Sick day- Sick Bay

 I knew I had come down with something this morning when I woke up. I woke up really early probably around 4:30 or something but I could tell there was something in my chest and I was hoping it was just my imagination sometimes that happens but I was willing to live with whatever it was. I got up got dressed it actually got my shoes on both of them today which is a good sign. I wasn't feeling horrible for say, I had a bit of a tickle in the throat that's now turned into a cough and I have sniffles going on as well. One of my friends on the internet feels I've got a cold which she's probably right. It's a sucker punch you know when you feel like spring is finally here and you let down all your battling sick defenses and sure enough before you know what you coming down with something. On top of all this I may even begin to have a bladder infection of some sort because I'm getting those urges to hit the bathroom and then just producing very little volume at all. I woke up in the middle of the night and the drain and I only drained about 300 cc's which is totally frustrating.

I caught the bus and went into the library to kill time before my assist meeting started. I always hope the little shop will be open before 11:00 a.m. and then I can grab some coffee but again they weren't open. The assist meeting was pretty productive we got a number of documents signed and we pretty much worked out the whole hour. I think the agency is about out of money now however so I think our meetings will be fewer since we don't have any money to give away until July when the new move fiscal year begins. I really just wanted to get back home and sit in front of the heater all day long after my meeting. I picked up some fries down town pulled me over till I got home. I could have gotten a burger or something like that but I didn't want to eat that much food not only from the caloric standpoint but also I wanted to make sure I wasn't pushing or putting too much food in my stomach that might make a poop before it's time. I was too tired and sick to go over to the market after I got off at the graveyard. I kind of wanted to get some bananas but that wasn't going to happen today so basically went straight home turned on the heat and hung out in the apartment watching series from Netflix till I got to the news. I know I'm just Meandering I'm just babbling primarily because that's what you do when you're sick. I might have a fever but I I do it's not very high and basically okay I think. Tomorrow I have to go south and get my toes done. I don't know if I should go as far as contagion goes and I don't know if it'll do anything to me if I go out in the cold as it's going to be for the next couple days. Not below freezing or anything like that just cold a little pressure system you know I stacked up one behind the next. I basically okay I just need to drink some more juice and get to bed maybe I'll be better tomorrow…

Renters rebate

 It's really quite a blustery evening here in Taylorsville. There's been a little rain not much and I haven't seen any lightning but it doesn't mean it's not there. It wasn't a bad day but it was a day that I was somewhat stressed about. Every year we have What's called the renters rebate I'm not really sure exactly what it's all about except for it's a good way to get a couple hundred bucks back from paying my rent. Some kind of program that you've got to produce what you paid for your rent and any government programs that help sponsor it and then you submit the paperwork and they send you the money. It sounds simple unless you're me and that means I've got to put my hands on paperwork that's been sent me in the mail in order to qualify for this program. Every year Social Security as well as the state of Utah send me documents indicating how much they paid me over the year. I of course and probably the world's worst document keeper or filer and I'm always surprised that I can eventually find the documents I'm looking for. Such was the case today. Once I went upstairs and talked to the persons in charge of this project and made an appointment for 1:20 this afternoon. Then it was to the apartment in the places where I end up stacking a lot of the mail that I get. And that's what I did I did some best guessing as to which pile the documents might be in and I always am surprised that I'm relatively accurate. It took me about 15 minutes and patience as I went through the piles and files and folders and stuck file drawers in sort of crushed file cabinets. And by 15 minutes I'd put together enough documents that eventually satisfied the service coordinator who is handling this project. If I was still a smoking man this would been a great time to have a smoke following attending the scheduled time slot and putting together the documents that I found. The service coordinator was pleased with the documents I presented and we work together to make sure they fit in all those places where they needed to be. The only problem now is I have to endure the apartment that's been torn up and papers tossed everywhere. I shredded a lot of papers that's accumulated that I no longer need and well no longer need for sure. As you all know I tend to hang on to things been trying to get over that little bit by a little bit. I need to get myself off as many programs which send me monthly statements that I don't really need and that would probably do better online on the internet somewhere. No just start stuffing the file cabinet again and hopefully won't be have to open them again till next year at this time- - it seems to me that I will have to produce something later on in the summer as I renew my monthly or yearly contract with my apartment org!

Visitation!

 It was a rather interesting Sunday for me today. I was up early this I am every Sunday that we go to breakfast of course so I can be sure that I'm dressed in time to meet the kids at the restaurant. I pretty much did okay except for not putting on one shoe, the one that does not stay on cuz the back is so broken. But I put the shoe on top of my foot so you couldn't see my foot and that works pretty well till Mark saw it then he worked my foot into that shoe and I was good for the rest of the day. But I was glad to be able to get 99% of myself dressed. Just one more of the challenges I see coming my way as I continue to age. The breakfast was really uneventful nice a lot of Chit Chat nothing too significant. Just enjoying each other's company. It was later in the day, like afternoon when I received a knock on my door and I was relatively shocked to find out it was my biological older brother Tony. I really like this guy but boy he's really beginning to look old. Anyway, a whole bunch of my family my Biologicals showed up maybe four of them. I really didn't have anywhere in my apartment to set things down and people down and of course it's always in chaos so we went up front and sat on some of the overstuffed chairs up there I had a short but significant visit. I really didn't know quite what to say or act. I just not have kept in contact with this group and it's not that I really don't want to it's just I don't feel anything for them per se which kind of shocks me sometimes. I always thought I had this fantasy that if I ever met my blood Kin I would feel an immediate bonding but if I have had no Sensations like that at all. If anything I have a bit of resentful feelings that they found me and now I want to drag me into the nucleus family. I know that sounds bad but I really feel one family is enough and My adoptive family is the best .. for me.

