Changes At Coffee

 

Remember couple weeks ago when Irene, 91-year-old iconic resident decided she was no longer going to assist with your morning coffee group. She just figured she was getting too tired. This raiseda bit of a quandary as to how the coffee group was to continue even though I was supposedly in charge of the event. Well we passed that phase and in the end Irene came back. It just seemed Irene needed a rest and shock that world goes on even without you. Sadly, I must repor that over the weekend Irene fell and broke her hip! So it appears I am on my own again. Irene has had one operation and I understand she will need another plus rehabilitation. Even if the good old girl makes it through these events I don't think she will be coming back to the coffee social.

The only reason I bring this up is that Irene love to keep a spotless kitchen. Everything needs to be in place and that place has doors that can be locked so there are cupboards all over the kitchen with tiny little locks. Not only are these cupboards fairly high and out of reach that I don't have access to the key. Luckily, there is a master key that Jennifer building manager has access to. Now I just have to find someone tomorrow morning to unlock the cupboards and bring down the coffee makers as well as the containers of coffee caffeinated and decaffeinated. I will also need, maybe, assistance in arranging the tables. I think I can do this on my own using my power chair as a bulldozer. Hopefully, life goes on. When I shared these challenges with Jennifer she was very supportive indicating that between both of us will bring this project off. If we have to draft others into the project to assist we can do that too. I just hope the coffee group survives the transition. With some degree of guilt I have noticed the numbers in attendance drop the past couple weeks. I hope it's not my influence but it would not surprise me if were. I hate to admit it but I sort of have that touch of death on projects I become affiliated with. I hope this is not the case so with that in mind I zipped across the street to the dollar store and got 3 packages of cookies for tomorrow's event. I'm sure I have more than enough. I have not heard any complaints regarding the cookies and treats I have secured so far. Jennifer reassured me treats were not what is important it's the the safe platform for discussion and visitation.we don't really charge anything at these functions except everyone seems to kick in the dollar at these meetings. Jennifer has assured me that we have quite a stash of cash and if I wanted to do something more elaborate than just a dollar store cookies I could. I hope this is true and we continue together as a group on Thursday mornings honoring Irene and all the great coffee and services provided.…

Tuesday Tell All

 

I think I told you about having my stamps placed so could not get the kid letters out this morning, which is just as well it is not 1^st of the month yet. But it was Tuesday or Tuesday so I going into town anyway for my Assist, Inc. meeting and I figured as long as downtown I would stop the downtown post office and pick up some stamps. No big deal? Right? Well it turned into a big deal when I got to where the post office was supposed to be but place was totally gone with just a scrawl message on a wall of an address which really did not make sense. So my plans changed: I would just head back home get off 5400 S. and just purchase stamps at Harmon's. Since I was downtown anyway I decided to have lunch at Siegfried'sDeli one of my favorite joints. I probably had more calories then I needed but it was so good even though it was maximum carbohydrates.

I took the blue line home which was pretty uneventful with the exception of a problem I seem to be developing with my power chair. The front end, the foot box seems to be hanging lower than usual causing me to scrape on everything especially the buses entry. Fortunately the drivers I ran into were very patient and I loaded and unloaded without issue.I picked up afew other things one of which was a bag of grapes I noted the price $2.79 a didn't feel like 8 pounds but it was I didn't have the courage or the well to say no I don't want to purchase this something like $18 for a bag of grapes! I must tell you however the fruit is excellent! Firm green succulent grapes. I figured I deserve a grade break, brought the grapes home washed them totally enjoy now. Oh, when I got to my apartment door was locked. This did not surprise me since I put in request for work on my nonfunctional refrigerator. It was still quite warm. I guess the maintenance guy locked out after he finished – – not surprising. I never lock my apartment. I wasn't even sure that I have a key – – actually I knew that I did have a key but I never use it for fear of being caught out.. I went up front got the manager Jennifer came it opened the door. And by the way we found my key, it was on my key ring which dangles off my chair arm. The key with out of recognition. I don't remember what I did to destroy the key when a new ones coming so Jennifer says.

The high point of my day was breakfast. Last night I received a knock at my door and it was my neighbor across the hall. She asked if I like pizza and of course I love pizza. She foisted a pizza box on my half of which was pepperoni and half was Hawaiian pineapple. I took it, of course.I didn't care if it was cold a local pizza in fact as I said that's what I enjoyed this morning as I got ready for my day. This should be enough pizza to get me to the end of the week.

My odometer says I have traveled 6.7 miles today. I do not believe that is totally accurate. It's more like I went 5 miles. I think I forgot to 0 out mileage last night when I plugged in my charger. It was a good day…

Holiday Brief

 

Today has been a beautiful Memorial Day. It is not like I have done anything that one is supposed to do on this holiday. I did not decorate any graves, go to anyparades or watch television special dedicated to those who passed away who were once military. I guess I should feel a little guilty but I don't I'm just glad for be to enjoy pre-summer warmth, even though there were significant clouds and even some significant peals of thunder. In fact I had enough time to finish the book Ihave enjoyed reading couple weeks now with just the same excitement getting ready start my summer reading of Stephen King. I did not even fixed anything fancy to eat. In fact I was kind of looking forward to eating couple hot dogs dressed in mustard refrigerator is still not working. The lower section is not getting cold. So, rather than opening my last package of dogs and have them go bad I will wait until tomorrow to see if it is my refrigerator function again before putting the delicate inside. It seems my largest disappointment for the day now is the microphone headset I have seen for the past couple of months just will not stay attached. Even as I write this I'm holding the microphone boom in front of my mouth. As I indicated, I have had it working pretty well until last week when what ever was holding together finally stopped. I may have to back to Best Buy and pick up another cheap. Or maybe this broken system a little more in order to send headset in of the Internet. I found some yesterday for $9 and I don't get cheaper than that.

The one thing that kind of breaks my heart is that I would not be surprised if rather than try to fix the refrigerator they will just pop another refrigerator in its place. All that work that Jasmine did will be for naught. And I doubt whatever refrigerator management finds will not be as nice as the refrigerator Jasmine cleaned for me. At least I don't want to go if I want to get another great cleaning done. I'm sure she'll be fine. Also this day, I got the kid letters finished all except stamping the envelopes. I know I had enough stamps on my card to do this month's mail out but I think with all the cleaning that went on on the past couple of days that somewhere the stamps have been misplaced. That's okay, tomorrow I have to go into assist, Inc. I can stop at the post office and get some more stamps still have the pack in the mail by 1 June.so I'm okay this evening of the last day of the holiday. I might even go over across the street and gets a fast food and call it my holiday treat…

Thank you J and J

 

As I indicated recently, weatherwise wherein transition mode. For one reason or another a lot of moisture is being pumped into our system which means cooler temperatures and the possibility for afternoon storms. The afternoon storms I like however the, cooler temperatures I could just do without. The skies are pretty overcast this morning as I took off for the restaurant for breakfast with the kids but I did get rained on but I did wear longsleeved shirt today just so I would be comfortable.

