Kind of Weird Day

 

It's weird but I was thinking today that I was still working for the state I would have had a board meeting today. It seems invariably that I would have board meetings day after a national holiday. This of course meant that I would not enjoy my holiday because I would be fretting about my numbers, general presentation and do I right handouts? The whole process drove me crazy in fact not having these meetings to worry about, after a separate state, was the best part of that strange process.

Now I just have to get up and do my daily routine. Since this is the off week I don't have to worry about Board meeting at Assist, Inc. I used today productively to take the bus and to the Utah Center For Assistive Technology surplus and pick up a piece of equipment for my power chair that has been missing for a couple weeks. I was late getting out since I decided to do my work out before heading to Salt Lake. Was a good day for public transit I didn't run into any problems on my trip in and out. The drivers were nice and civilized. I was able to play the game on my cell phone all the way home. I was even in time to catch my 3 PM radio show “Marketplace”. Like I said it wasn't much but I did feel productive. I did something which took me away from my comfort zone and managed to get repaired my power chair at no cost to me. This was a pretty good day on top of that I was able to just barely get the letters out to the kids . This was a real challenge for some reason my computer lost contact with the printer. I tried to get the system fixed on my own to no avail. Calls into PC laptop where I got the computer didn't do me any good. Then I was going to print the letters on the computers in the lab upstairs and of course I fried by some drive sometime this month which is no use anymore. I was going to print the letters then handwrite the envelopes. In the end I caved and called Mark Anthony to see if he could talk me through but instead they drop by at work and redirected my computer to link up with the printer and so it was just fine but certainly the process back a couple hours as well as the blog. I really need to look at blogging earlier in the day and not leaving this work until late. All the same though about the boring transcript of the day completed and I'm quite ready for bed…

Age Of Shredder

 

Another inside day, today and the that's okay. Formal clouds, wind and rain told me I needed to work on the kid letters. I was able to get probably half of them finished today which means I probably hopefully will get the letters in the mail on 1 June. This will be a great start to the month.

The only problem with not going out and doing stuff makes Mark a dull boy. Besides writing letters worked on the kitchen a little bit especially the table. I did not get the table cleared but I least opened up an Amazon package I received a couple days ago. On a whim I decided I needed a paper. I don't think I will ever get used to the idea that with a link to the Internet and active credit card and Amazon home delivery I can get anything I want the matter of days sometimes just one day. Lucy, my home health person that comes on Mondays, asked about the box and what it was. The box been sitting on my table now for less than a week. I told her it was a paper shredder and Lucy looked at me like I had three heads and asked why I needed a paper shredder. I told her because I wanted one I wanted a paper shredder which would chew up credit cards. I seem to of gathered quite a few over the years and they become quite confusing hanging around all the time. I also have heaps of paper gathering around the apartment and I don't need to file everything but at the same time I don't feel comfortable just throwing the documents away. Another justification for a paper shredder.

I really wanted a large, supersize, paper shredder but the more I thought about the supersize paper shredder the more I realized I didn't need something that large I don't have that much junk mail. I just felt I needed something to shred things with. I did not buy the cheapest machine I came across on Amazon close to it. The machine seemed reliable and efficient and strong enough to chew a plastic which really won me over. Truth be told, the paper shredder rested on the table because I'm not sure really what to do with the shredder once I liberate the machinethe from its box. That's also when I realized this machine is going to have to be close enough to a electrical outlet plug it in which is going to be quite the challenge. I think I have most of the problem resolved. I've got a couple of vacant chairs hanging out in my living room that I could set the shredder on and plug it in when I need to. This will certainly cause some awkward moments but I think is the best solution. In reading the directions for safety use of the shredder, it says to unplug the shredder would not being used. This seems like a lot of extra work but I can justify dedicating a whole empty chair to a shredding machine. We'll see what happens after a couple weeks.

My daughter called this afternoon from or gone as she traveled to another city to pick the kids up to return home. They been staying with her father over the long weekend. We talk a lot on these trips it takes to pick the kids up our drop them off. Anyway, we talked about my fear of our culture walking right into the artificial intelligence AI trap. We spent a good deal of time discussing the Marvel universe and other variations of our timeline. Our discussion got me thinking especially after the Avengers:Age of Ultron where an artificial intelligence takes on all the avengers as well as planet Earth. It was a great discussion we both agreed that in the age of the development of artificial intelligence in our culture were relatively safe from our toasters and coffee makers but I have to admit I'm a little leery of this pint sized paper shredder sitting on this captain's chair like an invited guest…

Sunday Clouds and a Chance For Rain

 

It's not really a cold day but with the often on rain showers, dark clouds and persistent winds it's a day to be inside. I must remind myself that it's spring and these temperature fluctuations are to be expected and I don't really mind being cooped up this holiday weekend. It's kind of nice having a book to read and then having its sequel (which arrived yesterday) at the ready to dive into just in case I finish the volume by Tuesday morning.

Fortunately for me, when we had breakfast this morning at the restaurant, it was between squalls and the temperature is pretty nice actually. I did not problems at all zipping over and having a leisurely breakfast with my setting granddaughter and her boyfriend. I was back in time before the next wave of showers washed through. I've been here ever since taking in a couple of movies I had thought that I had seen especially The Marathon Man with Dustin Hoffman. I cannot believe I have not seen this movie for as long as it's been around. And right now I can't even remember the other movie that I sat through. So I can't say it's been a productive day. I should've been writing letters is the first of the month is coming up and it's about time to do my June letters. Actually, pleasantly surprised to find that still have two days in the month. I'm sure I can get a good whack at the letters if I'm fairly focused tomorrow and Tuesday. But be great to have them all done by the first.

This morning I became painfully aware that my granddaughter will be graduating from high school this week! I was little worried whether she should be able to pull pull it off but she did it and I have to be proud of her. Now, I need to stir up some money for the little darling. I have said it before I'm not very good at this kind of stuff. I never get the funding on time or I miss the event altogether. I kind of shocked myself because I actually asked for permission to not go to the graduation or commencement. I guess I could finagle a way to get there for a really wanted to but in all honesty commencements are not my favorite things especially in a wheelchair, perhaps they weren't so bad when I wheelchair van and someone to go with but taking a taxi/some kind of wheelchair vehicle tune from the event as well as the dinner I just find myself backing out. The granddaughter seem to be okay with it and I'll make sure she gets her funds.

I still have a couple of hours tonight to kill. I wish I had enough energy to start my letters I think I'll wait until tomorrow. Since I'm not going to any graveyards for decoration Day/Memorial Day I might as well do something for the living and write a couple letters and get a jump on my first of the month activities. Sounds like the holiday will be a carbon copy of the day with heavy showers often on throughout the day. I have no restaurant/breakfast to go to just my morning shower and other business. I could do a production for breakfast certainly have everything for it but it's hard to really get motivated on a shower day. My person usually gets it right in the middle of what would normally be my meal preparation time in the morning and by the time we get done with showering and such it's 9:30 AM usually pretty late in the morning for breakfast at that point especially production. So, I'm not sure what I will do then just enjoyed the day I reckon sometimes it's all you can do when you can't get to a graveyard

Sonic And A Saturday Night

 

I just got back from the market Saturday night and my big social fling for the week is purchasing miscellaneous items from the local supermarket's – – many the items I don't need is just fun to purchase them because I can. Boy, that really sounds adolescent. The other reason I went out this evening was because the sun finally came out and completed the illusion of a warm evening, which is really kind of was to my surprise. All morning to spend cloudy with intermittent showers and or should be more clouds and showers for the days to come during this holiday weekend. Looks like it's going to be a good weekend stay inside. That's of course with the exception crossing the street tomorrow early and having breakfast with Mark and whoever he coaxes to bring along.