We had a pretty good visit for about 45 minutes and then they needed to get on to go visit another family member over in West Valley, who I have not really met yet and I think I've already offended her, actually they're going to meet at Denny's just down the street and wanted to know if I wanted to go but since I'd already been there for breakfast I really didn't have a desire to go back and really not to spend any time with the sister either and she's the one I think I offended when I remarked about how much I didn't like receiving forwards from the internet in my feed. I never heard from her again after I mentioned this but at the same time I didn't get any more forwards. Life's too short to spend with forwards.

Coffee shop dreams

 I just got back from the coffee shop. It's raining today so I got rained on not necessarily soaked but uncomfortably damp. I go to the coffee shops on Saturday mornings just to keep myself in shape as far as going out on Saturday mornings and trying to be social at least trying to look social and probably more important than that having something to tell my peers on Sunday or Monday that I actually did something this weekend rather than staying the apartment and just watch killing Eve or some other Netflix offering. I've been going to this place for a couple of years and it's interesting I still have a fairly high level of invisibility at this joint even though I've been going here for so long. And again that's not entirely true because the staff have gotten to know me pretty well in fact this morning when I went in I found my table and before I could go up and get in line to get my coffee one of the servers came over with packs of pink death wanted to know if I wanted regular roast or French roast. She should know I always get French roast but it was nice that she came over and basically got me the whole shooting match and brought it to my table without me ever having to go interface with the long line of other folks trying to get their morning or Saturday morning coffee fix. I don't know how I feel really about her special service to me but it's nice however I would not mind sitting in line on the pretext that I might want to Interchange vocally verbally was someone else who's in line. It's these little moments in life that sometimes the best parts of life happen especially when you're not even thinking about it. I guess I could have said something but that would have blemished the good works of the server who wanted to save me the problem of being in line at the coffee shop.

I can usually find a table when I'm at the coffee shop and I just sit there and drink my coffee look around and try to listen to the conversations going on around me at the other tables nearby. It's pretty fascinating there's this one long table actually a number of smaller tables pushed together to make one long table and it's the same group of people that sit around this table every single week and they all seem to be quite enamored with each other and there's quite a bit of personalities intermixed at this table it's really sort of interesting to listen to and watch. They all know me pretty well now and smile at me and say hi when I come in and get to my table they never asked me to sit with them or whatever and I don't think I would if they did but still it would be nice to be somewhat visible. We're all little units in our various little universes around various little tables at the coffee shop. That one time I had a mini Universe here with two people who sat at the same table with me we showed up every week but I guess it didn't be supportive enough because the other two dropped out saying it was too early or they were so much bored with just sitting at the table every week. I didn't internalize this I just accepted that face value and plan to keep coming and sitting at my table every Saturday morning and listen to the voices and pick up great lines to use in story writing.

Another rainy day

 It kind of rained all day the forecaster said that would but I didn't really believe them so I barely stayed in the apartment all day. Watched a lot of a series I'm involved in right now kind of weird of course it's on Netflix and there's four seasons of this series so I am certainly getting my fill. The only problem is it's quite dark and quite violent. There's a lot of murderers and that's a little hard to stomach but I really like the actress/actor who is the star of the show Sandra Oh so I've been sticking with the series. I'm just afraid it's going to come to the end of one of the seasons and there will be no finish to the series in the fact that we left hanging or I'll be left hanging. Perhaps that's best as part of the mentality of thought processes in this day of age or you don't hold on to anything very long because it's always replaced by something else or there's more content somewhere else that can fill in the spot. I did work out today for a little while anyway 30 minutes which got me past the 200 minute mark- - actually that was yesterday so the day was just 30 minutes on top of the 200 in 10 minutes I did yesterday. Beside for that I don't have much to report this Friday and I have no great thoughts going on either too much TV- - right in the brain.

I actually did start the kid letters for the month of May. I didn't get anything dictated because the machine I'm using for that right now was totally out of juice it completely run out so I wouldn't have the tablet to dictate to so I ended up plugging it in getting it charged for tonight at least. So I spent part of the afternoon on the big computer with the printer do in the envelopes which I finished so that's a major part of the mail out is getting the envelopes printed and stamped. That being completed then I just have to start the letters. I guess that'll be tomorrow since tomorrow looks like it's going to be as rainy as today. Not a lot to go out on.

Wicked

 I started keeping six packs or more of soda around the apartment. I've never really done this before and I've just started just because I've realized that sometimes I like soda and something to drink. It's difficult for me to purchase liquid just because liquid is heavy by it's very nature water being heavy. So a six pack is not super heavy but it's heavy enough that when combined with all the other the other weight of the things I'm purchasing can get unruly at times. But now I'm disregarding the wait and making sure I have a carbonated drink in the apartment most of the time. I purchased a six pack of cherry Pepsi few weeks ago and still have half of the six pack left which I think is pretty cool cuz it takes me so long to consume these kinds of items. I think it's kind of a test I give myself like if I eat an enjoy or a peanut butter cup you know those two items there's two candies in each package? I like to eat one and leave the other one around to eat the next day or whenever as a means of depriving myself but testing myself to see if I can do it if I'm strong enough to resist the urge to eat the whole thing. This gets a little out of hand sometimes when they're just half consumed items around the apartment but usually it's not so bad and it's rewarding when I see I still have a piece of treat left consume it some point in time.

