How to Date an Android

Chapter 12, Part A, revised

Chapter 12 Part A

One, two....breathe... one, two...breathe. I'm using small dumbbell weights to push against while on my back to build up my arm and hand strength. This isn't the only exercise I've been trying to do today. I've gone through all kinds of stuff.

It's also the next morning since meeting with Barbara yesterday. I had been dead set on finalizing the deal last night until all the sudden four different android archetypes and a myriad of different customization options had become available. Then there was just too much too choose from all at once, and even if I had wanted to go further Barbara had picked up on my uncertainty.

Plus having to work out on paper how to manage the cost.

I'm also trying to get used to holding up weight and not just hold move them back and forth as I exercise while thinking about my problems. OK, release the pressure. I feel like I've got veins in my head that want to burst.

This is tough. Pushing against the resistance, its tough doing everything I can. Sometimes I feel like I wonder if I am going to ever recover.

I'm trying to get back on my feet. I can stand up but not for very long and my body feels so heavy, it's like I've got heavy weights strapped to every piece of my body; even my head and neck feel heavy to support. The self help physical therapy trainer through video feed is an android interactive recording program however as it goes through all kinds of different exercises for the back, hands, arms, and legs. It's also got a 3D interactive laser analyzer tracking if my movements are wrong or right with the video synch and makes bleeping negative sounds when I'm not doing it right. Then it highlights the areas I'm hitting at.

It's hitting the red help button light often because sometimes I just can't handle the full range of motion that it's asking for. But this is the best I can do.

I am sure I'll get my legs back, and get on my feet. I've got feeling below my knees. I've slowly tried to develop that muscle and I'm getting control back. I made my knees twitch yesterday too. It's happening slowly. I'm trying to try to get up for a period of time and take a few steps with the robotic spine reinforcement caging and short hand canes, while trying to slowly put my weight on my legs instead of with my hands. No matter where the weight is, it's tough work.

I was thinking right now about my options as I did my exercises.

Barbara's left a couple of voice messages on my voice mail this morning hoping to meet up soon and sounding very cheerful but still not unthinking at the same time. But I need to do a study of things before I call her back. I want to know what I need for me, before she puts me in the direction of too much bling and attraction.

With that many choices...how do I narrow it down?

I'd seen all those models in the brochures and information on the net. It was impressive. And very cool.

Carinol, Carilan, Asca, and Liga... those were the 4 types.

Of course the last type was so expensive even the rich had trouble getting it.

How correct was the information was the information she had given me? I needed to form a base comparison to it, and check things out. She might also be telling the truth but also not see things like a human would even if she did feed me live up to date information. It would be interesting to see how much deviation there would be between what she told me and how it ended up in cold hard truth too.