Tonight's market experience included purchases of yogurt 10 for a dollar, a head of lettuce to containers a small curd cottage cheese bananas of course and other various items that could be constituted a salad items. I didn't get tomatoes for instance nor any cheeses since I pretty much I'm stocked with cheese from other Saturday nights. I put most of the groceries away nowand I should wash dishes and I might before I go to bed but no promises. I'm in the middle of a two movie set about a hedgehog from another world/universe is quite speedy. I actually was going to watch a Steve McQueen movie but the hedgehog won out. It was good seeing my friends at the supermarket are always quite nice to me. Still however I question my choices for socialization of rolling up and down the aisles of the market adjudicating that I should purchase by how much rooms in the basket that I have to take home on my lap.

Other than that. The wash is done pretty much and the apartment is relatively clean. I worked with some diligence yesterday on the kitchen soaking “glued on” substance on the kitchen floor there were a number of spots that's been there for months. Surprisingly, the project was a success especially right under the refrigerator were a lot of mishaps have taken place over the last couple of months. The no longer feel sticky as I rollover that area of my chair I guess that's a good sign. Luckily before covering/tile or whatever I have masquerades a lot of the dirt. My goal however is to keep a clear floor. Gloria, my home health person on Fridays, do good job sweeping and she actually attacked the floor a little with video swifter. Swifter's are built to take off the sticky stuff in the glued on stuff. I guess that's my responsibility.

Tim then sure that's not how her name is spelled but she's one of the residents here at the apartment complex, of course she's a senior such as I am that you seems to taking a friendship with me the last couple of days. She brought me over the Styrofoam container of white rice this afternoon. That's great it's long kernel rice I assume from Vietnam as she is from Vietnam and was most adamant yesterday that I should have real rice which she refers to as from Vietnam all the other is that “other stuff from China or wherever”. Tim is quite interesting in that Asian woman sort of way. She certainly sets and develop boundaries expects everyone to keep them in if you're not within her posse are definitely out of luck. Tim was here when I came to the apartment complex about five years ago and only now are beginning to communicate. For the first four years of thought should could barely tolerate me. Just quite nice though just can't push the boundaries…

Double Sigh

 

I really don't quite know what to do about the situation beginning to develop here at the apartment complex. Dedicated reader you will remember in the past of talked about the two cement planters in the rear of the building, not far from the dumpsters, that have been dedicated to apartment folk who wanted to garden. Of course like everything on earth if you want to wreck something just add the human variable that takes care of everything.

And again I think earlier in the year I wrote about the plywood coverings which then placed over the planters because apartment residents were beginning to squabble over who got what or what was going to be planted or whatever. Like you got out of hand to the point that somebody in local administration silenced everything by capping off the planters. Well today I was somewhat excited to see that the plywood is been removed and a couple of the residence were working on cleaning up the poor little plants will been trying to break through into the light all spring long. These individuals had garden starch from the local markets that they're going to transplant into the soil that they were preparing. That was about Lot 1:38 PM. There is a little excitement going on around the planters most people were beginning to dig and scratch the ground. Couple hours later when I went out to do some reading I was perplexed to see that the ugly pieces of plywood had been re-affixed to the planters. It was only later in the afternoon or early evening when I found out that a couple of the local residents (who feel they are in some sort of power position) got all bent out of shape and then this one older person was also something called the Resident Manager or R M had made the decision to cap the planters once again. I found out too late to do anything about the situation. I don't know if I could have done anything but I would've been willing to call the head office of Utah nonprofit housing Corp. on which I'm a board member and asked someone to make a decision at the corporate level. Jennifer, who is the regular manager here is out for a couple weeks having just had a hand operation. Jennifer is pretty good at keeping things in check whereas the RM leaves little bit to be desired. Like I said I doubt that I would've been able to really have done anything but I would've tried but by the time I found out it was way past closing time at the agency and it's a Friday night and making it worse it's a Friday night on a holiday weekend which I'm sure nobody would run around to do anything judicious regarding to meet your little planters on the senior living facility in Taylorsville Utah. Now it's going to be Tuesday before anything is going to be able to be done with anything will happen at all. I'm sure the vegetable starts which is been purchased will have been long dead by then which is just a shame. In my opinion people in general just wear me out…

Volume Two Coming Soon!

 

Finally we have a day in the 90s temperature wise. Of course a stock of the last very long tomorrow it will not be nearly as warm as today but will be nice with the possibility of thundershowers and rain the next two days as we wander into the holiday weekend. That's okay with me after today it was just nice to have complete warm weather all around me. I really didn't do much as far as enjoying the day except for sitting out in the parking lot reading my novel. In fact I've done such a good job in reading that I'm getting close to finishing. I still have more than 100 pages so it's going to be a while but close enough that I felt comfortable in ordering the new book in. I wasn't going to do it but I decided to order the second volume of this series. I'm sure the second volume is just as long as this volume has been pages up in the 800 range and there's a third book in the series. I'd like to say that I'm not going to read it but I said that about the second volume 2 but now I've ordered it in so I guess I'm going to read it and probably will ordering the third volume when it's time.

Of course I like to read outside in the sunshine and shade the back parking lot next to the dumpsters and of course everybody comes out there to drop the trash off. The one lady who's been living food on my door handle – – which I wish she would not – – now has threatened to go down the local Deseret Industries the local secondhand store which actually has hundreds if not thousands of paperback books, used. In fact that's right found this first book The Pillars Of Earth .I of course told this lady, let's call her Marta in yesterday and she stopped by my reading spot she informed me she was on her way to DI she did not say she was looking for volume 2 but she asked me to make sure that she had the right author so I know she was looking. I told her that I was ordering the book she seemed a bit crestfallen but I think she went anyway. Not firmly believe the chances of finding the second volume of the series at Deseret industries is very minimal at best. I of course would rather pay the six extra dollars for the volume and make sure I was getting exactly what I wanted as opposed to have to do a catch as catch can option.

You all know that I live in a “gated community” it's kind of a joke but I really don't mind. However, one of the newer folks living at this facility who I like a lot has all become concerned the fact that the entry code to the building is like everywhere. During the day we have numerous folks coming on to this property from home health workers like my staff to Amazon and the like deliveries and many of them know the code. My neighbor and friend is totally freaked out that security is so lax at this facility. She came over this evening was watching the news totally freaked out I wish I could've given her more comfort but I just don't think it's that big a deal. Of course she's a senior even older than I am and though she would not really admitted she gets a lot of information through Fox news and of course everyone's going bananas with the latest massacre. But we should be more sympathetic like I said but I just don't want to have to deal with learning another code on top of all the other stupid codes I have to deal with on a daily basis, irresponsible, call me lazy but that's me. I know I live in the “bullet Zone” and it doesn't bother me at all. Maybe when marauder comes in the holds the facility at gunpoint or worse wandering up and down the apartment shooting people that maybe that'll be different but like an unlocked backdoor to school that will make any difference at that point…

Pass The Gas

 

Finally a totally beautiful day. No breeze temperature in the upper 70s lots of sunshine and the sound of the drill in my mouth. It's not like you can have everything but at least the day was beautiful great for sitting by myself on the back of the building reading.

