Fabulous Friday!

 

I'm totally surprised at how the day turned out. The only thing I was really looking forward to what some more weather as promised by the weather guy. But I was feeling pretty good following the morning routine… And pretty good. I spent the morning focused on getting the letters printed, envelope, envelope printed and stuffed and stamped. I was worried about getting into my software to print envelopes as well as the letters since Google screwed me over and deleting passwords now in Google account. But that is work for July. Since I've been using the tablet anyway for my writing to my Journal decided out the letters at least I found I could actually print letters from the tablet which worked just fine. This was a bright spot in my morning. I was able to get into my “Writer” program which allows me to open up previous files which allowed me to print the envelopes.

I don't know why I was feeling so generous as maybe it was because I have overabundance of $10 bills since I no longer have Gloria as a Home health Person. I often at the end of the month would help her out by giving a $10 worth of lite cleaning. That's what I see the kids is month. Maybe it was because the Fourth of July who knows? Anyway I wanted to give letters finished in the mail for tomorrow. So I decided the bus over to the credit union to pick quarters and general change for the month. The ride over to the credit union Is basically a quick trip to the community college A short wait for the next bus take me over to the credit union. The transaction itself is always quick but waiting for buses is somewhat taxing. As I was waiting for the bus my cell phone started going crazy which 1^st I thought were just mechanical calls generated calls from computers it seems somewhat persistent. I finally took the time and check my call record and their all My friend David who I have inadvertently spaced date we made earlier in the week.David was with my friend Carlos we're all relatively close friends in high school. Both live out of state and it was a pretty big deal for them to be in town especially to visit me. I was totally chagrined unfortunately my bus was just pulling up. I was to make them at the restaurant just north of my apartment complex.

I cannot believe I spaced this event off. Really, 2 of my best friends in high school and beyond. We had a great reunion. I wished we could have spent More time Together but thankful for the time we did spend. We of course made all the noises of the going to get together again real soon but who really knows…?

Thursday's Theme

I pretty much have the letters done for the month. Now I have to go through the whole process of moving them from this system to the big system. Actually, technically they're already on the big system because I save this material to my internet account on the net which is linked to the computer the PC computer but I still have to download the document saved from this tablet and do any refinements edits to the documents and then start the process of printing the documents out. That of course means that I need to print the envelopes as well if I want to get this done by the 1st of the July. I'm sure I can pull it off tomorrow the only thing I really have that I'm aware of is my time with Melissa in the morning that's it. I should have the time to do the printing and editing stuffing and then mailing in fact I might wait till the first of the month of the mail the documents which I think would be like Saturday or Sunday or something. I was surprised at how well the writing is gone using this to writing system. I wonder how much or how well the new tablet will be for dictating documents such as this. I really hate to not use the PC as much as I would like. Perhaps after a good visit to PC laptops and the thorough cleaning will make a difference in using the software. Again, I don't know how much of it's the software and how much of it's equipment like the headphones. I'm sure it'll work its way out one way or the other.

I have been soaking the cotton swabs and then putting them in my mouth which is how I think the dentist wanted me to do it. I think it's the only thing I can do I just don't know if I'll be good enough. I'm worried that what I'm doing is making that bone more brittle. I wish I either remembered more what the dentist said are he explained it better so that I can understand it. I'm not quite sure what this process will do but he seemed pretty sold on the whole concept I'm going to go with him on that. However, I am stealing myself up for more Oral Surgery if the time comes. I think it's doable maybe a little dramatic during the process but it shouldn't take that long and even if he has to chip away a lot as long as he leaves me a bit of a Jawbone I should be happy. I continue to lay back in my chair as much as I can in order to take the pressure off the buttocks. I'm hoping this will make a difference in healing the area that got skinned the other day. I feel it's doing good because I don't feel any pain in that area. Granted I haven't been able to do much else but I don't think there's a whole lot outside I really wanted to do especially since I can't really do a whole lot in this chair I don't believe it's a lot of pressure on my feet and it worries me a lot as far as my heels go I don't want any skin breakdown there either. My goal is to continue to be as independent as possible from day to day. I was up fairly early after kind of interesting night of sleep or lack of sleep. I'm not peeing a lot during the night like I usually do I don't know why that is but I'll take it for the time being. I dolled a little bit getting ready but was ready in time for coffee social which went pretty well today and was pretty well attended. I was surprised the amount of money it generated today 10 or 12 dollars. It seems like everyone had a fairly decent time and we'll live to have coffee another week…

Wednesday Washday

Of course she did not mean to but I think in her precociousness she really didn't think what she was doing. She pulled the tape off my butt rather callously quickly but I think skin came along with it resulted in a bleed on my back side. I don't know how serious this is I'm feeling a little sensitive tonight but that's just usual stuff I think hopefully. But then again I could be in denial. I know though for sure that my skin is getting more and more fragile more like paper they say as you get older not kind of freaks me out. Other than that today's been somewhat interesting. I had an appointment across the street at the dental surgery Wasatch. It was strange cuz when they went to take the stitches out the stitches were gone and in fact what was showing was bone which was not supposed to be. I suppose what happened was the skin which was suture together over the bone area got ripped off somewhere on the line. I felt the knots there for a while then all the sudden they were gone I wasn't sure what had happened. I wish I'd gone in right then. Anyway, Alan seems a little concerned sent me home this stuff to soak my mouth with and with hopes that whatever will happen will happen for the positive and if it doesn't he has to go in and chip out bone to make it smoother something does not sound too appealing. I just hope that I will heal quickly and completely.

Fortunately I did not have to go for treats for the coffee group tomorrow. Chris had been to the market and informed me that she had gotten items for the event which is good for me the less amount of time riding on the chair probably the best for right now. Not much to miss as far as the weather goes it's been cloudy most of the day cooler than I would like. The temperature says 83 but I don't believe it. Perhaps if the sunshine was out it would feel more like 83 °, but as it is I thought about reading outside but it was just too chilly even when I was on the inside of the apartment I had the heater on which is kind of crazy. I was able to dictate a couple letters so that was positive time spent. I'm about halfway done now and I think I should be able to get a lot done by the Dominion day. Hopefully my equipment will run him work properly that I'll be able to get the envelopes printed as well as the letters printed. I feel pretty comfortable that I'll be able to get that taken care of and then get July behind me. I'm tired tonight though I didn't really do much and I really miss my arm bike. Fortunately however I have the wash folded and hung up and put away where it usually resides.

I always say I'll go to bed early but I don't I found that when I do go to bed early I end up getting up early and that's not necessarily what I want at all. Dog go to bed probably at the usual time hopefully sleep better than last night but I'm getting back into the swing of things.

Rouge Clouds and Other Things

 

The promise of a hot day Shattered by a marauding cloud Mass blocking out the Sun and even shedding raindrops here and there over the sidewalk. Luckily none of this bothered me as I bolted home from my assist meeting downtown Salt Lake. I'm glad I went in and I knew we were not going to have a lot of names to deal with since it's the end of the grand year but still one name was all we had. He did want to download some materials to us since we indicated we would take them out and distribute them in our communities. You know, brochures and such. I only had room for brochures I didn't take any posters. Just the usual printed materials pictures of the organization and what we do and how we do what we do to you if you qualify. So it was a relatively quick meeting which was okay got me up, dressed and downtown. I did stop at the market on the way home to pick up some treats for my staff tomorrow. I'm almost totally out of cookies and she does have a sweet tooth. I also on a whim, got a two-piece fried chicken dinner from the deli there at the market less than five bucks for two pieces of chicken mashed potatoes and gravy and a silly little cornbread I also had some apple nut salad whatever it's called it was okay. I wish I could say something exciting happened to me on my way home but as I indicated they were Rogue clouds beginning to Mass and when coming out which means there could be a storm on its way. The only rain that fell on me was when I tried to sit out in the sun there was not much sun because of these real clouds which blocked them efficiently. When the sun did come out it was hot but you had to wait for that to happen. I lost my bookmark in the Wind sort of breaks my heart I've been using this bookmark through at least three books. One of my Burrows I do get attached to them. Best part is I can always make more maybe not as cute or original but a bookmark is a good piece of equipment to have especially one that I designed.

