Pat Pend.
     While the creator had these thoughts about money and survival in his mind, the family car with his mother driving had pulled out of the drive way and had gone for a ride. The creator's father was all covered to keep him nice and warm. The creator was noticing the way his mother was driving the family car. There was no way the family van could ever handle the slippery streets compared his father's feet trying to grab hold of the side walk before placed into the family car. The creator was thinking in the background about how can thing get any worse if the family car had collided into another vehicle on the street in the cold. During the trip, the creator's mother had driven the father, her husband  by his favorite hardware stores. The creator's father always had interest of looking at the most innovative tools out there from hardware store to hardware store. The creator's mother then, had driven her husband past his old high school. The ride had lasted for a few hours. The creator's father was fast asleep before time they all had gone home.
     The creator had said hello to some of his friends while picking out the items on the store list. Some of his friends or the associates who worked in the grocery store had understood the creator's situation regarding his father's condition. What was going to happen to the creator if his father does make it through the treatment. It was still unexplained what the creator's father's blood condition was at this point. The creator had allot on his mind. There was no siblings around to help out. His mother needed to be helped and taken care of. How was there time for the creator himself. The store was closing. The creator made it to the front with the groceries, purchased them and had gone out as the very last shopper for the day. The both south-side doors were being locked when at the same time, the creator had noticed something not right with his bike.
     As the more days had gone into, December and then some, the creator had quit a bit on his mind. He didn't have the time to enjoy the upcoming holidays since his father's condition was on his mind. At the age of 19 years old, the responsibly of his mother, the family pets, the house was on his mind. Once again, there was no one else for the creator to count on. What direction was the creator and his mother heading to? There were times which the creator had sat down to relax but, there was always those scary, uncomfortable, threaten issues on his mind.
     The upgrade was a success with out any help. The only issue the creator had was, always to remember to take the key with before going out any where each time. The creator had too much on his mind as it is regarding his father's medical condition along with helping out his mother with her issues. He didn't have time to worry about who was tampering with the previous power switch each time he would be out. There was nothing more which he could do in order to repair the face plate on the amp meter do to lack of resources. 
    The next morning, back in the workshop, the creator had to remove the main switch panel. It was the only way to begin the conversion. There was too much frustration when dealing with tampering of the power switch. The creator had a thought. Regardless that, the battery was rechargeable, it was the time used and wasted to charge the battery more then required. He have heard of electrical round-key lock switches used on car alarms, vending machines, cash registers and more. Instead of the creator saving up money for another set of bicycle tubes, bicycle tires or other, he decided to purchase an electric round-key lock switch for the, "Thombogo Sunset Model 1996 Country Style Class" bike.
     Even though, the creator's father had a few more days to go, the creator, his son wanted to visit him at the hospital and he needed to know from him on how to help his mother with her winter cold. The creator decided to ride forward on his bike instead of crossing the street to lock up his bike. The creator had pulled his bike into the hospital's east side garage and locked up his bike and gone in. From traveling from his favorite park, the creator was cold and bushed. As he was thinking, he like the way the,  "Thombogo Sunset Model 1996 Country Style Class" bike had performed while ridding in the cold all that way from the park in the, snowing, cloudy weather. He also knew that, if there was a public bus service in the area, he couldn't just wait for the time when the bus would simply feel like stopping at the stop before picking him up to go to the hospital. What if visiting hours were already over before the public bus would make the trip as he thought. He knew that people, who had cars and auto insurance would had that type of luxury not worry about taking the public bus to go anywhere. For now, the were many and many of hallways which the creator had traveled through out the hospital.

     On, Thanksgiving day, the creator and his mother were helping the father to be placed into the family car after they all had, Thanksgiving dinner. The father wanted to go for a ride hoping it would make him feel at least better instead of being depressed. It was some what a struggle but, the creator helped his father walk down the cold slippery sidewalk and place him into the car seat. The creator's fathers was able to perform some walking but, needed help from his son, the creator. Way in the back of the creators head, he was thinking of how lucky he is to have most but, not all engine taken apart in order to have a mechanic fix it that day back in the summer time. The creator couldn't count on the family van to get them any where since now, it had a hole in the tire due to age and rubber dry rot. This was new problem and expense added to the family van. In the long run, it was better to take the family car and let the, creator's father sit or lay on the soft car seat.

     From the trauma of bringing his father in that evening to the hospital, he didn't want anything drastically start happening to his mother. The creator began on his, "Thombogo Sunset Model 1996 Country Style Class" bike. He road over the snow on his bike several yards from the swing set until he got out into the busy street in front of the apartment buildings. He headed east-bound for a couple of blocks until he came across a busy intersection. The light had turn green and the creator proceeded straight on through the busy intersection before heading one mile east-bound to the next busy intersection. The creator then, made a left hand turn at the busy intersection and head north-bound on his bike for one mile. The busy street was considered to be a known heavy trucking route but, the creator was not going worry of semi-trucks zooming past him in the cold weather. After completing the full mile, the creator came across another busy intersection. The creator made a right-hand turn and proceeded east-bound about a-half-a mile until he made a left-hand turn next to the hospital. The creator knew that, he had taken the correct route when he noticed a children's hospital being constructed next to the north-side of the main hospital. He couldn't wait to see his father.