As usual breakfast was enjoyable. The teenagers hardly ever read anything and when they do order the order of the à la carte menu usually just toast or crates or something. Mark Anthony and myself typically have a larger breakfast. Anyway was during this time that I mentioned that I continue to look for a housekeeper and since my one home health person who often does a little housekeeping while waiting for me to do my business, broke her arm and a vehicle accident a few weeks ago that my apartment is becoming more and more chaotic. That's when they volunteered to come over and do some straightening up. I was desperate enough to not fight the offer at all so following breakfast Jackson and Jasmine came over to the apartment and went to work. They were kind and said that the apartment did look that bad but they be happy to help anyway that's when they open the refrigerator but gears were shifted. While Jackson swept up and start mopping with the swifter Jasmine did a major attack on the refrigerator. Doing a total search and destroy by “use by” dates. She seemed to see patches of mold on everything. Even wieners opened up day before yesterday. I knew my limits and did not really fight too much. I was able save a few pieces of protein meat that was still sealed in the packaging, over great protestations however, that I have been meaning to use shortly. Now I shall. Luckily most of the meat and packaging which is thrown away was stuff I had acquired from the food bank and the sharing shelf. I would've fought harder I think had I actually purchased these items. There were a number of science experiments of course. Morsels and pieces of food that had been pushed to the back of the refrigerator are bottles of unidentified liquids that's best left unidentified at this point. I squirmed a little bit when they were throwing away your check purchased months ago that were still sealed and really after all your hurts just milk that's gone bad anyway just kind of controlled it was doable. You got a remember also that I'm also complaining about the fact that the refrigerator isn't working. They did some adjustments on some of the temperature dials and I think and it is working will see tomorrow how much it is. The refrigerator looks so good that even if I don't really use it to eat out of until Tuesday when staff gets back from holiday I should be okay. The icemaker seems these working slowly but doggedly. I have enough is for my needs. I buy my milk and quart containers for you do if I lose milk I'm just lose the court at a shot. I buy the milk at the dollar store and is good stuff was still like to keep a cold long as I could. When Jasmine the Jackson finished the kitchen looked good, the table and cleaned off and I haven't seen the refrigerator looks that good since the day I moved in. They even went to the market replaced a lot of stuff they threw away which they didn't have to do that made me feel good to have items in their fridge weeks away from their sell by dates.

Unfortunately for me I didn't have the heart to ask Jackson looked at my printer as they were leaving something already done so much but I still have a couple of days before the 1^st of the month and my letters to go out hopefully I'll get something figured out.

Saturday Night whine

 

I am beginning to sound like a world-class whiner but these are the events of my life and they make me unhappy so I tend of whine. If you can't deal with it is always another blog. Anyway, I was really going to be proactive and use this last week before the 1^st of the month to get my kid letters written, envelopes and stamped and ready to be posted on the 1^st. This of course would guarantee recipients getting the documents by the end of the 1^st week hopefully of June. I had some things to do so I could not really get into writing the letters so much as I had a little time to like could at least get the envelopes printed and stamped. And of course, the printer is not working. It started out by paper jamming the envelopes naturally quite a process to get down to the mechanism that actually has the paper jam and then pull the distraught envelope out. This process takes not only the ability to open the top of the printer mechanism the lid and the glass pane that you place the document on you want to copy but then you have to pinch 2 items together and lift a piece of the printer to get to the paper jam. I thought I had rectified the problem couple times but it was not working and then to make matters worse as I rose trying to play with the peace I was dragging the whole computer off the ledge of the countertop and saved it just by grabbing the top of the printer I think extended past the point from which it was supposed to fold. I didn't hear cracker anything but I sensed something give and now it doesn't look right sitting on top of the printer. I think I'm at the point where I've got a have somebody look at the printer or use this is a wild excuse to purchase another printer and I really don't want to do that. I guess the worst case scenario is that I and address the envelopes that I don't have printed so far which is about 5. And the only problem there being the last couple times I've tried to send out and printed envelopes they've ridden returned as unreadable (see Christmas cards posting). You would think this organization would have a printer that would do envelopes. And to be honest, I haven't even tried printing the letters themselves yet. That would just be too depressing to have suffered through on a Saturday night.

I'm just going to briefly cover this last item since I'm whining in general. But the last couple days my refrigerator assumed to be warmer than usual. I don't know if it started earlier in the week when I noticed in the ice tray or the icemaker dumps the ice all the is it solidified into one giant piece of ice. Usually I can just break it up and put it into the is been but this I couldn't do. It's about the same time I noticed that the lower part of the refrigerator did not seem to be as cold/cool as usual. The milk seemed warmer to the taste if that makes any sense. I really haven't seem to have lost anything yet more than usual. But I finally have to sense that there's something definitely wrong. I've tried to play with the mechanism that governs the temperature would seem to make no difference at all. I mistakenly twisted the wheel all the way to the end and now I can't and twist it so everything should be frozen solid below the freezer. But I kind of think it's the freezer (even though it's not making ice cubes it's still cold up there enough that everything still frozen and I can refreeze things) is this cold air seeping down that might be the only thing that is saving what little food I have in the refrigerator. And I know this is now happening for a couple days and why did I not reported before Friday? I just didn't and now it's a holiday weekend people aren't due back till Tuesday. Maybe I'll stick the milk in the freezer…

Lunch In The Park

 

I had lunch today at the good friend Duane. A written about Duane over the years and this blog often on. I think I've even recounted how I met him when I was working a independent living and he is with the state of Utah division of rehabilitation and IL division. I purposely got to know him so I'd have a in on the inside that maybe I could glean information from him which might assist me in and that independent living center achieve our goals space of being free of all agency protect programs that tried to control the independent living movement for people with disabilities. Well my plan, backfired and we became friends that's why can never be a spy. I end up liking the people I'm supposed to infiltrate and I lose my ability to be effective. It's just much easier to be a friend and Duane is a good friend space probably better than I deserve.

We been striving to have this lunch for now now how long. We tend to have it in the park here across this sidewalk from the apartments. I don't know quite why Duane doesn't want to go to restaurants but we don't that's okay with me. After all the whole point of the lunch is to spend time together not necessarily spend time in a eating facility. Today I just rattle on about an encounter I had with one of the residents here at the apartment complex. An 80+ senior European is also are being Republican Trumper. I've quite proud of myself in that I've basically sidestepped any political conversations of this person. They're just totally unproductive and you end up just yelling at each other or trying to hurt each other by the words that your throwing around verbal knives reflecting your feelings and actually trying to kill the political discussion the other person is trying to perpetrate on you. I don't know it was because we are in the context of the coffee group or what but suddenly this neutralized American German was beginning to weasel the conversation into some sort of Trump being better than Biden discussion. Actually the discussion got started when we were lightly talking about the debt limit or ceiling and that's when she started speaking in the praises for Trump and I started being combated. In my defense I tried this step away as best like and try to keeping control. Sometimes it's hard for me to ascertain how much these individuals hear what I'm saying hardly understand what I'm saying. I think at some point rather than try to make a logical discussion I was just trying to hurt this person which is an excusable of me. I'm just glad I was able to harness myself before I flat-out called her at Nazi not necessarily because of her following of the late president but because of her German heritage which is way too cruel of thing for me to do. I missed it by just a hair's width. My friend, of course, reinforced the good part of what I was trying to do but also totally supported the feelings I was having of frustration and fears of the upcoming election. We had a pretty good lunch, I had the vegetarian sandwich is always much better than I anticipated. Was quite proud of myself for having a meatless lunch…

Yawn!

 

I'm exhausted I don't know if it's the fact that I woke about 3 AM this morning and never really got back to sleep or the fact that I rolled up the restaurant for a lunch with my fellow writers at the local restaurant. It's not a long roll about a block but I have a irritation/possible wound on my butt but I think wears me out a little bit only from the sensitivity but the stress of just worried about what would happen should will get worse. I'm trying to keep on top of the situation having my home health person look at the wound every meeting which is 3 days a week. Plus, I spent a lot of the time when I can lying back in my chair taking the weight off of my rear end. I know some of my dedicated readers think I'm probably too focused on this but I can assure you that having to lose a summer who knows how long and recovery of all severe wound is worth laying back in a power chair. I could lie back in bed for the same issue is just not the same as being up and out in the open air summer.

