Name that Scooter!

As you can see by the photo, Scooter is great! But she desperately needs a name. Got ideas? Post them in 'comments'.

My brothers, Dale and Bryan, wanted to jazz her up a bit, crank the seat down to make her a lowrider, a few mean sound affects, you know, not so 'old lady' like...make people realize I meant business when I pulled up to their establishment! I settled for some minor tweeking that means I can now reach the handlebars and sit on the seat at the same time.

Peter, the lovely man who delivered my scooter is from Golden Technologies in Barrie Ontario and the company has been kind enough to give me my liberty in the form of this scooter (notice it matches exactly my glasses!) as a loaner for whatever the period of time it is that I need it. What a terrific 'in kind' donation the value of many thousands of dollars. Invaluable to me!

Thanks must also go to John and Brenda Hartley who through their medical supply business, deal with Golden and requested the donation. They have for the second time, arranged for this invaluable service to me. (They'll be mortified that I mentioned them but, J & B, it couldn't be helped)

There have been four transplants since I arrived in July. I'm moving up there. It could happen for me at any time. Hopefully I won't need to use the scooter for very long but as I do now

Please Help Me with a Name

So, Does that photo above make you feel dizzy? Me too! Looking out the 32nd floor of my building kind of fits the dizzying path my life has been taking since coming to Toronto. Fortunately it is beginning to take on some rhythm and routine and soon I will replace that shaky photo with one of me on my NEW RED SCOOTER! It has just arrived. It goes 9 km an hour, if only those %#&* pedestrians would get out of my way. What a liberation. I can now plan reasonable outings to remove myself from this concrete jungle and spend the day in, say, the YoYo Mah Music Garden, or the Textiles Museum, or the Design Exchange...or the garment district. Oxygen and a scooter....I'll not be stoppable now.

The other good news (oh I have so much good news) is that the fundraising passed the $40,000 mark this week. Its a cruise home now.

And the third good news is that my son, Gaelen Andrew arrives on Monday for a 10 day holiday here in the little apple. He's an old hand at TO and looks forward to reconnecting with his buds and lollygaging in his favorite comic store in the world, the Silver Snail. This is his first holiday in 7 years. How lucky I am that he's chosen to spend some of it with me.

And the other other good news is that my brothers, Bryan and Dale, my sisterinlaw, Karen and my nieces and nephews took up Adrianna's challenge to have a yard sale but with a twist. They decided instead to use their annual camp out, a 17 year tradition, to raise money for the fund through games and raffles and races. They presented me with a picture of all 48 of the participants and the rewards of the day: $825!! Challenge met! and then some. When they supply me with an email pic I'll post it for all to see their tired happy generous faces.