Update and Andy’s Eyes

When I had trouble reaching the MVD by phone Tuesday I went to their website and asked what to do about the title and registration. They hadn’t answered by Wednesday afternoon, so that’s when I tried phoning again. This morning I received this email:

I show that both names are listed on the title and registration with an or between the names. Not sure on the paperwork you received with just your name. Our system is correct, so you may get additional paperwork in the mail.

Thank you.

So the change has been made correctly, we just have to wait to receive our copy of the paper work. On the whole we’ve been impressed by the MVD, and we don’t take that for granted. In this day and age we’re grateful every time a system works well and when people are friendly and helpful.

Okay, so about Andy’s eyes. Several years ago a routine exam showed wet macular degeneration in both eyes, so we started the trips to Santa Fe for shots to keep it from getting worse. Santa Fe is a little less than an hour away, and the visits usually take about two hours, most of it spent waiting. Occasionally it will stretch to three hours, and very rarely he will be out in an hour. Wednesday it was a three-hour one, and they were scheduled to treat his right eye but decided the left one needed more attention so they treated that one and rescheduled the right eye for March 20.

So, how many trips do we make? In the beginning we were going twice a month, once for each eye. We can’t remember when that started, but gradually they extended the time between treatments so we were going three times a year for each eye. We had appointments March and April, July and August, and November and December. Now we’re guessing we can keep going every four months for the right eye but may need to go every two months for the left one. We are not complaining. We’re grateful that they have been saving his eyesight. And we’re grateful for calendars to keep everything straight for us.

(That said, we’re hoping we don’t have too many three-hour visits. I’m still working on my patience for those!)

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We’re Not Quite Done Yet

As I said, the Jeep registration came last week. It was registered to me but that’s no problem. All of our cars say they are registered to just one of us… there’s room for only one signature on the form.

The title is a different matter. That came Monday and it was made out just to me. We assumed Lithia Motors had messed up again so I tried phoning the Motor Vehicle Department Tuesday to see how to get it corrected. But when I phoned, twice, I didn’t get through to the department. I was offered a free medical alert device, just press 1 if I was under 50, 2 if I was over 50. I pressed 0 and was cut off. I did it twice to make sure I had phoned the number correctly.

I tried again yesterday afternoon and the number worked fine then. I was put on hold but was offered the chance to have them phone me back instead of waiting, which was nice. And they phoned back relatively quickly. It turns out the MVD made the mistake, not Lithia Motors. The woman checked and saw that the correct paperwork had been given to them, she would have a correct title sent to us.

That was a pleasant surprise! I will let you know when it comes. She said they would also send out a new registration card with Andy’s name on it. I will let you know when/if that happens. 🙂

Less pleasant was our trip to Santa Fe to get Andy’s eyes treated. I’ll write about that tomorrow. We’re still in good spirits about everything, which is worth a lot.

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Thanks Again, Ginny!

This morning Andy couldn’t open the pickle jar and asked for the opener. Thanks to Ginny we easily opened the jar.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for telling us about them, Ginny!

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It’s Even More True Now

Yesterday’s post reminds me of a piece of doggerel I read over 40 years ago:

I wish I could retain
By some Herculean feat,
As much of what I read
As I do of what I eat.

It’s even more true now than it was then!

Pearls and Swine agrees with me. (I would have to pay to show the comic here, so I’m giving the link.)

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That Awkward Moment

The sign outside of the Friends of the Library bookstore said,

There’s that awkward moment when you go to a party and realize B.Y.O.B. doesn’t mean bring your own book.

I love it! That’s a kindred spirit.

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Shrinkflation

A bit of an exaggeration, but still….

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The Jeep Now Has a License Plate!

We bought the Jeep January 9th, so it’s only been a little over 7 weeks. When our temporary registration expired Andy phoned the dealer to see what had happened. They told him they had been waiting for the title to our trade in. We hadn’t had a trade in, so that should have fixed things, right? Nope. A couple of weeks later Andy phoned again. Oh, his driver’s license had expired, he needed to send a photocopy of the renewed one. After another week or so with no sign of a plate, Andy phoned again. The fellow said it would go out that day, we should get it within a week. No again, another phone call. But the gal Andy talked to said she had it in her hand, we should get it by yesterday.

And yesterday, miracle of miracles, it was in our mail box! For some reason it’s registered to me, not him, but we’ll take it. Now all Andy has to do is find out what happened to the title for the vehicle. Fingers crossed.

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These Will Have to Do

I spent a lot of time yesterday looking for an Instagram post, but couldn’t find it again. It was a gif file showing the contrast between a pup racing through an agility course, and a flumoxed golden retriever. The golden was in a house and an electronic cord was strung across the path it was going to take. It finally decided to walk over the cord, and as it did the cord was pulled out of the wall socket.

It was cute but I had no luck finding it again. I did see these two pictures from adailycloud. They will have to do.

Happy first day of Spring! (Meteorological Spring: March, April, and May.)

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It Worked

I’m so glad it worked for him! And I’m touched that he said thank you.

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Friendly Store

Jumbo, the Dutch supermarket chain, introduced
slow checkouts when it discovered some people
enjoy chatting while paying for their goods.
The added personal touch is helping many
people, especially the elderly, deal with
loneliness. The move has proven so successful
that Jumbo has installed the slow checkouts in
200 stores.
Bored Panda

How sweet is that?

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