I type about being exhausted but I think I'm about in the same position of many of the other folks not only here at the apartment complex I live in but just in general. Folks my age have a difficult time sleeping. From what I understand there's quite a population which wander the halls at night here at the apartment complex doing exercise type walking just because they can't get to sleep. So I should be thankful that I don't have that kind of issue. I also think one of the problems I'm having sleep wises to do with the fact that I continue to be excited about life. Last evening after the news over and over to the market or the dollar store and picked up 2 or 3 packs of cookies for today's coffee social. This is really the least expensive alternative for treats besides the coffee. Three packages of cookies costs less than $5 and there always seems to have leftovers and no one complains that's a good deal to me. I always take a couple cookies home with me to have during evening television viewing. Even though I'm tired I choose not to go to bed early because if I did go to bed early I'd be up way too early. As it is now I feel blessed if I can sleep and till 6 AM. I try to be a bed at least by 11 PM having started getting ready around 10 PM. I can't figure out why it takes me so long to go through the whole process. Today I've remade the bed and will turn the blankets down before late night just so I'll be ready. But the time I floss brush my teeth and gargle invariably it's pushing 11 PM. Then affirm very lucky I can read for an hour or so, finally turn the lights off around 12 AM. I'm sure there's other alternatives I can take that would probably make me less exhausted but I get by and perhaps that's all matters

From Hell To Where?

 

I'm a little bummed out, not very much but just a little. If you'll remember I actually found, at the Smith superstore down on 90^th South number 10 size cans of sliced pickled peppers for less than $8! It was a low cool today compared to the temperatures repacked the last week or so but still I had to be down south because I had by podiatry appointment which is just 2 blocks away from the Smith superstore. I decide to go a little early purchase the peppers that get on home following my appointment. Remember, I had that book established in the back of my chair to hold such items.

Route to 17 into 18 are both on River Road to 17 is lower Redwood Road from the North and down to 80^th South and then from 80^th South southward to the end of the line on Redwood Road. All the buses go to that junction area which is also attracts top for the red line going south to submit to suburbs in that area. The route 17 runs every 15 minutes and is quite civilized however (and I always forget this) route 18 runs once an hour! That does not sound like a long time but when you're just sitting around even in good weather there's million places you would rather be. When I got to the train station and was directed to the next bus out (218) the driver informed me that it be 50 minutes before he took off?! I really did not have the patience for that. Luckily for me I charged my chair all night, as I usually do, decided I would just drive my chair up to the market which I did. I quickly found my can of of sliced peppers and I did not even have to ask. The checkout guy/person triple bagged my number 10/6 pound can of sliced peppers. I thought I had the person put/hang the bundle of the hook I had installed on the back of my chair just for such items and then took off. I had a great podiatry appointment it seems like I'm living very well healthwise. Dr. Richard informed me that my toenails looks great and explain to be a great length how toenails looked when the body was not being efficient at living. I felt relatively proud of myself. Again I found it hard to take the bus back to the train station and have to wait 40 to 50 minutes just having missed the last bus at the bus stop for I was at. So I decided to drive back to the station in my power chair. I don't know what happened or where but somewhere between the doctors office and when I got to the building where I live I had lost my 6 pound canon of sliced peppers! At one time this be heartbreaking and not feel so chagrined. I have learned to just accept the loss and go on. There are couple times along the way to the train station that I have had some pretty rough terrain and wondered at that jacking up and down shredded the bags of peppers. I don't know. But don't have a way to backtrack nor do I have the patience. Even if I were to find the can peppers I don't know how to get the peppers onto my lap. I think the lesson here is to just order the peppers in via the Internet have beenHilda breakfasso tell the breakfast delivered to my door and not worry about trying to pack them from hell to breakfast…

Stormy

 

Beginnings of an afternoon storm.

There Is nothing I like better during the warm/hot months that the gift of an afternoon storm with everything, wind, thunder, lightning, hail, and rain. I can certainly get into the symbolism of the rainstorm building itself up from a morning of calm delightful happenings do something tremendous by late afternoon or early evening. However, I will not subject you to that. I watch the day develop from early morning, a gift, since I didn't have to go in the Salt Lake today for the advisory board meeting.

I would've liked to stay home today but I need to go across the street to pick up a couple of Snickers bars for my staff for Wednesday and Friday. She says snickers are her favorite my goals to keep my staff happy because of my staff's happy I'm happy. I know this sounds brutally selfish but will can I say I like my days to go smoothly. I also got a bottle of Clorox spray for the shower and toilet and see more carrots and jalapeno peppers. Go to have to start weaning myself off this latest addiction going through way too many cans of sliced peppers and carrots. I just can't seem to get enough of them. I have started adding green beans however whether their cut short or French style they had a great flavor to my morning drink and I enjoy chewing on them as well. I suppose they extend the offering is still going through lots of canned vegetables. I may go back to chopping up carrots and even celery to add to my container of pickled vegetables. I'm searching for a couple of cans of pickled beets that I've had for a couple years which I think would make a great addition. The cans are somewhere in my food cabinet. I may have to add that to my staff's to do list. One of these 1^st days maybe even tomorrow since I have to go south on Redwood Road to see my podiatrist may go to the Smiths superstore and by another huge can of sliced peppers. Number 10 size can even though they willnot fit into my container now they will sometime soon.I eat these peppers that quickly.

By this afternoon the soft sweet clouds of mourning had begin turning into the monstrous by Cumulus Nimbus clouds of the pending afternoon storm. The winds picked up in the great masses begin to darken and soon I began to hear distant rumbles like giants bowling in the far-off Valley were sparks flash when the giant balls hit the pins waking and errant afternoon slumber. Fortunately I got home by 2 o'clock click to listen to “the world” and of course followed by “Marketplace”. I listened well pumping my arm bike for 60 minutes. I enjoy looking at my window seeing the winds blow the trees in the park ahead of the storm.

The storm's don't last long here in the West. Usually in and out by mid-evening as is tonight storm. Suns come back out the skateboarders are back at it and everything feels a bit refreshed.…

Steak Night

I almost started by saying I wished I lived a more exciting life but you know what? I don't think I can handle more exciting life than the ones I have right here even though I don't do much excitement wise I know it's all I can handle. Through the wonder of Internet I see many of the folks over to school with over the years all retired down, from high-paying jobs obviously and why is decision making as far as the investing goes. They're off to Europe, the Middle East doing all kinds of high-class things just like in high school but at the other end of life. I was not with the group then the and I'm certainly not part of that group now. But just looked at the live seems somewhat traumatizing to me.

It is been a quiet day, but a warm day, probably the most energetic thing I've done (aside from doing my 60 minutes arm bike ride) was the wash. Pretty early in the week to done such a thing but truth of the matter is I was out of shorts. Oh, I was okay for today and tomorrow if I had to but I really need to do stuff to wear for the rest of the week. The felt like a light load washing this early in the week but still took the same amount of time. It was during this period that I realized I didn't have any anti-kling the stuff. I sure I had a couple sheets (obviously not so I did a fast trip over to Macy's oxygen the dollar store 1^st picked up some dollar store Kling sheets and then I went to the market and bought a couple of nice-looking steaks. Way more expensive than anticipated always is now but I used the “free money” from the renters rebate to purchase the meat. I needed to work on building up some blood cells have been losing a lot lately. The cook to meet pretty rare, oddly I'm developing a taste for rare meat at least rare steak. Seems to make sense that it would work for replacing lost blood fingers crossed. I think I'm taking this way beyond where I need to. I have to admit though the little disconcerting seeing so much of myself wash down the drain during shower time. I am just writing it off to advanced age. If Dianne was still around she would drag my ass in by now excuse the pun. But the last time we went through this rigmarole the doc said I was basically okay they could do some stuff but it wouldn't really make a big difference. Of course the longer that dearly and still am.