Tonight I actually dug what are the Pepsis that I've had in the refrigerator for the last couple weeks out to enjoy with my evening meal and Beyond. I've had it in the refrigerator in an awkward place so I take a lot of effort and well to pull it out tonight was the night. Pepsi is a new beverage to me I have not consumed it much in my life. My boss was a quite addicted Pepsi drinker and I had a few times with her and maybe once or twice growing up. I was raised not to drink Cola are that Cola was bad. I think my religious group thought that Cola was some sort of gateway drug to get you into the hard drinking functions of the world. I never thought it through that most of my friends at church drink Coke and Pepsi but we never did it was bad. Now I can't believe I went my whole life without consuming much Coke or Pepsi it's quite a refreshing drink. I opened the bottle tonight and took a couple hits then put the lid back on to keep the carbonation in let me finish it this evening before I go to bed and use the take my night time meds. I will have to drink this before I start my night routine of brushing my teeth flossing that kind of stuff cuz I don't like to drink any sugar after that point in time just because. I have to admit even now that I've intellectualized Pepsi and that it's okay to drink it I still feel a little Wicked every time I take a swig

Thinking of Thursday

It's insane how quick the weeks are evolving! I mean tomorrow's Thursday which means Friday is real close and then it's the weekend- - again! I'm sure it's an age thing it always is an age thing at this point anything that goes wrong has to do with Advanced age. The days are getting nicer as far as temperature goes I'm at least able to get out and get some sun on my face and legs sometimes during the day when I don't have anything else to do and it's not like I'm that busy it's just that I do have some things going on that sometimes monopolized by days, like some of the volunteer stuff I do we're meetings throughout the month that I need to attend whether in person or over the internet it's still a couple hours a month. I also work out almost every day of the week except Sunday. 200 minutes of arm biking over the week I usually get it done by Thursday. Even when I do have my 200 minutes behind me I sometimes like to do a few more minutes just so I'll sleep better or hedge my chances of sleeping better. Perhaps the most productive thing I did today was get the clothes washed folded and put away for the week.

I got a message from my old friend Lori reminded me that I'm meeting with her and our friend, tomorrow at my building. Of course I'd completely forgot that meeting even though when I checked my calendar there it was on the 25th. I can't remember why we're meeting maybe just to hang out I don't remember. Going to commandeer one of the small meeting rooms upstairs in this building for our little get together. I don't think I volunteered anything like potato chips or pizza but maybe it would be good to have some just in case people want to munch. I don't remember ever doing anything like this before with the group so it's sort of new territory at least for me. Lori if the reader will remember is a heavy duty do better and truly believes in the way things are. We typically have gone to a restaurant but for some reason we're not doing it this way this time. This really should be interesting. I was a little worried when I first read Lori's text because I just made a commitment for Thursday/ tomorrow earlier in the week fortunately we will be meeting later in the afternoon and I have my breakfast meeting tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. which gives me Bookoo amount of time between events. It still makes for a long day for this old guy. Hopefully, however the inclement weather which is coming this weekend will not be early so tomorrow even if it's very cloudy with a chance of storms. So it's going to be a busy Thursday and with the storm coming in later on tomorrow evening I will be glad to have my commitments done for the week and I can just kick back relax a little bit in the cooler weather perhaps maybe even more time than usual to do Netflix- - I'm currently involved in a series which I think I'm going to be sorry for. The other thing I can spend my time doing is finding the power cord for a laptop computer that I got for my son a few months ago I got it for myself but I really don't use a laptop as much as I'd like to think that I do. Then of course I ran over the machine and kind of broke the screen not the screen itself but the hinges that attach it to the system. Remember I got all targeted and shipped it out yesterday morning and of course I didn't have the cord. We spent about an hour searching for the cord tonight at the apartment it's not anywhere I can see right off but that doesn't mean anything. 

UPS the mess

 My x, as my faithful reader knows is now living in Arizona and I think she's doing pretty good actually I'm quite proud of her being able to pick up and just move out of state and survive out in hot town Arizona. I do worry about her a lot but she seems to be doing okay which is okay by me. For one reason or another she has lost the use of her laptop and she does a lot of writing and she does a lot of searching and she really needs to have something like a laptop to do what she does as well as she does. She's been trying to get by with just her cell phone surfing the internet and communicating and all that stuff. Couple months ago my son indicated that where he worked they were getting new computers or laptops and the staff had first dibs on the old machines which are good but just not fancy Dancy brand new and the agency tries to keep these people in first class shape with the best systems they can get a hold of. My son got me one and it was pretty good but since I tend to use dictation for most of my riding I really don't use the keyboard that much. I ran over my laptop- - as I run over everything that I own it seems like at one point or another - - and broke the screen or lid of the machine. So since I don't use it that much I just pretty much stuck at in one of my shelves and kind of forgot about it until Diane was talking about needing something. I was more than happy to volunteer my laptop broken as it might be. I think if I remember correctly the machine works just fine it's just the screen that's sort of messed up and Diane has a backup screen that she could actually plug into the machine and be able to do her work I hope so anyway I decided rather than him and her around shipping the machine I decided I would just go ahead and do it this morning. Just up the street from my apartment is a UPS shipping office and that's what I did this morning. I rolled up there with the machine in a bag that I got somewhere and had the lady help me out with finding the right box and then typing up a label to ship the machine to Arizona. The thing cost about 30 bucks for the project and that's okay. I really hope this machine will help Diane do what she wants to do and will help me get another item that I don't use out of my apartment before I destroy it entirely.