The trip to the dentist office though not emergent, actually a kind of was but I was not in pain or the tooth had not fallen out of the head or anything like that but the tooth was wiggling back and forth and I want to make sure it was secure before the holiday weekend. I mean in all seriousness perhaps it didn't really matter that much but it seemed like it was important to me to have these loose ends covered. When I called Monday the scheduled the appointment I let them know that I was in no pain just worried about the wobbly tooth and the holiday weekend and luckily they scheduled me an appointment for the day after I called at 2:40 PM. It's like one of those things where you don't want to get into anything to specific just because you don't know how things are going to go not that I was anticipating anything bad but still. This was not front tooth that sort of came apart you remember from a few months ago. I bit down on something in totally broke something in the tooth. Then I guess there was a filling in the tooth next to the loose tooth that had to come out are started coming out it was disintegrating so I thought was Escambia quickfix rapper turned into almost an hour in the chair. Of course I chose to take the nitrous oxide. I tried not to blanch when they brought the contract for me to sign of how much the event was going to cost which was just shy of 200 bucks. Again don't weep for me what else am I going spend my money on? After all these guys are my friends. They like me they welcomed me every time I come in like an old friend. The dentist seems to confide in me about all the problems happening with his family, extended family, listening to him visit with other people in the chair in the dental suites next to me I'm beginning to wonder if this is just his “professional Prater”. He makes everyone feel that they are the dentist confidant. I don't care I like to call myself in the believing I'm different that I live across the street from the facility I can come over any time and I would if you needed me for whatever reason. For example this weekend I noticed his truck was over at the office on Saturday. I almost went over to check them out but decided against it and it may have been my imagination but I think you looked particularly relieved. The story was a was catching up on work Do during the week and I believe that. He was run around the office today like a chicken with its head cut off but he was totally in control. He was dashing between dental suites, making decisions ordering his staff around he was definitely the cock of the barnyard.

One shot to the mouth, who knows how much nitrous oxide I inhaled – – I make a point inhales deep as I can – – maybe 10 minutes of drilling all toll which included the final polishing in shaping of the filling and the wraparound thing on the tooth. There were some light warnings about what I can or cannot eat or should not eat tedious sort of shrugged his shoulders and said eat what you want life to short we can always do it again…

Feel The Pressure

 

Kind of a busy day. It's Tuesday it's the other Tuesday so that means a trip in the Salt Lake for my Assist, Inc. meeting where I assist in the disbursement of funds to help seniors and people who are low income fix problems with their homes everything from replay/repair furnaces to widening doors and building ramps in the case of people who use wheelchairs and need access to their property. My involvement stems from myself being a person with disability and when I was working being a professional who works with people with disabilities in making sure their needs are represented which I did for decades actually with this organization. I'm so glad to still be doing this kind of work at least once or twice a month every other week.

The other major event of the day was meeting with by occupational therapist, Casey who are grown to really enjoy his company as well as his professional skills. Is able to do small things which greatly aid me in my goal for personal independence that nearly all costs. Today's meeting was the result of two months of forced pressure on medical professionals to produce the documents I needed to allow Casey to work on my case (if that was upon it was certainly not intentional). I'm just not that quick. Anyway, the appointment was at 4:20 PM so I had way more than enough time to get back to the apartment from downtown Salt Lake as well as allow me time to do my hour on the arm bike. In fact I was even able to do a little reading. So the day was a little productive. At least didn't spend the whole time watching Marvel movies.

We spent the time, Casey and his “shadow” third-year occupational therapy student from University of Utah school occupational therapy. Mapping my butt. This process is somewhat involved and today we made use of my hydraulic lift to pull me out of the chairs so that the student could put the mapping device, a rectangular piece of fabric with a zillion sensors that shows pressure areas on my butt when I sit on it, the fabric. Really quite interesting and lets me confirm that the press releases that I'm doing now are probably the best that I can do. I can actually totally relieve the pressure off by but from time to time throughout the day. This is a great piece of equipment to work with. I don't know Casey remembers but we had worked with it before but today was much more comprehensive I thought. And even more interesting was that I was able to call Casey's attention to my foot box and how they fabric was all bunched up making my foot sit where it as well as inspecting my cushion to make sure it was seated right in my chair and it has not been because the back of my chair has slid down pushing the cushion forward so I'm not getting the benefit of the cushy stuff in the chair which action protects my rear end. So, I think it would be okay as far as my cushion goes until we have to get another and Casey will work on fixing up the problems of my foot box so that I foot will no longer be angled funny and probably somewhat dangerous in the long run. The day wasn't necessarily perfect but it wasn't bad by a long shot…

More Rat Dog Commotion…

 

Will display only started. A couple weeks ago Marsha, the new lady, moved into José's old apartment right across the hallway from my apartment. There's now for this at the end of the hall here we got along quite well at least over the five years that I've been here. This end of the hall can get quite noisy at times since the building dumpsters or just on the other side of the door and every time the door is actuated aware little alarm goes off. I don't notice the noise in fact it's a little comfort in a weird sort of way. José was gone for about a year before he finally formally moved out and moved in with some family members in Mexico or something like that. During that time it was quite serene down here just the automatic doors buzzing from folks going to the dumpsters then, Marsha moved him. Now I'm not trying to be negative towards Marsha. I'm trying not to be an old fort to because I have of art but I don't want to think that I'm crotchety to know what I mean. Anyway, Marsha has a dog – – I may have written about this already I don't remember them too lazy to go check it out – – and for the first couple weeks I guess the dog has been on good behavior I've noticed the last couple of days little beast is getting quite noisy.

I would like to think it's not a big deal. I like to think of not one of those guys who doesn't like the little dogs but you know what I A M one of those guys that doesn't like those little rat dogs that so many of the seniors have around this building. Most of them are quite reserved. I really ever hear any barking except upfront sometimes in the common area where one dog may get in the.area of another dog in the scrap might start. But for the past two days Marsha's beast has been barking or more likely dog crying/whining more and more. Sometimes just a few minutes and that's not so bad but to be this afternoon the poor little beast has been complaining nonstop. I think perhaps, Marsha's been gone somewhere and the little pooch has been left on his own.. I just hope we can get this problem resolved relatively quickly with as little discomfort as possible. Like I said, the dog is quiet tonight and that's positive. I hope beyond hope that this does not ever go beyond 9 PM because that's when I start thinking about hitting the sack is nothing worse than having to listen to another beast complain about their living environment or being alone in their living environment all night long. The building manager, Jennifer, had hand surgery today and will not be around for the next two weeks. Traditionally she's the one we complained to when there's a problem like this or like when the gate in the back gets locked up and is unusable… By me. Hopefully the problem will resolve itself before Jennifer gets back. Actually, Marsha is across the Hall from me and technically she's right next to go Billie and I think Billie might be the person to handle the situation Billie is quite civilized she really does care about people and their little rat dogs…

