Dear So and So

[Reesha]

Dear legs (again),

Thank you for recovering so quickly! I enjoyed our 6 mile walk around Forest Park today

[emily_in_nc]

Dear neighbor downstairs with motorcycle and race car in garage below us,

I understand that such vehicles require a certain amount of maintenance and "revving", but you have no idea how annoying it is to those of us who have to listen to it drone on and on. Particularly on temperate days when we want to have our windows open.

I haven't noticed anyone else who has a garage in this complex using it as a car/motorcycle maintenance "shop". What luck we have.

P.S. I can't wait to move!

[bmccasland]

Dear Klutz, otherwise known as me,
So I know it felt strange getting on the bike without a helmet, I mean it's the first time she's been mounted on a trainer, but we were inside. Get the need helmet thought out of your pretty little head.....

So we get on the bike, and off, adjust the trainer, on and off again, adjust again. So you were worried about kicking the nick-nack glass shelf thing and breaking the glass, but did you need to fall off the bike the other way and nearly crack your skull? Maybe I do need to ride with a helmet all the time.

Fortunately no cracked skull, just a slightly bruised butt that hit the end table on the way down.

Grace, that's me.

[crazycanuck]

Uh oh...

Dear Self...

It's a good idea to remember the exact due date for an assignment...twas yesterday..not today!! Hopefully the tutor will get back to me about handing the stuff in today....

Uh oh... oh dear....

uh oh...

[channlluv]

Dear Klutz, otherwise known as me,
...but did you need to fall off the bike the other way and nearly crack your skull? Maybe I do need to ride with a helmet all the time.

Fortunately no cracked skull, just a slightly bruised butt that hit the end table on the way down.

Grace, that's me.

I had that same experience my first time on a trainer. I tilted and came within about four inches of impaling my temple on a guitar stand. Yikes.

I recommend a rubber mat under the trainer, too, to help avoid slippage during your ride. Sort of like a yoga mat for bikes.

Glad you missed banging your head.

Roxy

[lauraelmore1033]

Dear uterus,
you gung-ho little go-getter you, haven't you noticed that we turned 49 this week? And we've had an ablation? And we've been well past childbearing for at least 20 years now (and weren't you just the little over achiever on that front, getting pregnant the first time ever?). Give it a rest, will ya! I'm tired of this 10 days on 20 days off routine. I hate you...

[Catrin]

Eeek Laural, hope you get to feeling better soon.

Dear Hospital Emergency Room,

Thank you for sending me your bill today and kindly telling me you have billed my insurance. Except....what did you DO that was worth $2,300 All you did was to wash the dog bite with peroxide, give me a tetanus shot, put on a massive dressing that fell off as soon as I walked outside. Are you aware I have to pay 20% of that bill? Well, good bye any hope of vacation this summer away from home...

Guess I am not used to this kind of sticker shock, I knew it would be expensive but not THIS much! Oh well, your ministrations probably did keep me from an infection that would have likely been nasty - given how long it took for the wound to respond properly - so I guess I really shouldn't complain. Wish I knew who the dog owner was.... sigh.

[Owlie]

Catrin, I cut myself with a bread knife back in March, not terribly deeply. Who knew that flushing it with saline, a tetanus shot (needed it anyway), and the application of medical-grade super glue (which sloughed off after a day--the NP who treated me said she'd put on enough for a week...) costs $1200? I could have sent DBF to Walmart for a tube of normal super glue and done it myself. (And mixed up physiological saline solution...)