It Was The Best Of Times…

Had a good night actually. I woke up around for something and surprisingly I was able to turn over and go back to sleep and slept until 7 AM! This rarely happens. Of course it's on one of the days when my home health person is to show up which means I need to get up and get going. Luckily for me, she was a little late today which allowed me to not only get my face shaved, my meds taken in bed made but is also able to heat up some coffee in sweep up just a little bit. Usually I like to get up by 6 AM on my home health days but not this day.

I'm feeling stable enough to actually begin traveling away from the apartment/toilet. My goal today if nothing else was to cross the street and hit the market and get bananas all possible and this I did. Felt good to get back in the system but I find it's going to be a very busy week and while that causes me some concern I'm also pretty excited. Tomorrow of course I do my assist, Inc. advisory meeting and then on Wednesday I have to take a trip up to Logan for the meeting I usually have been zooming to the last couple years were doing it in person meeting up at Utah State University's access lab. We have a couple of members from that university that sit on the board for the Utah assistive technology fund. They always have to come the Salt Lake for the meeting so we figured we would meet with them at their own facility. This seemed only fair. This means however Wednesday, March 2 that my friend Kent who works at the Judy Ann Buffmire with some kind of USOR A T(assistive technology) program. The program has a wheelchair accessible van so can's elected to drive me up and back for the meeting. Otherwise I'm afraid I would have to zoom in. I would not have minded but these folks really had the mindset with be attending in person. So, the meeting starts at the lunch of course which are 12 o'clock and that also means we have to leave at least 90 minutes before the meeting starts from Salt Lake. Wednesday of course is my shower day in my person doesn't even get here until 8:30 AM which means even if she's on time it'll be a tight squeeze. I be contact with my person to see if she could come at least a half an hour early which a guarantee that I'll be ready by the time Kent swings by to pick me up. She responded by saying she would try to do so. I am going to call her around 6:45 AM to wake her up and make sure she's focused on getting here on time. I have great faith in my attendant and I think will be able to pull this off. Least of excited to try and that's good news.

Perhaps the best part of my day was putting on my jacket and hated across the street for the market. First time in over a week. I felt a little unnerved being so far away from the apartment but it was now or never I had to go and I went. Good seeing my “market family”. I was kind of surprised because even the ones I didn't recognize new how to check me out. I take my own basket with me most of the times when I shop and I expect them to put what I've purchased into the basket without bags. I hate having a pile of plastic bags when I come home from the market. And the checkout person knew exactly how to do what I needed without me having to fill her in on how to do it. I've trained these people very well I surprised myself. Sadly that was the high point of my day. I'm finishing up writing my letters for the month and hopefully tomorrow are Wednesday but probably most likely Thursday is when I'll be able to mail them out. Seems like a lot is going on and that is just regular stuff.. I have an even begin to start formulating my thoughts regarding the war impossible repercussions to the American people from the Ruskies. There's been a lot of talk on the news about possible cyber attacks on the US electrical grid. This kind of freaks me out since everything that allows me to be independent is electric in nature whether it's my power chair (S) or my power bed I'm pretty dependent. I don't have enough of my freezer to worry about a thaw out but if I wake up and there's no power, getting out of bed? I think it's mandatory that I keep both of my chairs fully charged all the time as well as with my cell phone. I need to double check to make sure I still have my charging device which allows me to charge my cell phone from my power chair. If I do not have my charging device then I need to purchase another. I could see this could be very important… I know it's tried by just have to say it: “it was the best of times it was the worst of times…

Dirty Clothes, Pizza and other Sundays Things

If you remember I texted Mark Anthony last night that there would be no breakfast this morning just because I didn't feel secure enough to attempt leaving the house. I don't think I can handle to poop accidents in two days especially in public. I was pleased however to wake this morning with no poop in the bed. I was pretty well surrounded by chucks (I don't know if that's how it's spelled but hopefully you get the idea bed protectors or whatever) that I lay down last night for I lay down. Even better was that the kind of followed me from the bed and my chair so I been sitting on them all day in case there was another incident but fortunately I think I'm on the mend, hopefully. I did take another couple of anti-diarrhea tablets this morning early on so maybe they're just doing their job. We'll see tomorrow when I'm scheduled for my next regular visit to the shower and toilet.

Because of yesterday's incident I had a number of things in the dirty close that needed immediate attention. I regularly try not to do any physical labor on Sunday, you know the whole Sabbath deal, just to make sure I'm covered, so like tagging up to second before running the third. But “the ox is in the mire” I figured I needed to do the wash especially since Melissa significantly suggested that I do so because the sling that we used to move me from the wheelchair to the shower chair have been in dire need of washing for a number of months to say nothing of the poor cushion cover. So I figured once I was convinced I would not be a threat of exploding I would head down and throw my closing the wash which I did. Even though the batch was smaller than usual I used two soap pods. Want to make double sure but close got a good soaping and wash. Yesterday when we took the cushion cover off of the cushion. I had Melissa take the cover off one of the other pads I had/have been put it on the cushion. She did a good job but I don't know what's the matter but the cushion does not seem as “friendly” as the other. Thanks to the washed job I now have a clean cushion cover but hopefully I can put back on the cushion tomorrow and things will be as they were… But I doubt that.

Actually, the remainder of the day I spent getting a jump on my kid letters. I don't know why it's so important to me to try to get these things out the beginning of each month. February went by so quickly I cannot believe it was nearly time for the first to roll around so rather than wait I figured today would be a good day to start the letter writing process and actually did pretty good.. I have about half of the letters finished. I'm fairly confident that tomorrow I can get the others taking care of and hopefully posted all on Tuesday. I hope my stomach is settled off to be able to get into my assist meeting I'm sure we'll be having.

The remainder of my day I've been decorating the pizza. I think I mentioned yesterday that I got a crust, a pizza crust actually a whole pizza, of sorts, from the food bank which just needed some more things on them so today I fried up a little hamburger diced some green pepper and onion. I was going to go for all lives but we only can I could find was a pretty high – – and I could get them but I was already crowding the pizza crust as it was so let it go and the whole thing turned out not bad for free pizza crust. I always repent for not using all is if I have them however. Hopefully my butt will feel better tomorrow. It does not seem to be liking this new cushion cover if that's the problem could be the cushion itself but we'll see…

All Pooped Out

I'm sitting in my chair very still as I write this blog entry. It's getting to be middle evening which means I should h this written hours ago. However, I didn't feel up to snuff. Actually they started out pretty decent. I really thought I was going to enjoy this Saturday. I had no pains to speak of. I didn't sleep as well as I would like to but I seem to gotten enough of what I needed to get through the day. It was only after I'd gotten up and dressed and in my chair and breakfast that my stomach begin the rumble and threaten me to feel a little noxious not too bad but I realized I was building up more than just gas. Something was definitely wrong with my G.I. Tract and I think today was to be the day that I would lose control. Actually, I'm very thankful that I've had is good luck with my bowels as I have over the years. Even today with the bowel explosion I was lucky enough to be home with nothing going on.