I'm dictating this on my tablet again I'm los maybe not as cute or original but a bookmark is a good piece of equipment to have especially one that I designed.

I'm dictating this on my tablet again I'm losing faith in my big computer day by day it seems. It's not too awkward to have to go in and pull the document up and post it from the big computer. If I had more patience I'm sure I could do it from the tablet but it make it pretty hard. That's okay keeps me in computer shape. I need to work it out with Marc Anthony or somebody to take my system in to the PC laptops and see if they can clean it up. I'm sure it's loaded with viruses spend forever since it's been cleaned out. I don't know if that would do anything for the head set and I think to some degree it's the software as well. The software is old. I have to admit using the tablet really is Swift, it dictates well or text dictation well. I realized today that it's the 27th of the month and that means kid letters need to be going out soon. I need to make a decision whether I get a new headset see if that will make the difference or write the letters on Samsung then transfer them over to the PC and do the final printouts there. It's a pain in the butt but it's nice to have something to worry about I guess..

Nevermore

 

I almost went out to purchase another headset with microphone today in hopes of being able to continue updating my blog from the computer itself and not have to work through my Samsung though I'm totally pleased with how will the Samsung voice to text works. With just a few items I like the Samsung system much better and it works a lot better. Perhaps it's the age of the software that I use on a computer but never was very accurate and I wanted to blame the headsets for that. I've had tons of headsets I either roll over are they just don't work. This one seems to work intermittently, but I have rolled over it more than once and totally broke it off the headpiece. I did use some duct tape on it or tried to and it worked for a couple days but then came apart again. If I have Carl or Marc Anthony or something to work on it maybe that would work. But it, the headset, has been missing a lot lately itself. Some days it'll really be accurate and I could dictate at a really acceptable speed but the last couple days by and large I felt the microphones weren't even working on the big computer. It's probably just me but it seems to be pretty much linked to the Head set computer systems. I also enjoy not only the software but a lot of the supports like word count and stuff that came with the tablet. And of course though it's kind of shabby to do I will save this in the word form document and then pull it up on the big computer and change it all around add any images then post it from there. I suppose it's a lot of extra work but that's okay my blog is worth it.

Remember my friend Billie who was my neighbor across the hall for a couple of years and passed away not too long ago. Well our units been rented out a nice lady named Betty. She seems nice anyway lots of smiles walks around a lot so many thousand steps a day these people are really into it. She listens to but seems to be a lot of rock and roll behind the door has a pretty noisy bird which I'm glad I can't hear it all once the doors are shut. But this person has really gotten into decorating the front space by the door. A lot of people have done that in this building there's just enough space for a person with an artistic twist to try to feel a bit more artistic about their entryway to their home. Anyway, Betty has a lot of flowers but she also has two little ceramic dolls that look pretty eerie to me. I'm sure the only who feels this way is me but they're kind of spooky always sitting there always smiling always waiting for something I don't know what. I don't know if I'm afraid they might ambulate during the night and who knows where they go all that I do know is that I sleep with the door unlocked. I don't know if the little ceramic heads know that but it wouldn't surprise me sometime to hear the door push open and the clink clink clink oh ceramic feet marching across the floor to my room and the next thing I know they'll be perched on my power chair like little Ravens choking out the word.. Nevermore!…

Sunday Injection

 

I'm so frustrated I've written this blog posting three times now I don't know what's going on but it's wearing me out. I have had one stressful day and I just want to get this done so I can get to bed.

Last Last night I felt pretty stinky and I was actually but I also felt really risky and I almost felt like I pooped my pants at one point that was when I called Marc Anthony to let him know that I was going to cancel on the breakfast this morning. The night was okay I didn't wet everything too bad the Pat's caught a lot of the stuff and that was good. I was going to have to dress myself so I knew I had to be up relatively early to do that. Mark did call at some point or text about what was going on and it came out that I felt so pissy that I needed to shower and I need to poop Etc I was going to poop and I was in danger that I will poop so he came over got me in the sling got me on the toilet and then got me on a sling again inserted the suppository Got Me Down then got me dressed. What a great guy! Then we went to the breakfast which was getting pretty late we had to wait maybe a half an hour to get our table and it wasn't the best table but it did okay. Following the breakfast we went on our ways. I wanted to get to the bottom of this problem I'm having so I decided I would jump the bus and go over to InstaCare since they work with my docs there at the big building that makes sense they would know the best and what to do. Route 47 it takes me over there and oddly enough Route 47 runs 1 hour headways on the weekend or probably on Sundays which means it's a long wait between buses and I experienced truly that. Eventually did get over to the InstaCare and found that it was open and got seen. The staff was great and they knew that I was kind of in a hurry because I wanted to catch the next bus but they got me squared away visited with their little guy who takes the information and stuff then the doctor herself gave me a lot of times in sight-wise. We decided that I would go for an injection and then call tomorrow and have the medications sent over to my Pharmacy. It was a pretty good experience all things considered I think except for the long beautiful times. The heat didn't bother me too much. It kind of hope to get something from a Popeyes but I didn't think I had the time I didn't want to miss that bus so it jumped off the bus at Smith's or Macy's got some fried chicken and grapes. A little eclectic but they'll do. Right now though I just want to hit the sack and get ready for tomorrow for whatever tomorrow brings ...

Hot Zupe

It wasn't terribly hot today but it was hot low 80s for sure what kind of day. I hadn't talked with my coffee drinking buddies (right now there's just 2 of us who are somewhat active. Early this morning I noted she had texted me to see if I was going but that was 9 hours earlier./She picked up the message immediately and we're going to meet at the usual time from 9:30 AM. This meant that I had to get up and get going because I'm never sure anymore of what my abilities are going to be. Once again I blame the chair but it can't all be the power chairs fault. I am getting older but not so old today that I couldn't make the transfer which was actually pretty good. I scuttled off to the kitchen for some cold coffee to get me going in the bathroom for shave and drain the bladder. I was totally Pleased that I was able to get my shorts On with very little effort – – took little work as easy as it used to be is able get the shorts on and I didn't even try the shoes. I knew that would be a no go. I feel pretty blessed to have a supportive coffee facility that I knew would not worry about my feet being bare.

I think myself while I was out today at this little Asian joint I wrote about a couple weeks ago. I tried something new that I've been putting off a long time a soup dish calledPho. This is kind of funny but now the mouth of healing is much more sensitive to painthe 1^st couple days. I wanted something easy to eatI figured that soup with noodles would be my best bet. The noodles in this soup are much like the noodles chicken noodle soup. So always surprised At the size of the bowel that soup comes in. Space I'm never ordered this for myself I didn't know what to expect. I did order spicy and the person looked at me funny to the order anyway they also got theMystery meat which I think was beef and spam the soup was so spicy I was thrown in the fits of coughing. I tried to eat with chopsticks with Julie worked to a certain degree as well as finally going for the fork and so little Asian spoon that allows you to get lots liquid with each scoop Into the broth which is full of green onions, and a host of other spices dedicated to eliminating the white aggressor race, I even brought The left over soup home there was about half of the order left. I should enjoy the soup tomorrow..

Still having a lot of problems with bladder infection I guess I'll have to go back in which a sure something I do not want to do but I'm betting it's amazingly so I am not peeing my pants everywhere I go…

Movie Sleep

 

Most significant thing I did today was actually go to the movies. It's been a couple of months that I've wasted my $20 investment to all the movies I could stand or go to and did not go to any movies. So today I did 2 pieces of animation the spider universe and elemental both I think are okay however I could not stay awake in the spider universe which am going to have to attend again just to tie together since I have no recollection of all except except that it's the black Spiderman universe. I'm sure it's good I just can't remember a thing about it. This event took a major portion of my afternoon of course since I don't or I'm not working out at the present time I have the time to give..