I cooked the steaks tonight – – I could've should've cook the chicken legs maybe tomorrow. I had some leftover potato salad that I purchased last week just enough to round out the steak. Steak was pretty decent. I ate about half of one of the steak. I put the roasted the court size freezer bag and threw it in the fridge. Of course traumatize the kitchen cooking and I need to spend some time now washing up the dishes that I created tonight. I don't know if I get around to that I'm sensing a need to get off my butt sooner probably better than later. The weather is actually warm enough I amcontemplating opening up a crack in the bedroom windo. I tried doing that with my long sticks but it just didn't work and is afraid of putting the stick through the window pane. maybe I can get Melissa , my home health person, to crack the window a little bit next time she's here Wednesday morning. I'm sure the 2^nd I do that however temperatures will drop, raindrops will fall and always for a blanket amid all that fresh air…

Feeling The Heat Of Spring

 

This month is just evaporating, probably because of the heat, that was a joke but I'm sure you knew that. However, the heat is significant today it was well past 84° for this early in the summer/spring. And once again this is fine by me I just had to be careful not to get overheated in my excitement to get my daily dose of vitamin D. Earlier the day I was out in the common area on the patio reading my book and the sun and I may have overdone it little bit but later on in the afternoon I went out on my porch, out of the sunlight directly, and read some more and felt much better when I was finished. I guess I should be more careful because often when I'm out in the common area I lay back in my chair and effort to take the weight off my rear end and I think I'm beginning to fall asleep when I'm out there. Number of residents have indicated as much. Honestly, my little worried that I think I may have a pressure ulcer developing on one of my cheeks. This is the reason I use as an excuse for laying back in my chair is much as I have been lately. I think as long as I get the weight off my butt that's the important thing not necessarily whether I'm in bed or in my power chair leaning back almost as if I were in bed. I think it works we'll see. I have a few appointments this coming week button and that's going to take a lot of bus riding would sort of worries me sometimes because the amount of stress the rocking of the light rail as well as the buses not have on my butt. Press releases one where the others the answer to that particular dilemma.

I'm figuring I only really have to have one meal a day on Sundays. And since more often than not the breakfast that I have both Mark and the kids is usually a fairly large ordeal. This morning I had a stuffed croissant – scrambled eggs different vegetables all stuffed in a large croissant. Will difficult to eat but was pretty good actually that I had their specialized potatoes not the hashbrowns. That's pretty much stayed with me all day thing goodness I did have a meat pie I found back in the freezer for dinner and that's just about do it today except for any pickled vegetables I might have before I go to bed really getting into the pickled vegetable thing. My next big change in the pickled vegetables is another ad account of green beans that's been haunting the giveaway table for the past couple weeks. I tried a small can of beans earlier last week and they actually turned out pretty decent mixed with the jalapeno peppers and the pickled carrots. I'm looking at ways to stretch the pickled vegetables that I use that I purchase almost daily it seems. I doubt if the beans and I've gotten mine will do the crunch I would like but I think it's worth a shot and will stretch the peppers and carrots this week. I do have a bag of carrots that I can use to chop up to start pickling. These raw carrots have an astounding crunch. I'm also thinking of possibly using some chili beans you know just kidding means you can wash off the kidney slime and add those. Dianne used to do this to a certain degree when she would make her being in cottage cheese dinner plate of cold vegetables adding account of the red beans and it seems pretty good so all that added with the brine solution should make a pretty decent dinner. I know I'm rattling the Sunday night and it still like 83° out there and looking forward to a great week of warm temperatures and hopefully exciting thunderstorms…

Feel The Heat

 

It's crazy! The feels like summer outside, sounds like summer outside and to some degree thanks to Canadian forest fires even smells a little bit like summer but it's barely spring! Today the temperature was in the 80s and that's okay with me. I'm loving it anytime I can roll outside without having to wear jacket or shoes it's okay with me. It was warm enough to be outside of our clothes but that's not what happened… Not right now anyway. The kids across the way are already skateboarding their brains out and probably well deep into the night. I even have my patio door open.

Was going to make barbecued chicken today. I got a bunch of chicken legs couple weeks ago the market that had them in the freezer since they came home with me but I thought today I would thaw them out in space cook them and have them known for tomorrow but for the rest of the week was even good to take a chance and barbecue them. By barbecue I mean douse with barbecue sauce and then have them do a brief stint in my long-term cooker crock. I opened the patio door (1^st time this year) and put the frozen legs on some of the equipment I have there to thaw out about 6:00 PM they cannot have enough time to get them cooking and cooked before I went to bed but that didn't happen. Now I'm just going to hold off until Monday I guess to barbecued chicken legs. I could do it tomorrow but I don't like working on Sunday if I don't have to.

I have been halfheartedly trying to clean the apartment today. I spent a lot of time in the bathroom trying to clean up from earlier this week when I had a major bleeding outbreak. My home health person did a poor job cleaning the blood up so I went in today moved things around did some heavy-duty mopping sanitizing and trying to make the place a little bit more presentable if I ever need something to be more presentable. Must be old age thing I don't know is to not care that much. But I spent a couple hours of the bathroom that have been messed around the kitchen little bit too, swept the floors once probably should do it again before I go to bed. I'm really trying to limit the amount of intake just so that they are less stress on the bowels and I'll be okay to Monday morning when next time an appointment with the toilet.

Today's been so nice of them are little bit out in the back parking lot that's always good. I have enough food and stuff that I didn't have to go to the market. I should mix rice tonight but I don't think I will I did throw away a science experiment in the refrigerator for the last rice I made when I use the canned hamburger. I took about the middle of the week and the rise was already gone. Actually been almost 2 weeks so I can't fault the rise of a hamburger for wanting to see the disposal and I showed it to them. Now I wash few dishes way out my clothes for tomorrow then read for the rest of the night that would be perfect less I get some action on my Reddit account on the Internet now be fun to…

Perfect Punch?

 

I'm looking for a letter opener which seems pretty easy to find but I'm having a real challenge finding one on Redwood Road. Just something simple slit open mail. I think I'm just going to have to make one. I'm toying with the idea of taking the part where the cheap pairs of scissors I have kick it around the apartment and then using the sharp end side of the blade as my letter opener. I'll keep my eyes open for a nice fancy one but until then the scissor half will have to do.

