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Abi.... I can generally get out and run errands a minimum of 3 to 4 times a week over the winter and spring. Unfortunately, living in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley means that summer and autumn usually sees daily weather highs of over 100 degrees and evenings in the mid 80's. THAT kind of weather has simply devastated me since I've had PD and it gets harder to get thru the summer every year. Going from air conditioned car into the blast furnace heat of the Valley and into an air conditioned building, each with different termps simply wipes me out. The last two summers I ended up doing my marketing close to midnite (which I absolutely HATE! It's SCARY being in a huge parking lot at that hour) in order to take advantage of the cooler nite weather. So ya see, it's really more than a simply need to get some groceries that's at the crux of the matter with me. It's more than the "average-Parkie-off-day," too. It's the damnable summer weather where I live (and moving is no longer in my immediate future as it had been a few months ago) and how THAT effects the PD. THIS summer we've also got lots and lots and LOTS of crawling and flying BUGS, too, thanks to El Nino! YEEEECH!!! Ohhhhhhhhhhh SH*T!!! <--- Thanks Abi.. I needed that little temper tantrum!) Barb Mallut [log in to unmask], ---------- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange on behalf of Abi Murthy Sent: Thursday, April 23, 1998 1:20 PM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: Driver's License Barb, Do you have the Safeway chain nearby? They have liked up with Peapod who does gorcery deliveries.. Newsweek had an article about this some weeks ago- If I see it again, I'll try and send you the issue date etc.. On another note, there was a point in my life that I thought that I had some free time and thought that I'd like to volunteer- and I wanted to help someone who was blind.. I talked to a local Blind society and they told me that they needed someone to help drive people to grocery stores, doc's appts etc etc. Or you could talk to friends who have sorta grownup kids- I am sure there are a lot of teenagers who are new drivers and are yearning to drive. (Might give you a heart attack though, watching them drive :-) ). abi (who'd volunteer to help someone who lived nearby- I live in Santa Clara, CA)