Madness X 2

It's that time of year or I don't dare were short sleeves as much as I would like to. It's taken me a number of years to painfully learn that even though the day looks warm and make the warm when you start out there can radically change in a matter of minutes. After a very cool start the morning today did warm up in fact by the time we were done with breakfast at the restaurant it was pretty nice outside as I rolled on home. Granted, I was wearing a longsleeved shirt and glad that I did because had I not I would've been very chilly that would've held true all the way through because I actually went to the movies late morning. Dear reader I don't know if you remember but I am taking advantage of the Regal theater system the “Unlimited” program. As many movies as I want as many times as I want plus earn points for free popcorn and free drinks. Granted it takes a while to build up that many points but it does happen. Even though I can afford the cost of treats at the theater I just have a hard time paying six dollars for a small popcorn in the same amount for a small drink. Today I was pretty well committed to not purchasing any treats and just surviving off of my bootleg starbursts that I found the bottom of my backpack. But after I got my unlimited ticket for the movie I thought about what the heck I'll go ahead and purchase a popcorn at least. Then just out of curiosity I asked the teenager who is running the ticket/concessions did I have enough points for a drink or popcorn the little guy went to the cash register our computer wherever asked my phone number three times before he got it all in and then came back indicating I had no points accumulated to have a popcorn and a drink! Happy face! Unbelievable. I probably could've had a drink and popcorn the last couple movies that I attended when I paid like $12 for drink and popcorn! I'm glad I asked because obviously the adolescent was a do let me know voluntarily. Not that I think that they should but at those prices they can certainly give you a heads up when you could've enjoyed the treats. I enjoyed by treats my little popcorn in my little drink, which really isn't so little assist the small drink they offer which is kind of huge I've never been able to finish a complete theater drink all by myself – – but makes it sound like somebody goes with me to the theater or movies which is not the case I just have not finished a drink at the movies. I don't know if it was because it was Sunday or what but there is actually maybe 20 people in the theater to be well I was there there never seen that many people at the theater since they opened the theaters up again after the lockdown. I doubt if they're all like me and this is the second time I've sat through the marvel offering this time Dr. strange in the multi-universe madness or whatever the title of the feature was. As I indicated that seen that before but today's movie seem like a brand-new movie. The movie made much more sense this time and I really enjoyed the experience much more. I could blame it on my head injury but I don't think it's that are the fact that I'm 71 years old but I got a lot out of it the second time through.…

Bus Stop

 

After yesterday's cold it was nice to see clear skies when I got up this morning. It's still not as warm as I'd like it to be like in the middle 70s but I can deal with 60s for the time being and the warmer temperatures are coming I just need to be patient. But the day was warm enough that I wanted to get a task that I belong to finish for some time out of the way. Earlier this week like Tuesday when I was dressing myself when I was lifted my leg with my long stick I snapped the long stick. I need a long stick in my life here at the apartment for all manners of things but the most thing I need a long sticks with his making my bed so that it's hard for me to reach the far ends to tuck things. I checked my bus scheduler and realize I had 20 minutes to get out of the bus stop to go it down to Lowe's store. This is where I got my last couple of long dowels which I use for my long sticks.

I was pleasantly surprised when I only had to wait three or four minutes for the bus arrived taken me and down to the building store. I was kind of proud of myself at how quickly things are getting done. It took me a minute to find the dowels but soon I was there and pulled out two nice-looking straight pieces of wood and got to the checkout. That was when I realized in my haste to exit the house, to start my day, I grabbed my regular pouch but totally left the relatively new pouch that I've integrated into my life which keeps my ID and whatever plastic I'm using debit or credit. I could not believe it really was going to be waiting for the bus to take me back to the apartment get my pouch and come back. I pretty much figured this is what I had to do if I wanted my sticks so I really rolled to the checkout area, where once again checked my pouch just to see if I had any cash or anything and I did have this gift card Visa card I been carted around for a couple years. I thought there might be a little money on their but surely not enough for both specs but I had the girl run the card anyway of course it was zero money at this point. I had her put the sticks aside telling her I be right back as soon as I could get home and grabbed my wallet. Surprisingly, the soon as I got to the bus stop the bus showed up and I went on home got my cards and came back probably within the same hour which is totally amazing too.

When I got my pouch with my credit cards before I left the house I stopped and grabbed a $20 bill for my money book so I would necessarily have to run a charge by case I needed that I had everything I needed. I ended up heading back to the wood section again to pick up another dowel so now I had three. I paid from headed back to the bus stop and once again within a few minutes the 47 showed up and I was soon homebound. I still have to wrap the sticky stuff off the end of one of the sticks which will basically replace the one that I broke now have two more as backup. It was a bit chilly for a Saturday to be out on the bus route but it was good at the same time. If nothing else this weekend I feel I've accomplished something and sometimes it's as good as it gets …

Mask At Ready

 

I have kind of bed in hibernation mode all day. The cold front moved in last night and significantly brought the temperatures down as a cold wind blowing as well enough to coax me inside all day I've only gone a mile or so in my power chair which means back and forth a couple times I washed clothes spontaneously. We went through my closet and harvested a number of pieces of clothing which had fallen off hangers landed on the floor and of course all of which wouldn't of the dirty close I thought why not just wash the whole batch get it over with and will probably give me enough clean clothes for next week. Once again I thought about going over to the market again if you things but the weather guy says tomorrow will be warmer than today so I figured why wait? There's nothing I need desperately tonight. Have all kinds of things in a refrigerator for roast beef cook the other day to Chinese take-home that I saved for last week all of which would be great for Friday night. Still has some great dinner Frank switcher need to cook a roast or whatever you do with them before they're in a refrigerator too long. I have soda the closet as well as bottles of fruit juice. I for sure can make it through Friday night.

Listening to the news today, I listen to a lot of NPR as I used around the apartment working out, getting close back from the washroom. It looks like Covid is spiking again and a new player on the horizon now something called monkeypox. Times are getting spooky probably more than I have been. I even went through my mask collection and dug out my Assist, Inc. mask which I have two or three. These masks can be fitted closely to my face which gives me the illusion of greater protection from whatever. I'm getting nervous, once again, doing public transit as well as running to the market and such. Yesterday, was my resume meeting for Utah nonprofit housing, the board meeting. I have been complaining about being one of the board members that “get to zoom” the meeting but now , I'm kind of glad we have the ability to zoom the meetings that they can just going to keep my mouth shut. I can provide my own refreshments for the next meeting and be quite happy. I'm feeling uneasy about the whole country going back into lockdown subverted were China is now. I'm sure if UTA, Utah transit Authority, implements a mask requirement again there be great shouting and gnashing of teeth the same thing happened the first time but it's probably a good idea in the closed system of our UTA coach. It's summer if nothing else I can go across the way over to the park and hang up by myself under the trees, are in the sunshine with a good book, a bottle of soda and a mask

Glory Days

 

We were supposed to have a meeting of the writers group today a.k.a. lunch with friends. The three of us but the last minute I got a call from one of the members indicating they bend exposed to Covid and that she was in self isolation would not be making the launch. I was kind of looking forward to the lunch today for no specific reason except just to bring people up to date so I was pleased when Jerry couldn't get a hold of me or rather I could not get a hold of Jerry was going to pick up the Covid person, Lori who did inform Jerry when he stopped to pick her up that I was still going to the lunch. So turned out to be just the guys lunch and that was quite fun.