Every year we, folks who live at the apartment complex that I do, have to fill out a form and supply information and then magically a week or so later a check comes in the mail for a hefty sum of money. At least I thought it hefty. This year is almost $300! It's called the renters rebate check, some kind of state run program. By check came this morning in the mail and since I was showered and dressed and ready to go I figured why not jump the bus had down to mount America and process the check. Today was perfect for bus riding not to hot but really not cold all even with the breeze. I feel pretty good no pain on my butt and no wounds either in my home health person did a pretty good job on the tape up this morning so I should be good to go all day. I checked other new mount America branch which was about 30 streets north of my apartment but still on Redwood Road a straight shot on the bus. It worked out great crossing the street for the return trip was just as good and quick. However, I decided I would do that search for the letter opener so I got off about 5400 S. and like I said I did some searching but did not come up with any letter opener and is also searching for some round foam rubber items that I could use as a build up for my safety razor. I wandered around a number of stores particularly craft type stores that's right thought I'd seen this item before but I didn't find really anything I could use. I'm going to have to default, I think to my occupational therapist and see if I can get some that way. I really should have some around the house/apartment here Dianne always had stuff like that in pretty decent quantities. I'll just have to look harder. Anyway as I was at this great crash shop called Joannes I came across this item which I didn't realize what was the time I thought it was just a meatloaf is which I think I could use very much in opening up my zipper pulls. Somewhere in my blog I've talked about the fact that my hand functions very limited and to use my zippers I have to have a way to hook my fingers through a loop of some sort the poll and I've found that using fishing leader I can make these loops but the fasteners very intricate and the have a difficult time open them up and I was hoping with this little item it would allow me to do that. I looked at the thing pretty closely but I failed to see this was actually a punch and not a vice a paid like $21 for it and shockingly I had the market down from $42! The service saleslady was great she actually found via 60% of coupon. Still quite a bit of money for something like this but I think I could make it work if it doesn't be money well spent. But I get too excited sometimes and even though I do best right there in front of me what it is what I want to see is what I want to see that it is not necessary what it is if that makes any sense at all.I don't know how long it'll take me to get around to playing with this should be fun one where the other. enjoy the weekend…

Another Board Meeting

 

It was another almost perfect day for bus riding today. And that's good because I had my Utah nonprofit housing board meeting today which is basically in downtown Salt Lake. Today was also the coffee social which I didn't have to worry too much about this week because my partner Irene, has been taking a large part of the responsibility for the production of this particular event. She'd been doing this for a number of years in a couple weeks ago she basically quit prepping in getting the area ready for the social because I think she thought people didn't really care – – which is not the case at all. However this morning, she made another announcement that she was no longer going to do the preparation. Again, this is okay with me. I can get the job done I just need to know, who will or who will not help. The task I agree is a bit arduous especially if your person with limited physical abilities. I think one of the problems that brought this person out of “retirement” in the 1^st place was that the kitchen wasn't being cleaned as well as it was when she was in charge of the event. I don't think she can let go of this part of the equation as far as the coffee social goals. Someone's going to make coffee and I don't think this person's good are happy with the way either the coffee turns out or the way they kitchen looks when we're done. This is all the drama of life in the facility such as this that's okay it makes everything interesting.

The attendance at coffee social this week was way down probably just half of what it usually is but $7 was collected and that is how much would collect the last couple weeks . I found out that we actually have a ton of money in the coffee account I'll just have to get more aggressive on how I spend it. I just usually go over to the dollar store across the street and get hard cookies graham type cookies dunked in chocolate or crisscrossed in chocolate, rockhard oatmeal cookies, chocolate chip cookies and many more for just a the dollar 25 a package and 3 packages is more cookies that are usually eaten. If a person has a vehicle we can actually spring for more donuts which we had today which were okay but the person got 2 dozen donuts so there are quite a feud donuts left over when I had left the common room. The meeting I had today was at the home office of the organization which built the apartment complex I live in. The actual meeting was started at 1 PM after we were to gobble up our boxed lunch which is pretty good I have to admit. I had Turkey and cranberries sandwich with the chips and chocolate chip cookie. I didn't try to eat little package of rice.

The board meeting lasted almost 3 hours from about 1 to 4 PM p.m. I thought this was one of the better meetings we've had. I'm one of the senior board members now just because I've survived longer than most of the others. I have a good friend a couple of them who also served on this board as long as I have if not longer. Some of these folks have not seen since the pandemic was good to see them again. We sat, we had our lunch, we had the meeting and we helped us paid even me which is a 1^st. I think because I had to end up sitting at the front of the room as opposed to usually in the back right usually set. I was surprised at how how welcome the front of the room was to me I'll have to remember that for next time. The next meeting is in August several soon be over somehow less depressing…

Board Meeting Jitters

I think I will try to get to bed early tonight. For some reason I woke up at 5 AM thinking I had to pee but after a few minutes only drained about 200 ML's which felt like it was at least 400. I really didn't get back to sleep after this event but laid in bed at least till 6 AM when I finally got up and got ready for my home health person who shows up between 830 and 8:45 AM usually. This allows the time to roll out of bed get myself situated in the power chair, make my morning drink, start the coffee and shave and usually make the bed too. Sometimes I even pick up around the table and stuff. My caregiver and I have a laid-back relationship and so it really doesn't matter what the apartment looks like she's here to provide services to be and maybe grab a frozen burrito, couple hot coffee or whatever she needs to get going in her day. I relate all this information specifically to justify (not that I need going to bed earlier than usual. I was not to sleep starved today but I certainly yawned more than usual but I even made it out to the market and got some AA batteries I did for the clock in the bathroom. So's not like I've been not utilizing the day to its full potential. I was even able set out in the sun and read for a bit.

Going to bed early, hopefully will ensure, that I will be functional tomorrow but only for coffee social but I found out that I have an annual board meeting tomorrow from 1 to 4 PM downtown at the corporate office. The corporate office for this facility that I live in that I'm also on the board of directors thereof. I could've copped out electing to zoom the meeting but then I would deprive myself of an ice cold sandwich and a can of pop. I really do like my participation on this board I been on the board for a number of decades now. It's basically pure low income housing something I totally believe in specially now as times of gotten so bizarre and inflation getting totally out of control. It's a good group that I meet with the other a little naïve as far as the whole disability thing goes except for providing low income housing for some folks with disabilities and many folks disabilities were older. Senior who have physical disabilities I think you're a little bit different than folks who are younger who have physical disabilities. When you're a senior account expected to have these challenges and expect you to act a certain way so I think they build a certain way in these apartment complexes. Thankfully I haven't had to deal with that too much here aside from the weird little things like not be able to use the workout room here in the building are across the street at the senior center. There really only for folks who are able-bodied enough to get around tight spaces. But at least I get to be on the board and I'm able to make comment and just keep the finger on the pulse of what were doing here at Utah nonprofit housing sometimes us the best one can do…

Transit Drama

I was delighted to have warmer than usual weather to travel today on public transit for my ride downtown to my assist, Inc. meeting. As kind of surprised to have a meeting since most of the funding that we have for this year is pretty well depleted. We have a couple of pots of money that we can utilize for some semi-emergent scenarios but we can't really address a lot of action until we get our new funding which will happen about 20 July or the beginning of our new fiscal year. Still though we had about 12 contracts to approve. The blossoms are basically gone from the trees in the summer foliage is out making being out on the sidewalks a joy. The Tuesday meeting at Assist, Inc. usually happens following the organizations weekly staff meeting. I don't know why but all private nonprofit seem to have staff meetings on Tuesday. This means there's usually a box of bagels and sometimes even better treats. I grabbed a bagel on my way out which was helpful in that I didn't then have to stop at the Taco Time I really like downtown. Had to do a pit stop at the bank pick up some quarters for wash getting business done kind of feel productive.