Today was beautiful, finally, temperature in the 70s enough Sunshine that I could sit out in the sunshine and read and doze a little bit after I got my major project of the day completed. I even cooked dinner tonight which I really do anymore it seems but I cooked up the four Burgers I purchased this weekend and had the last of a potato and cheese casserole my neighbor brought over for me yesterday it was enough for a decent dinner. I should have had something green but that was too far out of my comfort zone. I mean I actually do have some broccoli in the freezer/ fridge I need to use. But it was a good day for shipping

Footloose Sunday

I won't say that I had a rough night but I could have slept better that's for sure. I woke up around 3:00 which is not that unusual. I usually are many times I wake up around 3:00 a.m. with a bladder call that I have to drain before I get back to sleep. And again, this happened last night but I only drained about 200 CC's maybe 300 cc's which I thought was a little weird. It took a while to get back to sleep, usually it doesn't take this long but again I was a little spooked because I wanted to be sure to be up in time to be dressed to meet the kids for breakfast. But eventually I feel back to sleep but only slept for about an hour and sort of just dozed through the 5:00 hour finally forcing myself up at 6:00 a.m.. I've yawned a lot today more than usual but it's been a semi interesting day. The day's been good as far as weather goes not totally clear sunshine but it was totally warm getting up into the mid 70s and that feel good it felt good ruined home from the restaurant it felt good sitting out in the sun reading a little bit. Today was too good to totally lose to Netflix or whatever I might do in the apartment all day so I settled up and went out rolling around for a while eventually going all the way to Kentucky Fried Chicken and getting a wing and a leg for about 6 bucks which is amazing to me but that's all I got was it Wing in the leg they stuck a roll in there but that was it there another there are no other pieces of food or whatever. I enjoyed the chicken however it's not as good as I would have cooked it had I still been working at KFC like I did in the old days. But I enjoyed the small meal eventually wondering back to the apartment.

It's the 40th anniversary of the movie Footloose which by note is or was filmed in Utah in a small little Community not far from Salt Lake. I generally like to show when it came out it was good it was the old Motif young versus old Murray's changing and the young finally showing the old folks how the new world's going to be. I actually found the movie on Netflix this evening so I decided to give it a go and watched it all the way through. I am astounded at how much music was in the movie and I enjoyed the Kevin Bacon peace be in the city kid and I rural community. Bacon driving around in his little Volkswagen bug teaching the farm kids to dance in overthrowing the unrighteous righteous preacher father of his to be girlfriend. My favorite part in the movie was bacon teaching is awkward male buddy Rhythm and dance and then them pulling off the dance at the end of the movie it was quite entertaining. I've always liked the movie and have been really interested in seeing it again I'm glad I was able to find it on Netflix.

Saturday

 The day was almost perfect as far as temperature goes a slight breeze from a low pressure system wandering through but aside from that, plenty of sunshine and lots of blue sky. I thought about putting together a major breakfast cuz I do have the bacon and I do have Frozen tater tots that I can fry up into hash browns but instead I decided I would get dressed and Wander over for a cup of coffee. The coffee was great I brought it back to the apartment. I will drink on this coffee until Monday morning at least. It was such a nice morning I figured that I would use it constructively. I think I've lamented a couple times recently about not being able to get my shoes on or at least to get them to stay on because the left shoe back is broken down so much that the shoe never will stay on pass the getting on stage right after I lower my foot to the foot box. If anything should happen and I should have a spasm on that foot my foot comes right out of their shoe. So rather than frustrate myself on trying to put the shoes on I decided I would go barefoot today and go up to Walmart and purchase another pair of shoes which I did. The shoe is the same kind as I had before except the backs are solid cuz they're brand new and that works for me I also picked up some shorts ended up being sort of an expensive trip but I do need the clothes and it's totally justifiable and I know I have the funding to do this so why not? I even stopped at McDonald's on the way back and rather than get my usual cheapest cheeseburger they've got I got a Big Mac! That wasn't able to eat it until I got home just because as soon as I got to the bus stop the old 217 pulled up and soon I was at the back door of the apartment complex enjoying my Big Mac which I should know better but guilty pleasures with the day I guess. After downloading my stuff from Walmart I dashed over to the dollar store and got five quarts of milk. I've been meaning to do this for some time just for the security of having that much whole milk. I use the milk sparingly through the week and this much milk should last quite a while. Besides me drinking from the container periodically my home health person uses it in a coffee quite a bit when she's gets coffee in the mornings.

The really good day should be tomorrow when the temperature will get up a few more degrees and the wind should not be significant a perfect day for sitting out in the sunshine and work on my tan lines. Looks like we're going to have breakfast in the morning as usual and that should be enjoyable. Little sore on my butt this evening it'll be good to get off my butt for the week and maybe spend a good time of tomorrow laying down in my chair this person the weight is best I can.

Friday's Focus

 Today was not actually bad for a Friday though I must confess once again I didn't do anything today. The weather was kind of iffy at best. Kind of warm but not warm enough for me to stay outside to do anything productive or to travel or anything like that so I elected basically to stay in the apartment and busy myself first around the kitchen and then around the workstation. It was an early day Fridays are becoming early days because Melissa's kids are out of school or something like that so she can come here early and I really do appreciate that. Like if I really did have something to do in the morning on a Friday I could get to it fairly easily cuz I'm usually done by 7:30 when Melissa comes in early and that's pretty great. I watched the Marvel movie in a couple of other shows that are series which were relatively entertaining. Of course did my bike and listen to my radio shows and really that was it for this Friday. Like I have everything I really need- - I wouldn't mind getting another gallon of orange juice tied me over but I can get by I still have a full container of tomato juice as well as apple juice somewhere in the cans pantry. I have cookies two kinds enough milk to get by till next week and the steak in the freezer that I need to start thinking about eating soon. I'm a little spooked just because I don't want to eat so much that I force another belt of diarrhea or explosive unexpected BMS. I really don't think I was sick the last time I filled the pants I think I was just full my bowel was full and had I been together like in the old days I would have just transferred onto the toilet and that would have been it and I'd be on my way but now I have to wait for either one of the three days that I do poop or if I can get Melissa over here in time to forestall if not mitigate the results of a full bowel. Of course I always get nervous on a Friday because that means I'm on my own pretty much until Monday morning when the next poop is scheduled and really that might be the reason I'm sticking around the apartment as much as I have been lately is that been a little spooked on moving too far away from a bathroom or at least an apartment that I can hide in in case things go south. These are all redundant worries I know and the dedicated reader must be getting quite bored but it's things that I'm blogging about today like it or don't read it it's all the same to me.

