Wow! (mp3 player)

I just received the mp3 player I ordered last week. Wow!

The sound quality is outstanding. It's in stereo. (Which I expected, but didn't have before with my CD player.)

The pros: small, lightweight, excellent sound quality, earphones that I can use. (Almost a first.)

The cons: no manual, no CD. The controls are going to drive me nuts.

I knew that I was buying a refurbished product, but I expected something that would tell me what to do with it! I was able to load and play the (only) song that I've purchased online, Nightshift by the Commodores. I searched for and starting reading a manual online. I experimented with loading the scriptures. I successfully loaded 1 Nephi from the free version offered by LDS Audio. I think it's read by a computer with voice synthesis software, however, and greatly prefer the recording I purchased from the distribution center. Those are much larger files. I think that I have software to convert them to mp3 files, but I don't feel like messing with it tonight.

I read many reviews before I decided to purchase this. I knew that controls/menu structure got a lot of complaints. The comments regarding playback quality, capacity and durability were very good, however, and I decided that, for the price, I could learn to live with the controls. I'm sure it will be fine once I learn them. The manual would have helped. Oh, well.

I haven't played with the memory card yet. I've had it for several days. It's still sealed in plastic, however, and I don't feel like going to get the scissors. I'm fine listening to what I've already loaded.

So much for the SSA No Call list.

Anyone receiving Social Security disability benefits is subject to periodic medical review. The time between reviews generally ranges between 18 months and three years, depending on whether improvement is expected. A very small percentage of recipients are exempt from future reviews.

The last time I was reviewed the process itself was traumatic. The questions made me realize how much I had withdrawn from social contacts, how much community service I had given up, how much of my life, in general, I had lost. I finally had to ask a friend to help me complete the forms.

I felt tremendous relief when I received the determination. The agency had decided that I was still disabled, and that I was, in fact, disabled enough to be exempt from future medical reviews.

I was therefore surprised to find in my mail today a notice requesting my input for a medical review.

Oh, well. They didn't know about the leukemia, anyway.

Photos are posted!

I've posted some photos to go with my closet tale.