My bowels finally gave it up sometime around 130 are 2 PM. Midafternoon, starts out feeling like to give a fark and it turns out to be owie gooy and awfully stinky. It's a sickly feeling quite indescribable perhaps it's best. I have no options but to just sit on it to try to develop some kind of plan remember something like this happened a couple of months ago and I thought I'd be able to get some kind of support from the home health service a contract with but was a no go will have any kind of backup plan so I knew better than to even start to search their. As it happens, the first call I made to my Monday morning home health person, Melissa and to let her know of my deeds and predicament. Melissa was great! This was about 2:30 PM and she said that she would be able to help me but not for a couple of hours and I said that's fine I could hold out a couple of hours. I knew I had made a mess not really how big of a mess I couldn't tell. A kind of force myself to stick around the bathroom just because that might assist in the cleanup later on.

Don't you think it's always cool to see somebody out of their own works over comfort zone? That's what it was like seeing Melissa when she was finally able to get to me around 4:30 PM. She is all dressed up in new tennis shoes, it's a depraved nifty shirt. So much different from her typical scrubs that she wears on a regular basis. It's kind of different than regular days when she gets here I am usually naked but today she had to actually on dress me and she had to be careful not to make a bigger mess than was already there by dragging everything on the floor. We did it however, got me naked into the shower chair, over the toilet and that into the shower in that order. I hope I evacuated everything so hard to tell. But we went to the process, I got a good shower and then transferred into the chair. We had to change cushions of course. I had Melissa stripped the cover off one cushion so it in the wash with the soiled plants. We were then basically done. She wasn't going to take the 20 bucks I paid her until I force the money on her. I'm glad she came a glad she was able to do it I'm glad I had the money to pay her it was worth it. I'm a little worried right now as I write this that my stomach might not be settled for the night however I did find my stash of antidiarrheal medication will take a couple shots before going to bed and hopefully that will settle things. I called Mark Anthony to advise I will not be going to breakfast. He was actually in the plane coming home from California when I texted him. He wanted from over and help nine is the one to go to breakfast in the morning but I think he realized the need to rest. I don't know why good ones pants is such a traumatic event but it still is… It still is

Friday By By

 

Cannot believe it's the end of another week. My life is passing by way to quickly. This is another day am choosing to stay in side mainly because I don't have anything else to do on the outside and mainly because the temperature did not get above freezing today and I just don't need that kind of harassment. I've got everything I need at least this day , tomorrow and Sunday. There are a few things I can stock up on but I can wait till warmer weather for that. What has said, today I stayed in I did have a visit from the outside however, Allen my friend from IHC wheelchair shop came in and finally replaced the latching mechanism on my chair. I don't know how long this fix will last but I'm happy to have a working like it's supposed to for now anyway. I ordered some more identification materials particular for my insurance and I worked out and sadly that was the extent of my day. I was fortunate enough to visit with Dianne a while on face chat the same with my daughter Bridget who is in the hospital right now. So I guess it's been a pretty good day.

My reconditioned power chair sits quietly in that spot in my bedroom writing to serve whenever the big guy, I'm in now fails. I'm not anticipating that soon however we did look at various features that I'm not happy with on this chair I'm sitting in and compared them with the back of chair primarily the foot box. The foot box of my present chair is huge, the foot box is my favorite thing to complain about on this chair. The foot box is large and bulky and the padding is torn loose from the foot box itself and causing my foot to turn (see yesterday's post). The backup wheelchairs foot box is much more conservative and stays out of the way of a lot of things but I tend to crash into and scratch up now. The technician really seemed interested in working with my foot box problem. Even wants me to write around in the refurbished backup chair to see what I liked best about foot boxes. I do like the concept of a padded foot box versus just a regular foot box. I really like a padded box when I go without shoes. I just hate the idea of having to figure out how I'm going to make that change. The easiest way to spend some time in the other chair this to have my home health person will be in the chair after I get done with my shower. I actually could just have somebody trade chairs with me when I transfer onto my bed and then when I transfer back I'll be in the backup chair and spend some time and it to check out the features. I don't know how realistic this is because it seems I never get into the backup chair unless there's an emergency of one sort or another with the new chair. Now I just have to think about what I'm going to do about a new cushion for the tush…

Turned Foot

 

I'm sitting here patiently, will not patiently as it doesn't really matter anymore, for my future mechanic to drop by and fix apart on my new chair that's been driving me crazy for the past it seems like six weeks but really three or four weeks. It's a little thing, is the device that locks the arm of the chair into place which allows me to pull myself up right in the sitting position. I have a pretty significant scoliosis as well as spastic tone all over my body especially my legs which is becoming more and more pronounced as I age. This new chair has exacerbated this condition, I believe, to a pretty significant degree. My right foot turns on its side I think because of the padding is all torn loose and wadded up causing to roll under. To be honest but could still curls when my shoes are off but not as significant and radical as during the day when I have my shoes on a really think it makes you look like a Charles Dickens character. I doubt the visit the day will do any to alleviate the problem of my curled foot/ankle but it should help by fixing the side of my chair so it will hold fast for however long that might be. The critical joint is made of plastic which I think I tend to wear out rather quickly (I believe I written about this issue and other blog entries). It has something to do with how destructive I am with my chair and assist a pathetic reality that I have to absorb to live with. I will do this until the problem become so irritating that I will figure out another solution. One of my wheelchair people have suggested there might be a possibility of going for another arm that well not wear out because it's made of metal and not plastic. I'm going to give this repair one more try and try to be careful and gentle to the part but if I tear the plastic up relatively quickly than looking for another solution. I use this on the pull myself up I will bet you at least 100 times a day. A fixed arm, easily applied and released, would certainly help my day especially when dressing myself.

Remember I started this out by saying I am patiently waiting. Another reason why I'm not too concerned is because earlier this week my reconditioned, former chair, came back from the U Cat shop. I can't remember if I remarked about this before but for $250, this quasi-governmental shop will completely refurbish your chair. I'm still not really sure how far that goes. They said I didn't need new batteries but if I did they would've included these but they replaced the tires went through the electricals and the rest of the system to make sure everything was still working right. They looked at the motors and be replaced other pieces of the chair that seem to be having problems. Remember this is the chair that had gone more than 5000 miles. I put a lot of stress on this baby. Perhaps most important is the fact that now, I have a back up chair that I can depend on if and when I need such a device like when I'm typical wheelchair repairs I have descended my new chair for work at the shop. Even though the guys do a great job in their quick and they wait till all the parts get in so they can do the work in one day I still have to be without my chair overnight at least one day. Now however, I have a chair I know I can “live in”, transfer into and out of bed, dress and have the distance to go wherever I need to go. The just freeze up my mind and makes me feel I can put up with just about anything . However, I'm still patiently waiting for my mechanic…

Rice Is Nice

Interesting, I haven't listened to All Things Considered a radio show offered in the afternoon on NPR. There was a time right listen to the show every work night as it would come out for clock and me and my buddy Kim in our little office had NPR going all day long. A kind taken a break the last couple years and don't listen to the program as much as before but tonight I was involved in cooking my dinner which was very physical in nature, a lot of chopping of vegetables and such. Also because the show starts at 4 PM I can listen to the show while I process the vegetables for dinner. There is a great story on this afternoon show about the increase of Native American/indigenous populations in the USA. That kind of picked by interest and as I listened I was fascinated by the storyline which basically was as the craze of getting your DNA tested contract or whatever and finally not part your native roots are a lot of people are now claiming to be indigenous or native to the country. The showing of the great detail about how even though this is a somewhat measured process there's a lot of individuals who may be fudging a little bit in order to be counted as indigenous for the “cool factor”. Interestingly, the reporter went out of their way to indicate this wasn't necessarily aimed at trying to get themselves on Native American properties or financial type programs set up for Native Americans. These are folks that really want to belong to something bigger I guess. I think it's pretty bizarre. I'm still quite surprised at how much indigenous roots I might have. I really don't know how Spanish/Hispanic ties into what is considered indigenous. But both of my birthing parents were native to this area. So somehow I am sure that affects me probably not to the extent that I will begin marking a different level on documents that ask for race or national origin. I'll continue to label myself as “white” but I must admit that does make me feel a little nervous now that I know that may not be totally true.

