Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

Not my day. I'd told my brother that I'd drive him to the pharmacy and his
doctor's office to pick up two different prescriptions. Was already running
late from not feeling well, but finally got in the car. Disconcerted to
notice I couldn't handle my usual prefer safely so I slowed to just keeping
up with traffic. Then I realized I wasn't safe at that speed either.
Migraine-like symptoms, poor depth perception, and enough knee pain to make
braking awkward. I'm now parked at an office complex ...

-- Glenn

I'm not sure whether there's a length limit on email composed on my cell phone or not, but it stopped accepting characters at the point where my last post stopped.

Anyhow, I noticed that my reaction time was badly compromised, my peripheral vision wasn't being too useful (I didn't have tunnel vision, but stuff in my peripheral vision was somehow just not registering right), my depth perception was strange, my concentration was shot, and this grey, overcast day was Too [Expletive]ing Bright for my eyes. At the same time, I was experiencing truly distracting shoulder pain, and my right knee, as I mentioned, was painful -- also slow, which may have been an effect of the pain -- which made working the gas and brake pedals a little awkward.

So I spent a few hours in the parking lot of an office park near an exit off of I-97 with a towel over my face and the radio playing very softly, discovering just how far my front seat reclines and trying to find a comfortable position for my leg, until I felt well enough that I didn't think I'd be an utter menace on the highway. Kind of killed my afternoon, y'know? Never did make it to Bowie -- my brother is being very understanding.

Tomorrow afternoon, The Homespun Ceilidh Band is performing at the Virginia Scottish Games in Alexandria (15:00-ish in the Fiddle Tent), and I'm giving one of my bandmates a ride, so I've got to feel better by then. Probably going to bed early tonight.