Christmas joy

 

The bag of candy shown in this blog entry today was giving me at the independent living Center's Christmas function for I become Santa Claus for a few hours for the the center's clients and Families. It's a cute little bag of candy that I've had kicking around my apartment now since Christmas I didn't know if I'd ever use it actually I get these things from time to time and they tend to go to the back of the drawer are on the bookcase are in my file cabinet and for one reason or another I never get around to consuming them. Around Christmas time after I got home from the function I put the bag on the little stand next to my bed thinking that maybe at some point I might get into them when I need something sweet to eat while in bed. Eventually the bag of candy got knocked to the floor and stayed on the floor now for the last 4 months or so. And yesterday for no other reason then curiosity I fished the bag out and placed them on the bed thinking that I might put them in my book bag or my bag that I carry with me all the time as emergency candy that I sometimes utilize when I'm out traveling and I'm starving and I need something to keep me occupied or fed while waiting for the bus or whatever. I must confess the bag of candy never made it to my bag and in a fit of Desire this afternoon I opened the bag and started eating the chocolate kisses. You noticed that there is a pipe cleaner reindeer or something on the bag as well as a jingle bell. I think I'll put the bill somewhere I'm not sure where maybe on my door at the apartment the rest of the candy bits scattered on my bed and I think I'll put the rest of the bag in my major candy box that I usually store the candy bars for my home health person, caregiver. That seems appropriate.

It was another one of those days where the outside looked inviting and warm but once in the outside it was too cold for me to enjoy the day without a bundle of clothes. So I pretty much hung out for the day in the apartment. It was coffee this morning it was a small turnout but really good conversation, All Things Considered. I enjoyed my arm bike later on in the day while listening to Marketplace I only had to do 20 minutes to get to my 200 minutes for the week but I did 30 instead so I'm over that amount of time. I'll probably still do a workout tomorrow and maybe Saturday who knows all I know is it certainly helps you sleep better I really don't care about the other positive aspects - - possibly I should but all I want to make sure is I'm sleepy enough to get through the night and end of the day. I finished the Bank conversion that I've been going through the last couple days. I got set up with my password and login which I need to find a status on my bank account. I still have to do a direct deposit with the state and I got the forms off the internet tonight so maybe I can do that tomorrow and then I'll be just about caught up. I have to reestablish a connection with my account and my public radio station just so that they'll start getting there funding again from me not that it's a lot but makes me feel like I'm doing my part it's hard to believe it's almost Friday..

Day after

 It really is a mystery to me all the things one has to do to convert their account at their savings Institution in my case it's the credit union. I thought I was just about finished with the whole conversion process when I learned I had to establish direct deposit options for the two checks I have coming in every month. One from the Social Security Administration and one for the state of Utah. I don't know why this stuff is so intimidating to me it just is. That's quite proud of myself yesterday when I really straightforward with the SSA got the direct deposit setup really no problem however when I went to do the state it was a different rascal. They of course wanted me to download some kind of form to fill out and return to them or perhaps show up in person and do it like that but after yesterday's major issue with unscheduled bowel movements I really felt a little uncomfortable being too far away from the apartment and today I elected to just stay home pretty much. So, I have to download the image of the form from my email fill it out then return it to the state of Utah. Fortunately for me the amount of money I get from the state is so inconsequential that I don't have to immediately get this finished or done. Eventually when I do the funds will be sent to my bank account. This took a major portion of the day to kind of work through and even then I still have to contact my credit union to figure out what I need to do to go directly to my account to see what the status of my balance is. For some reason of course that has not been accomplished but I have time for that. I know there's probably another zillion items that I haven't remembered that needs to be addressed due to this conversion process but hopefully I've got the major ones taken care of. The others if they want their money will have to contact me and let me know to forward them the new credit and debit card information they will need.

The day turned out much better than I anticipated with all the clouds and the cooler weather of this morning. I eventually drove my chair across the street and went to the market to get some bananas to help with my problems right now. Of course I sort of went crazy and got a lot of other stuff that I thought that we needed or I needed but probably could have gotten along till the next payday. I don't know everything's up in the air I just want to see how things work through the next month or so to make sure that everything's online with my credit union. I also picked up some yogurt today at the market 10 yogurts for $4 makes it sound like it's a deal. I'm strong believer in yogurt and the fauna inside my gut even though the yogurt that I get is relatively worthless as far as having the organisms needed to grow the fauna but I still like to believe and add it to the bananas I think it'll make the big difference. At least it Justified me going across the street

Stomach problems

 I wasn't feeling that well this morning when I got up it really felt like I had a full bowel no question about it. I think it was the meatball sub that Jackson got for me yesterday. Real food, my stomach wasn't ready for real meat I guess the only different thing in my diet lately so I think that started something but anyway I felt like I really needed to do my responsibility thing and go in and do the meeting that assist. Like I said I felt like I was sitting on a full load and I thought I would just take it step by step and see where it got me see if I can make it through the day which I did actually got home but I was feeling pretty crampy by the time I got home and actually called Melissa indicate that I didn't think I was going to make it through the night that she needed to be ready and then later on that same hour I contacted her again and said I need her to stop by and see what we could do see you at stop by at 6:30 p.m. before she went to weather clients. I tried to sit as quietly as I could so I didn't juggle or jerk anything around but by the time Melissa had got to me I guess I had already begun to unload by the time she got me in the sling I was really feeling woozy and put the bucket underneath me and I dropped a load into the into the red bucket. Spent the rest of the time on the toilet and then into the shower cleaning up. Melissa does such a great job I certainly appreciate her willing to work with me on the weird stomach things that I have going on it seems like. She cleaned me up and took off to her next client and I'm sitting here now just hoping that the yogurt and the banana that I ate along with a piece of lunch meat well hold me through the night and not activate anything else and see what tomorrow brings. I may have to have some cottage cheese or something to settle my stomach or maybe a Pepsi that might work. I just want to get back to some form of normal poops and really I've been pretty lucky all things considered more so than most folks I think. I'm thankful for what I have and what I am and what I do. Melissa has fixed my bed and so I'm hopefully covered there pretty well or uncovered or whatever it is I need to lay down