I cooked tonight, really for the first time in some while. I made Frank actually chicken Frank using one of my cans of canned chicken that's good in my storage closet for some time. I'm really focused on using my food storage and working the cans down a little bit. Chopped onions, garlic and of course celery gave the meal so much flavor and that I of course used brown rice since that's what I tend to get when I find bags of rice on the sharing shelf. I'm getting better at cooking rice. I do have a couple of rice machines or machines for cooking but I have them put away and showing that makes it difficult for me to access. It's just easy to just measure the water dump the rice and bring to boil and then cover and steam. The directions say to sooner 45 minutes which I did. The water was pretty much absorbed in the rice was done enough. I had to choose a little bit but the kernels weren't necessarily crunchy. I still have significant bags of white I want to really learn how to cook rice and use it as a major or main food-source. The only problem is the mess I make whenever I do a foray into cooking. I love the way cooking enhances the odor of my apartment. My goal would be to make the place smell like a Chinese restaurant all the time. I hope that isn't prejudicial…

Exhausted

 

dressed and ready to go at 6 AM!

Remember that doctors appointment that was for 7:45a.m. and this was my primary or initial appointmentwhere the dock in the meet for the first time and I try to get the appointment set for another time but that's only time he does first-timers. Well, that appointment was today. I think I wrote about trying to find a van service or taxicab which would transport me. I was too late on the taxi and the other service that I'm trying to get to use doesn't transport that early in the morning. So the only option was public transportation i.e. the bus. Since I do the Sunday breakfast thing at 8 o'clock in the morning and I always make that in time I figure would be the same thing except an hour earlier. So rather get up at 6 AM I figure if I got up at 5 AM and focus totally on getting dressed and then ADLs like shaving and breakfast of stuff like that I can still get to the bus on time. I checked.yesterday was a little bit worried because they showed the bus reaching my pickup stop at 6:55 AM in the next time would be at 7:25 AM getting me into the hospital at 7:40 AM cutting at real close to the time I supposed to be there at 7:45 AM. But when I checked this morning the actual bus line starts at about 5 AM with half an hour pickups so I still shop for the 6:55 AM pickup time and everything worked perfectly. I love it when things work right. The real challenge however was getting through the night as I was told afraid I was sleep through my time – – even though I rarely sleep in past 5 AM. So I actually went to bed at 10 PM and read for quite a bit before I finally dropped off. I woke up 3:30 AM and never really got back to sleep. I should've set the alarm on my cell phone. Hours think it's difficult but it's really not quite simple and then I can of slept or tried to sleep knowing that even if I did get into a deep sleep I would be woken at the right time . I jumped up and immediately got on my shorts, shoes then shaved and finally put on my shirt house ready to go. I had maybe 45 minutes to wait. Is able to grab some toast, took my meds have everything in place and ready to get out the door on time which I did. I don't not very exciting this particular entry but you know what it is for me. I was beginning to doubt myself as far as what I can do on my own. I was kind of relying on other services and programs to define whether I would be able to make an appointment or not. So the days event, getting to my physicians appointment was stellar in my eyes.

The appointment itself was kind of fun actually, this guy is a physiatrist and he took a long time listening to my story and asking questions about how I live my life which I'd totally enjoyed going on and on about. I'm really pathetic that way don't get me talking about myself after all I keep a blog which is more than 3000 entries about conservative

Presidents' Day

 

Here it is Presidents' Day afternoon in the sun is well hidden behind the bank of dark clouds threatening snow this evening and then even possibly tomorrow. Normally this would not be a big deal, and it really isn't as I don't make it one, but tomorrow morning bright and early I have a doctors appointment over at big hospital, IHC medical Center are as I call it the death Star. Tomorrow I'm meeting which possibly might be my new physiatrist Dr. Williams. As I understand it is the new player in town and physiatry and took over my old Doc's place when he retired. And like I said normally this not be a big deal except for the only time this guy is taking interviews are appointments is at 745 in the morning that 7:45 AM. I'm going to attend this appointment even if it is totally uncomfortable for me.

I made this appointment I think way back in October or November or possibly December all I know is the month was one of the “bers” and it was a long way out but that's the way things were back then. I didn't think much of it until last month when I started realizing I had this appointment coming up and I couldn't even fathom why would made the appointment so early. It was only later when I tried to counsel are due a better timespace that I realized I remembered that was the only time they were taking appointments and I told him then that I would be able to make it. I went through the process again last week and cried and moaned about being quadriplegic living on my own and having no transportation except public transit. I guess Williams tried to work with me but I finally got frustrated and just told him I would make it regardless – I might be a little late but I should be there close to the time. I thought surely I would be able to get a cab. I called last week but was informed that I need to call closer to my date of need which I did this morning and found out that somebody already had 7 AM timeslot. The Company that has accessible transit has over to wheelchair vans and one driver who I get the impression is very overtaxed. After I was informed this afternoon I then started making calls to the other Companies listed on my Google search and none of them has wheelchair accessible transit! The really is a lawsuit here somewhere if I had skills in that area and wanted to push the issue. Somebody should. Somebody young with the energy and the will. Sadly, I doubt that's me at this point in the game. Tomorrow I have found that route 47 starts at by spot around 6:55 AM. I think if I can drag myself out at 5 AM and have no problems as far as bed transfers in such, getting dressed in getting out to the bus stop I can make the 7:45 AM appointment no sweat. If I miss the 6:55 AM the next bus is 7:24 AM which would bring me in to the “Death Star” around 739 given me five minutes to get from the bus stop across the street but over to the medical center. Chances are I could make it or hate to cut it that close. If I miss the 6:55 AM bus I will just have to do the best I can and rely on the best of luck and kindness of Dr. William staff. In the back from my love got a little stress is beginning to nibble and that's this is a new meeting the go to want to see all of my cards my insurance cards of course of which I have none. I have even thought about replacing those things yet so maybe this is a moot pointand will still be a good exercise regardless…

022222

 

Tom Holland all grown up… Kind of

Seriously have been waiting for this date all month not as much as I'm ready for the the 22^nd since Groundhog Day, my birthday remember? That they there is nothing but zeros into in the numeric signature of the day. Today is a similar and that there just zeros and the 2 and then on the 22^nd, day after tomorrow it will be all 2-S except of course for the initial zero for February or “02”. It's just a number thing which I think pretty interesting. I really haven't done the real research yet but I don't the disco happen again until we get into the next millennium and the first opportunity I think is going to be something like 00303 3003. That's a lot of zeros and over 1000 years away so that's what I've got for now. Obviously, I have not had much of an eventful day at the best I can do is talk about zeros. But the day is not been bad either. Fortunately it was called by both of my daughters today which is just too cool and had extended conversations with both. That is a fun day as my Bridget would say, a fun day Sunday and that might be what it's all about. If I had my 500 words written code be done now but it looks like I still have a while to go.