I have been catching the bus on State Street in taking the bus all the way to the train station where I pick up the number 47 westbound. But today I decided I'd go ahead and drive much over the 3 or 4 streets over to TraX station and take the train to the Murray central station where I pick my westbound bus. It's always weird when you're in public and there's a infringement of the local law going on. Even stranger if the infringement is being done by a spooky looking person that's exactly what happened today. This guy was definitely weird but he really didn't bother anybody who is directly. After we sat down and pay much more attention until all the sudden I heard music playing, rock music. The music was quiet to begin with but quite rapidly filled the whole car. This was the same car that had the it driver our vehicle operator in it so soon after the volume was raised announcement came over the top saying that people don't listen to music with their headphones. This did not stop the music lover at all to close his eyes and sang along with the loud rock 'n roll. I was halfway expecting the driver to slam on the brakes and opened the door to storm out to confront patron but it never happened. This individual father got off at the Murray North station as soon to go to DI to get some more music of some sort. Truth be told the ride from there on to the next stop was quiet and uneventful I almost missed the music but not the drama…

Summer Read

 

I have kind of been in shock all day. My home health person peeled off my “2^nd skin” this morning, that film of tape I use on my butt to help me prevent pressure sores, something happened and some kind of wound developed and blood start dripping on the floor. I didn't think much of it at 1^st. I figured it was just a pinprick type of thing that happens from time to time but later on I looked up the floor and it was quite a bit of blood for what were looking at. She put a wound dressing and more tape. I don't think the wound is been there and I think it was the taking the the tape of that damage the skin. A sort of spooked because my skin might be getting sold fragile that just little things like removing tape can cause such damage. Keep an eye out for a couple days that if I need to will go to the wound clinic. I'm not really any discomfort except for not really annoyed how severe wound might be. I'm a little stressed sitting on my butt as I've been all day. I have been living back as much as I could but be able to go out and enjoy the sunshine to. Going out and laid back in the sun to read been pretty decent. Reclining in the sun might be my method of RX for this particular medical emergency.

As I've indicated the rest of the day was pretty much laid back. It's weird because on days of my program shower I get done in the middle of the morning and then it's almost time to start my workout if I want to be finished by the end of marketplace in the afternoon which is basically 3:30 PM. My goal this week is to clean off the table I don't know if that's achievable but we should see. Melissa was good enough to actually sweep the floors this morning that really helps the looks of the apartment and elevates my spirits. Good friend of mine has turned me onto a person who might be able to do some home cleaning and I've talked to Melissa a little bit about the possibility. She does work for other folks in this property as far as apartment complex goes I may talk well of her. So I certainly have options. But got a be able to do stuff on my own as well. I've gotten to the point of realizing one of my major problems is reach. And a piling everything on something like a table to be within my reach then why don't you stuff gets pushed back to the other end of the table causing more and more clutter the same holds true for the countertops so I pull things forward and never really put things back so things pile up and clutter makes everything else look bad then when Melissa or Gloria spent a little time on organization of the mess it just looks 100% better when they're done even after just 20 or 30 minutes or the time it takes me to poop. That's kind of amazing.

I thought I had written about this already but Sunday on Amazon delivery box showed up in front of my door. It couldn't remember anything that ordered but that really doesn't mean anything I could order something who knows. Anyway, I eventually drove it into the apartment found my razor knife and extricated the contents which happen to be a brand-new book by Stephen King called Fairy Tale. It's a big book like over 600 pages so must the cost lot I know I would not order something like this new. There's no indicative evidence of work came from. Possibly a good friend Dennis or my sister Linda who sends her used Stephen King's (which are just once read) to me but that hasn't happened for some time now. But anyway I'm just delighted. I've got a get through a book I'm currently reading but that shouldn't take too long but this new King should take me all summer that would be fun. Anyway whoever sent this totally thank you. I really think it's got to be somebody who knows this blog will see pray for my sore but all the best…

Sunday Reflections

 

It's actually a beautiful spring evening temperatures in the lower 70s. The day star of cool enough with clouds and rain even. Is actually just sprinkles which I felt as I navigated over to the restaurant this morning to meet up with Mark Anthony for our regular Sunday morning breakfast. Because of that chill factor and Sunday afternoons I don't want to wander too far for a bathroom I've been at my apartment all day doing some movie watching now doing is writing. After I watched the afternoon Sunday news they let me know how warm it was outside I actually went outside and got a number of pages read in my novel. This is all part of my plan for effortless Sundays doing as little physical labor as possible. Good excuse just to be lame. As the constant reader knows I read usually in the back area of the apartment complex has exposure to the West and son hits directly. One of the new tenants drives a big flashy fancy Cadillac is parked and not disabled parking zone. And on this person not very well for the last couple years that is a story in itself. I don't think this person is disables much should like to think she I'm still kind of surprised the that she showed here. Her Cadillac is beautiful however, big four-door rig but I didn't notice what style that it was but it's a really fancy ride. I'm sure there's a great story there baby I'll find out someday.

As I noticed that the vehicle was a Cadillac and that it was red my mind started drifting back in the afternoon spring heat about my own red Cadillac. (Actually I'm kind of surprised before I started writing this posting I did a search of the blog in its order indicates that I've talked about my Cadillac before but not much about it which I find that hard to believe.) I didn't think I would ever have a Cadillac in my life let alone a beautiful red Cadillac. Of course it was a older model vehicle that we got a pretty good deal on when the big gray monster I was driving finally gave up. I think it was a 1984 something. A two-door and a Cadillac. To be honest I was really surprised I thought all the talk about Cadillacs being a class car and whatever was all talk but no my Cadillac was everything Cadillac should be. Beautiful, nice engine, nice seats electric all-around nice radio system I just couldn't believe it. Of course there were dings in the system. There is something wrong with electrical a short in the system it could go out anywhere anytime by love driving the vehicle as long as I did. I know why Cadillac drivers fall in love with their vehicles. I wish I had an image of that Cadillac and I may go through some of my old image dumps and see if I have one anywhere or maybe just pull one off of the Internet I can remember exactly the year and make of that particular vehicle.space I did manage to take an image of the Cadillac in the disabled parking area, in the back of the building, in my readings zone…

Just Thinking

 

It takes me a long time to sweep I'm finding out. I put part of the blame on this power chair I am in in part to something physically happening to me most probably some function of age and aging with my specific disability. I sweep, sweep, sweep and I still cannot get all the dirt off the floor. Same is true when I try to use the dustpan to pick up what I have been able sweep together I get 98% of the dirt in the dustpan with that line of dust/dirt remaining that I just can't get regardless of how hard I try I guess I really wanted a clean the floor I would then use a mop or something to pick up the remaining pieces of dirt I'm just not that focused. It's Saturday night and I want to have the floors clean somewhat for Sunday. I know it's pretty stupid but it's just something I've been getting into lately trying to get everything ready for Sunday to start again on Monday. I also try to empty all the garbage cans put in new liners again having everything ready for Monday.

But it's the sweeping and perhaps physical things like that that's plagued me so much since my accident. I like to think I can do this as good as anybody else (able body people) but I just can't. It's only been within the last couple years and I've realized this especially when Mark Anthony comes over and does something been slaving over hours and he doesn't have a couple minutes. The same way with my home health people something that would take me an hour so they do and just 2 or 3 minutes. I slowly realizing that my disability does make a difference and I should not put so much validity on keeping things clean. I'm going to try not to harp on getting a cleaning person but that seems to be the focus of my thoughts right these days. Yet I want to see a clean apartment and I want to betray the illusion that I have a clean apartment and that I'm able to maintain such an entity. I don't know if it's true but I kind of think it's what people expect. The result notice as long as it's done but the due notice of it's not done so like our neighbors couple years ago when we couldn't cut the yard we buy mean Dianne and what of our neighbors actually called on the lawn service to come and do our yard it was humiliating. And I think I mentioned that my main home health person was the same person who often swept up cleaned off some of the countertops and cleaned the kitchen table with that little bit of help really helped make the apartment somewhat viewable by those on the outside. Until I can get someone fairly regular and someone who is affordable I will try to sweep the floors once a day at least and mop when I have to those spells that turn into sticky spots on the floor. The bathroom is another trip entirely with the routing between tiles black dirt. I've been sort of messing around the past couple of months with scrubbing with a long handled mop with a scrubber on the end. This is hard work but I just continue and do a little bit of the bathroom every couple days one day I'll have all the grout cleaned out in the floor looking somewhat respectable. Actually, if I just sweep and then put water on the floor mop and a little bit let it dry or dry it with rags on the end of a mop then let it dry floors respectable and not so gross. I try to use a lot of disinfectant on the floor just to keep things odor freend again like I say to prolong the illusion that I'd like everybody else…

Feeling Friday

 

I didn't sleep well at all actually better than I thought because I sort of thought I'd been awake all night but I hadn't. I had trouble falling asleep, and I thought staying asleep but before I knew it was 6 AM and I was needing to get up. I think I had trouble with the sleeping part of the night because I had my chair guy coming over at 8 AM to eyeball the problem and to see what's possibly could be done. This was like a half hour before my home else person, Melissa was supposed to be here. Somehow I think I just over worried about the fact that I would be sleeping and missed the whole thing so I didn't sleep well. But that was a little issue.