Jerry and I've gotten quite comfortable with the concept of aging. I have to admit I really appreciate Jerry helped me along with the whole concept of getting old and in the relative near future passing on to whatever is next. I'm still a long ways from comfortable with the concept but it's easier and better to talk about, for me anyway, that it's ever been before. I'm still pretty gun shy of the subject and am ready to deploy “Shields up” when things start getting too spooky. Anyway, we had a great lunch discussed great things but eventually it was time to go. As always Jerry took care of the bill. I should've sprung for the tip the Jerry did that to and I let him. I noticed, when I entered the restaurant, the number of large motorcycles parked alongside the building. Big bikes and some three wheelers the kind I guess that aging bikers slide into wonder to frail or weak to upright motorcycle by themselves, agent to. Even though I twisted on a bike years and years ago I still am somewhat thrilled deep inside every time I see these huge bikes like coiled springs waiting to be energized and taken out on the road almost wishing there were some way I could climb back on “the horse” take off on a day when the wind blows a new storm into the area. When I left the restaurant and heading home I wanted to get a closer look at these bikes just for my own personal gratification as I was heading towards the end of the sidewalk to where the bikes for parked I noticed to bikers have a cigarette before heading out on the road. These were obviously their bikes and I swear they're given me the evil eye as I rolled towards the parked machines. I know I didn't offer any kind of a threat to these guys of all but I felt that I should just keep on rolling by the motorcycles like I wasn't interested. I don't know why felt so intimidated but I did. I briefly looked at the bikes as I passed but when I was around the corner right turned around and took a picture with my cell phone. I looked tonight just before writing this update it didn't seem as menacing, as motorcycles go as I remember when I took the image, just motorcycles that aging bikers using searching for their glory days…

Spoiled By Dragon

I'm not sure what I have done it anything but all of a sudden originated had difficulties with my Dragon software. The software is used to verbally dictate the things that I write each day. Needless to say I rely heavily on the software which probably has been a mistake over the years. Before the software, a gift from Dianne years ago, I typed everything with one hand and a peg, usually a pencil which I held upside down so the erasure would hit the keys, it my right hand since I didn't have an functional enough to work the keys on my right side. I was relatively accurate all things considered and I did okay for my own writing. I would never hand something in that I hadn't had someone else go over first for either spelling and/or retyping. When computers came online and are available ubiquitously the onboard spell checks were a godsend for me. I guess this is what I really began to realize more and more on technology in my writing. For spell check as good as it is still misspelled the word right but it may not be the right word if that makes sense.

I have to admit there's something sensually, physically satisfying with typing even my pathetic excuse for actuating the keys of my electric typewriters. I could do it I can feel myself during the typing and it felt good. It's kind of amazing to me once I had gotten and used to dictating to Dragon how quickly I could actually get something written. Not that it's a race but what used to seem to take forever to cobble out my 500 words for the blog not to be blown off in 10 minutes if I know what I'm writing and comfortable with the end results. Granted, I need to spend more time editing but dictating is certainly less physically demanding than typing those keys but there's still something wonderful about hitting each key. In my minds eye, when I'm typing with my hands I have this vision of the back of one of the old Hemingway book I had for ever sitting on my bookshelf. I think about it sometime in the 80s it was a glossy paperback edition with a picture of the writer on the back page typing two fingers hitting the keys whatever old-time typewriter he was using. I can identify with the feeling that image portrayed. I could tell Hemingway loved getting the words out but I think even more he liked the physical process of hitting the keys with his fingers over and over and over again until the novel popped out. I understand this. Then how come I guess is the question, don't I go back to strike in the keys on my keyboard with one hand and a pencil? I guess the easy answer is not Hemingway and the more accurate if not truthful answer is that I'm lazy. Once, I've gotten the nack down even more importantly got the right microphone plugged in the right outlet on the computer so that the system could basically hear me I became trapped with the ease of talking and the microphone and see in the words appear on the screen and then on the paper.

So obviously I'm not going to give up my speech to text equipment what I do need to do is break into my savings and purchase an updated copy of DragonDictate that will be the real challenge…

The Unbearable Weight Of Nick

 

I kind like this every other week thing we basically fallen into with my assist, Inc. meetings.

I feel I have a whole day to myself which I guess is a little selfish but that's kind of where I am right now. I change things up a little this week, I have to wash my clothes very early on Wednesday mornings and then when Gloria, my home health person on Wednesdays and Fridays is here on Wednesday mornings she's been folding and putting away my clothes that I watched earlier that day. I've been getting up around 5 AM sometimes as late as 6 AM to wash and drive. But since I had my monthly home health person, Melissa, strip the bed and put on my Avenger sheets I have extra items and watch so I figured since I wasn't going to Assist I could use that time for doing the wash with the sheets. Worked out pretty good. Now if I can still get Gloria to fold and hang tomorrow I will be cooking with gas.

So someone accomplished with the weeks wash out of the way I would press my luck on another movie. It took me a couple days to notice and realize one of the movie offerings out my local theater was about one of my favorite actors Nicholas Cage. When I realized Mr. Cage starred in this movie I had to see it. The movie was later than I would've liked but I was able to take the time and do my one hour pump on my hand bike. The movie didn't start until 3:30 PM! So I had almost a full hour to kill by the time I got off the bus. I went straight to the Dollar Store and got contraband taking to the movies even so I still felt guilty and purchased a medium-sized drink for $6.95 unbelievable. I mean no wonder people bootleg treats into the movie. I purchased a small bag of trail mix (sweet and spicy) and will small packs of candy bars in this case it was Almond Joy. Five little bitty candy bars. I don't know why I selected the middle size cup, it was huge I filled the cup three quarters full and still there is no way I could finish it by the end of the movie. Of course made a mess and of course they are going to know what was since I was the only person on the lower level.

I cannot say the movie was spectacular, after all its Nicholas Cage the dog faced boy. The movie was good enough because it felt like it was free (remember I have has for unlimited movies). I must confess I did get my fill of Nicholas Cage. Though I might search for my City Of Angels and watch again. I was kind of surprised that even waiting for the bus to go home I was able to catch the last part of the national news which is kind of depressing. So with the blog posted I'm pretty much free for the rest of the night. I can read my novel or while searching Netflix last night I inadvertently, caught a preview of something I might be interested in. I like to do this thing up watching half a movie in the evening if the movie is worthy watch the rest the next day. I don't know if I'll try to do any more movies this week, I might however. I might want to watch the Marvel “Dr. Strange” again. This is the first month of really put the unlimited program to the test so far it's working

Monday Funday

 

I hate it when I become the geriatric cartoon but I can't help it. When I hear myself say “ I cannot believe we are on the other half of the month. Where has this month gone?” And all the other sayings that geriatrics love to use to describe the passing of time and how quickly it seems to go as they get closer and closer to their endgame. This is how I felt all day today though realizing this the 16^th month.