I actually made it to the movies today, following breakfast with my son and granddaughter at the little restaurant on the corner Dee's. I took a chance and went to a movie or hardly knew anything about except for Tom Holland (one of the Spiderman actors) was one of the leads in the film. Oddly, the Phils Genesis was a videogame. Which kind of worked out pretty good I don't think they really harped on the videogame part of it so much but it certainly seemed like a launch point for what could be a bunch of movies with Tom Holland is the key actor going on these adventures and finding treasure. It only makes sense in this time of sequels. The kind of where's the moviegoer out. I have not heard of a condition yet but I can certainly see something like moviegoers fatigue or M GF. You know going to the feature just because it's the next sequel in the series. (I don't know if that's worded right when I have I really cared about that?) And I have to admit for me the movie was entertaining even if I chose not to go with the drink and the popcorn. Like I said I went to this movie totally on the weight of the actor. I could watch the current Spiderman and a couple other films of the kind of interested in right now. But this particular movie was the first one today started around 10:45 AM. I was kind of proud of myself getting home from breakfast and turning right around and catch the bus up to the theaters. I almost thought about hanging around till one of the other features started with the day was looking more and more cloudy and threatening. Wasn't sure what the afternoon would bring selected the safest thing to do is head on home.

I think I'll be in the apartment all day tomorrow except for the possibility of meeting Bridget and family out in the community somewhere. Maybe just coffee or something the restaurant. It's a shame that a little coffee shop just south of my apartment complex will be closed tomorrow. The sky closes for Sunday's and all major holidays he is a definite wonder to me. But anyway it's nice to have something to look forward to…

Glasshouse Journey

 

It was another one of those days that looked beautiful, and actually was beautiful, but when one got out in the beautiful day was just a little uncomfortable. The wind had a chill that was significant but not enough to stop me from getting out in using the transit system a little bit. I was a little late getting out actually slept until 7 AM which never ever happens so I was feeling pretty good still took me forever to get dressed it seemed like. If I don't have an appointment to get to I just don't do much. When I did finally get dressed I whipped up a quick breakfast which I really enjoyed scrambled eggs and be in the sausages and skinny toast. I made my bed then decided to do my arm bike to get it out of the way. I did 40 minutes today not bad.

I try to make coffee every morning especially on the mornings that I have my home health people here. They both like coffee so I like to make the best coffee I can. Gloria likes Bailey's Irish cream, and who wouldn't? It's a bit sweet but in coffee it's wonderful. I wanted to have some for Gloria the last couple weeks but the weather has this got been agreeable. However, today I felt it should be the day jumped the bus and go down for “Glasshouse” and pick up a bottle. I checked bus times and I had about 20 minutes before the next inbound 217 would be at the bus stop outside my apartment complex. It was fun I was out waiting for the bus will realized the looks of the beautiful day were deceiving. I wished I had something on a little heavier but I thought I had enough to get by to get to the Glasshouse and back. I noticed while waiting for the bus more gang symbols on my bus stop. It actually look like someone had tried to break one of the Windows of the bus shelter. However, the gang sign was in the broken remnants of the wall as well as written on the other window or wall of the bus shelter. I would be interested to know what the letter stood for. Fortunately I didn't have long to wait for the bus pulled up and I was gone.

Interestingly, there is a Sizzler steakhouse right next to the Utah liquor store.. I always make a big deal of living the bus driver know I'm going to the steakhouse when he asked me where my head or what stop will I need. The trip and was quick and uneventful the best time to have. I rolled in the liquor store and I'm always amazed at how many spirits there are and all the “joy” that reside therein. The place is pretty busy after all is the Saturday of a three-day weekend, holiday weekend. There was lots of booze going out the front door. I found a shelf of small bottles of Bailey's Irish cream but as I was surveying the booze I noticed a sign above the cash register/checkout guy that said “everyone must have a state approved ID”. I have one sitting at home on my computer table. I didn't think about packing my temporary ID. Sure enough, the cashier saw my confused state that asked the problem when I asked him and he said of course I can't sell you anything unless you have an ID. I shrug my shoulders turned around and headed out across the street for the outbound 217. I did exactly that is shipped home found my ID stuff to do it my packet as well as changed my hat and grabbed a red blanket to help battle the cold and went right back. They really didn't take long. I don't know who I would've felt about this had I not had the long hours of sleep. I think out of just packed it in and I had not the amount of sleep I enjoyed last night's.

This time I didn't care who knows I'm going to the liquor store. I got on the bus and told the driver I want the liquor store stop and he knew exactly where I meant. Zoom Zoom I was soon back at the glass Palace. I purchased the the middle sized bottle of Bailey's. $30 worth! You should be ashamed of myself. I got the bottle put in a special plastic bag that I wedged between my legs and my foot pedal for the trip home it worked. When I got home was good taste a little Bailey's but of course it's got a metal That no matter how much I tried to open with my teeth it wouldn't budge and I certainly was not going to damage what few teeth I have left and another trip to the dentist's office. I've got the bottle on the table may be Monday I can get someone to break the seal and have coffee with Irish cream for the holiday…

Slow Day Friday

 

I washed clothes today. I realize is that a big deal and to be honest with you it was probably the most productive thing I did all day. Sadly, I tend to use a close washing event as a reason to stay home. I have to monitor the the clothes in the washer and then moving them into the dryer. Today things even took a longer time. Because, I actually forgot to push the on button after I put the coins in the machine and dropped the quarters into the coin box or whatever it's called. I don't want to call it a senior moment was the first time I've really ever done that. And keep in mind I was using the large front loader washing machine I don't know if anyone else wanted to use the machine. There was after all somebody in the washroom when I came change the washout to the dry. It was she then informed me that I had not started the machine.I felt chagrined of course, smiled sheepishly mumbled thanks as I press the button. It was only later that I to thinking that she had seen this why didn't she puts the button?. I would've. Not a big deal certainly not rocket science push the button start the washing and get the process finished.

The day was a beautiful day all things considered, lots of sunshine kind of warm but not warm enough to sit out and read. I tried of course, but there was a breeze just cool enough to be uncomfortable. Back to the apartment and I found some good backlight in the bedroom. I did work out however. I did pump the bike for 30 minutes let me break the 200 minute mark week. I could let it go now not work out again until Monday but actually part of the reason I pump the bike is that gets me or my body tired to the point where I sleep through the night and that's my goal. I truly feel like a lot of other positive results from my daily work out but one of the things I search for most is being tired enough to sleep and enjoy the process.