Allen showed up pretty much at 8 AM as per our discussion under the problem and ascertained that the fix was to be a bolt are not that somehow it worked itself free and the poor little fender is being held on by just one other bolt but the problem was that he could not fix the issue here the chair would have to be taken in to the shop or can be hoisted up the real taken off and the bolt applied. I would have to call the shop and make arrangements. Fortunately, Melissa showed up about an hour later, yes that was very late. That's okay I had nothing to do today especially since my wheelchair is having issues. Most is incredible in her own little way when I explained to her the problem I was having she knelt down and adjusted the vendor and indicated that all I needed was some of that silver tape conduit tape? I'm not sure what is the content that every thing is fixed by. And sure enough in 5 minutes she had found my role of tape and fixed them vendor back into place. This should hold until I have to send my chair away for a day or 2 while it goes under repair. I did make any calls today so therefore I won't be till next week that I set anything up.

I hate to say but I kind of wasted the day doing puzzles at the table, doing my arm bike and at one time even going out and trying to read and what little heat was left of the day. They would have been a nice day had it not been for a pretty stiff wind that brought the temperature down just enough to make things uncomfortable. I should've gone to the market and picked up a few things but that can be done tomorrow after coffee over across the street. They should be warmer than today and next week looks like some very nice weather should be rolling in. Temperatures in the 80s with the possible promise of an afternoon or evening thunderstorm which I'm always up for. I'm thinking about engaging Melissa in a couple hours of apartment cleaning see what she can do. I think I wrote about the Merry Maids, a professional cleaning company. I stopped at their headquarters the other day – – I think I wrote about this already anyway $20 an hour versus $120 an hour's worth of trial will see what or how good she is. A little worried because she doesn't seem to clean up to will after our showers and toileting but will have to see even if she sweeps the floor's conclusions to the countertops that might be worth the effort at least until Gloria gets back if she ever does.…

Fender Bender

 

once again my chair continues to defy me. I just cannot seem to catch a break with this piece of equipment. This morning after I had gotten up around 6 AM after a pretty decent sleep I noted that my chair was having some problems. Something seemed to be rubbing on wheels I thought perhaps I picked up one of my shoes (which I often do) and shoe was wedged between the frame of the wheelchair and the drive wheel. This is irksome but not a big deal just have to back up until the shoe and lodges itself. That did not seem to be happening today however I just felt a clunk every time I backed up until finally I reached down and I could tell that my fender was loose. Just another thing to do it in the way of total enjoyment of my day and chair. The founders still felt like it was attached to the chair but just barely. Obviously some screw her bold has come loose and leftover fender hanging. Luckily for me it's Thursday the only thing I had going today was Coffee Social. I still had all the goodies at my apartment and I had to make sure that they got bound Irene who was setting out the tables and getting the coffee ready. So I hurriedly got dressed enough to be in public anyway no shoes for today. I eventually went back to the apartment to put in a call to my mechanic Allen who eventually got back to me indicating that he would try to get by that didn't happen.

The worldly clouds today but there is a cool-ish breeze blowing which made sitting out a bit challenging. I really want to get to the market to pick up a few things by tomorrow morning. I often try to have whatever my staff would like for breakfast would become and service me. Melissa let me know that I was down to 1 being burrito and she really likes those. I told her to take the burrito but she wouldn't stating that that was my last burrito and I should have it. Actually I pretty much got the burritos for her anyway but I want to go ahead and get another package at least maybe some taquitos as well she likes those lot. Well, that didn't happen today . At 4:45 PM I called space I called the wheelchair shop specifically Alan to let him know that we could do it tomorrow. He advised me that he was socked in tomorrow timewise but would stop by the apartment around 8 AM to eyeball the situation and do a quick fix if that can be done. I kind of think they vendors are kind of cosmetic at best though I have to admit that during the winter I have noticed the fenders really prevents water, snow and mud from being thrown up on the back of the chair. That's about all however I can live without that. I'd forgotten that I have lights on the back of my chair and to the fenders. We'll just have to see what happens. I could be building up a list of things that I will have to give up my chair for a day to get them all repaired but hopefully that's a couple weeks down the line. So today I just stayed in pretty much going up finishing my current novel Lisa's Story I truly enjoyed the read. I read the story to her 3 times it's worth the 500 pages. I wish I had another Stephen King perhaps a more current volume. Maybe I'll had done to DI and check their books listings. Still trying to clean up the apartment. Yesterday I actually ran into a space cleaning service something about Maids. They charge $125 for 2 people for one hour. I should do it is just hard spend that much money on the apartment/myself. But 2 people who knew what they were doing could really straighten up this place a lot I'll have to ponder and agonize the idea. Still it when I see those kind of prices message is one find some local lady who wants to make a few extra bucks to give me a couple hours a week. I got to do something the place is getting out of hand

Breathe Deep… Repeat

 

I didn't sleep as well as I would've liked and I don't think it was because I had a scheduled dental appointment this morning, trips to the dentist don't bother me as they once did. I've blogged about this in the past. I'd want to get to bed kind of early just because I wanted to face the dentist fully alert or as much as I can under the influence of nitrous oxide. Because I wasn't sure what I would feel like after their time in the dentist chair and still doing my 1 hour workout I elected to do my wash yesterday and was up late folding hanging clothes and still didn't get to bed till the lack of 12 AM amazing. The most painful issue about this appointment is the factual cost half $1000. The good doctor and company has offered to let me set up some sort of payment plan which I'll explore with them at a later date.

My appointment for 11 AM I elected to show up at 1030 in hopes of May be getting the show on the road and me in and out of the office and may be catching the afternoon movie or at least lunch. I've been promising myself at Applebee's lunch for the longest time and always forget but the day may be will be the day. The dentist is full-day probably even backed up I didn't get into the “operating room” until almost 11 AM. Cindy my favorite office worker and dental tech/assistant asked if I wanted the nitrous oxide will of course. Even though it costs it doesn't matter to me since the cost is going be so high anyway the few minutes I'll be under N. O. will be inconsequential compared to the cost of the temporary crown. The righteous reader will remember we decided a temporary crown would be the least expensive way to go in its permanence again is inconsequential since I'll probably kick off before the temporary crown fails – – win-win? As I said, the office is quite busy today all the rooms are full of hygienist was cleaning teeth like crazy and all the other staff were attended to folks as well. They parked me and a new room this time it is an added bonus plug me into the nitrous oxide and I begin inhaling. Sadly I found that one can build a tolerance to the effects of nitrous oxide which every time I hear this I swear I'm not the use of the next time like anybody who's addicted to drugs you just search for the “high” that drug will produce. And I did inhaling my brains out trying to get just a little bit higher if possible. About 30 minutes into my inhale a thon I started hearing conversations are pieces of conversations about whether or not they would be able to perform the work today. The dentist was going to go old school and fashion the crown himself as opposed to I guess “sending it out”. Everyone was sure they had the ingredients to do so somewhere possibly in the basement which brought up all kinds of scenes in my minds eye. Well, basement is as little building have? What a great setting for a Stephen King. Anyway, to make a long story short someone had misplaced the ingredients needed to produce this tooth or crown for my tooth. I was a free man, dodging any further numbing of my mouth and whatever else the temporary crown would produce. My new appointment is 1 June I just hope the weather will be better…

