I left the clinic and headed to Library to see Lorraine, as I had a few questions that I wanted to ask about the city council meeting, that I had planned to attend tonight. Lorraine had already resigned her position as the city treasure for personal reasons and she had no plans on going to the regular meeting of the city council tonight. I did mention to her that I wanted to touch base with Jim Cook a former Siskiyou County Supervisor to see if he was going to be there or not. I shared with Lorraine what happened at lunch at the senior lunch at the Honker and what the nurse Vincent said my options were at the clinic. Well, I got my questions answered and left and headed next to Cal-Org with my modem in tow.
I left the library and headed to Cal-Org to exchange the modems, which is just around the corner off Main Street to Cal-Org on C Street. There was no way I was going to the ER. Not me. I would wait it out unless I could no longer breathe or have a hard time breathing, then that would be a different story and so would I be then. Then I would call 911 if it was a dyer situation but otherwise I felt there was no reason yet to call 911.
After walking to the clinic and was met by Sara face to face at the front counter, where she had my new modem waiting for me on her desk. We exchanged pleasantries but one thing I forgot to do was to bring the power cord. I thought I was getting the same one, except it wasn’t. So now I needed to bring the power cord back too or I would get charged for it. I agree that if it were all right I would attempt to bring it back tomorrow if that was OK. The charged for it. The weather was not looking good for a return trip walking back today.
I wasn’t thinking too well at the time, or I would have brought it then too. I mean it is not like I didn’t have something in my throat that was pre-occupying my mind or anything you know. It isn’t like a person goes around everyday with a piece of food stuck where it does not belong and unable to get it to go down. So I left Cal-Org and told Sara and Elizabeth that I would drop off the power cord tomorrow, weather permitting.
From that point I left Cal-Org and headed home to replace the old with the new. And like Sara mention I might want to go ahead and change all the old stuff with the new cords too while I was doing it, at the same time. Which made a lot of sense to me.
OK, here we go I take everything out of the box and begin replacing each cord one by one. First the power cord, naturally. Then, the DSL cord to the modem and computer hook ups. Then, the phone line from the modem to the DSL connection on the wall, step by step and in order thinking I had everything right.
Well here goes nothing as I was thinking out loud to myself. I go to plug the AC adapter in the electrical plug on the wall. Then I turned on the modem but at there very moment the power in the entire house lights flashed off and on. I thought now what, “Oh, boy now what did I do?” Then, I remembered that I needed to put in the power strip like it was supposed to be originally. So I did, and put in the power cord and turned it on. It came up and all the lights were OK, except for one, once again. Again on how the plugs for the DSL are set in the rear is not the way it is set up with the light indicators on the front. So, I finally got the DSL plug in the right slot with the right light indicator that corresponds with it.
I started up the computer so that it would synchronize with the modem. Something was wrong I was not getting an Internet connection for some reason. “Oh, man does that mean I have to go back and get the old modem, it at least worked, some what. I kept trying. Then,ro I retraced my steps to make sure I did everything right. And sure enough I forgot to plug in the phone line that gives the signal and connects my computer to the "www" through the DSL line on the phone connection on the wall. Now talk how I felt like an idiot at the time, and I know better than than that. Humm? Maybe it had to do with the fact I still had something that would not go down in to my stomach. Well, that was the problem and once I connected it, I had a green light on the modem box. It was a "Go!" Wow! A sigh of relief and I was back on and back in business as they say.
As the day progressed it looked like the weather and the sun was coming out and since it was changing I could instead of taking the AC cord back tomorrow, I could attempt to do it now, today, instead. I was still having problems with getting that food to go down to my stomach, it was still stuck and it was around three thirty or four o’clock and I still had time enough to go back to Cal-Org and drop the old AC plug off. The weather was looking good now with the sun back out. At this time I could not lay down and all I was doing was pacing back and forth in the living room, anyway. And what little water I could get down kept coming back up. It would go down and then it would come back up. And I was thirsty. You would think by at least getting some water down my throat it would help with my thirst. Nope! It did not help.
So I thought walking might do me some good, besides I needed to check the mail at the post office anyway. I would go to Cal-Org, then to the post office, but I could make a walk out of it by going from Cal-Org on C Street up Second Street to B Street, then to Main Street and then head over across Main Street by the Veterans Park and catch up with Modoc Ave and then head to the post office from there, then home. So, maybe the walking will help me at least that is what I was thinking at the time from what I remember. At least by taking the modem back today, instead of tomorrow, it will be done and I will not have to worry about it anymore. Good plan, if I do say so myself and I did.
And that’s what I did at the time.
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