I felt somewhat comfortable Lissy did a great job cleaning up my chair from yesterday especially the cushion which is the culprit with all the older day. For a couple times I was worried the odor would break through but I don't think that really happened much. I just have to remember to start packing pads when I can't get the bathroom quick enough. I don't know if this is an issue of bladder infection or another phase of my life that old age. It's funny because I was thinking of life immediately following my accident and rehabilitation and returning to life in general I struggled with a lot of the same issues the odors of urine and fecesIf such happened in public. What did I got over the issue is not the worse for wear. Today I still feel a lot of the same feelings but I have a lot of other options to use Which I described in other blog postingsOf late. I'm sure my beloved readers are getting tired of my focus on level problems right now seems to have a major space in my consciousness. As I've been pondering this situation I was thrown back to life shortly after my initial orientation to disability especially returning to school and having to deal with bladder and bowel issues. I got to that time without an issue that I'm sure I'll get through this time as well I really must be more conscientious however take the pieces of technology that are offered for these issues. Seriously, I'm not the only one out there with the same problems. There are enough support industry in odor removal.

The hot days of summer are not yet arrived. The sunshine today the wind blew as well. The movie was cold but we should take it lap blanket with which I could've wrapped around self enjoyed the movie probably slept deeper than I already did that's okay what else am I going to do? The 1^st movie spider universe I was the only person in the theater I can see the 5 foot pile of poop and no one will know except me. Luckily that was not an issue. Supposedly the hot weather will return next week I sure hope so I want to enjoy a few days this summer…

PEE Body

 

I'm not sure what happened to me last night but something definitely did. Still freaked out about the amount of urination experience yesterday. I got thinking that I actually did have a bladder infection which I know that I did I always have infection low-grade but maybe what I thought was low-grade was more infection that I thought. I sure didn't want to go back to the hospital at sure or the doctor's office I mean. But I was having the urgency which seem to be going on all night. Luckily I did pack a couple of PEE protectors and surprisingly they worked with the urgencies. Still wasn't getting any sleep because the day was c coffee Social. I just didn't know how it was going to be functional to do my job and social or more case did want to go to social smelling like piss. Y'all know how much I don't want Smell like an old man. My wheelchair cushion was really bad I sprayed a lot of this o odor Eater stuff seem to do a good job I did well muscled out of bed around 6 o'clock and I have to be honest it took me a long time to get dressed. I noticed a wheelchair claims of I'm just a little bit worried about my ability to be independent. I wish I could've showered I thought about calling Lissy and having her come over me and work on my equipment but I decided just to passive aggress my way. I have magical thinking About being out in the wind and sunshine will wear away the odor. It really kind of seemed to work to the point that I went over to the dollar store in the market to pick up a few things. Now look at me funny like the spell something weird. Maybe it helped that are always with a group of people that respected out like this smells coming from the person next to me. This reminds me of the Gary Larson cartoon word dear or something is pointing to the bear to the Hunter.

As I was lying trying to sleep during the night I to thinking about how weird it would be a what was happening to me was secondary to the oral surgery. I sure didn't want to decay or infection to go into my jaw and then my brain that truly be a bad day. But so far they've been pretty good for me anyway finally finished late Stephen King while sitting in the sun in the parking lot. I have a spy novel, paperback and thick. This could take me through the rest of the summer which would be nice. Of course I cannot tell but the days are getting shorter now or hours of daylight. Try to figure out a way to get under my arm bike so start working on the arm bike. I can feel myself getting weaker and worst of all I think that's part of the problem I'm having not been able sleep through the night I really was enjoying the 200 minutes a week plus arm bike workout it really did make a difference

Solstice!

 

Summer Solstice

I just hate losing data– – Just dictated a pretty decent paragraph only to have my system seize up And have to perform a radical system reboot. Sometimes you just have to let it go, reboot start over and pray That the system is not seize up again. I thought the problem was that reason given out on the keyboard and I spent 20 minutes looking for AA batteries I know that I have but I couldn't find them anywhere So I flipped the board over and pushed the batteries that were currently in the keyboard firmly in place and what you know the system took off. I'm still going to get a new set of batteries for backups.

I have spent another long day out and about On the transit authority and back to the medical center for a 2^nd medical appointment as many days. I felt a little tired to start because I think I'm not sleeping as good as I should reject blame on my power chair and the broken foot boxWhich does not allow me to get close enough to my arm by so that I might work out entire myself. In fact that's the reason why started working out every day was to not only do my hundred minutes a week but the tire out my body to the point where my body wants to sleep. And I can testify this works! The only problem is now it's Wednesday and usually I am at 180 Minutes and I am at 0 Minutes. I'm becoming a bit concerned because the guy I have to contact is not yet gotten back to me at least that I'm aware. You may have called and left a message but I cannot get my messages another problem. Anyway, I woke about 3 AM this morning we got back to sleep for a little bit before I had to get up. This of course is a dress-up day since imported the physician's office (no Assist Inc. meeting this week). I really would like to go back to sleep but I want to make sure is able to get to the bus of time to make my appointment and I did

I make this appointment a year ago when I was having some urology issues. Had forgotten all about this appointment until computer reminded me before yesterday. My meeting with the Doc/PA went off fairly well.I told him I had no issues currently which may bit of a lie. I think I've got an infection just because I'm having that sensation of having appeal time when I know there's no juice to pee. So I got out of there only having to make an appointment for a year from today. I have wet my pants A couple times, only dribbles but enough to stink like an old man, Grrr! I may have to go back in but I'm going to hold off as long as possible.

I finally got home and started my wash it was pretty late about 4:30 P.m. and finally finished about 8 PM. Of course the meantime while this was going on I cooked a steak and a potato, And Entertained Lissy as she made my bed. I had trouble last night trying to urinate into my bag through my catheter part of the problem or the new pads I've been using. Go back to my top-of-the-line good pads much more absorbent and expensive but I'm worth it.

It's late after 9 PM and I don't know if I'm going to fold Clothes tonight Or wait till tomorrow. I still have to put away steak dinner and finished posting this document

Extraction!

 

What was going to be a temporary crown to be turned into a permanent extraction. The extraction is not what I 1^st saw the my future this morning as I got up an hour earlier than usual to make sure is able to make my 9:30 AM medical examination at IHC medical Center a.k.a. the death Star. Interestingly, I was barefoot. I thought about putting on my shoes is fastly becoming a thing of the past. I know it's my power chair and the condition of the foot box. The point is however right now I'm wearing my shoes 3 times a week when I have someone here to put them on. I like to think perhaps if I struggled long enough and the operative word there is struggle, I could get the shoes on but I can no longer fasten the straps secure them tightly on my feet and then they spaz out the 1^st bump I get are hit. And at some point I guess it's just not worth the struggle. Today I got around the no shoe issue by deciding to carry my adventures blanket as a lap blanket long enough to cover my feet. But I made it to the doctors on time stopping 1^st for a guilty pleasure at Wendy's for a sausage cheese muffin/biscuit.

