Saturday the 11th of July

Our visitors just left a little while ago. We had a really good visit with Bill and Kathy. Richard took them on lots of hikes-Bear Creek, Mission Greenway, Paul's Tomb and Knox Mtn. We went to Summerland and Penticton one day and also went to Summerhill Winery for supper-mmmm. They also got to spend some time at the beach and looking around, and Kathy and I went for a pedicure so I think it was a well rounded visit. weather was OK, mostly cooler-but that was when they were doing hikes and it finally heated up yesterday-32. Today 33.
Bill and Richard are strangely different in personality. Bill does things at hyperspeed-talking fast like he can't get the words out fast enough, unable to sit still for any length of time. Richard talks slower, moves slower. They are alike in certain ways though. We were talking about how they will both drink coffee rather than offend someone by not having it. Though this leads to in Bill's case, warp speed conversation. In Richard's case, feelings of nausea and shakiness.
I am still waiting around. WCB will hopefully look at my file next week-hmmpphh. I called 2X and left messages. Finally got a call back saying that my file had been transferred to another agent, who was on holidays, so someone else would be taking his/her file. That will make 4 adjustors looking at my claim so far. Does not seem to be timely service to say the least, though they did want to let me know they hadn't forgotten about me. I don't know who has done what on my file, other than to know that apparently all the paperwork is in and they still have not decided what they are doing regarding my claim. As I keep reminding myself-surgeon is away anyway, so couldn't have surgery until at least week of the 20th. I suspect will be later than that.
On more positive notes-flower pots doing well, cats are happy-currently both are laying in patches of sun napping, am almost finished Guggenheim book. And we got a digital camera! Now I will post pictures. After battery is charged. And I take a picture of something.

Summer with Crutch

We went camping this week for a couple days. Figured I could sit at home limping around, or sit around on the beach. Richard was agreeable to loading etc. so we went to the Forestry site just past Fintry. Cheaper, site right on the beach, lovely. Sites are a bit closer together than at a provincial site-but less people and quieter-unless I suppose that you end up beside drunken hunters or something. There was a site host though and she ran a tight ship. Did not allow people to 'reserve' meaning put up a chair, pay and then come back 2 days later to claim it. as she said, "I'm Irish and menopausal".
They lost my report of injury due to implementing a new computer system-so am quite sure that i will not be getting surgery this week as they haven't approved my claim yet. (does this bring up thoughts of your work Judith?) I made several calls a couple days ago to facilitate this approval process as it is one large bureaucratic nest of people who need to be sharing information with one another. However, I remained pleasant and congenial with all of them as they were all trying to sort this out too. Right now am waiting to make sure claim is approved, guy at WCB seemed to think there would be no problem, once Persons' X,Y, and Z gave him the correct information. Unfortunately, i think the surgeon is on holidays starting next week for 2 weeks, so don't know how that will impact things. They had better not schedule it during my vacation.Mother of Pearl, this process takes a long time.
It is supposed to get to 33 this week, starting today, but we have air conditioning! This will not help as I go to Jones to weed. Pushing myself along in the dirt.
Terasen Gas continues to send us gas bills in the wrong name-Richard Winsink, despite me telling them several times. I feel that I cannot manage anymore phone calls correcting things that are wrong.
Bill and Kathy will be here next week. We have come up with a list of things to do, all of them are basically not involving me very much due to being on crutches. I can walk quite a bit further in them now that i have calluses forming under my armpits, but still limited. So either, I go someplace, and then plunk myself down somewhere with a book to wait until Richard, Bill, and Kathy come back, or I send them out and stay at home with a book.
We went to the fireworks last night, they were well done. We got a close parking spot and exited the downtown quickly, knowing the North End routes to take.