Home Alone!

 

Last night or rather this morning around 3 AM an incredible thunderstorm rolled through northern Utah. Now I like storms I like very aggressive storms so it would have to be a pretty significant storm to even have me write about it. And to me the storm was significant reaction will be up from a dead sleep with literally piercing claps of thunder. Perhaps piercing is the wrong word to use is almost like getting socked in the nose every time the thunder would follow the flare of lightning. It was significant to me, the storm I think last time I looked at the clock, when I heard the rain falling it was a little after 4 AM so somewhere along the line I lost about an hour sleep and that loss of sleep as been affected me all day. It's not like I have a whole lot on my agenda anyway just morning coffee with the crew then a quick trip over to the market action is going to the dollar store looking for a card reader. It seems they used to be ubiquitous everybody had card readers but not so much anymore. Tomorrow, if my butt doesn't feel too sore I'm a saddle up and head into Costco or Best Buy to pick up a reader. I know I've got one around here somewhere I've had like 4 or 5 of them over the seasons . Today though I could not find any readers at all. I even went over the True Value, little hardware store across the street and there is nothing there either. I have one card I need to read. I think I put a lot more energy into this project in it deserves.

Not much is happening as we head into the Fourth of July holiday weekend. I'm still thinking of picking up a steak or thought about the one I have in the freezer. I would love to be able to use the gas grill out by the common area on the Fourth of July but I don't know if I dare. I mean it's not a big deal worse thing to do is just tell me that I'm restricted from using the grill but nobody else uses it and they only use it once (they being apartment management). You think they would make this readily available since you can't have a little hibachi grill or barbecue grill on your porch/patio. I'm even thinking of maybe going out and purchasing a cheap little barbecue grill or gas grill that I can take over to the park and set up on a picnic table or something.I have to admit wrangling that barbecue grill is a bit disconcerting and I'd rather not do it if I could find a better solution. I will certainly keep you posted. Not much else is happening. My brother Carl is heading out of town with the whole family visiting the roots of his wife in North Carolina. They're flying down and renting cars so it's really quite a trip. I'm totally impressed. Reminds me of being home alone. Hey! That's me! I'm home alone… But what's new?

Lucky Day!

 

I should've gone last week but I had some last-minute items fill up my day which made it difficult for me to make my podiatry appointment last week when I was supposed to. Luckily there is no issue in extending my appointment by one week. Fortunately, almost everyday's a good travel day during the summer so I was happy to have the appointment today the only other thing on my agenda was working with my home help people morning getting ready for the day so I had a free day. If there was a downside to the whole thing it was the fact that my appointment was at 2:30 PM which means a lot of trying to figure out what to do with my time Intel is ready for my appointment. My current favorite place for Asian food is this little hole in the wall place that makes pretty decent eggrolls you know the the large rolls With shredded carrots, rice and all kinds of good stuff, but now become very expensive . I found however I can order just one eggroll then this side of rice come out with a lunch for about $10which is pretty good. However, I was really using the little restaurants in my eggroll as a device to kill time.

I spent as much time as I dared at the little restaurant and decided I would head over to the Deseret industries which is in the same area kill some time there looking for things to read our acquire. I currently have a project running this been going on for a couple of years now. Somehow somewhere along the line I got this really cool butter knife. I don't know if Dianne found it and mixed it with our silver ware or what but I found these knives or butter knives which has a bulbous end to it plus a very broad flat and on the other end which makes it ideal for me to use to spread butter, jam etc. The nicer heavier than usual butter knives and again the broad and for spreading is perfect for me. I found that each Deseret industries has a bin or long flat drawers were all the silverware they get is automatically dumped. I found if I can get to one of these silverware dumps there's a chance that I might run across one of these butter knives. I mean I can't believe anybody would knowingly throw silverware this nice way even if it's to DI. Over the years I found one or 2 pieces and quietly build up my collection a must-have for 5 now which I really enjoy using. Anyway today I was dumbfounded when I pulled the been out it was heavier than usual but it was published full of butter knives – – I should explain that there's like for her 5 bins each one of them filled with their specialty whether it's spoons, solid spoons, butter knives and forks etc. I could see immediately the ball both ends of 2 knives right on top. Digging around I found 4 more one of which I dropped on the floor never picked up. I came away from my trip to the DI with 4 “new” knives to add to my collection! I've never had a day so rich in finds. I think they're supposed to charge me $.50 apiece but in the end I paid a dollar for the 4 instruments feeling like I made out like a bandit!

I don't know how long it will be before I can find another trove of discarded bulbous bottomed broad tipped silverware. Today was a lucky day…

Last Call Margaret!

 

It's Tuesday and my faithful readers know that more often than not I travel in Salt Lake to meet with a small volunteer group for Assist, Inc. where we adjudicate individuals who apply for benefits or services from Assists emergency home repair program. Essentially, we go over all the requests for services and sign off on those we approve basically we approve everything. Were part of the grant process to show that Assist, Inc. is working closely with the identified groups of need in the community and of course, I am the token disability/wheelchair guy. Anyway, Andreas who is the coordinator of this program/group informed us today that one of the iconic members Margaret passed away sometime last couple weeks. It's one of those deals where it's not really a surprise but it's a surprise.

I wish I had an image of Margaret and maybe I will get one in retro place it into this blog when I can. I wish I knew more about Margaret's history. She was part of the volunteer board when I 1^st joined the group I think back in the late 80s. There are about 4 of us than we met weekly. Even then Margaret was a raspy voiced, cigarette smoking two-fisted drinker. Margaret's hangout was a private nonprofit veterans group that doubled as the local bar for VA folks. Actually, I think Margaret was from England and somehow migrated to the USA following World War II. And like I said when I first encountered the grand dame she was well in stanched with 2 other members of the board at the same facility. I think they moved from our Tuesday morning meetings over to the “Hall” for their “lunch”. As with most veterans she began fading out a number of years ago. A kind of lost contact when I went through my series of operations on my neck when I went through the whole stenosis thing. When I got back to life Margaret was not around as much as she used to be. We actually reached out and brought her in on phone calls when we do some of our meetings. It was great to hear her voice she always had great words for me. I was kind of surprised actually when the whole shakeup at Assist, Inc. happened and she was still part of the board/group. I think we only were able to get her out once until she faded away for good. Margaret was a good person I liked her, she was genuine she definitely was an individual from the previous century and I'm glad I was able spend a little bit of time with her before she went.

There's been some talk about putting together some kind of group to attend whatever kind of life celebration there might be for good old Margaret. A couple of the members of the group now Connor declined when Andrea's brought that information forward. They used the old standby of one remember Margaret the way she was which I suppose was the drink in one hand palm already in the other semi hammered with the rest of the crew just getting by from one day to the next a bit surprised each morning she woke up and saw daylight

Dinner Is Served!