     The paramedics found the creator's father laying under the couch. No buddy knew how he got under there. The boxes of wood located under the couch's feet were used to support the couch higher off the floor giving the creator's father an easier way to stand up from the couch if or when he needed to walk. With the couch sitting on boxes of wood, the creator's father somehow had navigated him self under the couch for unknown reasons. Both paramedics had pulled the creator's father from under the couch and hooked a machine of theirs to him to get the needed medical readings before taking him to the hospital. The one paramedic had stated about knowing and dealing with those type of medical situations in the past regarding people hiding like that when they know that, they are dieing. The reading from the machine indicated that, his heart rate was normal but his breathing was increasing with his blood pressure dropping at the same time. He was taken the hospital. 

     As the creator was looking at the working family car, the creator was thinking about the expense it was to repair the rings on the cylinder a few months back in the summer time plus, the installation cost and cost of their new furnace last month. The creator had a question of why should people live in the mid-west when the cost of living due the cold weather is so risky and so high. The family car's engine broke down due to cold weather. The furnace in the house broke down last month due its age besides overworking it self because of the extreme cold weather. With the both expenses dumped already, the creator decided not to ask his both parents for a car or think about having a car of his own. The creator has no idea at this point if the both expenses on the family car's engine and the new furnace were ever paid off or not. Was the creator giving up on the interest of a car? There was no other direction for the creator to take in life unless if he had gone into the armed service which, his both parents had refused him to do that since there was no one else needed to take care of his both of them. For now, his mother and her son, the creator just wanted to quietly take the father for a nice ride and get some fresh air.

     Once the creator's father was there in ER, he was assigned a room to rest in. He was coherent later that night. He was given three meals a day with other services to go with it. The creator's mother and himself had stayed until visiting hours were over. Once again, The creator had remembered of himself being in the same hospital for a week due to having double pneumonia. Before going home that night, the creator's father had asked his son to come closer to the hospital bed. He had asked his son, the creator to help out at home with stuff for the mother. For a month? Where was the creator's siblings at as he stood there while looking upon his father?

     Later into the second week of, December of 1996, there was another store list which the creator's mother had given the creator to take to store. With the budget, there was enough gasoline left in the family car to pick the creator's father from the hospital sometime during the next following week. For that night, the creator had done exactly what his father had asked him to do for his mother. The creator had gone out to the grocery store, in the snow and cold to get groceries. The, "Thombogo Sunset Model 1996 Country Style Class" bike had great gripping wheels for the snow in the street.
     The creator had managed to find the room his father was in according to the patient list. This was not one of those common type semi-private rooms. There was another room connected before entering that single patient room with a glass observation wall and a storage supply cabinet used to wear protective equipment against airborne viruses. The creator had no idea in the world why his father was in that room. After the creator has stepped into the room, the creator's father had asked the nurse to let his son enter the room anyway. The creator's father sensed that something not right at home. The creator had explained about his mother's medical condition regarding about her winter cold.
      At this point, with no job, the creator didn't know where to turn to. With his father being sent to the hospital in few days, all the responsibilities regarding the house, the family pets will be poured into the creator's lap to deal with. There was no one else for the creator to count on. The creator's mother was to much in disgust, stress, over whelmed as it was. This is not how the creator's mother wanted to spend the remaining golden years with her husband.
     More and more days had gone by which had proceeded into the second day of, December. That late evening, the creator and his mother had noticed the father sleeping more often than usual. He wasn't eating as much and he wasn't being as responsive if woken up. At one point, the creator's mother made an attempt to say something quietly to his face while he laid there on the couch. Instead of him calling to his wife's name, he had called her, "Mom". Was the creator's father losing the touch of what was going on around him? In the recent past, the creator and his mother had already experienced times when the father had passed out in front of them with out any prediction. Their family doctor was contacted the next morning, regarding the issue. The family doctor had explained that, due to the mini-strokes which the creator's father had been experiencing, a syndrome of dementia was forming in the creator's, father's mind do to mental breakdown leading into, Alzheimer disease. The paramedics were called that afternoon.
     Later that same day, the creator wanted to visit his father at the rehab center. He missed his father and he wanted to visit him. The creator's mother on the other hand, was in no condition to go. The creator's mother had came down with a mild winter cold and needed to rest. As the temperature had plummet during that time of the year of, December of 1996, the creator was hoping that, the new furnace would hold together during the remaining cold weather. The creator didn't know that much about repairing furnaces unlike his father would know. The creator needed to have a man to man talk with his father alone regarding the upkeep and maintenance of the house hold. The creator remembered the route to take in order to visit his father. After spending time at his favorite park, he decided to cut his time very short and had gone to visit his father. 

     The creator's had placed his grocery bags on the ground next to the bicycle stand. He couldn't believe of what his eyes have seen. The amp meter cover was damaged. The cover appeared to be shattered in pieces all over the power box.. The creator noticed the main power switch set to the on position. This has to stop, the creator thought. He knew that, people who drive vehicles didn't have to worry about that type of issue since their dash board switches are inside a vehicle when locked preventing from any outside tampering.

     Time was running out. The creator had to pedal faster and faster to make the "Thombogo Sunset Model 1996 Country Style Class" bike go faster. The both wheels were able to grip the street. The creator needed to get to the grocery store before they close for the night. The creator had to dodge away from moving cars or cars that couldn't grip the street and try to not ride off to the side of the road either. Once at the grocery store, the creator had about ten (10) minutes to spear.