This is also the first week that I'm officially operational without having to wait for the nurse to come around to change my butt dressings. The dressings that my people are putting on working tremendously well. This morning was only had put on one of the dressings the other was still holding perfectly. So I just let us trying to say, earlier was that since I didn't have to wait for my nurse to get on my life. So I checked out the times for movies and climbed on my own bike about 10:30 AM so I was finished about 11:45 AM. Bridget and Gabriel have done such a great job in keeping my apartment presentable I didn't feel guilty at about taking on to enjoy the early movie. My goal this month is to really use the Regal theater program of going to as many movies as I want for the price of $20!

After yesterday's dismal movie experience I want to wash the bad taste out of my mouth by taking another and I decided to continue the risk and check out this like foreign film called Ninja baby . The movie was a bit of a mystery there were no previews are not even any images on Regal website. I eventually found some obscure listing which showed a couple of cuts from the movie was pretty interesting primarily because the results of titles which I found out later was Scandinavian languages. I was late starting the movie because I was told I have more time than I did so I went to the dollar store to pick up some cheap candy stuff. The movie are started by the time I got into the theater. I have to admit I had to read a lot of subtitles but was worth it. This is a saga were young woman who got knocked up and the decision to her not to keep the infant. The movie was kind of fun I doubt I would sit through it again was definitely enjoyable once.

I was home by 3 PM so I didn't miss my afternoon show but totally enjoyed the afternoon out and about feeling miles in the sunshine on my face (with apologies to John Denver). To make my day more perfect I saw that Bridget had called and they were coming over to help me with some of my electronic problems with my computer stuff. Like I said the day could not have been better at least that's what I think. Today was in the 80s tomorrow will be only the high 70s but maybe just maybe I can do it again… :-)

Time To Rest

I think I may have tried to do too much this weekend. I know that sounds weird but I can't think of over to this Sunday night at almost 6 o'clock. Perhaps is the fact that I sat outside today the sun for extended period of time, reading may have a little sunstroke whatever that is. However, the morning started early as usual on the Sunday at 6 AM so I'll be addressed by 8 AM for breakfast with Mark Anthony and family. No problems this morning everything went fine and Mark Anthony was able to stop by the apartment briefly to get my computer back online. Mark Anthony was even able to the mode of where I could reach it and the unplugged thing with 30 seconds then plug it in – – which I had to do this afternoon because for some reason my computer was getting a signal early stuff assignments loaded on my screen. Then there's the issue that I can no longer switch to local television programming, which of all you do now I don't seem to be able to. Too much stuff like I said. Remember yesterday? I had lunch with Brigitte Gabriel and Asher. Then home for more visiting with company. Usual Saturday stuff and today after the breakfast I returned to the bus stop in limited theaters for Sunday early movie. I was totally bummed out with the movie I chose something about strange beasts male resentment was because it also had Dumbledore in the title which made me think that the movie was about or something to do with the wizards from Harry Potter. The scenes in the movie were dark barely visible as well as the subject matter all hocus-pocus and wizardly magic. There was no Harry Potter and company. And a bunch of sort of clandestine line wizards and magiciansin some sort of cold World War II environment – – near as I could tell. I don't know what frame of mind or exhaustion or whatever but I got up and left the theater. This hardly ever happens. I'm one of those people that suffer through the whole movie, ballgame or whatever the lead early just because you don't like it. That's how I truly felt about this movie is still trying to figure it out – – my feelings and why they are so negative. I sat through a third of the movie and everything was in the dark I mean found in shades of dark light if that makes any sense. There may have been 8 to 10 other people in the theater and I could hear them this and seemed genuinely to like the film not I.

I hope I'll be able to sleep tonight. The temperatures greatly at all week lower 80s and excited I just have to make sure to drink plenty of water, where I Keep my batteries charged…okay

Don't Be Hating

 Saturday I was all set to write a piece on the great trip I took downtown to pick up some rye-crisp. I don't know if I wrote about last week but I found the supply of the cracker at the German restaurant which I love to go to. They had a stack of these crackers like to get to because it was lunch hour and the place was packed. I figured today be much easier so I hopped on bus midmorning quite surprised myself by having a Saturday venture. I was in a run about this and even have an image of some other passengers of the public transit system that happened to pass along the way but as things go that's not what this post will be about. Instead, if and when you are able to read this, I will have a rant about my inability to troubleshoot my computer system. As I said I spent the day on the streets with getting my crackers and then having lunch with my kids at another one of our favorite restaurants miditown. The kids are gracious enough to bring my crackers and leftovers to the apartment. We visited for that and then I was getting down to business of updating my blog when all of a sudden I realized I was disconnected from the Internet! I hate this even more so I meet the fact that I have so much of my writing stored on different platforms around the Internet. Remember when I lost my cards? Well I've been trying to find out which of the cards covered which account and I don't know if I'm having mechanical/technical problems with my Internet connection is the my modem or having turned off because of credit card failure. Because of one or the other I doubt that I'll be able to post this tonight. Hopefully tomorrow maybe, just maybe I do have Mark Anthony stopped by the apartment and be able to unplug my modem imploded again to see if it'll pick up the Internet connection. I have tried to call Comcast/X infinity to see if I have either a credit card problem or see their tech people and talking back on line. All I know is that when I've had to do this before on my own department where you have to unplug the modem and wait 30 seconds and plug it back in is quite a challenge for me. I almost have standard) to try to do this from my power chair. I just cannot even get to the modem physically because it's way down low and situated behind my writing stand. I've had a long day and just not going to put a lot of stress and worry into this project I. That's okay like I said with a handful of people that regularly this document I hope you will give me if I not posting this evening. I will try to enter the post in a computer the calendar so it looks like I'm interested in the 16th but in fact there will be entered if I can figure it out. Don't be hating on me

Beware Friday The 13th

Finally the weather is warm enough to sit out and enjoy the sun and read which is what I did a good part of the afternoon. I can't remember I enjoyed my reading time is not just an just exception of a few thing,one being the presence of a slight breeze and stopping of individuals and enough their vehicles. I know my fault. I should find a place where I'm not so easily accessed. Usually, these interruptions or not such a big deal. However, one of my neighbors has taken a liking for me that I don't quite understand. She's ancient, even older than I, yet she still drives and obviously is access to capital. I have written briefly before regarding Marta and things showing up anything from the handle of my front door. We had a visit pretty much put to rest the “mystery” packages of meat and produce. Yesterday they started again! This time there is no mystery lady stopped by where I was reading, and the sunshine in the back of our building. Chatted for a minute or two. She been in the market was carrying a few packages or sacks of groceries. She indicated when the markets at a good price on beef. Marta then said she would get some beef and split it with me. I immediately indicated that was not necessary and then she indicated that I've made a meat eater out of her. Now you have to realize this will is from a group of individuals who delight in good health which they believe comes from a protein free diet. My aunt and her husband was much like that. They lived to eat healthy.

So not only should now be cuts of meat from the Smiths market down the street but Marta is now clearly poisoning herself trying to just be just because she wants to split the purchase of the beef with me. Today, she also foisted frozen vegetables, while still some kind of candy treats +2 boxes of crackers which on inspection are some of my favorite kind of snack crackersI will enjoy these crackers if nothing else. Today included the “gifts” was a small roast or could be a thick beef steak. Now I just have to figure out how I want to cook the slab of protein. I don't know what to think or how to handle this situation. I wish my friend Dennis was closer , you know want to do. I'm definitely going to cook the steak as well as enjoy the snack crackers and ponder how to stop this weird event from happening. Or maybe just passing progress let nature take its course can't be too much longer special with the addition of red meat to Mart's diet.