 

I've got food in the house, lots of food, I would make a big batch of stirfried rice on Saturday but you know sometimes you just don't feel like anything in the house for dinner. I really hadn't done that much today following my Monday bowel and bath routine. No particular reason except for perhaps I forgot to have Melissa, my Monday person, but on the “2^nd skin” that she does such a great job of. I don't know who is because I threw off the routine this morning of having Melissa change the sheets on my bed. Was time to give the Avengers a break and send them to the wash along with the in-between quilt I used all winter long. I've decided just to retain the sheets and comforter and put everything else in the covered till this fall. Anyway, that disruption of our routine may be totally space out the fact that we had removed the previous “2^nd skin” that Gloria put on Friday and we had removed it before the shower. I sent the girl on her way not thinking about the mishap until she was long gone. I was able to text or however and she indicated she did come by around 7 PM, which is a long time a whole day of being up without protection but I think I'll be okay. I had not really planned on foraging out anywhere. The temperatures in the upper 90s so I figured out just a end and wash the sheets that Melissa had pulled off the bed, this would give me a feeling of accomplishment along with my arm bike workout.

I have a neighbor who we will call Anita, while the few people I think who live in this building that may be a shade general the me. Anita is basically Spanish-speaking I do believe she has better English than people think. But it's taken me a long time to get to know this person and I still don't know her very well. We pass each other in the hall and now we actually say hello and wave to each other on a daily basis. She has really taking great efforts to decorate her front door to her apartment even with the plant one of those “crawling” plants that have the runners with broad leaves that snake all around the place for those they like. I'm sure I had such a plant I would've killed it early on. I was kind of surprised today when I was coming back from started by wash that Anita stopped me and gestured and verbalized and very broken English that I like pizza. I mean, of course who doesn't like pizza and I told Anita sure a love pizza. Then she asked me if I'd like a piece of pizza and I also said “sure”. And then she returned from her apartment with a good-sized piece of pizza on a nice saucer. It was about 4:30 PM which brings us back to my 1^st and opening sentence was sometimes even though you have food you just don't want to make dinner because of Anita tonight I did not. There is more than enough pizza here to count as dinner. How fortunate for me. I carefully carried the saucer back to Anita's apartment and thanked him profusely for dinner. I don't know if she understood, I kind of thing she did, but she made the difference in my evening…

A Role In The Park

 

I think I have gone over this before to some degree but when I work out on my arm bike alike to listen to podcasts usually from NPR. This allows me to do my work out and not be totally focused on the time on trying to cover during that work out. Yesterday, I was kind of busy somehow didn't get a chance to do my regular work out until late like really late like about 9 PM late but I was able to work it in. I was listening to a podcast almost by mistake but it was pretty interesting about the secret perceptive world of animals. Love the stuff I was kind of aware but had never contemplated until the author of this book was interviewed while I worked out. In short the guy talked about everything from insects to upper level mammals besides humans back and since other complete spectrums broadcast by almost everything. Talked about the pathetic adequacy of the human and their inability to access so much of this information that other animals and things have access to the podcast was kind of mind blowing. I don't know if I would buy the book but I will certainly listen to that podcast again.

Sunday morning I'm up and dressed and ready to go. It's a beautiful morning the doors [here some weird broadcast kind of thing coming from the park next door. I usually just hang around the apartment, do puzzles or whatever until it's time to go to the restaurant to be to meet the kids. Today thought I'd go and hang out in the park to see what was happening. Whatever was it was over and done by the time I got to the park. There are few people in the park some walking around some working out doing morning stuff. I decided I would just sort of role around for a while look for some images to take my knows I might get lucky and find something really interesting. I was just sort of following the sidewalk and off the sidewalk in the rear part of the park I noticed a dog with a couple of people that look like hobos sitting alone trying to be inconspicuous. All the sudden the little dog goes bananas. It's actually a midsize black-and-white dog. The charges me barking at springs out while the hobos uselessly try to call them back but it's a no go. The dog keeps its distance but barking. Of course, I feel singled out and not knowing exactly why except I kept thinking about the podcast and maybe I've got some sort of signal broadcasting from myself that the dog can sense it is going to protect his humans at all cost. It's hard for me to shake the notion that maybe I'm corrupt and evil inside that something these beasts can recognize her sense or maybe I broadcast out unknowingly. I really want to stop and get a picture of the little beast bearing its fangs at me maybe even taken a short video but that moment I just want to get on my way so the little beast which shut up. Which I did and it did and I guess we were both happy. Not every beast has this reaction to me but some do and really makes me wonder if I'm dark inside to the point that little beasts want me out of their part at all cost

Danger Zone

 

I decided to break routine today instead of just reading my book out in the common areas and enjoying the sunshine I decided I would figure out something to do with the day. For me, the easy answer is always “go to the movies”! I really don't want to sound too geriatric but I'm finding that if I go to an early movie I can get home and still do something significant around the apartment is not just watching the news and fixing some sort of dinner. I kind of wanted to watch Jurassic Park 3 but figured I better finish what I started a couple weeks ago and then something happened to the film projector at the theater so I kind of forced myself to finish Top Gun if you remember I'd only watched about 15 minutes of the movie before something happened to the projector. So I decided I would finish the project.

I've been paying more attention to my movie profile. Because I belong to that movie opportunity Riegel offers are just been increasing my points and I have over 8000 points and generally score a “free” bag of popcorn with just 2000 points or an upgrade of popcorn or drink for just 2 bucks. Today I actually got upgraded from my usual bag of popcorn which runs be around $6.75 to a tub of popcorn for 2 bucks. I could've done the same with my drink but I figure the theater needs to make some money so I bought the regular drink which was roughly $6 so my cost today was roughly $8 which somehow made me feel good. For the first time in a great while there are other people in the theater besides me. There weren't a lot after all this movies been out for some time but there were quite a few. There are couple interlopers – – able-bodied folks who sneak into the disabled reserve seating where I have to sit but I didn't take my spot and is laid out my stuff and made myself a home a tub of popcorn, bootleg Tootsie Roll products for the red fruit punch with ice. I timed it perfectly haven't awake only 3 or 4 minutes before the main feature started saving me from endless movie previews.

