my Condo Association for the past eight years and have enjoyed the experience. There are only 19 owners and there have been very few significant problems. However, since the beginning of this year I have encountered several frustrating problems. And unfortunately our By-Laws do not provide any means to enforce the laws and thus we must depend on the owners cooperation.

But last week the newest problem that surfaced became the straw that finally “broke my back.” One of the owners posted a couple political signs in her yard and another owner who does not share her political views complained to me that our By-Laws do not allow signs without prior permission from the Association. To my chagrin, when I contacted the woman about removing her signs, she became belligerent and refused to remove the signs. “Now what,” I thought, “how am I going to solve this problem?”

And so out of sheer exasperation, I decided I had had enough and sent an email to my Board members stating I would not take any further action on this latest issue, but instead would retire at our annual meeting in February. Since it is highly possible that no one else wants to be President, I called a management company to find out about their services and their cost to run our Association. Lo and be hold, during our conversation I mentioned the cause of my retirement and the woman I spoke to said, “Oh the state statues have been changed and condominium associations can not prevent people from erecting political signs and exercising their freedom of speech.” What a pleasant surprise. The problem was solved and there would be no hard feelings or objections. The only thing that could be better then the resolution of this matter is for the members to elect a new president.

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APPLES

For the last several years I have occasionally ordered groceries from a local store that delivers the groceries to me. They charge a $12 delivery fee, but it’s a great service and so convenient when I don’t have time to go to the store.

I simply open their website, click on the groceries I need, and the next day they are delivered. But yesterday when I unpacked my groceries, I was shocked to find two bags of apples. I thought I had ordered only two apples, but I received 24. Oh well, mistakes happen and I simply gave one bag to one of my neighbors.

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