C B&C Monday

 It's tax day and I barely noticed. They did talk a little bit about it this morning on the morning news that I listen to as I get ready for my staff to get here I'll give you my shower and such but aside from that it's just another day. I'm so glad that I'm done but the whole tax thing used to kind of freak me out if I get too close to it and think I might be at risk. Nothing Spooks me more than the thug booted tax man of the US government. But aside from that was a pretty productive day for the old guy. Of course it's Monday so I had Melissa threw in a load of wash and then I actually accomplished the cooking of the corned beef and cabbage! Seriously I threw the corned beef I purchased on Saturday into the Crock-Pot this morning around 10:00 and then basically let it do its thing. Like a dummy at some point I turned it off thinking I was turning it on low then realized my mistake turned it back on high and cooked it for a couple more hours before dinner time was closing in so that I threw in the vegetables the carrots, potatoes and of course the cabbage. It all turned out really well and because Marc Anthony gave me those great canisters bowls for Christmas or Father's Day or my birthday or whatever it's easy to save the leftover corned beef and cabbage for another meal or two or whatever I choose to use the leftover for I may go back and purchase a couple more briskets just because I couldn't believe how cheap they were at the market on Saturday. Just My Luck they're probably all gone now but they were in a bad price.

So the clothes are washed and folded I just have to put the pile of shorts over on the clean clothes pile and I should be done for the day. Melissa change the sheets this morning which means that I should have a really good night sleeping tonight with new sheets and the bed made up nice and neat. I still have a mess in the kitchen I need to clean up which I will do just a little bit tonight and leave the rest for tomorrow when I get back from my work downtown. I might clean out the Crock-Pot tonight just because it might be easier to do tonight than to wait for till tomorrow the dirt might be a little more loose tonight so when I have to wrestle it down. I still have pretty good time for him to do it in so I should be able to get to bed pretty decent time tonight get my reading done. The rain didn't come like they said it was going to but it certainly looked like it might at any time and for that reason I didn't go to the bank today. I've got to go to assist tomorrow so that means I will be downtown close to the bank by the Taco Time downtown so that should be good enough for me to go in there and get my business finished. Aside from that was a pretty good tax day. Stay away from the tax man.

Savoring Sunday

I woke pretty early this morning wanted to be sure that I was dressed and ready to go by 7:45 so I can make my 8:00 a.m. breakfast with the kids. I ended up waking up around 3:45 and not really getting back to sleep and finally getting myself up at 6:45 so I had roughly have 2 hours to get ready for my morning breakfast at the restaurant. I lost about 20 minutes getting up because I inadvertently last night as I backed my power chair next to my bed to roll into the mattress or onto the mattress I inadvertently ran over the cord to the pendant that runs the electric bed, the one with the buttons on it the device that lowers raises it sits me up in bed raises my legs. For one I didn't want to run over the Box and wreck the control box even though I know I have another backup control box in my drawers out front in the front of that apartment as well as I didn't want to unplug the unit from the bed itself which would make the bed non-functional until I can get somebody to Monkey into the bed and replug the control box back in. That of course has happened more than once since I've had this bad and it's a pretty frustrating event. What I finally had to do was get myself situated so I can make the rollover into the chair and then drop the control box itself so it hit the floor flat which flattened the cord itself and then carefully, slowly oh so slowly, Advance the chair forward rolling over the cord. I couldn't do this while the control box was hanging off the hook that I generally use because it raised the cord up off the floor right in the path of the wheels of the chair. This was a total Act of Faith that once I drop the control box it would hit the floor and lay flat and paid off because that's exactly what happened I slowly inched forward and soon I was totally off the cord and it was behind me lying harmlessly on the floor and I was free to roam around the apartment. Normally I'm not this cautious and I've destroyed so much over the years by not having the patience to work something out. Needless to say I lost 20 minutes but made it up dressing and luckily I was the first one there so I was able to secure the table and have a cup of coffee and wait for the kids to arrive.

It's cloudy and overcast now at this Lake Point on Sunday evening. The storms rolled in it'll be cold and wet tomorrow and so I plan not to do anything until Tuesday when it will still be cool but the rain will have moved on. The basketball team I've been following all year, the first time I've ever done such a thing, Utah Jazz lost again this afternoon. I was quite frustrated for a while till I realized they were breaking in a bunch of new players and this is how you do it. I'm not used to losing so many games that one shot but I need to learn the lesson of sticking up and for a group you believe in and see how they do. Now basically basketball's over until next September or October. I guess there's something called the summer league and games like that but I don't know about that kind of stuff anyway pretty decent Sunday….

Hanging around

 

I hope I'm not sounding like too big of a boob but my wrist my left wrist is just now beginning to heal from trauma from last week I guess I gave it from using my trapeze above my bed to lift myself up in the mornings or move around in bed at night if I need to move around. Since I have any hand function to speak of I have to use my wrist bent over the bar on the trapeze to pull myself up and somehow I think I damaged my wrist and stuff because resulted in a lot of pain this last week. Of course I'm trying to favor the wrist as much as I can but it's the only functioning piece of body part that I have to get me out of bed in the morning and swing into bed at night. Actually I could do the old roll into bad thing that I used to do without the trapeze but I tend to use the trapeze just because it's there. This is almost frightening when I sit and think about it too much because if I look to lose my left side that would be it for me I don't know how I could continue being independent at all if I were to lose my good arm and wrist. I'm thinking however that I could replace the steel trapeze with a wide Loop, cloth Loop of some sort, this would mitigate the strain on my wrist I think but still allow me to lift myself up and maneuver myself around with the overhang over the bed. Hopefully, I'll continue to heal my wrist in lower arm in the next couple of days and I'll be back to the old self and just be very careful not to overuse that risk again. I'm pretty sure this has happened before and I've gone through this before but I can't rightly remember right off. I will try to make contact with my pt/ot in the next couple weeks to see if I can get a loop like I'm talking about I think it would be a wise move on my part regarding the longevity of my Independence.