I was pleasantly surprised at myself for being able tolerate 2 hours of Tom Cruise. I have to admit the guy has aged well. He has that rugged young/old look with good teeth. I'm still surprised Cruise is able to pull off the insubordinate combat flyer. The establishment is always trying to get rid of them but they can't of course and when they finally figure out a way to can Cruise's ass and international crisis erupts demanding his peculiar wildcat way of flying. A lot of good flying shots and improbable encounters and events that could only happen in a Tom Cruise movie but still entertaining. I definitely would like to see the enlistment numbers during this film run. This is right up there with Independence Day all good for I Saturday afternoon in June

Friday Night and Russian Doll

 

I almost went to the movies this afternoon. I even made a big deal about going to the movies talking to what am I friends here at the apartment complex out in the common area. I told her I felt the need to go to the movies just because I felt idea to be doing something. After she left to do whatever she needs to do I left to find out the movie times so I could catch the appropriate bus in somewhere between their the time I got to my apartment I totally deflated the movie balloon. Of course stayed in tried to read my book and productively rode my arm bike and listened to my afternoon radio show. That was my day essentially. I still feel a little guilty for not going to the movies but weirdly my butt started hurting later in the afternoon which is kind of new. I now seriously believe that if I'd gone to the movies I will cost a lot of rocking on my hip which could've done some damage in the respect of decubitus source. I'm not saying that my decision not to go to the movie was intervention of a higher power to save my ass but sure seems to be something. Actually, I slept fairly well but didn't get near enough sleep and I think I felt groggy on top of everything else which made the decision to ditch the movies a little easier to make.

I know was totally my imagination this morning when I woke for the 2^nd and 3^rd time there was light coming through my windows. I knew about what time it was. I also knew it was not as light this morning as it was yesterday morning by just a fraction. Now, I do that sounds totally ridiculous but I think my inner self was telling me were pressed summer solstice on our way to winter now in their losing the light one day at a time. This may have flavored my whole day knows… Who cares? Why goal is to enjoy each day that I can for as much as I can. I envy those people who can lay down take a nap and then time of the day. I mean I could but it would mean a lot of energy not only laying down taking the nap but getting later and my chair back into my life. I suppose it would be significantly easier if our totally undress which means it again getting dressed all of which is just not worth the energy so I stay up trying to catch a few winks here and there when I lay my chair down to remove the pressure of my bottom but sometimes is just not enough. After a dinner of 2 cheese balls, a strip of watermelon and Chinese noodles I watched the end of the series or the 1^st season of Russian Doll . I totally enjoyed the series and now realize there is a season to available which I think I will start this evening. I'm just too tired to do anything else…

A little Rain, A Little Thunder

 

I'm enjoying an evening summer storm, one of my favorite meteorological experiences. I'm kind of surprised because it hasn't been that hot and usually that's when I see some of the best summer storms but I'm not complaining. The roaring wind, ominous dark clouds and occasional lightning flashes accompanied by the ever present thunder totally makes my evening and afternoon of that's what's happening. Tonight's brush with the elements even brought a fairly significant cloudburst adding the unmistakable odor of moisture on concrete. If I were living on the farm in Boise some 50 years ago the older would be accompanied by sagebrush fresh from the desert just across the great New York Canal which ran behind our farm. The best part about summer storms or summer evening storms is that they tend to be quite swift. 30 minutes to an hour max. On a day like today, the day after the 1^st day of summer totally enjoying the length of sunlight which is available. Even though technically, now the days are beginning to shorten developed daylight available is undetectable unless you've got great pieces of technology to measure. So I guess I'm saying is that, I have the storm but then it moves on and brings out the sunshine again making the day feel grossly clean and enjoyable.

I'm a slave to “Weather bug” a nice app on my cell phone which pretty much gives me anything I need to know regarding the weather. The feature I like best on this application is the lightning indicator. I guess it's a fairly sophisticated piece of technology that ties in with weather stations all around the state to indicate when and where lightning strikes are happening. On the storm like today's it starts out early in the afternoon and you get the Intel on the approaching storm (S). For some reason this fascinates me. Not only does the application advise me of where lightning is happening immediately but also tells me what to do for example if it's only, close it usually writes “keep an eye to the sky” when it gets closer is like “consider finding shelter” and then when only a couple miles away you get the real hyper intense colored image with the urgent quote “find shelter immediately!”. Really makes me think the end of the world is imminent. But the storm just blows over, usually. Sometimes, when the monster front comes through, a slow mover, you just have to settle in for the night. If you have a ball game or something like that realize that it's going to be called because of rain and of course lightning. It's not like you have Park police who is going to come around and shoe you out of the park with warnings about imminent danger. I guess they just figure you're smart enough to come in out of the rain… and lightning..

I've actually out of the tarmac and gotten caught in such dismal downpours I always worry about moisture getting into my control box but it's never stopped me from going forward. I try to carry a plastic bag or plastic shopping bag with me that I can pull over my control box during such an event. It's pretty rare and is a bit of a challenge lasting through such a downpour but so far I'm okay and love enjoying such an event. I guess right now the Wasatch front is having the benefit of being in a tropical flow which means a lot of moisture is being pumped into the area which means that for the next couple of days I just might be able to experience more summer storms and that's okay with me…

Zoom Zoom

I had a meeting today at 1230p.m. For a couple hours but it's enough of a midday blockage to put me off doing anything else for the rest of the day. I mean I ended up doing more arm bike for the hour which is typical so that's basically it were today except enjoying the mild temperatures. I would rather it be much warmer than today was but I'm happy for temperatures in the lower 80s. I can live with that.

Today's meeting was over Zoom I kind we should but in person but at least this organization that I'm with Utah Assistive Technology Foundation has opted to do 2 Zoom meetings and to in person meetings (with the Zoom option for those living outside of the Wasatch front) per year. The best part about the schedule is at least those who attend the meeting in person will be afforded a decent lunch. This organization has always had a great lunch even if it's but sandwiches the great sandwiches. And the largest drawback from all this is the lack of stimulation for me to find material to write about.

So I guess the best I can do today is document further my inadequacies as a member of this agency/advisory committee. There was a little self-conscious as you know like when you do a Zoom meeting try as hard as you would like to go to reveal little bit about your living scenario. For example today I just did my bedroom. Is set my tablet on my arm bike and it seemed to work pretty good. Truly it really is the only place in my apartment at didn't look somewhat chaotic and really I shouldn't even bother let that bother me but it does. In the past I've even gone upstairs to the library shut the door and gone for the academic work. While I was setting up my tablet and trying to dial into the meeting my computer/tablet begins sending messages to me from Zoom suggesting that I upgrade my software. Of course I waited for the last minute to dial and I didn't have time or the will to chase down the directions on how to upgrade my pad to the newest software and of course I paid the price. As we all checked into the meeting we visited briefly with one another as we usually do and also the people begin to get some feedback. At first I wasn't sure if it was me but the coordinator the group did a really great systematic check of having everybody go to “mute” and one by one everyone passed except me. I was the culprit. I spent the remainder of the meeting smiling a lot and doing a lot of hand gesturing. It seemed to get me by. I'm always a little self-conscious at these functions because I don't have lot of the economic brights a lot of my colleagues do. One of the members is a PhD psych, one is a bank guy who's basically an economist and a couple others who really quite bright and tumble numbers very well. I just keep smiling nodded my head and going with the flow. I know that's pathetic but hey it's a free lunch every other meeting you go do what you got a do…

