Thursday, March 27, 2008 -- 11:18 AM   I am feeling a bit depressed today.  Yesterday, my psychologist said that I needed to make some phone calls that I have been putting off.  One of these was to set an appointment for me to see my orthopedic surgeon.  Before I could do that, I needed to arrange for my sister to go with me because I cannot reach the elevator buttons as well as open some doors to the building.  My sister agreed to go with me, and said that with the exception of Mondays, any day would work for her.   After hearing that, I called my doctor's office and set up an appointment.  I made one mistake -- I scheduled it for a Monday.  I have been beating myself up over this since yesterday afternoon.  I really did not have much of a choice since that was the only opening the doctor had for a month.  Now I need to call my sister again and see if she can change her schedule in order to help me.    On Mondays, my sister studies Italian with one of her friends.  I do not see why she cannot give that up for one week, but that is just my opinion.  If she says no, I intend to ask her daughter to help me, and if that does not work, I am going to ask one of my CNAs if she will work for me for two additional hours.  (If I have to do that, I will have to pay her myself.)   I have been to so many appointments in the last two weeks that I am beginning to feel physically exhausted.  My energy is being depleted to the point where I do not feel as though I can do much of anything.  I had planned on going out tomorrow and doing some shopping on my own, but I no longer feel as if I can.  I am thinking about putting that off until next week, since I only have two appointments then.   Goals for Success:   “The difference between failure and success is doing a thing nearly right and doing a thing exactly right.”   Edward Simmons