A Man’s Got To Have A Dream

And my dream is to do four walk through settlements at three different WCAB district offices in one single day. ((Photo courtesy of robertrice)) ((I told this dream to a co-worker yesterday and he laughed and called me a nerd.  Pssh – tell me something I don’t know, Steve.))

I’ve given this a lot of thought and I even have a plan as to how to get this done.  If I ever got the chance to do four walk throughs at four Boards in one day, I’d do it like this:

1. Get up early, arrive at the Santa Rosa WCAB at 8:00 AM and attempt the first walk through
2. Head to San Francisco over the Golden Gate for the second walk through
3. In the afternoon, do the third walk-through in San Jose
4. Hit the road for Oakland and do the fourth walk through
5. According to Google Maps, that’s 234 miles and 4 hours and 26 minutes

I honestly don’t even know if this is possible.  ((Perhaps this might be easier in Southern California – there’s as many as seven Boards within about 15 or 20 miles of one another.)) There are a million things that could go wrong.  I could hit traffic, I could be missing a page from a benefits printout, someone could change their mind about the settlement, a doctor could issue a supplemental report.  I also know that I would need a LOT of things to go right.  Here’s my tentative checklist:

1. Four walk through settlements ready to be approved at four different Boards (this is easily the toughest part)
2. Four claims examiners standing by on speed dial
3. One full calendar day
4. A fully charged GPS, two fully charged cell phones
5. A full tank of gas
6. $55.00 or so ($10 for bridge tolls, about $5 for photocopies, and easily another $40 for parking)
7. A bag of snacks (I’m probably not going to have time for lunch)
8. Call ahead to all of the Boards to make sure I can do a walk through that day
9. The good will and cooperation of the Board staff and my colleagues

However, having done two walk through settlements in a single morning gives me hope.