World spins madly on

Good gracious, I’ve been busy. And I keep sitting down to write this entry and getting side-tracked.

I started my training Tuesday. Staying up late doing homework then getting up early for work usually results in me coming home to take a nap everyday. So that’s what I’ve been doing.

sleepy becky.

Yesterday was my 23rd birthday. Friday we went out to Ham’s, then went to the art walk. But before that, something even better happened. On my way home from work, as I usually do, I scanned the flea market on the side of the road. I always look closely in the bike area to see if I see any road bikes… from the road I can usually tell that it’s mostly kid’s bikes or mountain bikes.

There, in the middle of the bikes as if a spotlight is shining down on it so I can see it perfeclty, is THIS:

my dream bike

Now, I know you probably don’t understand the significance of this, but I have wanted a bike EXACTLY like this probably since I first went to VCU and wanted to be cool like the other hipsters. But of course, that phase passed, and I never stopped wanting a road bike. Buying one brand new would cost an arm and a leg, and you can usually only get them at speciality bike stores. So I always looked for them in thrift stores and such, with no luck at all. This bike couldn’t be any more perfect, or exactly what I wanted.

I used the birthday money my parents gave me and bought her for $15. Fifteen bucks! All it needed was an inner tube for the front tire, and we went for a bike ride last night. I was going to go outside and clean it up real good today, but I’ve been so sick that I literally stayed in bed about 90% of the day today…

The new job is going good. Of course I’ve only been training this week, so it’s nothing like what the actual job is going to be like, so I am still keeping an open mind. I’m learning so much, but my nervousness is easing up a bit.

I’ve met some cool people so far, and I also bought and finished Jenny McCarthy’s book, Louder than Words, in about 2 days.

I also bought and have now started a book called When Rabbit Howls by The Troops for Truddi Chase.It has nothing to do with autism, but it was in the autism section, and it just looked too interesting to pass up.

I recommend both, even though I’m only about 5 chapters into When Rabbit Howls.

It’s back to work/training early tomorrow, getting back into the routine of homework, cutting back on naps, cleaning up my bike, and oh…I got turned down by another lawyer. I definitely don’t want to end on a bad note, so I want to say that I am happy. And for some reason, this situation, this conundrum, this medical debt… it’s starting to bother me less. It’s just money. It’s just credit. Who cares? Who cares if I never can buy a new car or a own a house? Todd still has his credit, what has happened to me has no effect on his credit, so we may still be okay. Even if we aren’t, who cares if we have to rent for the rest of our lives? (I just had a realization that this crap will only stay on my credit for 7 years. D’oh. Not so bad!)

But I do need to call a new lawyer tomorrow and keep trying. I can’t give up. I still feel like I have a case, and I even have a doctor willing to speak on my behalf. Even though I keep getting rejected by lawyers, they have YET to give me a reason. When I call tomorrow, I am going to ask for a face-to-face consultation. All the other lawyers have had me email them my case, but I am determined to see a lawyer face and face and find out why I keep getting denied.

I’ve even started to consider making a tape for Extreme Home Makeover… how sad is that? Pretty sad that my situation has gotten to the point where I think we might actually have a chance! Who knows?