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spherepetIt's tempting to forget about our troubles and just allow our dreams to replace reality once the Sun shifts into imaginative Pisces at 6:31 am EST. Unrealistic fantasies seem more vivid than ever but we're not likely to let go of our opinions, even when confronted by romantic visions of perfection. Thankfully, the Moon flies into philosophical Sagittarius at 1:52 pm, enabling us to step back so we can gain a wider perspective on our lives.
All the late nights and fun times start to catch up with you and you need to turn your attention to your health. The Sun moves into healing Pisces and your 6th House of Well-Being, inspiring you to reassess the habits that are the building blocks of your normal routine. It's all too tempting to fly on autopilot and let time slip away when you could be developing patterns to support a more healthful existence. Thankfully, the Moon's entrance into optimistic Sagittarius introduces a spark of motivation to go along with your resolutions. Move it or lose it.
This morning had lots of activity instead of sleep. We went to sleep at about 6:30 am and slept for about three hours. Upon awakening, we had an hour of play time and then I had a long hot bath. I had my hair straightened with the heating brush to dry it. It hardly took half an hour before I was able to start the routine of dressing for outside. We made fresh coffee and I had a bowl of oat porridge with an ounce of butter and three tablespoonsful of honey. I do like my oats that way.
We took the bus up to the Landsdown Park before disembarking. It was a short distance to the Rideau Canal where a long ramp let us down onto the ice. That length of ice covering the canal is the longest skating rink in the world. It is an annual event to skate on the Rideau Canal ice. Numerous huts, tents, and trailers sell hamburgers, hotdogs, poutine, Beavertails, and such. Refreshments range from canned pop, hot chocolate, hot cider, hot coffee, hot tea, and more. It is mostly traditional foods and drinks that are made available out on the ice of the Rideau Canal.
It happens that both Peter and I have very similar electric wheelchairs with their own electric chargers. My electric wheelchair plugs into the wall plug inside the storage closet beside the front door. Peter’s electric wheelchair charger is plugged into a separate electrical line to a wall plug in the dining room. The two electrical lines are separately fused by the junction box in the kitchen.
It is a fact that the two electrical lines do not supply the same voltage. My electrical charger does not charge the electric wheelchair batteries to the same level of charge that Peter’s electrical charger does. The result is that my electric wheelchair must be charged up for the same amount of time on Peter’s electrical charger as Peter’s electric wheelchair is charged.
My electric wheelchair was used and then let sit for a few days in the storage closet with my electrical charger. The result, without my knowing, was that my electric wheelchair was charged about a third of what Peter’s electric wheel chair was charged.
We were at the far end of the Rideau canal when I noticed a warning light indication of low power from my electric wheelchair batteries. I did not think I would make it back home when we were six kilometers from home. It was a bright sunny day so the ice surface started to melt. The hard smooth ice surface became bumpy and slushy. It took more power to go over the slowly worsening ice surface.
We went about two kilometers to get to the ramp we had used to get onto the canal ice. By then, my electric wheelchair was going very slowly and my power level was down to one flashing red dot. There are three red dots, four yellow dots and three green dots. My electric wheelchair needed to be pushed up the long ramp leading to Landsdown Park. At the far side of Landsdown Park about a block away was the bus stop we on our way to the Rideau Canal.
I needed a push all the way to the city bus stop. Once we made it to the bus stop, I turned off the power of my electric wheelchair, It was about a twenty minute wait for the city bus we needed to get home. When the city bus did come along, I turned on the power of my electric wheelchair. It was a surprise how much the batteries had recovered power by resting. I zipped up the ramp of the bus and parked with no trouble at all.
The ride to our local mall was fast and smooth. The driver was apologetic because only one of our two electric wheelchairs could board the city bus. There was already a rider who was on an electric wheelchair who only went a city bus stop further. Meanwhile, Peter on his well-charged electric wheelchair decided to set off after the city bus I was on.
It is very rare that we can’t board a city bus together. Perhaps there were only four times during the past four years that we have been separated by an adverse circumstance of there being someone on an electric wheelchair already on the city bus.
I arrived at the local mall bus stop with my electric wheelchair acting seemingly recharged. I went into the mall on the second floor and visited the little shop on the mezzanine floor. I bought a pack of cigarettes and a lottery ticket for twenty dollars. I sat outside the little store folding my lottery ticket to put it away and thinking about the cost of what I bought. Too much!
I had barely put everything away in pocket and pouch when Peter came rolling up to me. He had raced along behind the city bus at a steady rate of about ten kilometers per hour. It wasn’t particularly cold for him and he immediately warmed up by entering the far side of the mall. Ha!
Peter decided he wanted to do some shopping so he thought I should park while he went around to several stores. I sat outside the center rear of the mall while patiently waiting for Peter to do his thing. About half an hour later we both started off towards home.
It is about two city blocks from the mall to our home. Half of that distance is in a downhill direction to a crosswalk. I had started downhill when my electric wheelchair began to slow down. I had it in the fastest of five gears or speeds since it is a direct drive electric power system. I had to be pushed along to get right up to the crosswalk. The light was red for crossing so I turned off the power to my electric wheelchair.
I sat for about eight minutes for the red crossing light to turn green. That was enough time for my electric wheelchair to recharge a bit. I was able to quickly cross the street safely. On the other side, my electric wheelchair slowed down again. I needed to be pushed up a sloped sidewalk to the driveway connecting with the back side of our building. Lucky for us was that we met Alison and Les on their way home too. Les pushed me the rest of the way, into the building, into the elevator, and down the long hall to our door.
