27th April 2006
Profoundly irritated!
That is how I felt yesterday afternoon. I was at the library working on a paper when there was a fire drill. Since I was downstairs I went to ask if I was allowed to use the elevator, since in a real fire you’re not supposed to use elevators. No, I was not allowed, but since it was just a drill, they would allow me to remain at the bottom of a stairwell, waiting as though I had been assisted out (though I think if there was a real fire I would be able to get myself out without too much difficulty).
This broke my concentration and when I returned to the computer I was having trouble starting up again. I got out of my wheelchair to blow some air into my seat cushion. This seat cushion is kind of like a bicycle tube, thin rubber walls inflated with air, and I had to inflate it every so often because there was a small, slow leak in one of the corners. As I was blowing up the cushion, the air valve just tore off, leaving a large hole in the corner where air immediately began to escape.
Luckily the cushion that I have has four separate compartments that can be locked so that air won’t move between them. Unfortunately, with a previous hole in one compartment and a new hole in another, this means I only have air in half of my seat cushion.
And I am profoundly irritated by this. Not only because its uncomfortable, but because it limits my mobility in some ways and could be trouble for my body if I’m not careful. But I’m even more irritated because it means that I had to spend time talking on the phone with service reps from the company and I’m going to have to take time shipping this thing there so they can fix it and I could be spending that time working on the schoolwork that I really should be doing right now.
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Ruth says:
April 28th, 2006 at 10:43 pm
Hi Daryl,
Ran across your blog tonight. As another quad, I can understand what you’re saying. It is frustrating when you run into time consuming disabilty maintenance tasks when you need to be doing other things - and I’m sure college is hectic enough without that. Good luck in your studies! Enjoyed your blog.
Ruth