Well Worth The Money

 

After yesterday's revelation that the new holiday actually was a holiday federal as well as state and would be observed I kind of figured that wouldn't be an advisory board meeting at Assist, Inc. this morning. I remember how it is coming off holidays to board meetings that you may not be ready for. Sort of the cancellation in stride and committed myself to enjoy the extra half-day it takes to do this meeting. I wish I could further report but I did something incredibly fantastic but I did not. I basically just hung out in the apartment clean up here and there but not in too much of that. I kept looking out my screen door and see in the mess that the wind had brought completely turn off the lattice that I have over the wrought iron railing around my patio. Of course, Ted the manager of maintenance here the building was not at the property today on Tuesdays is that one of the other properties so I couldn't twist his arm into working with me to repair that wouldn't average. It was then I had an idea. Why not hire the individual named John who lives upstairs with his dad Stephen. I'm not really sure how that works if he actually is living up there or just up there to help Steve it out until something else happens. Check my older posts out Stephen is this guy who's quite frail and lives directly above my apartment. John, his son has been living with him for almost a year now it seems and I'm glad. I don't know Steve could do very well without John. And I haven't really read any government fed rags for years now regarding particularly family members living with you. I think it's a great idea if they're here to actually help the individual. I know of another child/offspring living at the complex who is helping her mother.

Anyway, a couple of times when I've had near emergent situations here in the apartment are actually contacted, gone up and asked John for immediate help and is always complied. I decided I would take a chance but change my modus operandi of trying to get this help for free. I will offer him $10 almost 2 gallons of gas which is kind of weird when you think about it but I have no problems offering the kid this money for his assistance. Actually, it's the way it should be. Reliving of a crisis down the gases over $5 right now Salt Lake even if the price came down a few pennies would make much difference. John's living with his dad and senior housing which means that John probably is not making that much money himself and probably doing each other a favor. I can afford to offer this kind of payment and perhaps that's what I really need to do not only for stuff like repairing my patio lattice but maybe even clean up around the apartment. I was totally surprised not only did the kid pull the lattice off the floor but was able to reattach it to the railing with some heavy-duty zip ties I somehow got a hold of. He then swept the area and move some of the equipment around making it easier for me to work out with my rickshaw. And then, he drilled a hole in my screen door and applied a bolt that will make me be able to open up and close the screen door much easier than it currently is the case.

Of course, John is a good boy, and declined the measly $10 I offered them but I insisted pushing the argument that everybody is feeling the pinch now of recession and high gas prices. Stephen has a little car in 2 gallons a gas could make a big difference I think to these 2 guys living up above my apartment . The 10 bucks really is no skin off my nose I pulled out my “mad Money”. I still have over $100 in my money book and it's almost the 1^st of the month. Everybody wins especially me…

June What?

 

You know when you know something but she just really don't know something? For me that's what this new federal holiday is like. I know it's a federal holiday but for some reason I haven't been able to understand that it's a federal holiday. I had in my head for some reason this week to call my buddy at Assist, Inc., where I'm part of the community group which awards financing for home repairs. I have found that if I call Andreas as early as Monday morning he can give me the answer whether or not will have a meeting on Tuesday. Traditionally, I would call around 8 AM on Tuesday morning but for me it was just easier to call the day before. Anyway, I dutifully called at 8 AM and was kind of surprised there is no answer. I tried a little later but I was getting close to my home health person showing up for my Monday routine. I still hadn't called the office. It was later during the morning when I roll down to the office here at the apartment complex and there is nobody there. I needed the maintenance guy help me dig out the From a bottle of fallen down in my disposal. But Jennifer's office was very gloomily dark. Then I read the sign on her door “We will be closed, Monday, June 20 in observance of Juneteenth”. Like all good private nonprofits Assist, Inc. is closed for the holiday!

Like I said, I should've known this, I did know this but didn't really extrapolate the idea that it would really be recognized and people would not go to work because it's a holiday. Luckily the buses are running I had a doctors appointment for today over at the Death Star. And since the medical appointment was the only thing I had to do today I wouldn't be bothered by the reduction in service. I would just have to make sure I was on one of the buses that was running east to the hospital campus. The rest of my day was pretty normal as Mondays go. I met a new physician, a urologist who seemed pretty cool. I'm not sure how much work is done with people with spinal cord injury specially long time for survivors but he seemed open enough to let me pretty much manage my own regimen. He seemed okay, friendly enough, a guys guy, but detected a strong “no-nonsense don't waste my time”aura, which is all right with me.

Even though I really didn't put a high priority on the action but I realize that one of the things I'd lost in my recent bout of lost/stolen wallets was my Costco membership card and since the hospital campus I was going to is next to Costco , Iwent a little early. And sure enough even if I had not lost my card out of had to renew my card today for another year of service. Following the purchase of another year of membership I didn't feel like spending any more money and I didn't have a way to cart whatever I purchased home anyway. When I told my home health person, Melissa, where I was headed she was really excited sounds like we might meet this coming Saturday at the Costco and doing a small bit of shopping and she can drive the stuff home and drop it off at the apartment.

I can't say that I spent the day honoring Juneteenth but I appreciate the announcements in the efforts and I guess the holiday. On my way to the bus stop, and the parking lot of our apartment complex, one of the residents of the apartment complex was sitting in her car and I stopped for a quick visit. When I wished her a happy Juneteenth she asked what it was my settles one of the 1^st black holidays recognized by the federal government. She turned to me and sniped “is that what Martin Luther King Day is for?”. I had nothing to say so I turned in my chair headed for the bus stop wishing the heat would return…

Buzzing Around Sunday

 

I know I'm harping on this “wind” thing but it's just so interesting. I feel like I'm my own star in my own science-fiction movie living on a planet where the will continually gusts to their hurricane levels. It's up to the inhabitants of the planet to survive everyday in the windblown environment.