It's hard for me to accept/believe that I'm again on the cusp of a holiday weekend. Presidents' Day, not to be cynical but it really is a hard day to appreciate president-wise anyway. And of course the storm is coming in on the holiday itself stretching into Tuesday the day I have to be up early to be over at my new docs place by 7:45 AM unbelievable. I had forgotten this Tuesday was following a national holiday. I thought about getting a cab to make the appointment but I see that route 47 starts pretty early like 6 AM. I know if I get up way early on catch the bus and be there in time for my appointment. If I can't not going to worry about it too much. This is actually a meet and greet doctors appointment or I'm basically getting to know my new physiatrist. Well not much today to write about but I got my 500 words down and appreciate your efforts to read maybe tomorrow I'll have more…

Ironsides… Please

 

It was not as cold as yesterday especially since there was no snow but still it was chilly this morning as I rolled up to the restaurant for our what seems to be quarterly Writers Guild brunch/lunch. I call it that because we meet at 10:30 AM late for breakfast and too early for lunch that's okay whatever we call the meals un-important what's important is quality time with each other. We probably been meeting for more than 30 years which is totally hard to believe. We are old and infirm now even Jerry the most physical of the group has to be careful as he walks with our members to and from his car. Luckily, we keep the restaurant we attend close enough that I can easily get there by my power chair. I don't have to access the bus system and that's good.

There is a theme to today's meeting it was television shows of the 1950s in particular Perry Mason. Jerry watches the reruns asked do I. I'm just about finished with the first season and I can't believe how many seasons there are of this classic. I'm sure somewhere in the latter seasons is gone the color but right now one of the points a fascination with the early circa, 1955, 56, 57 … Was the black and white quality of the broadcasts mixed with the great scenes of LA streets and buildings/architecture. The courtroom drama is fairly interesting as well but really I like the unintentional background visualizations the time lost to history. I commented on how naïve I was when I first watched the series, actually I did watch the series, I think my mom did so I always heard the music in the background but I never follow this story lines. Now, I'm kind of amazed at how much Perry Mason and Della Reese, his secretary/gal Friday hung out together all nighters even! Of course, we can't talk about Perry Mason and Raymond Burr and not talk about Ironsides the first television show that I'm aware of which portrayed Burr as a paraplegic in San Francisco. Of course we had to point out all the faux pas of the series. But also marveled at the concept of a paraplegic cop i.e. per train a person with a disability with a full-time job would seem nonexistent to me in those days. I took great pleasure in to pointing out all the mistakes and in accuracies of the series. Even then in my mind I request you and why didn't they have a real live Crip in the title role? Sure, I knew it wouldn't sell us greatly as Raymond Burr but it certainly would be more authentic. Oddly enough even today I can't think of any show that has a real live disabled person in the title role or supportive role. There's been a couple people in wheelchairs but but these actors were able-bodied acting disabled which is just gauche. I'm not totally sure things of changed and other facets of acting but I don't see any calls for disabled actors these days

Home Health Tears

 

I really don't know how they do it, the people who were home health professionals. I don't know if it is a colossal joke or a form of Usery but it's a shame just the same. But it's true the people were many of the people were home health providers are at the bottom of the food chain as far as labor does. They barely make enough to survive for month-to-month as well as deal with their own specific problems. This morning my person was a couple hours late which is okay because I didn't have anywhere to be until 2 PM down south to my podiatrist. Only thing it in the fact that all the days of the last two weeks this was the worst day is the day I had to be out with snow flying and when pushing the biting cold with every puff it gave. But this is a story about me weathering the cold front/snowstorm today.

One of the things I like about my home health person who serves me Wednesdays and Fridays is how tough she is. I met her number of years ago when I first moved into this complex and I desperately needed home care. She is will the first people that served me then she disappeared for a number of years and I, searching for with the agency that I use but she was not in the area. She'd vanished but then again about six months ago she popped back up on my screen eventually I was able to work a room to a least two days a week. I love having her as a home health person but it's a struggle her life is in such a shambles can barely stand to hear what traumas occurred to her from one week to the next. As I said today she was late she had to get transportation. Last night someone had slashed the tires. At first she thought they just let the air out of the tires and an act of revenge but on closer inspection the tires are slashed, unrepairable hundreds of dollars down the tubes and possibly the end of her ability to work. I kind of doubt that however. I've seen this person bounce back from all kinds of traumas. But today when she finally showed up she tried to put on a brave face but when she got word from the tire place that the tires run savable she broke down. On emotional collapse not knowing how she was going to get through the next couple of days. She lives in a part of town that's quite harrowing to say the least. She has a pretty rough lifestyle and I don't know just how long she can survive in fact with the people she thinks might be involved with the tire slashing she says she needs to probably exit the town stage left. I hate to see her go she's a ton of fun. Someone who'll be difficult to replace. Luckily I do have another that services beyond Monday's and who would be just as in providing the couple more days of home care. I don't know if we can pull that rabbit out of the hat but will have to see. As for the time being I just hope my current Wednesday Friday home health can survive…

Folded Boxes – Chinese Takeout

 

I doubt I would use the word eager to go to my Assist, Inc. meeting today. I've been complaining that the last week and a half the weather's been beautifully abnormally warm for February and of course the first meeting I have out snows forecast the luckily for me in the afternoon the late evening so I should be home, warm and safe if and when freezing precipitation might occur.

The meetings are different than they used to be with David. I kind of miss that are actually I miss the interaction with David. Dave had a fairly long way to present the needs of the consumers. We certainly earned our stipends. However, with Andrea's it's a real down and dirty burn through the meeting. We go over the needs quickly and then sign and then were done. Usually out by 12 o'clock noon. Rather than meet every week we seem to be scheduled valve every two weeks that's pretty good also. It's nice to have a free Tuesday every other week it's not like I'm doing anything with my Tuesdays sometimes assist nice to hang out and lay low—and I'm doing a lot of that lately.

The trip in to the meeting was uneventful. In fact the whole morning went extremely well even if it felt like I was taking a long time to dress. Tuesdays and Thursdays as well as Saturdays and Sundays are days I have no home health folks to shower me and help me dress so I'm pretty much on my own and I like that. However I'm noticing small things like dressing becoming more and more challenging but I can still dress myself, independently given enough time. Today I did so well that I was at our early to my meeting. I wandered around the library section of Salt Lake City was really quite surprised to find there were really no coffee shops – – you know the card you could just go into by some coffee and hang out in the great environment listening to music and watch people? There is that little French pastry shop next to the office but there's really no place there to hang out. I think management wants you to buy their overpriced pastries and coffee and get the hell out of Dodge. In fact today about a coffee and a pastry not éclair but a piece of dough rolled on itself so it looks like a mollusk or some other form of dinosaur slug. For $2.25 for the pastry and another $2.50 for the coffee and I think they're kind of miffed that be because I did not leave a tip. They forced me to use my credit card saying that cash machine or whatever was not working right and they couldn't take cash. I don't think I really believed them but they ran my card and I did not leave a tip.

