Busy Days

Today was a busy day for Heinz and Gertrud. They had a doctor's appointment first thing this morning. They needed to show up for 11 am and recieved a call from the office to see if they could come in an hour early since there were a few cancellations. They decided to get it over with early so they rushed to get to the office huffing and puffing. They got to reception and checked in only to find out they were an hour early because they had forgotten to set their clocks back to daylight savings. Well, poor Heinz was chastised about his cholesterol levels and diabetes levels and then given a pneumonia shot in the arm. His arm hurt all day. When he called me in the evening, he said that he was no wimp, but his arm was so sore he couldn't even touch his nose. I did tell him that I had felt the same way when I had been given my pneumonia shot but the consolation being that you only get it every five years as far as I remembered.
Then he told me they had to take a trip to the next nearest town, where Gertrud had seen a mobility scooter for sale and was in a rush to get her hands on it. It was a steal of a deal at 800 Dollars and she wanted to get a better look at it, since the store had been closed on Saturday and she could only see it in the window. So today she wanted to inquire about it further.
Turned out that it was well used and tires worn among other things Heinz found lacking on it. The salesman apparantly was very talkative and had Gertrud riding it around in the parking lot until she was quite comfortable on it and was sold on it. Gertrud wanted to take it home regardless of its condition, but Heinz remembered that I had told him of a place in London that sells beautiful, strong mobility scooters at a very reasonable price. So he barely stopped Gertrud from buying the used one and since they had become quite hungry by then, consoled her with a chicken dinner from the grocery store eaten in the car. One thing about Heinz is that he is not comfortable in restaurants and rarely goes into one because he is so unsure of how to even place the order. So now to solve the scooter problem, I have a date to go to London with them on Monday to see about the new scooters. I am sure Gertrud will love the new scooters and want one. In any case it should be nice to take them out. Heinz is unsure of going to London on his own because he doesn't know his way around and so I am the tour guide for now. I fully intend on surprising them by taking them hostage and treating them to my favorite portuguese restaurant for lunch while I am there.