Today is Father's Day, I gave you the lead in yesterday, Mark Anthony texted me he was leaving party was in route to the breakfast. I guess I was anxious to do going so I pretty much suited up and headed out and ended up waiting for about 15 minutes before he finally showed up. I forget that he's moved all the way out to Herrmann community way on the edge of Salt Lake County which takes about 15 to 20 minutes to get into Salt Lake. I didn't sleep well last night, who knows for what reason, but I was kind groggy so I focused on trying to stay alert during the discussions that were going on at our table this morning. Jackson, my granddaughters boyfriend, who usually comes to these breakfasts was not able to make it today because it was Father's Day and he had to put into time with his dad totally makes sense. We had a really interesting discussion on perceived sexuality/masculinity/femininity who was what and how important being is. It wasn't heated just very pointed. Try discussion one would have late at night at someone's home with our without alcoholic type beverages. Was interesting to get my granddaughters perspective on many things like any adolescent she is totally convinced that her ways the right way and her information is the true information. Mark Anthony also has a lot of the same convictions and ideas but I'm just the old guy who understands more than the other 2 but knows enough not to aggravate or contaminate the conversation with what I know from a long long life and many partners. It was a totally interesting breakfast of course Mark Anthony picked up the tab and we went on our separate ways.

I was restless after the breakfast. I spent some time reading my current novel but the wind made sitting out on the patio uncomfortable. Gone are the super hot temperatures and with the wind chill almost difficult to stay outside and read as the sun went in and out of the clouds. I finally hung up the book and decided I would take a bus to go to movies which is what I did. I totally love movie package I am currently enrolled. I had my choice of Top Gun Maverick or Buzz Light-year. I chose the latter which I think was the right choice for today. Of course with the unlimited plan I can just go to TGM later this week maybe. Before I left the apartments are through a handful of Tootsie Roll's for my candy box into my travel bag. I found it just takes a little bit of candy to get me through the movies saving me from the extorteve cost of movie food. I think I realized that even though I'm not paying full price for these movies I'm still getting full credit for the points one needs to score free drink or popcorn. I used up a number of points a couple weeks ago and I thought I'd used by points up but looks like I still have a couple hundred thousand so maybe this next week when I see TGM I will use up some points I will use up some points and enjoy some popcorn with my Tootsie Roll's…

Saturday Night Fare

 

I've written before about the Saturday night dance held in Boise during my adolescent years. How I would go to those even after my neck break and those in a wheelchair. I started going to the dances when I was 14 – – that's when the local religious authority, who governed the dances, said a person is eligible. So I went a whole year before my accident. I guess the point I'm making is that I had to get there somehow which meant I usually had my dad take me to the church and later drive me back home. More often than not he actually just ended up laying down in the station wagon and sleeping the 3 hours I was at the dance.

It's Saturday evening and it's not as hot as it has been but the clouds moved in and the wind continues to blow. For some reason all of these vectors have me thinking about what my dad sacrificed for me on Saturday nights so I could go to the dance. I'm not sure why perhaps because the show Gunsmoke about a fictitious Sheriff of Dodge city Kansas in the late 1800s. I think my dad, who I think claimed that he was Kansas, love that show for that very reason. I'd never heard him say such a thing but I can believe it though remember him settling down and watching that show every Saturday night that he could. Of course I remember this post of those years leading up to the time I was old enough to go to the dances. I also remember that my dad worked so hard that once he sat down to watch Gunsmoke which I believed was broadcast in our area about 8 PM he would almost immediately nod off to sleep. I used to think this was so weird now however, I see things much different.

What really blows me away is that as I was actually watching another movie when I began thinking about this posting but I actually did a search for Gunsmoke. What I actually wanted was the timeslot for Boise Idaho in 1965 that the local television station KB OI would've televised the segment. I was not able to get the exact time of the televised segments but was able to get the name of this segment that was televised on that date in 1965. I have to admit this blew me away and still blows me away that all this information is available what you really outstandingly unique is that if I wanted I could watch the actual segment exactly as it was broadcast minus the commercials! If I wanted I could pull down a list of every Gunsmoke segments produced and watch them all if I wanted to. Last night just for fun I watched 3 hours of Gray's Anatomy, the medical show which is run for almost 20 years on ABC. I was astounded to find out there are over 400 segments of Gray's anatomy.

I never remember my dad complaining about having to load me up in the back of the station wagon and drive me across town to the 3^rd Ward stake center for the Saturday night dance. Sure could have and I'm sure I would really felt guilty that he did not. He just loaded me up drove me over then took a nap until I was done. I almost said I would doubt of the net for my kid but you know what? I sort of did. When Mark Anthony was doing his karate/tae kwon do experience it was every Wednesday night driving over to his house picking them up and going to the workout and then home again. It wasn't quite the same as missing Gunsmoke on Saturday night but I guess it was more important for me to help out Mark Anthony and it was for me to indulge in my television pleasures. This was not intended as a Father's Day tribute really don't believe in those things but you know what the kind of is…

A Little Wind A Little Chicken

 

The wind continues to radically blow the heat and temperature have been flirted with 100° all day and I'm loving it. I didn't have anything planned for today except to just enjoy the the heat did whatever form it wanted to show itself. I continued my challenge to get rid of the equipment which is going on my patio for many years. Now, I find that I may have not disposed of the equipment correctly as far as the city garbage people who picks up our waste. The plan was to figure out a way to get the equipment now into the dumpster itself and then let them carry it away. Ted my buddy from maintenance was supposed to help with that though I think you forgot his usual. But it's out of my hands down (I think) I still has equipment that I have to get rid of. This may be a family calls some sort whether my brother or my cousin.

I slept pretty well last night all things considered so is the day wandered towards close and people were going home for the weekend I thought I'd run over to the market and get something for dinner. Actually, what I really wanted was to get a watermelon and possibly accountable. In the past my thought about doing this I've always been dissuaded by the fact that I've got to figure out how to get the melon home without breaking the fruit. Today, I the list of the produce guy who always seems to be there. I think you some kind of Russian immigrant but I like him enough really seems to want to help so today I had them pick out a watermelon and lifted to my basket. I chose the smallest I could find. He placed his hands on the melon moved all around at the thumping and slapping and finally settle on one it looked particularly righteous. Of course the second I got home I ran into one of the folks here one of the old ladies here kind of attack me for going to that market because she doesn't like them and that they never sold her a good watermelon and that I'm going to be sorry. Realize that all during this she herself is a European immigrant I could barely understand her English. Like the Penguins I just kept nodding my head smiling and finally she went away. Because it was the end of the week I felt like celebrating. So I did something I rarely ever do which is to purchase the Friday deal which is 8 pieces of chicken for $7 – – the make it sound like a good deal but I tried not to think about it – – along with a small Doubleday potato salad container. I have something green in the refrigerator at home but that would be a great Friday night meal which was.

The days just about over now. I've had my dinner, listen the local and national news and am pondering opening up may be the cantaloupe and if I get real ballsy maybe the watermelon. Let's will my weaknesses is that I don't open watermelon early for the day that I get it then let it sit too long. That's not going to happen. I just hope the old ladies wrong.okay…

Heat Up!