I can blame my lack of an activity today on the superstitious character of the day. I didn't want to push my comfort zone too much after all I started out the day with my bowel movements and I almost flippantly informed the caregiver that I have not had any bleeding in two or three weeks. She winked at me and said be careful you don't want to jinx yourself. And as soon as Gloria sentence I knew I had jinx myself and sure enough droplets of blood trailed on the floor behind me I should move me from in front of the sink to the shower chair – – I was in my lift. Sure enough I was bleeding. Happily however not as bad as before but just enough to put a blemish on the day…

Snip Snip

 

When you are a person with a disability, the significant disability like mine your we need two things: tape and scissors. Just seems like I'm always needing these things. Tape wise I've used a lot of that specialized “tattoo”tape and Scotch tape. I really envy those people with the love and strength that they can actually hear a piece of tape off the tape device with their bare hands. I think people who can do this are superheroes. My mom could as well as various docs and nurses. Of course the in with it docs always had one of those specialized scissors you know the kind with a flat head orspatt whatever you want to call it which allows the user to easily cut things off like shoes, clothes and dressings on wounds. Somewhere along the line I got a nice little set of the scissors which I found actually have a name something like take scissors because they can slide the flat and right under the tape and remove that dressing right off the wound area with little or no trauma to the wound site. The scissors are most useful and I had a great pair with a red that we been using for years. Last time I remember the scissors being around was when the nurse or later came around to discharge me from the home program. She was helping put addressing on my butt and needed scissors to cut the back and I just told you so. The box which is where I kept the tape Scissors. I believe it was the next day when I was searching for the tape scissors to cut some plastic tubing is used for making some plastic bag urinals are used to drain my catheters into. I could not find the scissors anywhere and have not found the scissors sense. Speaking with one of my home health professionals, Gloria who said this is not remarkable since she believes that after the nurse finished putting the tape she inadvertently slipped the cases is in your pocket and that is that.

Like I said the season for cheap no question about it but I like there are even easy for me to use either cutting tubing, the little packets of lubricant that I didn't say and of the catheter in as well as tape when I need tape for one reason or another. I fully accepted the scissors are gone and like I said this is a cheap and I'm probably better for not having them but I need something. Late yesterday morning after not being able to find a pair of scissors immediately I thought to myself why do I search for a device and then completely forgot about it until this morning when I needed to open up some lubricant. I decided I'd stop everything and do an Internet search and sure enough on my first try I found the scissors actually have a name would just “tape scissors”. There are a number of pair under $10 and I immediately ordered a pair. Later I got confirmation indicating it would actually be it might apartment sometime tomorrow afternoon. I'm totally excited. If after inspection tomorrow I like the scissors I may order more just so I'll have them back up the next time I have home health nurse professionals coming in for services…

Seriously?

 

It's easy to watch the 5 o'clock news and marveled at how bizarre the human race is and how petty the species is on the national level everything from the war in Europe to the abortion battle that good old USA. Individuals love to believe that this is all huge venues things that are super or things that will change lives forever. But I am here to tell you it doesn't matter how big the campuses the human organism, I am beginning to believe is gifted at destroying anything of value.

When I moved into this joint about five years ago I was really impressed with two planters at the southwest end of the building. I think the diligent reader will either remember search this blog to find references to that delight. Will the days of my residency here in the sense problems. No one seemed to take charge of the planters. I wanted to do some planting but couldn't figure out how to go about doing the planting and gardening or just my stuff. I finally gave up on the whole concept. There are just too many folks who thought they were charge of the operation the only thing that grew that year was a pile of weeds. About a year later another person to really like to take charge of things. That year we did not have weeds in the planter what we did raise was very regimented who got to grow what anywhere. I

actually grew a tomato plant with one tomato, as a summer wore on I grew more and more excited thinking I would bring my little tomato to fruition of course someone stole my tomato, right off the vine. After that experience I figured it was just a joke trying to play urban farmer.

Over the past 18 months we've had a number of individuals has a way that this property which means we've had significant influx of individuals and all of the seams want to have a garden. Actually, we got back up maybe the last year when for some reason number of the feral cats (silly old ladies around here love to feed)to go over the planting area as their own latrine. This resulted in a wire mesh in place over the garden area until was ever planted grew large enough that the lives lost interest. As the new residence became more and more invested in the apartment complex they became more more vocal than pushing her own agendas and some of them quite significant and of course a lot of that was the garden section. Even before the weather turned halfway agreeable for planting there were little battles beginning to erupt as to who can plant where even to the point of what they grow. Of course every time an issue would raise the problem was taken in front of the building manager, Jennifer would have to make a decision any of which she didn't want to do. I of course kept a low profile and just watched I didn't even do that, I didn't even engage it wasn't worth it. The one day a couple weeks ago I just did for of an ordere Ted to drill and plywood boards over the garden. So far there is not been any change. Of course there has been a quiet outrage among the residents. A lot of backbiting in general sniveling but the only thing coming up this volunteer plants actually pushed not around the pieces of plywood. These old guys are reaching for the sun in their actually kind of breaking through. I'm sure they'll be defeated in the end unless Jennifer has a change of heart

Best Buy Good Try

Today was pretty cool, cold for May that is, as I took off this morning and moving down for an Tuesday morning assist, Inc. meeting. I can tolerate the discomfort of the cool weather because I don't cool weather will be short-lived as a high-pressure system is wondering you later in the week no room temperatures up to near 80°. Sadly, I'm afraid it's just more of the drought and more of the vision of the future of no water. Sometimes I think all those in the world disaster movies where the earth has become a cinder. A dried-up piece of dust floating around the universe. Again, that's all fodder for the blog. Today my agenda was to stop at 21^st South train station which is essentially next-door to Best Buy electronics store.

I have this weird ritual goes whenever I contemplate purchasing something significantis that I start checking out the options days if not weeks ahead of time. I think this is some kind of reaction formation in my fear of making purchases and suffering buyers remorse. There is a Best Buy which I think is a bit closer but it's a bit more out of my way training-wise. I feel pretty good rolling around the electronics section of Best Buy until I come to this section where the tablets and laptops reside. It's always at this juncture that I lose all well for the purchase is just too complicated. I'm never sure what I really need. All that I know is that the tablet I currently own is failing and just not as fun begins as it was when new. What I think is weird about tablet is that on the outside the device looks pretty much like my own tablet. It's hard to believe the device sitting there on the display shelf is loaded with new electronic magic which will probably totally blow my mind. I just have to purchase the device.