On the way home rather than argue with the driver of my bus about lead me off before the established busstop, once I get to Redwood Road, I went all the way to cemetery stop and then thought what the heck I'll go a block further and have lunch at Ming's be humble Chinese restaurant like kind of like those near as I can tell I'm one of the few. The place rise driven old time Chinese restaurant the kind one are used to go to. I was disenchanted however when I got there and there was no “dine-in” dining. I balked at first but then said why not give my order to go and take it home which I did. I have to admit it was kind of nice chow mein was still hot by the time I home and I really like the noodles and I have more than enough for a second helping or warming up and eat it tomorrow. What I really liked was the cute little Chinese fold it up “to go box” not the regular Styrofoam container when gets these days usually. This really reminded me of the old days. I don't know if they'll ever open up the dining room again I hope so really brings back the memories…

Movie and Licorice Pizza

Clouding up finally, a weekend storm fronts moving through we may get some action from the skies this coming Tuesday, tomorrow. Today was the last abnormally warm day that will enjoy for a couple of days now. So with that in mind I figured I'd better squeeze in another movie while the weather was good. With my Monday morning duties out of the way and half an hour into my daily work out I was suited up and out on the street getting ready to catch my bus. I wore my watch cap and what of my heavy longsleeve shirts is out the door without about wearing a blanket for my legs but realize for the day would be much too warm for that even with the breeze. I even had my mask if the UTA drivers are going to enforce the mask mandate. Having to wear a mask for free public transit's okay with me, definitely worth trade-off. Most of the people who ride the bus they'll respect the UTA mask mandate but more and more there's some rude dudes who like to ride, real Red Hat's if you know what I mean. The driver still has the last word, being able to call transit police and all but that rarely happens when people either pull out a mask are grab where the paper cheap masks the drivers pass out when needed.

I went to a movie called Licorice Pizza an entertaining account of life in the early 70s around Encino California area. Still pondering the movie in my mind trying to figure out how to relate to it. I can't tell if it's supposed to be something like but set 10 years later or what. I think I liked the movie maybe not to the point where I will use my movie subscription to watch it again but there are parts I definitely like. I think the whole thing was a love story little untraditional but a love story nonetheless. Set in the 1970s probably around 1973 because the deal a lot with the oil embargo. The last few months or years before the whole concept of marketing changed with the advent of cell phones and what have you. Sort of last moments of the great sleep which followed what I call the 1960s. As I said, that. Before technology took off and change the world. A time when a person can make a fortune talking fast and move even faster. It was kind of a romantic time. I was somewhere between my first years of college and flunking out working with my good friend Capt. McIntyre MD. Was a pretty nice time if I remember correctly.

Following the movie, I came straight home as I said the clouds moved in and do it wasn't cold having the benefit of direct sunshine makes a big difference in the 50° temperature with winds of change. I got to the bus stopped only had to wait about six minutes for the 217 rollup. What a lucky day for me, transit everywhere hardly anytime waiting at all. I thought about stopping into a market – – in fact I did roll through Harmon's market – – click purchasing something for dinner like a steak or something but after frying up the taco meat from yesterday I figure there is no reason for me purchasing thing because the taco meat is so good I'm just good I have another taco maybe dress-up little bit this time with some hot peppers may be some sauce maybe even some cheese I don't know. Rather than taco maybe I'll make burritos roll them up and make a burrito casserole or enchiladas for the rest of the week. However, to do that would mean pulling everything out of the oven and I just don't know my energy levels are that high but who knows stranger things have happened…

Shoe!

I did it! I got out of my comfort zone and hit the road. I knew was going to be a beautiful day all the weather reports had just such a forecast. Clear skies and the prevailing high pressure system brought temperatures into the 50s. If the day was later in the year it would have been a classic beautiful spring day as it were today is a beautiful weird winter day. We've gone forever without a snowstorm or rainstorm or anything that brings moisture. But I plan to use the good weather better than I have been so today after breakfast of Mark Anthony I didn't return to the apartment but just kept on going to the bus stop all the way to the movies. I had to do the regal anyway since the subscription program I'm on got canceled when my credit cards were canceled. So I had to reestablish the program with the new card.

The earliest movie I could see, which I wanted to see, was Moon Fall the strange science fiction offering about a hollow moon falling into the earth and the gallant crew committed to saving Earth by saving the moon. To be honest I knew it wouldn't be too much of a world-class movie but there's certainly have a lot of great special effects and that's what I want to see. Which they did and I really do appreciate the special-effects. I might watch the movie again, since I can with the program I'm under, and get more of the parts of the movie I think I missed the first time around. I'm still trying to figure out just how they figure the moon was to be constructed to keep everything exactly the way they wanted it, they be in the population/civilization that put the moon in place billions of years ago. I'm always fascinated whether it's the science fiction pictures that have tragic events happening to the earth and its population and again we see this in the MCU where there he rose are battling taking out huge populations and cities even. Just think what the consequences of something like that would be and how would you even begin cleaning up something like that? So much to consider.

When I took off this morning to catch the bus I was immediately confronted again part one shoe in the middle of the sidewalk. This shoe looked like there had been a little trauma to it but it just is interesting to me. I let a couple of images pass that I have passed in the last couple months which I wished I'd taken images of the didn't but I got this one today. Once again I would love to do the story behind this shoe and wet so damaged. The shoe itself looks pretty good condition lies except for the top or something is definitely happened to it. Wonder what happened to the other shoe. I wonder if it's is damaged as this foot covering. I wonder if the body itself survived and input condition it is today. Aside from the shoe was no blood or anything else like that which leads me to believe the event wasn't totally horrendous. I have a friend who would like me to manufacture fiction about each of the shoes I found and what the story was that led the shoe to be on the sidewalk or the side of the road. I've dabbled it is a little bit that's a lot harder than I anticipated as far as making the fiction fit the foot.

Sedate Saturday

I was really going to try to get out and enjoy the good weather report having around here of late, today but it just didn't happen. Today the excuse I am using is my butt feels tender, and it does. I also want to get my close washed for next week. I want to make sure I had my good shorts to where. I've got a number of appointments out in the community. I did not want to wait till Monday. So today washing the clothes than double drying takes time by the time I was finished with that project my butt still hurt and I just couldn't figure out a good enough reason to go out.

The high point of my morning was been called my daughter Bridget. I've not spoken with her in a long time so hearing her voice was like a true breath of fresh air. As great catching up with Bridget and Gabe. They've been quite affected by the Covid crisis when glad to hear they're doing so much better than I have been. Hopefully this spring we can see more of each other. The next High Point of my day was when I was watching for the (who knows how many) time Guardians Of The Galaxy volume 2 and there was a knock on the door and my friend from across the hall Billie had brought me a meat sandwich that you dip insome kind of Au Jus sauce, . I've never had it before that I can remember. My buddy Al Kimball used him all the time but I've never had one there from Arby's. It was a great meal probably way too many calories than I needed but certainly answered any questions of what I was to eat for food for the rest of the day. She says they are having a two-for-one deal and that she couldn't eat a full one herself. I'm sure she could of put it in the fridge and had it later on but appreciated her offering me first shot… If she did.