 

The heat is back, thank goodness, I'm happy no one else seems to be but that's okay it's nothing new. I certainly cannot hold judgment on folks who can be dreadfully affected by high heat and all that heat brings with it. After all my super talk about looking forward to the heat and enjoying being out in said heat I really didn't do much of anything today except stay in the apartment after a brief coffee social this morning. The social was all right but no donuts so I wasn't too impressed and again I'm the only male so it's kind of boring but I have some friends that show up a regular basis of we chat around our end of the table and that's about it.

Again not to be too graphic about my biological process but during the night I drained about a liter and a half of water which to me, is a huge amount of urine. Mind you that happened over the course of 6 hours I guess the major point I'm making is that I didn't get much sleep. I thought that I did but I usually drink once around 12:30 AM are little later and that usually holds me until I wake up around 530 or 6 AM but there were 2 major drains. So I just pretty much hung out at the apartment when I would get a second wind I tried to sweep up a little bit and clean up here and there trying to bring my apartment back in some form of visibility. Actually my big event of the day was physically grappling with one body lift I purchased oh about 2 years ago if not longer that I had up cannibalizing for the brand-new lift I got from the program at the Independent living Center. I been waiting for my friend and maintenance manager here to come in poll the machines of my patio. Remember from earlier posts that I've had enough and I'm getting rid of the lifts regardless of anyone wants them or not which means I'm sending them to the dump. There still had to be taken through my apartment to the hallway then out to the dumpster. Surprisingly, I was able to get the first lift out with very little problem and now have it in the hallway. I'll rankle somebody up to drag it out to the dumpster sometimes tonight or maybe tomorrow I can get Theodore ,the maintenance guy, to drag the other one out as well as well as the other workout system taking up space on my patio. The biggest benefit I will receive beside being able set out in the patio enjoy the afternoon heat and hang out there during the night which I really enjoy but I'll be able to use my rickshaw the strength of my arms further and increase my respiratory capabilities. Want to sweep up the floor of the patio that may be figure out a way to hose it off and just clean off the cement. I may even want to move a couple plants out there just for the fun of it to have something to play with plant wise. Maybe the biggest reason I want to stuff gone is is a witness to my poor purchased judgments, buying things as for the moment that I never end up using for one reason or another. My defense on the lift however I was able to use parts of it actually parts of both lifts on the one I'm currently using and for that perhaps I don't have to feel so stupid

Nothing To See Here

 

It's weird, going through another one of those existential moments of trying to remain grounded in the here and now currently exist. I know that sounds totally weird and there's no reason to call for mental health personals emergent or otherwise it's just that I sometimes forget what day that it is and this I get a feeling that the day that I'm in should be another day. For example today, all day, I've had this feeling that it's a Thursday or Friday and not a Wednesday. I used to really enjoy Wednesday's because they were like climbing the ladder at the big slide at the public park downtown. In Boise there was this huge 3 slide mechanism. You climbed the ladder all the way to the top where there's a little bitty like crows nest cage and then pick the slide you're going down and zooming off you go. That used to be me in the week weather was school later work going through Monday and Tuesday was climbing the stairs or steps up the ladder to the top of the slide Wednesday was great year in the crows nest in everything from then on was downhill to the weekend. I love this concept and feeling got me through so much. Now however it's like I wake up seems like it's Friday maybe even Saturday and that I have to shake my head refocus and grasp something that I'm going to do today that will bring me back into reality or remember something like I did yesterday and that well focus me into what day-to-day really is. Is that too bizarre? My frightening you folks more than you deserve if so I apologize.

Today, besides getting my closed on all washed for the week I had a lunch appointment with my good friend Duane. Duane and I are both retired employees from the state of Utah. I probably should do a search of some sort of the blog to get a fix of what I've written before about Duane but anyway this is the 1^st time would gotten together and quite a while, 1^st time this year actually probably the weather got better . We don't go to a restaurant we usually just order sandwiches from some shop and me at the local park across from my apartments. We've been doing this for years well since I been living here anyway at the park or the apartments across the park. We meet there's no specific agenda except for enjoying each other's company and blasting all the bizarre political intrigue that's going on in the country right now and the whole world for that matter. We gossip a little bit about old employers as well as people we dealt with in the workforce. And for the last 2 years what's been going on so bizarre in our culture and world in general, I said to you probably 6 if you count the that disturbing election where that con man got elected and the still making waves for the whole world.. We don't look like vagrants per se people generally leave us alone we talk and laugh generally enjoy each other's company like old guys. He never lets me pay for the lunches probably a the people I have lunch with do. It's the least I can do in my position is personal to disability. I totally appreciate the effort however appreciate having somebody from my history validates me as an individual and the person worthy of spending time with. I hope I can return the favor and maybe next time he'll let me pay for the lunch but not holding my breath…

Searching for Top Gun

 

It was unseasonably cool today, not so bad that I had to wear long sleeves but I must admit that I was uncomfortable wearing short sleeves. You should do more of those preppy things and worn something around my neck in case I need to use it to feel warm. The sunshine however that makes a big difference to matter what and a cool breeze enough so that I decided I would head out for a movie just because I could. Sometimes wonder at my depths of irresponsibility by simply sliding into. Not sweeping the floors as much so should, not keeping up with the floor sweeping and dishes in kitchen in general which includes the refrigerator which is a disaster. A drop enough things in the “coldbox” to make me look pathetic. I'm really don't have to make some decisions around here which I'm afraid is going to have to be start looking for a real live cleaning person again. I know said that million times now and you are all quite tired of it but I'm going to really do it this time. So, having said that I decided to go to the movies. I saw that there is a 12:05 PM showing of Top Gun Maverick, the feature is going to the other day and something happened electrical and the projector or whatever stopped and never came back on. I figure today make up for that and finish watching the movie. I want to do the early on which was at 12:05 PM. It is interesting ride got there on time and then this myself up with bad thinking. They do this thing at the movies released at the regal theater I go to. When I got to the theater the time they had listed for Top gun was later than what I've seen on my cell phone so instead I ended up going to Dr. Strange in the Multi-Universe. It was only afterwards that I realize that had I gone down further on my cell phone I would've seen other listings which is what I saw initially when I decided to go to the movies. And there was 12:05 PM I could be seen Top Gun. I did watch the complete Dr. Strange all over again which was not bad but as all movie doubt the time I was done and didn't want to stay for another movie experience. I'm just don't have the kids top gun later this week.