I probably should done more with my time waiting for the 2:30 PM dentist appointment that I had for my temporary crown. I've actually put the appointment of twice that one to get the thing taken care of even at the cost I thought it was going to be. I actually received by Father's Day present from Shelley so excited for cans for number 10 cans of pickled peppers! I'm truly looking forward to having these at my access for my morning drink and daily snacks. The box was so huge it was all I could do to bulldoze it into the apartments and rip it open. Tomorrow, I will have Lissypick the cans up maybe even open one. All that will depend on how well my mouth feels in the morning. Thanks Shelley all of the present. But anyway I finally got to the doctor's office around 2:15 PM and they got me right in and start placing my power chair with where they wanted it so I could lower thefor the dentist to work on me. They started the nitrous oxide immediately. The doctor finally wandered in numbed my mouth up with the shots and later started the process. It did not take long for the good doctor to realize there was something wrong with the tooth more than we anticipated. 1^st of, there's not much the tooth left anyway they just trying to save a little bits there but as he got in the working he realized the tooth is obsessed and was going to the bone of the jaw would seem to be pretty significant long story short extraction. This of course called for super numbing more shots of the mouth. It was not one of those processes where the tooth just pops out once the dinner starts working on it what was left of my tooth was really significantly part of the bone now in the job just did not want to give up a little bit of the 2 there was. Remember I got my nose thing on sucking inasmuch nitrous oxide is possiblespace but was actually getting in the doctor's way. He was all around my mouth trying to figure out how to expose enough to silly to get a good grip with the forceps or whatever they yank the thing out. Get a lot of drilling and pushing and pulling. it was almost like one of those comedies with a Dennis is climbing all over the patient trying to extract the tooth is what it was like. The doctor was using the special kind of drill he tried to tell me about but I did really understand or care much nitrous oxide as I had ingested. Finally with one major yankmy jaw gave up the tooth. I was surprised how small a shard of tooth was left and how much trouble it gave us. I think I have about 5 sutures may be a little more in there that will come out next week. He asked if I wanted a heavy-duty painkillers I told him no. The surgical sedatives have now worn off and the pain is not that bad. I might pussy out and do a couple of ibuprofen as I hit the sack. I'm a little worried in that I no longer have a tooth on the bottom to grind things with. I use this shard of a tooth for a lot of chewing which I no longer have I'm sure I'll do okay.

I was kind surprised earlier in the week when I started getting text messages about a doctors appointment I had scheduled for the 21^st, tomorrow. I checked this out when I was in the building at the doctor's office is morning and sure enough a year ago I scheduled a follow-up appointment. So it's back on the bus tomorrow back to the death Star and associated offices for a urological follow-up. I'm sure but have to give a sample I just hope it goes smoothly.

Blustery End of Spring Days

 

It's been a unique and interesting Monday as Mondays go. It was nice to enjoy the morning with nothing particular to do especially after doing everything in particular over the weekend. The clouds hung menacingly over the city but I've pretty much gotten used to that aspect of this early June. Temperature was still calling for mid to upper 80s by the end of the day so you just had to have faith. I was even contemplating going to a couple of movies to get my $20 investment out of the way. There are a couple pieces of animation I'm interested in at this point in time.

As I reviewed by emails of course got a notification from my dentist indicating my dental appointment is tomorrow (which I thought was Wednesday) and then I got one of those weird calls, automated, indicating that I had a appointment tomorrow morning at 9:15 AM! Both of these appointments are the same day again which I thought was weird because I knew that they were separated by one day but I guess I was way off. And of course is going to enjoy my Tuesday because there was no assist meeting tomorrow but now I've got a be out in the elements in the cold fronts coming through the night dropping the temperature down to the 70s with rain forecast in the morning) write when I'm sure

I'll be traveling. I'm expecting the morning appointment with my physician to be pretty straightforward and quick since just to document my need for baclofen. I don't think they're good to do any elaborate clinical moves like pulling blood or anything like that – – at least I hope not. I might ask about getting some physical therapy are so occupational therapy for both whatever my insurance will bear. I get gypped out of my insurance every year because they never take action on my request for occupational therapy or physical therapy. Part it's my fault because I don't become the patient from hell and demand such services but I should have an advocate who really pressed my case. It's embarrassing to admit that where I can advocate for other people I have a hard time advocating for myself.

Now all that aside probably early afternoon I noticed that I had a email already message from my friend Lori that there might be a chance of meeting with her friend Jerry having some kind of a lunch would I be open to it. I said yes even though I was kind of going to the movies but I think meeting with real-life warm human heart beating people is more important than celluloid of the movies – – in the movies will always be there whether it's today or tomorrow or day after. The human connection is what counts I think. So we ended up meeting later in the afternoon for coffee and pie and was a good outing the good experience. It seems like were suffering torrential winds right now the head of that cold front but the temperature got it into the 90s even which I was ecstatic when I came home from our pie adventure. It was late afternoon when I got home. I had missed my 3 o'clock marketplace which is okay that can be listened to at any time since they catalog all their shows. Then heartbreakingly I realized that I've done something to my foot box which will no longer allowed to lower low enough or go back far enough to get underneath my arm bike so until I can get that part fixed I may not be using my arm bike. Last time I did pump was Friday night don't know what's happened between now and then. This of course means a call into my wheelchair shop and of course that means giving up my chair so they can send it in ascertain the problem and then get the pardon and then give a dump my chair again doing the work and send it back to me the next morning I put this off as long as I can but now I guess I have to talk with Cameron over the wheelchair shop and find out when this is going to happen. I hate like hell not been able to exercise during this period of time SEE if there's any way I can figure out the jury rig on how to get close enough to the arm bike pedals to pump my back. I haven't done this long without pumping the bike in over a year. I feel like I'm missing somebody…

Moving On

It's over. The time of this reunion is past and by all accounts it was a pretty good reunion all things considered. It was certainly not a huge gathering or even a big gathering of the family or families as the case might be. It was pretty much the players, the family and the immediate a few of the offspring but mainly us kids. You'll remember that I didn't go to the nieces home last night for a family gathering I just didn't have the “juice” to pull off the public transit wherewithal I would have to do to have attended the gathering. I was exhausted by the evening.

I love seeing my brothers and sisters and sisterswho were able to make the trip. I mean for some of these guys it was no small trip flying in from Kansas coming up from Colorado. Even those who came from voicing his significant undertaking, if you ask me. Lodging, fuel and time for a few short hours to spend together kind of amazing. I'm especially humbled because I really can't think I'm 90% of the reason the gathering is here. There was a small contingency yesterday who took off to visit the parents graves and Santa-Quinn about 45 minutes 50 minutes south of Salt Lake. It's a pretty significant undertaking I think. I wonder if I was not here if they would have these meetings in Boise are even visit my sister Faye in Kansas. No one that I know has traveled out to that area some time and surely not me.

I kind of thought I was done with the whole reunion last night after the function here at the apartment complex and not going over to the brothers house and was sort of surprised when I got a text this morning that they were meeting at my restaurant at around 9 o'clock. I doubt a visit with Mark Anthony and we were going to meet at our usual time at 8 AM. However, he didn't have a problem with 9 AM. I was up at 7 AM disheartened because I had a hard time dressing. I actually dress the usual stuff okay I just couldn't get on both shoes. In fact I had one shoe on and then put the other shoe on top of my foot on the other shoe so at least I look like I tried to get dressed.. I sure hope this is not things to come shadows of. But for breakfast my brother Paul and his wife a couple daughters joined Mark Anthony and I as well as Jasmine for breakfast. I don't think that mattered but it's Father's Day of course everybody's taken dear old dad out to breakfast. I was a little worried that at 9 AM a lot more people would be going to breakfast then at 8. We ended up waiting about 45 minutes maybe an hour but we had a good conversation and a good breakfast. I think everyone enjoyed meeting the last time. I was totally proud that Jasmine, my granddaughter was able to make it who really paid attention to some of the other grown-ups which I thought was very important. They're all headed back to Idaho by the 5 hour trip to hopefully they're all back and everything's okay. I was a bit conflicted when I heard my brother and his family were joyous for breakfast because I pretty much got all the family stuff out of my system but I'm glad we had this time together. To visit with a few more things to enjoy my younger brother is an adult in many cases so much more than I am. I don't know if we'll do this again in a years time. I kind of hope not but then again at our age is probably best we take advantage of each moment we have because they are just not that many moments leftokay

Reunion!