The high point of my day was going to my credit union to close out my account and open up a new one because of the tricksters who got in a hold of my account information. I was told that I could come down today after 10:00 and then be able to go ahead and close the account and issue me my new cards of course that didn't happen. There was a huge line when I got there, at the credit union, and when I finally did get to a person to help me she really didn't know what she was doing and I think we pretty much closed out the account but she was unable to give him my new cards today and said I'd have to come back on Monday which I think is going to be rainy and very challenging but we'll have to see I've been there like three times this week and that's no easy trip to do with the buses. It's quite frustrating but I should have it finished soon hopefully. I may wait until Tuesday to go over to the credit union and finish the job. Or maybe hit the Credit Union downtown Salt Lake that I go to when I do my work at assist ink…

Almost 80°

 I should have recognized it the second that I saw it but I wasn't thinking too much this morning when I saw this message come across my tablet indicating that something or someone was trying to still 465 dollars from my account and that if I wanted to stop them or report the issue the click on the link that was at the bottom of the page- - which I of course did like a fool. This was exactly what the perpetrators wanted me to do so they would have an access to my online business account. I became frustrated and eventually called the credit union itself which then started a weird and strange process of closing out my existing account and opening up a brand new account which is quite tedious and frustrating. All I know is that now I'm going to have to think up a new password and account business as well as opening up a new credit card or debit card it's also frustrating. So, I decided I would just jump the bus and go down in person and at least get some cash out of my account because once they close down my account all services die for me special getting cash out of the money machine. That was my big trip for the day going to my credit union and getting out a few dollars and then waiting for the whole thing to begin. It really is someone intimidating cuz it took me forever to memorize my last account number so that I could just throw it out anytime I wanted to say nothing of my password. We'll just have to see how it works holding fiercely to the belief that things will work out as they are supposed to.

I stopped at the market on the way back of course to pick up the things I forgot yesterday which was tomatoes to cut up for my concoction. I really like to use real Tomatoes as opposed to the ones in the cans though I do like the canned ones as well they're diced tomatoes and they actually do taste like tomatoes so I guess it's sixes there's just something about the real live chopping up the tomato and adding it to the mixture. I got the tomatoes but I forgot to get cucumbers. Suppose I can wait until Monday for new cucumbers or perhaps tomorrow I can run over during the quiet. And get some cucumbers. I found that Tomatoes actually are relatively high in iron so it's good that I'm eating so many tomatoes these days. I'm still somewhat intimidated to begin taking the iron tablets prescribed for me. It's just the whole idea of being constipated from iron tablets as just not too welcome. But it's part of the process, Lucy indicated that I was bleeding this morning not very much just a few drops but still I need to then jump on my horse and make arrangements to get to the whoever does the job to get myself cauterized or tied off or whatever the process is and finish off the whole experience of the colon problem. Kind of freaks me out too but I just got to jump in and start the process this is all new Mark taking care of himself maybe. Anyway, the temperatures today we're almost 80° so it's quite Pleasant to sit out in the sun until the sun start getting blocked by the clouds. Tomorrow it will not be quite as warm as a cold front begins to work its way into the area but maybe I'll be able to get enough done that I'll be able to pretty much enjoy Sunday and Monday and possibly Tuesday and the rest of the week as the cold front wanders in and brings the temperatures down just more spring happening…

Dandelion signs

 

It's been a long day I'll be the first one to admit that for some reason I was awake at 5:00 a.m. this morning couldn't get back to sleep and I probably shouldn't because today is a 9:30 a.m. day with coffee social so I'm always want to make sure I'm up on Thursday mornings so I'm not late for social. But come on 5:00 a.m. and I think I was awake a little bit before that even. I was kind of excited for the day however they had indicated it was going to be warm and that's what I've been looking forward to for months now. The coffee social is relatively uneventful. Just a few of the people that are usually there we're there but a lot of people didn't come don't know what's going on something seems to be happening around here on a social level I'm not sure what though. Anyway, my glasses have been driving me crazy ever since I rolled over him last week and really sprained the temple out so my goal today was to settle up head into the city go to Costco where they have a pretty significant eyeglass place and see if the one of the people there can bend my frames back into some form of wearability. And they did amazingly. I think I scared the little person to death she wasn't sure if she could tackle the job and not break my frames further but she did a great job and been holding together really good the rest of the day. But what really made my day probably more than anything else because I was heading out for the bus inbound and all the sudden I was captured by all the yellow on the lawn and sure enough it was an inundation of dandelions, the poor man's flower the flower that grows anywhere it seems like especially loves the spring. I actually love the yellow color that it gave everything. I went a little crazy taking images because I couldn't really see the image through the viewfinder because it was so light outside so I just shot from the hip so to speak. And the flowers came out pretty decent after all they're basically weeds but they're beautiful weeds and I've always appreciated the yellow Bears of spring.

One of my favorite pieces of software that I have on my cell phone is the app that ties into the UTA bus line that let you know exactly where their buses are at or when they're going to be at a particular bus stop. I can use this to ascertain when the buses will be inbound at my stop by the park that takes me right into Costco area. Trouble is I have to use the sidewalk to get to the bus stop it's difficult to do when they stick these giant signs right in the middle of the sidewalk then I've got to figure out how to get around them in time and still get to the bus stop in time and not miss my bus. Today was an easy go around but other days aren't as easy I think I was just happy to be out and enjoying the sunshine….

