Why can't I be more like a car?

[ymjoosten]

My old doc in Dallas used to make fun of me because I'd go see her and ask her to fix me. I was really impatient and I didn't have time for anything that didn't give me instant health. She always said she was not a mechanic and I was not a car. I have a stupid frozen shoulder and tendinitis in the elbow. I actually think both of my shoulders are heading for the deep freeze. The ortho wanted to give me a steroid shot and I was like, do you furnish pain killers/xanax/margaritas/ all of the above, because you ain't coming at me with a big needle unless I get some good drugs. It turns out that she couldn't give me the shot because I'm getting my second Pfizer vaccine dose on Thursday and it makes sense that steroids would interfere. Instead, I got a golden ticket to physical therapy at a place close to home with a therapist that one of my friends loves. This made me happy, but then I was disheartened to read that frozen shoulder can last a long time. Caca. It's another repeat of the plantar fasciitis of 2017-19. I do not like this at all.

We finally got around to watching Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. What an emotional roller coaster. Chadwick Boseman was unbelievable. I ugly cried during one of his long speeches. He was amazing and all of it is so powerful knowing that he knew he was dying when he made that film. If you've seen it, you know what part I'm talking about. Viola Davis--wow! I love her.

And in the backdrop of it all, I'm wondering if Minneapolis is going to burn to the ground this week.