 

I will start off by saying how pleased and thankful I am that the family chose to have this year's reunion at my building. After yesterday's traveling on the bus and train to try to get to the event I was pretty much worn out by the end of the day. As much as I hate to admit it I am not a young man anymore. And I just didn't have the energy to try to take the bus and train over to Carl's place even if I was assured it via straightforward event I just couldn't do it. So today seemed a little less stressful as I waited for the main event which began around 12 PM. I did spend a lot of time sitting outside in case it be showed up early, nobody did.

It was decided to go with some form of chicken for the main form protein for the meal plus there's a lot of homemade items as well like tuna salad, fruit salad and fruit tray as well as vegetable tray. The main beverage garden was water and no plastic bottles. That's where our culture's gone now more flavored beverages just water in plastic bottles. People were mildly pleased and impressed with the common room with the tables and access to bathrooms. It seemed Leah took charge a lot of the preparation food wise there is some discussion about not being able to get the cabinets but I provided some towels and some paper towels in the paring knife or 2 and we were able to pull it off. We sat down and ate in the common room which was pretty well done and following that and cleanup we migrated across the way to the park. Started out well sort of cool turned into a relatively warm day. We talked about park Paul's Connie was having some coffee withdrawal as was Faye. They desperately needed caffeine so I volunteered to make a pot of coffee which I did but nobody came over to get so I went back over to the group and then sisters and sister-in-law followed me back to the apartment with a really love my apartment. Everyone had coffee and a great discussion seemed until Carl commode would let us know that everyone left so I guess that part of the picnic was done. Tonight they are having the traditional gab session at Carl's I guess if not Carl's Carla S. Sadly, I'm not going like I said before I just don't have the stamina or the well for the trip. I said goodbye as best as I could and they went their ways and I pretty much stayed here enjoying the sunshine, trying to read and not need to exhausted. My becoming that feeble as far as trying to keep things together so I can do something like this? The whole concept of transportation. I guess I should be more forceful with getting bus rides like van rides from private companies logistics so much energy and so much commitment which I knows the excuse but it's true. So tomorrow I don't know what's going on – – I'm meeting with Mark Anthony for breakfast but I haven't heard any of the other guys plans. Everyone will be going their separate ways of course and I'll just be excited to start my even though this week will be busy with dental and medical issues and appointments and expenses. I'm hoping it will be a good summer I truly do…

Transit Trauma

 

Its always so simple that's something that simplecan go so wrong so quickly. I really thought I had this trip over to the restaurant figured out but course as always I didn't research it well enough. I thought $7,200 South went all the way through east to west but no it doesn't. I'm having to really gerrymander all around this area to get to the restaurant and it's going to be way be after 6:00 p.m. before I get there. I'm already getting that crazy sinking feeling of a lot of stress for nothing.

SureSure everything, I'm just stressing because that's what I always tend to do on this kind of stuff. The day hasn't been too awfully bad really. Pretty good shower and then I took off this morning just that I could and I went down to Smith's on 70th South and actually found a giant can of peppers that they had at the Smiths down at the superstore at 80th. This is great because at least I'll have access to lots of pickled peppers now if I could find the same size can of pickled carrots I'll be in heaven now .

What they said it got real bad real fast. I thought sure 7200 S. went to the end all the way through the does not have to catch a bunch of small buses that creep here increase their and it was just a mess, at least I thought that was. Mark Anthony finally got off work came and sat with me until the right buses came when we finally finagled our way into some to 7200 S. and 7^th East for the restaurant Golden trails. I was almost an hour late for dinner which was supposed to start at 6 I finally got in around 6:58 PM I wish that water jacket with long sleeves it was cold. Cold on the bus really got a cold outside and cold inside the restaurant. But they do feel pretty miserable by tried to put on on a good face Mark and I had dinner. I don't know who paid for dinner I did not ask I just ate mashed potatoes and gravy and meatloaf it was pretty good. I don't think I had any dessert I didn't need any. Visited with Paul, Connie, Linda from the rest. I didn't want to go to Carl's afterwards there's no way I would of after the debacle going back. It took forever for our bus to get here by finally jumped and 72 when into the train station and finally got on the 42 and came on home video challenge of my foot box acting up and acting weird but such is where I'm at right now. Luckily, the function is here the building I don't have to go anywhere and I doubt seriously all go to Carl R Carlos tomorrow afterwards for the long talk afterwards. It was nice visited with Paul Connie specialist Mark Anthony. Spend time nicely with the girls will see the older girls get here tonight they supposed to be. Paula Connie are in a bed-and-breakfast or something like that not too far from the apartment complex that should be okay. So far so good just another 24 hours. Hopefully I'll get good sleep tonight as well…

You Never know

 

The reunion begins. Really not beginning today except for the arrival of my little sister, Leah, from the Oregon area. She and my brother Carl stop by the apartments afternoon to check out the common area that will be having the reunion . We also considered possible menu for the event and have it cause I catered by some fast food joint like a chicken place or something I assume having something like a box lunch which is okay. My sister Leah, is a take charge kind of person so I'm glad that she's here working with my brother to bring about this event. Rest of the family will start coming in tomorrow we should have some sort of a evening restaurant. Traditionally we've gone to this all-you-can-eat place called the Golden Corral which is pretty good but it's an all-you-can-eat place and I rarely feel that that's cost-effective no matter how much you try to eat the certainly can't do you any good caloric wise. Plus, if I go I'm going to have to go on public transit that always, spooks me at night. Saturday's events should be at easier since they are in the building here. I will have the same problem Saturday evening if they have the traditional outside events at Carl's or Carla's place. That's also a trip on public transit later in the evening which makes me a bit uncomfortable but it's a little more straightforward I hope/I think.

I think my sisters worried about me. She asked me a number of times if I was doing okay so I must look a mess. Granted I probably do right this moment. I didn't sleep well last night and I got up early enough so I could be ready for the coffee social today. I don't know if I would've turned over and got many more sleep however even if it wasn't coffee social. Social one of okay we had more than enough treats. I think we would had enough even had I not gone shopping yesterday afternoon for the cookies. One of the people brought those giant muffins chocolate as well as Berry muffins. There is also some very nice burritos one of the people made with hot chilies those were good and I'd like to get the recipe for those favor got the energy to make something like that. Other than I've been trying to stay warm today. I should've won my longsleeved shirt like a dummy I did not. Major storm and and rain this morning but now seems to have moved off with sunshine peeking through that may be a promising evening I hope. Like the promise of delegate more sleep and be better focused for tomorrow whatever it should bring but I don't believe that's good happen anytime soon. I'm hoping tomorrow to have my home health person put a little more clean on the apartment. She did about an hour's work on Wednesday projecting made a big difference is going when people were here maybe a little bit more tomorrow in case anyone makes a trip down to my apartment. I doubt that will happen but you never know it's best to be on top of things like that.

Also, just as a follow-up to yesterday's blog I had to make an appointment to be seen by my physician for the new prescription. They sent me enough to get me through until my appointment which is the 21sst…

My Spaz Medicine

 

I just finished an excruciating 20 minutes of trying to access my online pharmacy. I rarely if ever use this software must I have to and then it's pulling teeth until either I give up or by dumb luck defeat the security protocols and get into my own pharmacy account. I know I'm whining and I know that the security protocols are there for my own production but I get so frustrated I would throw caution to the wind just so I could get in and try to find out what's going on with my stupid prescription.