Tomorrow's to be another beautiful day. I suspect will be doing breakfast in the morning and then I'll hopefully figure out something to do in the weather the good weather tomorrow. The are couple of movies I would be interested to view and I have to go to the theater anyway to up date by credit card since the one I have on file is now useless. One of the many revolving purchases I make on the credit card. I've got most of them taken care there's a couple out there that still need to attend to.

The image I'm using for today is the knock I got in the door yesterday from UPS. I think I briefly talked about it yesterday. That was the “rush” order for birth certificate that will allow me to get my new Social Security card. I thought I was going to need it for the replacement of my ID which of course as you all know now was duck soup. All I really need to do is gone down the next day they would've it should be a new one, a replacement, which I guess is different than a new one. I'm still confused on the syntax but whatever. I now have a identification card and a certificate in soon my Social Security card and I wouldn't be surprised somewhere along the line someone's going turn up with my wallet as well as the ID packet that had the birth certificate and the Social Security card will have duplicates of everything perhaps that is best…

Friday night Movie

 

Talk about a bag full of chaos. I just finished watching the Eternals for the second time. This watching action may have been my third but I do know I saw that the Regal theaters couple of months ago. And I don't know if I was overwhelmed with the movie or that I was bored and put me to sleep but I swear watching the film again today was like watching for the first time. There were some things I remembered but overall it was like I had not seen the movie at all. And I think I'm going to have to watch the movie again to gather more information that I may have not gotten this time around but I did understand a little bit more about the concept of the Eternals and the celestials and other parts of the MCU is still trying to figure out. I still think the movies huge and is a lot to absorb for a small like mind as mine is.

I wonder if the Christians even let the kids go to such movies or even get close to the MCU. I've got a ex-sister-in-law was a real Bible thumper even to the point of living in the back heels of North Carolina. I think if she saw this film she would totally freak. Not be able to enjoy immensity of the thing at all. I'm sure a lot of Mormons and other regular Christian churches would also follow suit if they really sat down and pondered what the show meant. I mean you can't really support the storyline and leaders ergodic control of everything when you have these monsters coming in from other dimensions and godlike creatures that have been around since the beginning of the universe. Kind of interesting.

Another day I hardly did anything at all around the apartment except workout on my arm bike for my half an hour which will be over the 200 minutes I need for this week. It was a weird morning my home health person Gloria, who I love, didn't show up for 8:30 AM standing appointment. At 9:30 AM I was a little concerned and started texting and got nothing been around 10 o'clock I called the number the ring and ring till I got a recording. She definitely was not picking up which I thought was strange because Gloria had texted me the night before that she would see me in the morning. Of course my mind went to the darkest area could that she had gotten somehow killed by one of her people in her neighborhood over the night or she had been arrested for one thing or another or her vehicle was not working many of those had they been the case was sure she would've gotten a hold of me. Sadly, but somewhat comforting, she was just coming off at night binge of power drinking with a hell of a hangover in fact, her words not mine, she was still drunk and she really could have been for all I could tell. She was not necessarily stumbling or anything like that but there is definitely something going on. We had a good time needles to say, we always do, I think it was almost 11 o'clock by the time she left. I hope she doesn't get in trouble one where the other. Between Melissa and Gloria I've got great home health people I'd hate to lose either one of them. And I will do what I can with the limits to make sure they don't sabotage themselves and get fired or whatever. Hopefully not today anyway

Interesting, there is that aggressive knock on my door this afternoon, I yell “come in” no one comes in so I figure it's UPS or some other delivery service. By the time I got to the door and opened it the UPS man was just about to leave and he saw me and handed me the big envelope. Took me a minute to figure out what was and then I knew it was my birth certificate. I've got my ID now, I don't need to certificate like I did before. I will however follow through and get the backup Social Security card this time I'm going to really put them somewhere I can't lose them…

Give Me A Time Break, Please!

I'm really trying to organize myself and for me that's extremely difficult. I wish it was something I could blame on my disability but in all fairness my whole life has been disorganized from desks in grade school that would drive my teachers crazy ultimately get me in trouble, the junior high and high school lockers to work environments particularly desks that I couldn't find anything on I'm surprised I made it through my career to be honest with you. But anyway so today in the spirit of organization I've been trying to make sure that I don't miss any of my doctors appointments coming up the next couple of months.

You know those little bitty cards, like business cards? The ones the doctor gives you are more correctly the receptionist gives you when you leave the office giving you the time and date of the next appointment? I think it's sort like a security blanket because they always add those appointments on the big computer are database. I am currently, as far as I'm aware, having all my medical appointments at the IHC medical facility/campus/DeathStar. At least that's what I'm hoping. Earlier in the year or late last year had an appointment with my primary doctor was also an internist but he thought I needed to see a number of other physicians from proctologist's to physiatrist . I can never tell when they write them on the computer if there there are not. What was really weird, to me, was that there making these appointments five and six months out. I have a desire trust appointment. There seems to be another appointment in there somewhere that I cannot find a card for and I don't know if that name is a proctologist that is practicing with an other proctologist or one altogether different. I know it's totally confusing you should see it from my standpoint.

When I decided that I needed to have her be seen by a physiatrist the only one I could find in the building that I want to go to that was part of my group only had appointments at 7:45 AM! I used to be really good at doing these early morning things specially even having to rely on public transit. My theory is I can always get up earlier whatever earlier areas but now I'm just not as positive being able to pull these meetings off. I tried to reschedule but this physiatrist is hard and fast at this time. When I made the appointment I think it was in December I felt I had enough time to figure out something or way to make the appointment. However, now I'm realizing I'm two weeks away for my appointment. I called today to see if I can get a different time but that didn't happen that I got to thinking why not take a cab? I don't know why it took so long for me to come to this realization that Ute cab will pick you any time you have to pay of course whatever they want of course probably be the tip but hey this is all normal people do it. So to be sure I called Ute cab and sure enough they will pick me up when I need to be picked up and get me to where I need to go by the time I need to be there. Problem solved even if it costs a lot of money that's okay because the last couple years of the keeping a Transit fund space for exactly this purpose enough never really used it so I've got more than $500 to mess around with. Thus, hoping to use this bond for like real travel air travel or something but I don't think that's a reality anymore so why not use it for a cab or whatever I need whenever I need. So, I've called the I left a message with the service (now that everyone's gone for the day) to let them know I can make the 7:45 AM appointment I still think it's kind of stupid that they can't make adjustments or won't. However I must say in Diane's defense (that was the name of the receptionist) she was really trying to find out a solution. Today she gets the gold star in my book!

Packaging Not Bad

I'm still coming off the high of getting my ID back! This is the excuse I used for not really doing anything today except the most basic things like shower and you know what with the home health person, Gloria who also provided me some home maintenance. She's really great. She's always living close to the margin and usually on Fridays especially for payday she's really coasting and I always give her 20 bucks which she ends up paying back with labor primarily cleaning the apartment are parts thereof. This is cool, I would give her the money anyway she's really great so today's Wednesday which is a maintenance day. I worked out on my bike is always 60 minutes like I said basically just hung out watched a couple episodes of the series I'm following right now and decide to go out because the day look so good the temperatures were in the high 40s the sun was out. Actually I'm a little down because Dianne will be leaving the area for good tomorrow morning on the redeye back to Arkansas. I assume the house is sold or the process started. She and our friend Amy really helped her out packing and moving stuff and taking stuff to the dump. Really hate to see the house closeout I miss the place. But Dianne will start her new life and I must go on with mine and that's all right.