Psychologically speaking feeling a lot better. I think once I made the decision to put the book away that I was reading I started feeling better. Luckily for me I picked up another movie about the same time as us finishing the 1^st of the trilogy in question which seems kind of interesting. I can't remember the title right now but something like Life After Life I only read a few pages last night before tumbling into sleep . The volume is kind of entertaining it is chick-lit, which I should've realized when I saw the front cover of 2 roses on top of each other but that's okay because they, romantic. I don't know if I try to hide it but I don't necessarily flaunt it either. The book is kind of interesting keeps my interest that's the best you can do…

Put The Book Down

I woke to impressive rain this morning, leastways impressive to for this desert state that I live in. actually, I really didn't wake up to the rain is much as I just laid there all night worrying about everything seems like. My worry about the fact that for some reason I'm worried about my older brothers and sisters in the fact that all of us are going to die shortly and some of us probably sooner than others. I'm not trying to drop any bombs are feeling just that I've noticed things are changing with me and I'm worried about things. I need to call my 2 sisters and brother just another voice is you never know when that join might be taken away. I think I will go up around 2 AM about never really got back to sleep I certainly feel it today. Hopefully I am so tired but nothing will keep me awake. I also did but arm bike they think that's part of the problem that I don't do the arm bike on Sundays therefore monies become somewhat difficult to sleep with because of the lack of exercise. Unlike those really tire me out. Also, I'm worried about all the files on my computer and systems programs are involved with out on the Internet that should not be. So I made an effort this morning when I couldn't sleep start closing out all my questionable accounts as well as deleting all my questionable images. It's just best after all and 71 years old maybe 72 can't remember its 71 it's time to be an adult.

This might be too much information but it is my blog, but this morning for the 1^st time in like 3 days I had a bowel movement. That wasn't the biggest of the best that certainly took some pressure off lower the lower colon. I felt better all day and that might be something helpful. The other thing that seems to be impacting me or might be keeping me awake at night is the 2^nd book of the trilogy am currently reading. I'm finding the material is so violent and the graphic that I let it showing up with me just laying in bed trying to sleep. I don't know what hundred up with the book away but I think the volume really does make me anxious. I recognize the same feelings I had when I was totally involved in that show called 24.I totally enjoyed the series but subject matter was trauma and torture in the Middle East effect of the people of the United States. I finally had to stop watching the series is there just showing too much graphic violence on a global level. I'm thinking perhaps maybe if I put some distance but in the back of my mind I know it's the violence of the volume from the graphic nature of those living in 13^th century and what they had to do to survive especially the women.

The rain moved on this afternoon and sunshine is out now. It's not bad if you're new direct sunlight is not too terribly warm the upper 60s nice enough to go out and lay out in the sun in my chair and work on my tan lines…

A Hot and Blustery Day

It has been a hot blustery daybut that has not been a surprise weather forecasters of been indicating that a cold front is bearing down on the state and should be here tomorrow with rain and 30° drop in temperature. Temperatures today about 100° way about normal for this time but I'll take that and love every second of the heat. In fact all week the temperatures have been in the high 90s. For one reason or another have not taken advantage of these temperatures except to go out and read in the shade. However, this morning I woke up more refreshed than usual specially after yesterdays debacle of bowel issues. Perhaps most significant to my well-being was a feeling of confidence that after the intervention of my home healthcare person yesterday I'm reasonably assured I'll not have a “blowout”.

It's Sunday morning so that means meeting the kids at the restaurant for breakfast. I think we had a pretty decent breakfast with a lively discussion regarding employment, the benefits of legacy money from family members who are willing to help with educational expenses and possible foundations of work or company development. It is always interesting to see the kids pointed view growing up in a upper-middle-class system. I know I sound of so old school trying to emphasize the need for a good education particularly if you have options to help pay for the education. The other people just want to jump into whatever work environment they can start making money with only a slight concept of saving. The conversation was not negatively “lively” but it was time to close the discussion down and get on with our lives. It seemed today everyone that may have some place to go and I did as well in the back of my mind.

As I indicated in the first paragraph I've spent most of the week actually just reading and various shady mix and crannies of the apartment complex. You recall I still have to get my patio cleaned off to really read there. Following the breakfast I decided rather than reading today I might exercise my “endless movie ticket” taken a movie or two. On the bus, and to the movies arriving with maybe 20 minutes before the movie actually starts due to commercials/previews. I got my tickets and went up after visiting with they “ticket taker” to make sure that be no problem with me coming back to the movie. I went out in this I was thinking of something to do I realized that the time for the movie to begin was closer than I realized. I grabbed my stuff headed back for the theater checking with the ticket taker to make sure that I had the right theater and rolled in. There was no one there I was the only one in the theater that wasn't necessarily a new situation so I didn't necessarily think that was weird. Finally, the previews ended and the movie began I thought it was weird because it look like it was animation which it turned out to be! And then I realized I was in the wrong movie! Unbelievable, I grabbed my stuff and zipped out of the theater and into the theater that are supposed to and of course the movie had already started but was still close enough to the beginning I didn't feel I had missed anything and really I hadn't. I must admit however I was totally chagrined and from now on I'm committed to looking at my tickets much closer to make sure I'm in the right theater…

Summer Time Afternoon

 

I don't know what I don't know what is happening to me but something seems to be going on and I don't like it. Yesterday, Friday my regular bath and toilet day was a monumental disappointment in fact, the unproductive morning pretty much read the rest of the day. I got through it okay got to be as productive as I wrote about yesterday but today was not stellar.earlier in the evening I tried to get a hold of Melissa my backup home health person's you should come over and do suppository well that did not happen. I slipped fitfully through the night I was afraid I was going to unload my bowels in the bed fortunately that did not happen. I still felt very risky this morning so I put in another text request and Melissa back with me this afternoon came over and we did the job again to no better results except now I know I've tried and there's nothing there. So I should be okay to get through tonight and tomorrow breakfast with Mark and the kids if they come. I still feel a little risk but I think it would be just like but I'm exhausted. I didn't get much sleep last night.

I spent a little time on the house/apartment waiting for Melissa. The new tile which was put on the floor is really nice I like it a lot. It's a little dark and has all kinds of dark marks on the tile which makes it difficult which is dirt which is just markings. I've noticed over the past couple of months there are a number of spots on the floor where items have fallen to the floor and become grounded into the time are least dried-up. This is especially true in the kitchen by the refrigerator and the coffee maker. Besides copy coming to the floor of also tipped over the soy sauce a couple of times throwing “bug juice” all over the floor. I spent some time trying to mop up the messes but this is going to be a lengthy process you have to get a couple of right soaking wet in place right on the culprits let them sit for a couple hours. I know this is my own fault since I have not really gotten a full-time cleaning person. I still intend to do so at some point is not happening right now so I have to take measures.