As you are probably aware so far I'm not happy. A couple years ago – – more than a couple because I was still married – – we set me up on this express scripts account so that I would get my medications for 90 days of the time my not have to worry about going to the pharmacy to get my prescription refilled it would all happen over the Internet and the meds would come in the mail. This works great until it does not and for some reason this time to refill my meds my online subscription/prescription failed me. I'm not sure why I'm kind of thinking that might be because of a change of plastic i.e. credit cards or whatever. However, I did find the right reason after figuring out how to break into my account. I really try to be responsible regarded my online presence. Granted I try to make my passwords as easy as possible for me to remember and of course the stupid system won't let me do that force me to make these humongous passwords. I try to write them down but invariably I write them down wrong or I don't update them when I've tried to get into the account in the past and its force me to update my passwords at such and then I forget to update the passwords of my online password storage area and of course they will not let me give it. I think they think they're cute when they say they're going to help you get into your account and all they are doing is making you set up another password which starts the whole process over again and drives are totally crazy. I try my best to conjure up a great password only the fly and before I can use my new password I have to go through a secondary identification process which to me is just as arduous as the 1^st! This of course is predicated only on the idea that I'm using the right online name luckily I found out on express scripts that it's my email account thank goodness. So I rush back to the login screen put in my email put in my new password like I said to find out I have a secondary security system I have to get through. They send you/me a 6 digit number that I have to put into the specialized screen at the end of the process! Then if everything's cool it lets me and. It took me at least 30 minutes of not 45 minus of this frustrating process and then whoever guards the gate let me through. The message I received was that for some reason my physician as indicated no longer need baclofen and I need to contact the office to get this straightened out. It's my own fault I understand it's now past the middle of the week but I've got a couple weeks to work with before I'm totally out of the muscle relaxant that I use to survive. I would not be surprised if my doc won't sign of on my new prescription until he's seen me. It's a formality for him it's a pain in the butt for me. It's a bus trip into the big hospital complex.

As I said luckily got a couple week window to work in the hopefully my baclofen will hold out…

Pizza Pie And Friends

 

It was another jampacked day that I really had to hustle to get the things done that I typically do i.e. they arm bike and the blog at least. Studio 9 PM and with the end of this blog I should be pretty well caught up but I was able to make my meeting this morning downtown Salt Lake, the assist meeting and then with some fairly decent hustling is able to make my lunch appointment with a number of old friends at 1 PM at the Pie pizzeria.

I have to admit when I got up I was dragging. I didn't sleep that well waking up around 3 AM maybe a little bit earlier and seeming like I stayed awake. It's not like I could sleep in the day because today is a day that I had be up and be ready to go out and catch the number 47 into the train station to be able to get to my 11 o'clock meeting. I know it sounds strange but I have to be sure to be up by 6 or 6:30 AM to get to that meeting is like 5 hours away. Luckily, things went pretty well this morning because Tuesday is a morning of course that I have to dress myself and that can be a challenge. But today things seem to work real well. The shorts went on quickly and I was even able to get my shoes on with only 2 tries which totally surprised me. I was even able to finagle the left shoe with the crushed down back. It's not like I look perfect when I dressed myself, I do not but some days are better than others the only things that really looked weird was my right foot was turned way over looked like a real clubfoot. That did not to tour me however I was out the door earlier than usual stopping on the way at Dell Taco used one of the coupons for breakfast burrito and fries I did okay. By the time I got to the library, which is across the street from the assist, Inc. offices I still had almost an hour to kill which is able to do of course it's a library, a good library I just wish they served coffee that early in the morning. There is a little snack shop but that doesn't open until 11 AM that's the time I need to be at my office meeting. Anyway, the meeting was short just for approvals needed signing and I was out the door headed for my 1 o'clock meeting with my friends at the Pie pizzeria.

I'm not sure who orchestrated this meeting is probably my friend Lori but there were 4 of us Lori, Marie, Kenneth and myself. Through these folks have cerebral palsy of course I have a brain injury that for all intents and purposes I think is basically turned into some form of cerebral palsy at least I recognize myself in some of the movements of my friends. In truth at one time we were all part of Lori's acting company or class. Which could've been 20 years ago maybe even longer. We haven't done much together the last 10 years so today was quite a get together. The Pie pizzeria is a trendy little place that branched out from the basement college/university pizza joint which I kind of regret but they've sort of kept true to their initial product. The pizzas great and are able to purchase it by the slice so I had a nice piece of pizza (meat lovers) and a fairly decent salad. Probably more calories than I needed but it was fun meeting with the people. It probably took 2 hours of their time up but we enjoyed catching up fun and not what each other was doing and hopefully setting up another meeting in the not-too-distant future. There is quite interesting all of us were in power chairs or scooters and we must look quite imposing to the able bodies in the restaurant. I was totally challenged and that I'd lost one shoe luckily my foot was sitting on top of it and then I lost my other shoe which I ended up sitting on my lap and not wearing a shoe for the rest of the day. I've got a get another pair shoes that's all there is to it and hopefully that will better help you keep my feet on/shoe on. Was quite glad to get back to the apartment. But let's begin to hurt and I really just burn off some of those calories but was a great afternoon with friends of hope is repeated shortly…

It Doesn't Really Matter At All

 

I once again woke up a little bit disoriented not sure what day of the week that was almost thinking at 1^st it was Saturday or Sunday but then running to my logic files realizing those indeed it was Monday and I was immediately hit with a wave of anticipation and some reticence of the week to come. A lot of the foreboding I've been experiencing regarding the upcoming reunion has been somewhat dissipated by my older brother. He and I've communicated a couple times via the phone/messenger and rethink that we pretty much got it under control. My brother even came over this afternoon and read it now only walk through this building and specifically the community room but also across the driveway to the park and checked out a number of different options we might be able to use if need be. We have not yet totally decided on what the venue will be or menu rather whatever is it's going to be already made whether it's fried chicken, pizza are premade sandwiches. I don't think there will be any barbecuing going on but who really knows? All I know it's going to come in soon. One of my little sisters will be coming in a day early to ramrod everything together. She is the most like my mother all my sisters and she has a way to force are well on elements of the earth to get things done. She will whip us in to shape I'm certain.

I'm just back from the market, because of the events of the day i.e. meeting with my brother I'm trying to get a few other things done I'm playing a little bit of catch-up. And get a little concerned about my focus on jalapeno pickled pepper and pickled carrots and spicy vegetable juice not V-8 but the storebrand which I totally enjoy. And y'all know I mix the pickled peppers and the carrots together for my morning drink I also mix in a healthy dose of black pepper an ice cubes. I don't know if I'm ever going to eat this as the Italian cold soup gazpacho since I enjoy drinking it so much more than I think would be trying to spoon out the soup would spoonful of the time. Anyway I just spent more than 20 bucks on juice and cans of peppers carrots. I keep waiting for signs indicating that this current fad is run its course but as yet I'm not feeling it and I love the tangy taste every morning and other times throughout the day. I still think my salvation will be getting the industrial size cans the number 10 size and mixing my morning drink from a vessel the size. I don't know if that will have any relevance as far as how quick i.e. this meal/drink or whatever but it has to have some impact.

I did go to a presentation today by one of the new people here at the facility. Turns out she has worked for and still does to some degree the independent living Center that I work for for nearly 2 decades. She gave a fairly decent presentation for what she knew I have to admit. She was even smart enough to ask my opinion a couple times throughout the presentation. I was quite impressed. I had to keep telling myself she was part of the new legions of independent living. This new crowd talks the talk but they don't know the walk don't really know the history and rather than wasting all my time and energy trying to correct and shine the light on the past may be is time for me just let it go and let the new generation confuse the new people as best they can.. Because in the end no one really cares and in the end maybe it just doesn't really matter at all…

Complete Fakery

 

I have to admit is kind of weird to have a Sunday morning all to myself. Remember last night I let Mark Anthony off the hook indicating that it was best that he got some sleep and I got some rest so we bagged the breakfast for today. I slept until about 630 almost 7 AM and the extra sleep was quite nice. I wish I had been be more productive but with my semi-commitment to do as little as possible on Sunday it's hard to be productive. Made by vegetable drink with the pickled carrots and peppers and eventually opened up a new box of the cord Chex knockoff “corn biscuits” by Ralston Purina. The products identical I only wish I had milk chilled I didn't so it was warm milk and Chex and a banana.