I was happy and relieved to get home with my poor electric wheelchair. I did have a lot of stress and worry about not making it home. The drive release rods at the back of the two electric motors were stuck in position and would not move. When stuck in gear, the electric wheelchair would not move at all. So it was essential I keep enough power in the batteries to move the electric wheelchair at all. Yea!
All the late nights and fun times start to catch up with you and you need to turn your attention to your health. The Sun moves into healing Pisces and your 6th House of Well-Being, inspiring you to reassess the habits that are the building blocks of your normal routine. It's all too tempting to fly on autopilot and let time slip away when you could be developing patterns to support a more healthful existence. Thankfully, the Moon's entrance into optimistic Sagittarius introduces a spark of motivation to go along with your resolutions. Move it or lose it.
This morning had lots of activity instead of sleep. We went to sleep at about 6:30 am and slept for about three hours. Upon awakening, we had an hour of play time and then I had a long hot bath. I had my hair straightened with the heating brush to dry it. It hardly took half an hour before I was able to start the routine of dressing for outside. We made fresh coffee and I had a bowl of oat porridge with an ounce of butter and three tablespoonsful of honey. I do like my oats that way.
We took the bus up to the Landsdown Park before disembarking. It was a short distance to the Rideau Canal where a long ramp let us down onto the ice. That length of ice covering the canal is the longest skating rink in the world. It is an annual event to skate on the Rideau Canal ice. Numerous huts, tents, and trailers sell hamburgers, hotdogs, poutine, Beavertails, and such. Refreshments range from canned pop, hot chocolate, hot cider, hot coffee, hot tea, and more. It is mostly traditional foods and drinks that are made available out on the ice of the Rideau Canal.
It happens that both Peter and I have very similar electric wheelchairs with their own electric chargers. My electric wheelchair plugs into the wall plug inside the storage closet beside the front door. Peter’s electric wheelchair charger is plugged into a separate electrical line to a wall plug in the dining room. The two electrical lines are separately fused by the junction box in the kitchen.
It is a fact that the two electrical lines do not supply the same voltage. My electrical charger does not charge the electric wheelchair batteries to the same level of charge that Peter’s electrical charger does. The result is that my electric wheelchair must be charged up for the same amount of time on Peter’s electrical charger as Peter’s electric wheelchair is charged.
My electric wheelchair was used and then let sit for a few days in the storage closet with my electrical charger. The result, without my knowing, was that my electric wheelchair was charged about a third of what Peter’s electric wheel chair was charged.
We were at the far end of the Rideau canal when I noticed a warning light indication of low power from my electric wheelchair batteries. I did not think I would make it back home when we were six kilometers from home. It was a bright sunny day so the ice surface started to melt. The hard smooth ice surface became bumpy and slushy. It took more power to go over the slowly worsening ice surface.
We went about two kilometers to get to the ramp we had used to get onto the canal ice. By then, my electric wheelchair was going very slowly and my power level was down to one flashing red dot. There are three red dots, four yellow dots and three green dots. My electric wheelchair needed to be pushed up the long ramp leading to Landsdown Park. At the far side of Landsdown Park about a block away was the bus stop we on our way to the Rideau Canal.
I needed a push all the way to the city bus stop. Once we made it to the bus stop, I turned off the power of my electric wheelchair, It was about a twenty minute wait for the city bus we needed to get home. When the city bus did come along, I turned on the power of my electric wheelchair. It was a surprise how much the batteries had recovered power by resting. I zipped up the ramp of the bus and parked with no trouble at all.
The ride to our local mall was fast and smooth. The driver was apologetic because only one of our two electric wheelchairs could board the city bus. There was already a rider who was on an electric wheelchair who only went a city bus stop further. Meanwhile, Peter on his well-charged electric wheelchair decided to set off after the city bus I was on.
It is very rare that we can’t board a city bus together. Perhaps there were only four times during the past four years that we have been separated by an adverse circumstance of there being someone on an electric wheelchair already on the city bus.
I arrived at the local mall bus stop with my electric wheelchair acting seemingly recharged. I went into the mall on the second floor and visited the little shop on the mezzanine floor. I bought a pack of cigarettes and a lottery ticket for twenty dollars. I sat outside the little store folding my lottery ticket to put it away and thinking about the cost of what I bought. Too much!
I had barely put everything away in pocket and pouch when Peter came rolling up to me. He had raced along behind the city bus at a steady rate of about ten kilometers per hour. It wasn’t particularly cold for him and he immediately warmed up by entering the far side of the mall. Ha!
Peter decided he wanted to do some shopping so he thought I should park while he went around to several stores. I sat outside the center rear of the mall while patiently waiting for Peter to do his thing. About half an hour later we both started off towards home.
It is about two city blocks from the mall to our home. Half of that distance is in a downhill direction to a crosswalk. I had started downhill when my electric wheelchair began to slow down. I had it in the fastest of five gears or speeds since it is a direct drive electric power system. I had to be pushed along to get right up to the crosswalk. The light was red for crossing so I turned off the power to my electric wheelchair.
I sat for about eight minutes for the red crossing light to turn green. That was enough time for my electric wheelchair to recharge a bit. I was able to quickly cross the street safely. On the other side, my electric wheelchair slowed down again. I needed to be pushed up a sloped sidewalk to the driveway connecting with the back side of our building. Lucky for us was that we met Alison and Les on their way home too. Les pushed me the rest of the way, into the building, into the elevator, and down the long hall to our door.
I was happy and relieved to get home with my poor electric wheelchair. I did have a lot of stress and worry about not making it home. The drive release rods at the back of the two electric motors were stuck in position and would not move. When stuck in gear, the electric wheelchair would not move at all. So it was essential I keep enough power in the batteries to move the electric wheelchair at all. Yea!