Following my shower and getting dressed again (I hate getting dressed twice in the same day) I decided it would be a good day to read. I'm reading the 2^nd book of this trilogy that I started. It's 1000 pages so I have to give myself some kind of a reading plan, reading significantly every day. This afternoon I got to page 200 and called it a day at least until bedtime. My eyes feel like the falling out of the sockets. If the items were gone from my porch/patio I would read out there but since it's not I still enjoy reading outside and I have found this great little shaded place not far from the dumpsters and with enough protection from the sound that great shade. I get up right next to the wall straight so that folks wanted to go to the dumpster and dumping garbage. I lea my chair and then read. I think I may have read 30 pages this afternoon and that's good for me I'll take it. So now I have somewhere in the area of 800 pages to read. I'm enjoying the book

Now I Know

 

I woke with a shock this morning I looked at the time of date on my cell phone – – which I often use as an alarm clock next my bed and saw the date was 10 June! One third of this month is over! I really need to get going totally enjoy the days of the summer. One of the projects are most serious about completing this year/summer is the getting rid of all junk that's come to rest on patio/deck. I was further dismayed to realize my patio has become my “garage” that I don't watch out that black hole will suck more and more stuff until I cannot get out under my patio at all to enjoy the heat and relaxation of the summers days.

Every afternoon as I watched the news and peppered with commercials “got junk” about businesses whose job it is to come around take away all the unwanted items of your life. It's not don't want this equipment is just the equipment doesn't work without a whole lot of intervention that I do not have the skills nor the funding to bring about. In fact, because I got it patient lift,a new patient left,in my shower, brand-new I just moved to detect the equipment out on the patio. This happened like 2 years ago during the winter months, at which time, I wasn't using the patio that much. Last summer I made a couple week pleas with folks with vehicles to move the equipment and a couple of week requests to organizations that might be interested but nobody took the hint. Now, I need to be more aggressive and get the junk out of my hair. I made this decision later this afternoon and I made a call to my friend who is kind of over the assistive technology program for the state of Utah. There the organization that runs that big equipment program. If they do not want the materials I guess I can try to get someone to drop the stop of at Deseret industries or some other like program. But then you see I'm falling into that same quagmire again of trying to save this equipment for someone who might need it but not right now. I'm going to give myself a week if I cannot move the materials by the I'm going to start calling the “Have You Got Junk? people. Hopefully, the price will not be very expensive to come out and pick up the equipment and even if it is (whatever “it is”).

Can't believe how many times I watched the silly commercials during the local and national evening news hours and clucked my phone, checked my head and I thought to myself or actually said to myself “Who would ever use such a service?!”. Now I know

Cynical, Who Me?

As you know dear reader I hate to get political with this blog. I don't really like politics I think politics is one of this country's biggest problems for a host of reasons to too complicated for me to try to address. In a few minutes 3 major television networks in the country will recovery the hearings of the January 6 attack on the government. I am quite go to and cynical about the whole process and I don't think much is going to come out of the whole monkey show. I can't believe whoever moved the hearings from probably 10 AM to 2 PM to prime time in Salt Lake starts at 6 PM. I mean at this point the whole thing is just is just theater, something to sell toothpaste or whatever is going to fund the broadcast tonight. I'm kind of torn on what to do specially at this apartment complex where everyone thinks this whole thing is just tragic. If I don't watch the proceedings sure nothing but fisheye stairs from my neighbors. If I did watch proceedings to die of boredom is not anxiety brought about by stupidity of not only the political revelers of January 6 what of our nation/telecommunications industry that is taking great delight in broadcasting the proceedings. Either way I lose. I'm half tempted to choose one of the Marvel movie offerings from the Disney Channel and zone out to the colors and scripts of the movies.

Today along Wasatch front temperatures of arc like 91° which is wonderful at least for me. Of course everybody else is panicking about how hot it is, how dangerous it is and what are going to do in total problems through a little dogs are just not going to make it – – oh, if that were true but it's not. Of course little beasts will get preferential treatment they always do, yapping their little heads off. We have a couple more 90° plus days before a cold front wanders through the middle of this weekend. Possible thunderstorms just maybe a little rain I doubt that will experience either. I'm not sure what I'm going to do except for sure wear a cap iffter sundown I am going to be out and about. There's a couple movies I would like to see the regal theater where I have a special deal. I haven't really used the night ride since I have been at this apartment complex. I was thinking it might be fun to do some night movies and enjoy the after after hours heat. I have to admit I kind of like the excitement and what goes on after the sun goes down. Management here at the apartment complex is finally prepared the gate to the bus stop. My remote will not work on the repaired machinery which operates and opens and closes the gate. All have to surrender my remote to the maintenance guy tomorrow and have them program the device or just exchange my device for one that works. However, with the last couple months since the back gate is not worked I've gotten used to driving my chair around the either the south parking lot or go to the to the front door. It's not a big deal either way sure nice to come through that gateway is working…

Mini- Bio

I got an email late last week from somebody at the office of Utah Nonprofit Housing Association(UNPHA). This is the organization on the board is served least 15 years. The Association is a good group we strive hard to produce accessible and affordable maybe not in that order but that's my position on the board to represent people with disabilities and now seniors with disabilities. I'm totally impressed management of this organization particularly and how they've incorporated cutting technology in communicating with staff as well board members. So it was with interests I read the email asking that all board members submit a current photograph, a headshot, and with short paragraph basically mini – biography or bio. This truly is not a big deal but for the life of me I been dragging my feet trying to get this request accomplished and off of my to do list. In fact, I really think it's passive aggressive behavior, I have developed a generic paragraph somewhere in all my writing. So today begin Monday and a 2^nd request for this information I decided to sit down and focus on the project. I sure did not want to have to redo the whole thing if I have a perfect bio somewhere on my huge hard drive.

Finally after lunch and pumping my arm bike for an hour begin searching my hard drives. At 1^st I came up with nothing which kind of freaked me out because I remember doing this for another board is set on a couple of years ago. Tthen I picked up my tablet and searched my “ink pad notepad” software and found a very basic paragraph but at least this paragraph is a place to start. It took me a minute or 2 to figure out how to attach this file to an email I sent to my desktop or outline dictation software located. Of course I'm not really started the process you accept for actually printing out the file and then going marking that file with pencil. Unlike the bio I produced for Lori Brock which was rather in-depthand I wish I could find it now while I'm writing today and tomorrow is just basic just “who and where”.

I'm surprised at how many thousands of documents I have on my hard drive. I can't imagine being that busy or writing that much of so little to show for that much verbiage. Of course, a lot of the files are blog entries and that's all right, I think I will embark on a task of going through deleting a lot of that garbage before the final day when I part this mortal coil. It's not that I'm embarrassed with anything that I have on the hard drive (though really though I should be) I just don't want Mark Anthony or L Michelle having to come through so many files were really no reason except that they are there. they will have their hands full with journals in such little loan hard drive. Below really courageous I would just nuke the whole system – – and I might – – as that day comes closer.

So, after writing this post, I actually feel a little Limburg verbiage wise maybe I'll work on file tonight before bedtime and forgo my usual Marvel fix…