I had to admit I dallied quite a bit getting dressed. I lost my leg lifter somewhere yesterday finally finding the device under the bed after just about given up on the whole shebang. I have a couple others think of written about in the past that the foot stirrup is ripped off on its 1^st try. I need to figure out a way to repair one of these devices so at least I have a backup which is usable. I didn't feel like I needed to go anywhere so I neglected the shoes but I do need to get a new pair of shoes soon maybe this week. It was during this somewhat unguided indulgence this morning that I've noticed the 3 candy bars I for my staff for the coming week. Remember, my staff personLissy likes snicker bars so I try to have one on hand every day she's here that's 3 days a week until Gloria returns if Gloria ever returns. Anyway, as I was banging around the living room I noticed 3 snicker bars and something didn't feel right I just couldn't put my finger on it then suddenly my eyes zeroed in on the candy bars. And I realized the candy bars I've been feeding Lissy the past couple weeks were not Snickers bars but a knockoff actually made to look like Snickers. I could not believe it been spoofed by corporations into not purchasing what I thought I was purchasing. Both names of the bars start with a mouse and end with the house and has about the same amount letters put that on my background of a wrapper that looks exactly like a Snickers bar you have me totally suckered. I mean the job is such a good job they should be sued for infringement of some kind. I'm totally blown away. So tomorrow 1^st thing when Lissy gets here we go to have to ask you to forgive me but hopefully she'll stick body for the next week to week of these 3 candy bars used up or I'll purchased 2 more candy bars after tomorrow and ingest the 2 fakes myself totally as quality control. Just amazes me at how well my brain substituted what I want to see what was actually there and this happened at the market when I picked up the candy bars. Thinking back however I must admit that even when I was digging the candy bars out of the candy boxes so they didn't feel right by just couldn't see the names on the packaging for what it really was I just floored.

Other than missing the kids my son's been pretty good. I got a lot of reading done in the cool part of the day before the storms came in. There were a great storms but there was a lot of dark clouds of threatening when which never amounted to anything. Some silly stupid golf classic's going on right now which of course is knocking off the one television station that I can get to CBS and so no news for the boy local or national and that's probably just as well. Right now I'm just spending the rest of this night either reading or watching a little more marvel of some kind and try not to think of produced a bowel movement before tomorrow at 8:30 AM…

Touched By An Angel

 

Saturday morning and I made it to the coffee shop in time to meet up with my friend Janet who lives upstairs. It seems like the Saturday morning coffee group is just boiled down to she and I that's okay. It's just the 2 of us see the table of everybody else that shows up for Saturday morning coffee. We have a couple of folks here who keep saying they want to be part of the group but they either forget or have something else going on I guess and maybe 9:30 AM is just too early which I find hard to believe but still.

I need to get out to the market are to Walmart or someplace bigger than the regular market, I need to find his shoes. I want to blame it on the shoes I do have a pair have a pair of shoes of been wearing for 6 or 8 months now that on the left shoe I have the back broken down so badly they won't stay on my feet. The right shoe I can usually get along pretty well if I type my Velcro straps up tight enough. My feet but recently I've been spasming my feet right out of shoes. This morning is a great example. To be honest I had a bit of a struggle getting my shoes on. I toyed with the idea that I would go barefoot over the coffee but decided since I had a little extra time to get my shoes on. It took quite a while to get my legs up high enough across my other leg to work my feet into the shoes as best as I could. I think ahead to start over 3 different times when I thought I had my feet in my shoes just to have a spasm and have my shoes fall off. I have finally got a month best as I could and it was time to get over to this coffee shop as I made my way of course the shoe fell off and is trying to reach down and get it in the benefactor showed up a very nice lady who actually put my shoes back on my feet like she knew what she was doing. Like she was a caregiver of some sort but she was even more than that. She took precaution to make sure that she wasn't hurting my legs when she looked them up to put the shoes on she just did everything right and then was gone. Coffee was great and is up in 3 of us from the building and on my way home, at least those of my apartment, I spazzed and my shoe came off. This got me thinking the last time that happened I was working at the access Utah network at the Governors Council and it was the very 1^st hints that I had a stenosis. I don't believe I have a stenosis now it's just a guess this user worn out and my chairs really difficult for me to cross my legs with an uncle to get notice of issues soon as I can get the time. But what a nice lady, if I was a person who believe in angels and I do believe in angels to a certain point I would say today was the day I encountered an angel. If it matters this angel is Hispanic but she certainly knew how to lift a leg…

One Steak And One Well Baby Checkup

 

Is the dawn of another weekend, I cannot believe the rapidity of the weeks now. I don't know if it's the times, or my age or whatever but the time is flying and I hate to be so cliché but it's true. I can understand with this cliché comes from one thing for sure is totally nerve-racking. I spent the day actually just hanging around the apartment enjoying the relative heat of the day. I went outside for a while to read but the clouds chased me back in. When the sun was out it was delicious to sit and read but once the clouds started massing that was it a booked back into the apartment. This was okay as close to lunch as I was going to get. I've spent all morning, often on open cans of jalapeno peppers as well as pickled carrots to make my drink and to munch on. I did my arm bike for 30 minutes after my meager lunch listening to science Friday and Marketplace.

I didn't particularly want to go to the market but that's what I do as far socialization goes much of the time. I'm totally out of popsicles you know the twin stick confectionary that's wonderful to eat in the summertime and I guess to a certain point a good source of liquid if you have an aversion to water such as I. I was hoping to get to the market and back again without really worried about the heat getting to the frozen popsicles. I Tried to Be Quick after having someone lift the frozen popsicles and my box. I picked up a few other things plus a nice package of throwing meat at half price. I don't think I was openly anxious and I was be as careful as I usually am but I had realize I was is close to the person in front of me as I was. It was one of those new or semi-new goofy shopping carts were little kids in a race car or something underneath the basket that mom or dad are pushing. Fortunately for me as well as junior I went forward very slowly not knowing that Junior is right in front of me and sure enough, ran over the cart. Mind you, I missed the kids entirely thank God. Junior of course was shaken up as much as I was – – probably more. I'm sure of given them a trauma people with disabilities for the rest of his life specifically ones in power chairs. I talked to the parents and asked if they want to go get the kid checked out they said no he's okay you'll be just fine. Today almost start apologizing for the kid being in my way. Like I said I was shaken up no question about it. I've never had this happen to me before. Ephedrine into larger vehicles like real cars but never shopping basket with a kid in the bottom. I was kind of freaked out. This chair can do some real damage if you don't watch out. I want to give him inquired of the parents and they assured me Junior was all right so I grabbed my goodies and took off trying to get home before my frozen confections turned into plastic bags water.

I cooked two of the steaks that I got for half-price and a baked potato and picked up yesterday. I ate one of the steaks for dinner and half potato so I have another steak for tomorrow or whenever. I have 2 more steaks to put in the freezer for another day or 2. Like I said it was a good day…

Thursday

 

I'm happy to announce that this morning's coffee went off without a hitch actually went off better than usual. I had help from one of the attendees who is sort of stuff to now the Irene has had her medical issues. This individual action made a chocolate cake which greatly added to treats offered at the coffee. In fact we only use half of the cookies that I got last night at the dollar store.

Interestingly each day has been somewhat of a carbon of the preceding day with nice mornings followed by dark menacing clouds with a few lightning bolts and a few peals of thunder and that's been it. Following coffee social I scampered across the street did some shopping I really want to do some enchiladas this weekend. The tortillas I had been saving for months were casualties last months refrigerator cleansing. Directly across the street is a small taco factory and Mexican food store. Not a restaurant but someplace nearby things Mexican to eat. Like to go in there and just think of things I could make if I only knew a little bit more. I explained to the individual who was helping me that I wanted corn tortillas and they opened up the special container of actually had hot tortillas which I gladly took to use for the enchiladas. When I informed him that I wanted a tortilla for this purpose he launched into a a host of items who thought that I needed special cheeses etc. I'm not doing anything that special. Good opened up a can of ground beef heated up cook at roll up the tortillas then drench everything with a can of enchilada sauce I've been coveting for years. I actually have a small package of shredded cheese in the refrigerator plus a brick of that soft cheese like Velveeta which I don't know woodwork that good for enchiladas. I'm thinking I might even use some of the jalapeno peppers and carrots for these enchiladas might be good. More than anything I just want to have some good left over food that I can eat easily over the weekend. Do you use olives in enchiladas? I certainly have those available I shall have to think about it just like on pizza olives adds to everything.