Rice Is Nice

The problem with cooking rice is that it's just so easy to make way more than you need. I just recently within the last year or so have began cooking rice for myself. It's not that I didn't know how to make rice just that I never did really. Dianne made a lot of the rice in our house. You know she's from Louisiana and they make a lot of rice down there. Dianne had her own methodology which is a bit different than what's on the package the diameter is always came out great. It's taken me number of tries to get my rice to the point where it usable for more than one meal. The only problem or one of the only problems I have with rice is that it's so messy at least I make it so messy. Right now I'm using white rice because that was on the giveaway table after food box day last month. Typically on any given food box day piles of rice show up on the table little one-pound packages of white and brown rice. And so couple months ago I decided since I have access to all this rice why not cook it right. So sure enough I did all the things like wash off the rice before I cook at all that kind of stuff. Got the water boiling then dumped in the rice 1 cup brought the water back to boiling thing covered it brought down the summer for 15 minutes and voilà rice nice white cooked rice. It's great the 1^st couple of meals. I sometimes play like I'm in Asian and Asian country and rice is about the only thing we have to eat so I make the pot of rice have bowls of rice for dinner with soy sauce. Other times I make stirfry. I could do this pretty good if I go through all the steps: procuring the vegetables and processing the vegetables during the same with whatever meat product I'm going to be using. Sauté the vegetables than adding the rice and I have stirfry and meals for a week.

Tonight, I really didn't want to cook dinner but I had the rice in the refrigerator that I made a couple days ago I figured I'd just make us quick stirfry the kitchens of mass mind you. Gloria my home health person who does a lot of my kitchen cleanup had a accident is not been around for weeks now and it shows. Anyway, chop up the green onions, some really thrashed celery I figure everything cooks out I wish I had some other vegetables but very slim pickings. I picked up 3 Cans of hamburger from the last food bank thing.Cooked hamburger in a can with juices which I think means with all the fat. It's a 1 pound can so I figure that's 1 pound of hamburger. I wasn't sure what I would find when I opened it up and never seeing cooked hamburger canned. But it wasn't half bad I was totally surprised it was all a month keep or glob welded together with “juices” which quickly vanished with the heat was applied. I heated up the hamburger through the vegetables that found a mixed in the rice that I had dinner for tonight for the rest of the week probably. It wasn't half bad I'm thinking I might open a can of mushroom soup and add to the rice like a casserole or make a small casserole on the side maybe freeze the rest of the hamburger rice. I've been trying to restore the kitchen to some form of normality the past couple hours . Wash the coffee cups for tomorrow and even washed the pots and pans I used for dinner and hung the pants back on the rack. I should wipe down the countertops but I doubt I will get to that tonight. I still have to hang the wash. Maybe if I get up early and with a burst of energy I can do some more work on the kitchen before my home health gets her. I always like to have a pot of coffee ready when she gets here she appreciates that. The dining room table also need some help. I pile everything there and it shows now. Gloria could do magic, table…

More Chair Problems

 

Yesterday the arm of my power chair I just had replaced basically disintegrated, well that's too strong a word, but the arm did come apart detaching from another part of the chair which basically gives me the same problem I had before I took the whole thing in last week to have the arm replaced. And fairness I confess that I did hear something drop on the floor couple days ago something very small like a very small screw/bolt and I assume it was the part/item that connects the arm of the chair to the base that fits into the wheelchair itself securing the device so I can pull myself up continually through the day. Of course, I could not go to the place I usually go to because UCAT Boys will not be a in their back shop until tomorrow and Thursday. Some going to try to press my luck in tomorrow after my renters rebate interview a plan to jump a bus and head north to the shop. I'm sure the fix be relatively quick I'm hoping they have the bolt in question I actually haven't had my home health person pick up off the floor this morning but what she did with that I have no idea now. She briefly tried to fix the chair herself but we moved on to other items really quickly. Actually, I feel very lucky that the repair my chair is just a quick bus ride will kind of a quick bus ride up the street. And best they really charge me anything for their efforts.

As I indicated in the above paragraph I would do my interview for renters rebate tomorrow. I should've done today actually that's why it signed the document or the sign-up sheet for 4 o'clock this afternoon and I totally blew it off an outside in the intermittent sunshine trying to read Stephen King and not totally ignore stopper byes who had some sort of burning desire for conversation. I just want to does and read half at some like there was charge my black shirt as a heat source. I wasn't sure when my appointment was and I knew I had a upcoming dental appointment on Wednesday at 11 AM and I didn't want to be overbooked because that's something I totally do. I was quite grinned to find out that the appointment was for today. I'm not really sure how the calculation goes but in this interview I meet with our coordinator has a bunch of information as to medical bills or any kind of bills actually, price rent and somehow they come up with a overpayment which is therefore given back to the rent renter as a rebate. It's never a whole lot of money 250 bucks I think usually what I remember anyway. I usually just cash it and use the cash my emergency money to help me make it to the month so I don't have to write any checks are in charge my credit card. Like I said I can certainly live without it but sliced have their for just a few minutes of your time if you can remember to show up…

7 Days

 

It is the 7^th day of May not that that's significant for anything other then it's the end of the 1^st week but I also totally enjoyed the novel and later the movie by the same name. This was the 1^st “adult” piece of reading that I did that I truly really enjoyed and understood for the 1^st time perhaps why people read particularly as adults. I think I was around 12 or 13 at the time. It was over the summer vacation that one day I climbed my hand-me-down 10 Speed rode into Boise and went to the public library. I got a library card and checked out 7 Days And May . And I was totally entertained for the next week reading on my bed the bottom bunk I shared with my older brother's bed was the top bunk. The days were hot and after I'd finished my chores for the day and not go swimming or something I opened the book and read until my chores pulled me away. Sadly am not a quick reader I never have been, and is much as I enjoy the process I struggle. Reading the adult book took me quite a while. I always think fondly of the novel the 1^st week of May. As you are aware, constant reader, I am reading Stephen King right now totally enjoying the reread but it's a long process usually just reading every night and sometimes outside on the sidewalk when the day is warm enough..

I'm not feeling well today actually I feel quite okay but I'm sitting on a full bowel try not to aggravate myself to the point of losing that before tomorrow morning around 8:30 AM. Be that as it may I did go to breakfast this morning with my son and granddaughter will forge me so much time during the week. I truly appreciate the opportunity of hanging out with them on this regular basis. I'm truly surprised how much I appreciate and enjoy this couple hours. However, I certainly should not of had the breakfast that I did some kind of omelette with a side of crispy bacon. I only ate half and have the rest sitting in the refrigerator and it's Styrofoam container. But obviously there was enough food to put me at risk immediate bowel emission which are totally bummed me out and which I've used this as an excuse to sit in front of my computer screen streaming movies and such. I'm hoping if I could make it till bedtime but once I'm down gravity be less of a factor and hopefully let me make it through till tomorrow morning. There's a time when this particular feeling would terrify and decimate me thinking all hard it would be when that happens but since I have such a good home health person I look at it is just one more thing to work their and wants I've evacuated I'll be quite good for the next couple of days such as my Sunday…