Tuesday, Jan 30

Well, it's been a crazy week for me. Mentally, I've been cool, but
physically? Nah. Lots of it had to do with my ankle. It's been hurting
nonstop since I fell two weeks ago. Suppose I gotta get it checked
out? Well, I made my appointment for Thursday. I'll let yall know what
happens. To be truthful, I'm kinda scared. Like I said, I've done the
cast thing and am not interested in a replay.

Anyway, today at work was cool. I met with a few representatives from
Humanware who came to demo Mobile Speak Pocket. It made me feel really
good that I knew a lot of what they were showing us already. What made
me feel even better was the fact that I have Mobile Speak Smartphone
and could show them how it wasn't working with the MPower. Codefactory
said that it was an issue that Humanware needed to straighten out. And
ya know I let them know. They showed us some of their braille
displays. They are really cool.

I guess yall sighted folks don't have an idea of what I'm talking
about. My BrailleNote MPower is, as easily explained as I can think
of, like a PDA for the blind. I can read email, compose documents,
search the net, and all kinds of other goodies. Mobile Speak
Smartphone is a program that goes onto a SMARTPHONE (I have the
Motorola Q) and allows me to read text messages, use the media player,
and do everything with the phone that a sighted person can. If you'd
like to know more about these companies, go to

Codefactory
www.codefactory.es

Humanware
www.humanware.com

After that, we had a training at work that I attended. Work was ok.

A friend of mine had a surprise birthday party that evening. I wasn't
able to attend, but I was very happy for her. I feel that everyone
should have something special done for them on their birthday. I don't
think you're never too old to have a day that you deem as "special."
For many of us, it's our birthday. It doesn't have to be huge, just
meaningful. I was very happy for her. I thought it was quite
thoughtful of the church to do for her. Go Spirit Life Church!
www.spiritlife.tv

I got a chance to do some grocery shopping. Ya gotta take them rides
when they're available. I went to Sprouts and cleaned up on the Le
Nature water. I'm pretty upset that they've gone out of business and
fully intend to drink this as long as I can. I did some shopping at
Fry's. I got home late and ate a Pot Pie. That was the extent of my
day.