It's unbelievable that I'm looking down the barrel of another weekend which means it's almost time for the family function. I'm greatly relieved that my sister, Leah, will be coming down a few days ahead of time to ramrod things together. She's a lot like that. Very much like mom was. Leah can get things done with total efficiency. I even checked with Jennifer, the building manager, just to make sure that we have the room scheduled as I had remembered and sure enough not only is the day set aside but I have the afternoon and evening at the previous day set aside as well so we could do events here on Friday night if we need to buy.that's going to happen. So I guess we will set on that agenda. I've got the wash them for the weekend, hopefully some cooking and do some cleanup in the kitchen as well and do some floor sweeping and whatever and talk lessee into tomorrow as far as apartment cleanup but I don't think it will be much. I got a lot cleaner stuff out Gloria. I still have to put 100 and garbage cans tonight maybe watch a couple dishes then get ready for Friday and the weekend…

Wednesday

Blog 060723 – – Wednesday Actually I'm kind of loving these days, warm in the morning followed by giant, black threatening clouds turning into sometimes cloudburst's, lightning and bodacious bouts of thunder. I know it's not consistent but it's been the case for the last week or so and is somewhat continued forecast for the next couple of days. Sadly, the temperatures will dip again towards the end of the week that's all right I get over it. After all today be in the 7th or 10 days away from their union got other things to worry about than the weather. Today I was really considering dropping in to the independent living centers annual summer picnic. I don't know what is boiled down to over the years I can't imagine but thought I would drop in just the same. I was looking at my calendar the other day not sure when the picnic would be swell onto the website sure enough I could not believe it it was today. Again sadly, I also notice that I had a zoom meeting of the of the A T funding advisory board. We have the board meeting once every 3 months and I couldn't believe it was today so there went my trip into Park for the summer picnic. The picnic is always in June but I didn't think it was this early. Bummer, I think today will be good day for traveling on the bus system all things considered. I was feeling relatively good as does my body in the chair simply working okay I could've done the park scene just fine. However, I was able to keep busy because I did my wash today finally getting back on a schedule that meets my needs having clean clothes for the weekend still looking relatively decent the first three days of the week to washday. I was able to get it done in between the advisory board meeting and working out on my arm bike so I guess I was fortunate. Other than that however it's been a pretty quiet day with the exception of thunder here and there that's probably best. There were sirens galore during the worst part of the electric storm which I guess so to make sense I'm just glad none of the fire engines deviated into here they do that enough and just regular days. I was even able to get the cookies and treats for tomorrow's coffee group. Something somewhat accomplished how rare is like? Must beware because now that I've said it something sure to come and mess everything up. I certainly have the time they're still good 5 hours left in the day I certainly could mess up I don't think that's good happen however. My goal is to get to bed relatively early get some serious Stephen King reading accomplished and wake to get things ready for the coffee group. We're pretty well set even one of the ladies who's a good volunteer cornered me and wanted me know when I wanted her there to help that's great. I'm anticipating no problems at all but we'll see be sure to read blog tomorrow…

Totally Tuesday

 

Supposedly the temperature high today was 91°. I don't believe that granted it felt warm outside today, quite nice, but not anything like 90° but it was nice enough to cook up a fairly decent afternoon storm. I had been trying to read outside in the sun this afternoon but winds came up and began blowing everything all over the place we included so I had to retreat to the apartment. This was all during the later afternoon I had already done my one hour arm-bike workout. I decided I wasn't going to the market today I had enough stuff in-house. Want to reach as much as I could on this quasi-vacation day. That's right we have so little funding at assist, Inc. is not a reason for us to meet if we have the grants to approve. That's okay I quite enjoyed my time off even if I didn't really do anything out in the world. And continue to have that weird survivor's guilt of not doing anything. I've been thinking a lot today about our property inquiry on Utahna drive. It was such a nice little house perfect for watching the afternoon storms roll in. I spent a lot of time out underneath the tree on the front deck readingas well as working in my wood shop making sticks and hooks. Really not much different than what I'm doing now I guess it just feels better when you have a house to do nothing in.

I really trashed the kitchen the past couple of days. I quite enjoyed cooking the steak last night. Now I must go back and washout frypan and some other panels I've used yesterday and today, I want to have this done by 830 tomorrow a.m. when my health person should be here. Not that she cares all but I guess I do. The items I have to wash our grease, make on grease which I don't relish. But as I said it should not take too long, I need to finish a movie I started earlier today on Netflix which is kind of stupid but I want to finish it hopefully I could get to bed and read earlier than usual. Tomorrow is the annual you ILC summer picnic. The summer picnic is fairly low-key. Just the usual hamburgers and hotdogs grilled on a city park pavilion will consumers lineup come through the chow line. I haven't been for years but I thought I would go then I remembered I have aZoom meeting in the afternoon which will take at least 2 hours starting at 1 PM. I would not be able to get back to my apartment in time. Kind of I was kind of looking forward to the picnic. Maybe next year. I did repair my shorts today released one pair that had broken zipper pull. I had Jackson last time he was here open up a couple of them. I still need to pay some attention to some of my hooks. The sticky ends are unraveling under failed rubber bands. A lot of little chores to make a big difference. Enough said I must get to washing dishes and keep an eye out for further electric storms…

Hazy Monday Morning

 

I had another one of those senior Monday morning's moments when on waking I was kind of confused as to what day of the week that it was. This lasted just a few seconds and I channeled down my memories of yesterday and the events I participated in and finally was able to realize that it was Monday morning started a week – – how exciting is that? Since it's Monday is one of my bathing days so I have a home health person coming out so I just sort of hanging around clean up the apartment, making coffee and making sure that I have a treat for this particular home health professional. She likes nicker bar I would like to have one for her when she's down and about ready to leave the apartment. She says she really appreciates the candy bar when I tell her I appreciate her – – she really goes on and above what home help people do as far as being therefore are what I really need assistance anytime day or night. I don't know for home agency knows all the assistance she has rendered me because on those days when I desperately need someone and is not her regular scheduled time of course pay her in cash. This is probably not kosher but I've learned that the agency I use has poor after hour backup services. And I have to take care of myself in the end.

Finally the weather seems to be stabilizing the sun was shining today more than the clouds were raining that made for a good day.. If there was any productive items I did today it was going across the street the market to pick it up a couple of items. I got 2 beautiful New York strip steaks for $16. As I'm sure you are aware I'm not writing this to say that I got a really good deal I'm saying that I can't believe a plate $16 for 2 pieces of meat! I justify the purchase for medical reasons. I'm trying not to become anemic. Without going into the gory details just say I seem be losing a lot of blood lately and a good rare steak supposedly helps in replacing the lost blood. I don't know this is true or not certainly allows her to justify the purchase of these 2 pieces of meat. The steak was pretty large actually. I cooked one this evening 's and ate half and I froze the other steak completely. 2 weeks ago when I tried this I lost the second steak that I was saving when the refrigerator failed and we threw away everything inside. The high point of my day was able to spend time reading my Stephen King novel. I'm already getting close to 300 pages read. I forgot how quickly I can read Stephen King when I get really interested.

Finally, I placed a call to my older brother Carl to find out what if anything he is doing to get ready for the reunion. I wanted to ensure that he knows that I would do whatever I can to make this thing a success or that we just get everything finished for this year. I was thinking that I'm pretty glad that were doing this on 17 June which is just halfway through the 1^st month of the summer is certainly frees up the rest of the summer. It's not like I have nothing planned I don't was just knowing I don't have to do anything on these fines are days.