Did I mention I went out and decided to go to the market and pick up some more citrus grapefruit and oranges for sure. I actually want to pick up four AA's to put in my swifter. We used to the little bit this morning on the kitchen floor but it was pretty weak. I think I've got my use out of the batteries but I've had a nurse since I purchased the swifter two years ago I think maybe longer. There definitely due. So, while at the market wandering around kind of enjoying myself I found myself at the frozen food section. Past couple of months I've been delving more and more into prepared frozen foods you know the kind to pop into the microwave. Basically sticking with beef pot pies I really like the the cheapies once a actually sell for $.75 when they go on sale which is totally expensive to what TV dinners used to be. I actually purchased a Marie calendars large beef potpie last week. Dianne is use them and they do look really good and to be honest I was not impressed. I find the small banquet beef pot pies much better the gravy is but saltier. Anyway, I've been coveting the banquet big spaghetti dinner for some time now. The picture on the box looks so good. I should know better seriously I've been around this corporate food advertising forever is never as good as it looks but today I was weak and I thought why not? I actually purchased the banquet spaghetti and meatballs dinner looks so good on the outside. I think cost a dollar and $.88 or something. That should have been a clue. However, I got my banquet home (like the pun?) And immediately I was kind of disheartened but I figure it's what I deserve and maybe it won't be so bad and it wasn't. The really wasn't much of a dinner but it was pretty tasty meatballs were backup but I would've been surprised if they were. I slipped the plastic screen on top through the microwave to do three minutes stir in three minutes more and voilà dinner. Like I said I should not of been surprised the kind of was how basically flat the dinner was I still think it was worth the crapshoot…

Temporary I D

 

Finally, I'm feeling a break in the probability storm I've been suffering through the last couple weeks. I don't know if it's over, the probability storm, but at least the probability storm is losing its intensity. At least I'm hoping so. We shall see, time will be the big factor. I've been feeling bad for the last two days because my irresponsibility or whatever for losing my wallet in the first place which started this whole thing, then losing my second replacement wallet but that was no big deal it was just merely cash. And then losing and finding my birth certificate and Social Security card which I definitely needed to replace my personal identification. Again, I wouldn't have minded so much the replacement process under the general time frames these things take by having to do this replacement under extremely compressed time issues that we needed to do because of the sale of the house and the fact that I was primary on the contract meeting my signature was totally important for the final disposition of the quit claim deed. Nothing could go forward until I was moved from a non-entity to an entity at least with the state of Utah with a card to show my validity.

I knew I had to do something today since Dianne was leaving very soon and the assist meeting was canceled, I found out later that Andrea's who leads the group has been exposed to Covid and is now in isolation so I don't know how long we will not have a meeting but today for sure. I really didn't do much this morning except folded close from yesterday's wash, get dressed and workout with the arm

bike and that's not necessarily true because I didn't pump my arm bike until later on in the afternoon after I came back from my road trip. I met with the social worker person, Rochelle. She's the new person we headed to our meeting where she helped me organize what documents I did have I do have and do a lot of phone calling the Social Security in the state of Idaho in order to get my new birth certificate sent with as much expediency as possible. That's what I did all morning. After a quick lunch I decided I would give it a shot just to see what happens so I gathered up all day documents Rochelle had organized and caught the bus out to Department of Motor Vehicles. It was a beautiful day temperatures were actually somewhat warm before and had a jacket but the sun was delicious to have on my face.

Essentially, I rolled and DMV they asked if I had the appointment I told him I did not danger to me to another person who is very helpful. I had to fill out a document on my cell phone it was pretty involved but was basically the regular questions of ID packets you know height, weight, color eyes, color hair the usual which I answered. Of all the questions I couldn't answered as I didn't know like the actual number on my lost ID picture. All of those black and thought I would talk to him when it was time to look at the other documents which I thought for sure would end up disqualifying me for today's quest. But before I knew it I was being directed this sit someplace while they took my image, then I was asked at the documentation I had filled out was all true and accurate which I said it was, then they had me sign the document and pay for my ID!?! I was done I had a temporary ID the didn't even look at my documentation that spent so much time putting together this is okay by me I was beside myself with joy now there is still time to get the quick claims finished and the house taken out of my name and put in the realtors. I was done. Of course it all look like America look like I had pulled a fast one all right figured out a way around the system – – maybe which I did but I will not take credit for it – – now, I must wait for my expedited birth certificate and then I'll start the challenge of replacing my Social Security card and then I would totally be back in the land of the identified…

What, Me Worry?! Sure

 

I'm just beside myself with angst and self loathing. Somehow, with nothing but good intentions and determination I took off this morning to sign a quit claim deed that would get the house out of my name so the sale could go through as we want it. Since I had no photo ID I took my recently found birth certificate and Social Security card. I was hoping this would act as a identification that I would need when I signed off on the deed. Then I wanted to head over to the Department of Motor Vehicles to get my proper ID card replaced which I needed those two items particularly for! Hopefully I could get the signature park taking care of early. Of course that never happened and only went worse and down from there!

Luckily the day was beautiful once sun came out the temperature section begin to warm as I took off I had to go up to about 600 W. and 5300 S. to find this place. I really thought I was going to the title companies the place I need to go to but in fact are going to the wrong building. But I caught the bus up to 5300 S. and bottle lunch at Apollo Berger and then got the bus east going up to 600 W. It's a long long story but I did find the building and found out it was the wrong place many the backtrack to get to the title company not far enough to where I was quite concerned. I was driving all over the area of my batteries are beginning to show some strain is one to make sure I still had enough juice to do what I need to do like go to the DMV. Long story short when I got to the title companyactually signed the quit claim deed and just as I thought I was done they asked for a photo ID so I went without my clear plastic sleeve where I had all my documentation and it was gone! I don't know how it could be gone but it's gone. Of course I did the whole search everything that I have and was not anywhere. I was hoping against hope that it was still in the table in the kitchen but when I got home of course it was not there. I knew it was in the red folder I just do it but I can't figure out where I lost it. I was carrying it on my lap actually in the folder in another folder so you keep an eye on it the entire time that's what baffles me how it could have disappeared like it did. Now I'm praying that perhaps I lost it on the bus some good soul will turn it in. I backtracked as best as I could. My older brother even came over and help me search actually walking the distance from my apartment complex to the bus stop to no avail. The house cannot be sold until the quit claim is done. I'm holding up everything. My irresponsibility is costing everybody and time and Dianne Brooks have to leave tomorrow or Tuesday and the house cannot be sold. And it will all be my fault.

Source back to space one. Were going to try to get my Social Security card done quickly it's been very quick birth certificate from state of Idaho and hopefully a Social Security card by tomorrow. I can't see this being done in time for the sale of the house but maybe this time for America listened to the time… Or am I?