I'm a long way out yet from buying a new tablet. I'm not even really convinced my mind that I really need one. One of the problems with my current tablet is that Chrome will not stay open on my little system. Stays open for about 10 seconds then closes I cannot search for anything on the tablet, which alone should be enough to move me to purchase, however seems like if I just carry my system into the Best Buy support section it's probably easy fix just a tweak to the software I'm sure. Perhaps I'll get another year out of the system but bear in mind I keep getting flashed “dangerously out of storage capacity” or something like that. Basically I'm running out of room on my hard drive and I discussed this little bit yesterday but still remains. The bottom line is I need to make a decision, just purchased a damn thing… But, for a little bit more I could give a beautiful little laptop there is no chasing another rabbit down another electronic rabbit hole goes if I will ever come up for air…

Monday Ponderings

 

I don't have a lot say. I hope I can muster 500 words or more but I like the concept of writing and writing something everyday regardless of quality of the content. I know that sounds a little shallow and self-serving but hey?! That's what blogs are all about little bit of self worship. Perhaps I can write this day off or at least this entry as Dragon maintenance. I am getting a little concerned with the performance of my Dragon software. I shouldn't be so critical after all I believe I have had this software 10 years. I believe I got my money's worth but at times the software works so well I don't want to jinx it having to install all new software low costs. I shouldn't be so cheap but you know me.

I keep playing with the idea of investing in a new Tablet, hopefully a better version than the tablet is currently use. Actually, I like the equipment and has served me very well. The problem is that just I have just about run out of space of its memory. I guess I could insert the chips and such but that does not really seem to help. Or maybe it does in the real issue is that I just want a new piece of equipment. There, I have said it. It's just such a task shopping for new hardware. I know this is definitely a first world problem. I could certainly use all the programs would come bundled with a new tablet. The technology built into the new platform/frame would also be nice. The microphones for example are always better on the new equipment as well as the speakers, camera and other pieces of recording equipment. I always like the idea of getting a larger screen. I typically like the 10.1 sized screen. That size is easy to handle gives me a good view of what I'm looking for specially for doing online reading and dictating/typing. I'm always pleased whenever I upgrade.

I think the major problem I with upgrading to a new piece of equipment is that you can always get more if you want to spend more. I always feel like I'm cheating myself once I find the equipment that's in my price range which basically makes my needs. All the sudden start looking at what more I could want/have especially things like a larger screen. But by history with tablets has been very grim as far as destroying the Windows/screens. I either drop the machine are worst-case run over them breaking screen. I have lost the whole system for a long time which is a good sign maybe I'm growing up but I wouldn't hold my breath. When I really enjoyed the current tablet is the recording equipment. When I'm not around my big desktop machine I can always dictate to the tablet using its own STT software. I am always surprised and tickle and how efficient and functional this software has become. (Now Dragon software do not take this as a dig or cut but…) But the recording software on my current tablet as well as cell phone in many ways outperforms this little Dragon software. The only drawback for me anyway is that I've never found a set of directions on how to be totally use the software. That can be one of the reasons I cling to my trusty old Dragon software. The young once again talk myself into keeping the software for at least another year…

44 Magnum Mothers Day

 

I hate it when something happens to my computer and I have no idea how or why this happened. This particular issue started yesterday afternoon well actually, early evening when I was sitting down to watch an ancient movie: Dirty Harry the classic Eastwood film of the early 70s I believe. Anyway somehow just before the show started and I lost all audio. I tried all my standard tricks to no avail. I finally did switch to my headset was actually still working. I watched about through the movie before I gave up and called it a night after remembering I have an early breakfast with Mark Anthony at the restaurant. Then this morning just so I have some background noise I turned on the computer and audio part was working just fine. So I don't know what happened is a little frustrating but I accepted it for today but I like to know what is happening. Just now is switching off of the Internet, Netflix to work on the blog of having issues with setting in the have to set up the software I use Dragon Dictate all over again like it was brand-new. I haven't had to do that for months I almost forgot how.

As you can tell was a pretty quiet day. The cold front rushing in is caused cloudy conditions and cooler temperatures. It was not bad when I went to the restaurant is about 8 o'clock later in the morning after I finished breakfast and got back to the apartment did the real weather again. And once again truth be known as happy as a clam watching movies and enjoying the apartment. Mother's Day is one of those “holidays ” it seems empty if you do not have mother. I did call a couple of others however wish them the best but that's as close as I got. Luckily I have a whole container of spaghetti which I made yesterday I look forward to having for the rest of the week. I found a container of Parmesan cheese lurking in the back of the refrigerator. My experiment with garlic bread was minimal at best but I still have the test subjects weighing around the top of the stove. Pieces of bread at least have dried out pretty much at least I had something to crunch on while enjoying my noodles.

I'm tired tonight even though I didn't even though it did not pump my bike today. Granted I went to bed late, read late I even set my alarm – which I never do – and I was actually asleep when the alarm went off at 6 AM. So I got more sleep than usual ? Maybe I just missed my mom and I think… On her day.

This kind of lame I'm aware but I've noticed, for some reason, this dictation has a lot more issues and errors than usual and seems to me. I'm having to repeat myself many times that I usually don't and go baack in change a lot of things that were dictated strange

Seven Days & Spaghetti

 

It's Saturday, the seventh day of May and I didn't want this blog entry to read totally about spaghetti I made today because I don't know this was spaghetti has enough strength to produce 500 words but hopefully with the addition of this day of the month who knows?

I don't remember for sure what year was that I somehow found the mushy public library. When I say found I mean started actually using the system. Of course new were the library was and all that kind of stuff but had never really gone to the place probably because we lived quite a ways away from downtown Boise. Anyway the summer that my brother got his brand-new 15 speed Schwinn and I inherited his 10 speed I think I began to really investigate the area. Somehow, I actually found the hardback volume 7 Days In May . I don't know how I knew the book was a good book I mean exciting but I did somehow. Perhaps there been some sort of notoriety in the paper or something about the movie that had just come out 1964. The novel itself had come out two years earlier. I would been 14 at the time they doubt out of had the means or whatever it would take to go to the movie. So somehow I picked up the hard copy in the library and to get home and read the volume and was totally fascinated by the whole concept. So every year I get a little nostalgic on the seventh day of May I think back about those summer days when I would spend an afternoon reading in in my bedroom, and the lower bunk.

I've been meaning to make spaghetti all week. Monday I took a pound frozen hamburger from the freezer and really meant to do the job sometime this week but it never got done. For some reason, today I was invigorated to the point that why not make spaghetti for this next week. I figured it would be a great thing to do for the Saturday afternoon. I had a bag of spaghetti sauce that I've gotten from the food bank couple weeks ago. The hamburger was already cooked because I made a taco earlier in the week all I had to do was keep the meat and poured into a saucepan of the spaghetti sauce and I would be set. Plus, surprised at how quickly the whole project went together. In one of my orange frying pans and I've gotten from Mark Anthony a heated up to meet opened a can of mushrooms to mix with the meat and then added the spaghetti sauce. I grabbed one of the pots from the hanging rack heated up the water through half a box of spaghetti angel hair into that mix and then got everything together put together and mixed. I was done. Later on the afternoon/evening I heated up a bowl tried an idea I had of making an Italian bread or garlic bread out of hamburger buns didn't work out so well, actually kind of but I did a half assed job. I have not given up on the idea. Space I mean in order to make this attempt I even had to go over to the market picked up a couple containers butter. I came back and mix the butter with the garlic powder that didn't work out too well that could be my problem but stills worth the effort the exercise. I just had the dinner and it worked out fine. Now go find a containment put the spaghetti and and I'll have it for all next week. Earlier in the day I even cooked a batch of garb rock so I'm set for next week now I just have to get better television fixed it's always something…