An indicator on the dashboard of our car had started flashing the day before our trip to London and so David checked the pressure in the tires. Lo and behold the pressure was low in all tires. No matter.... before hitting the highway we would stop and put some air in the tires. On Wednesday morning we started out for London around 8:00 a.m. for a 9:30 a.m. appointment. We stopped at the closest gas station just down the road from our house. NO AIR.... Can you believe this? Well .... expletives were pouring out of David! I am sitting quietly agreeing with him. On we went and stopped at another station just before hitting the 401. The air machine needed 50 cents to operate. Guess what! Neither of us had any change or money! More expletives.... On to the 401 and we stopped at the first exit at a truck stop. Surely they have free air. Their air machine needed $1.00 to operate! Let me tell you the air in our car was quite blue. I wasn't saying anything. David was expressing it all for the both of us..... He finally went searching for a cash machine and came back with the appropriate amount and got that machine running. Adding insult to injury he had to also reposition the car to get at one of the back tires. He was very frustrated by this point but we were finally on our way and flying down the 401 toward London. We laughed about it later on but at the time...... Can you imagine one of your kids doing this? I can just imagine how we would reprimand them for not being more proactive in attending to the tire pressure before the trip! We arrived with 5 minutes to spare.... no biggy.... :)
The appointment was with a nurse who reviewed my medical history and my understanding of the procedure. She explained all the particulars concerning preparation for surgery, pain management (read drugs) and after the operation. All the usual stuff. All set for next week.
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