To Market to Market

 Already it's Wednesday that means tomorrow, Thursday is Coffee Day and then Friday is on us and what's another weekend? Time is going so fast that I'm forced to sound like an old fart always mentioning the speed of time and how little time is left for someone such as I. Still hopefully I have a few good days left. I've done something to my left wrist this is the wrist that continually pulls me up to the sitting position for when I'm leaning over to my right side my weak side. Somehow I've done something to the wrist portion that I have to spend some time rehabbing it now back to some sort of usability. Scary thing is that when you're a quadriplegic like myself or a partial quad or whatever you want to call me losing one of your extremities like that can be almost lethal since you rely so much on my arms to keep me going. Hopefully a good night rest and showing the wrist some favor in the coming days will heal it up like a sprain. I look for my painkillers today I couldn't find them they're not really paying Kellers they're just my bottle of those items just bigger than an aspirin I can't recall the name of them right off. Maybe I'll look for them a little bit more before I go to bed tonight cuz I know I had them just last month or so. I'm having to rely on them more and more I've noticed of late. I just seem to be getting more and more sore all the time.

I actually made it to the market for the first time this week spit and more than I wanted to everything is getting so high it's almost spooky. Just for a few items it cost me $36 and a large portion of that was the green grapes. I did buy bananas as well so I have two pieces of fruit. But still I'm sure the grapes are like 10 or 12 dollars cuz a 395 a pound and I'm sure I got 3 lbs worth at least. But that's the price of doing business right now and I'm glad that I can afford it. I don't know what I would do if I were living just hand to mouth. Interesting however I did visit with my neighbor, carol, who is hemiplegic walking ability though and she's just been awarded something like 70 hours of Home Health Aide for a month that's really pretty decent but she's on Medicaid and I still think that's a very high price to pay for daily Medicaid assistance. I'm still not at that point thank goodness I can still function. Melissa had to put a patch on my butt this morning which made getting around today a little bit easier especially the trip over to the market. I need to be careful not abuse the second skin. The days light is now stretching significant. Still pretty dark in the mornings when I wake up around 6:00 a.m. but it's certainly getting dark later and later. It won't be long the seasons change…..

Tuesday's tidings

 I almost turfed it again this morning on my transfer to my chair. I'm really not sure what I did wrong cuz I thought that I placed the foot pedals up high enough that my feet wouldn't slip off I am having some issues with the covering on the foot plate actually there's no covering it gets all bunched up towards the back and then it's just the hard slick surface of the foot box giving my feet nothing to Klingon to and slide off. This morning I pulled the rabbit out of the Hat by being able to touch the controls of my power chair and tilt my chair back and scoot back into my chair. It took a long time to do this it was still just by luck that I was able to pull it off. And of course last night when I went to bed I forgot to put my cell phone next to my bed so if I slid out of my chair I would not have been able to contact the fire department around whoever else I might be able to use to pick me up and get me going again. I'm trying not to focus on this Behavior but just seems like I'm getting less able to do the transfers. The other half of my body says give yourself time you'll get back into the form but I don't know when do you have to start making the hard decisions? I suppose I could delay the whole concept if I already get my chair in and get the foot box worked on maybe so it would catch my feet the way it's supposed to so if I continue to work on the right equipment despite keep me that much more independent. This kind of brings up the question I have to deal with Marc Anthony who's been actually really sweet and offering to going to the house rental with him. I just don't know this kind of freaks me out to think about but maybe it is the answer for extended Independence with assist. Lots of questions to wrestle with I'm just thankful I have them cuz it could be a whole lot worse and I'm really thankful to be where I'm at at this point in my life no matter what the situation is I've been really fortunate but that's enough syrup for tonight..

Monday's moans

 This was obviously a small box day, small box day from Amazon! I really become quite addicted to the whole phenomenon of receiving boxes and boxes of stuff which I ordered from Amazon. Sometimes they're big boxes sometimes small boxes sometimes bags but they're all gifts from Amazon. Of course gives that I ordered for myself and many times I forgot what I've ordered and I'm always surprised when I finally find something sharp enough to cut through the layers of tape whoever sent or wrapped my package felt was needed to secure the valuable contents. I'm just amazed at the amount of boxes Amazon Central must have to manage each day's shipments. As I said the heavy box today was one of two. The first box the light box was medical stuff which I'm totally thankful I can receive by the mail. The other box the heavier was quite baffling and it took a bit to get inside and I finally did. I was surprised yet somewhat pleased it was the four cans of spaghetti and meatballs I got from Chef Boyardee. One of my favorites I think I wrote about it last week. Four cans tightly wrapped in plastic, from the factory no doubt, someone had to take the four cans and match it to a box that would fit it snugly which they obviously did. I'm glad I didn't get the case of spaghetti and meatballs which I seriously considered. Poor little guy from Amazon would have a hernia by the time he delivered my case of Chef Boyardee. This was more of a test than anything else just to see what it was like to order the can product and to see if I wanted to do it more often in days to come. I kind of feel guilty as I stuffed one empty box into the other this evening right before I took him out to the dumpster and heaved him over the side. The boxes were great, in great shape and still very sturdy and I'm sure could have been used for a host of any number of items. There was a time when I would keep such a box around the apartment for how ever long before it either got trashed or somehow thrown away. Truth is, I just don't need this stuff around anymore I'm trying to declutter.

Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs or catheters they all come in boxes from the big black truck from Amazon. It's A Brave New World out there if I really wanted to become the isolate I feel I am sometimes and now I realize I could totally live on home delivery. I would never have to leave the confines of my little apartment I don't dare know how this would work with fresh fruit and such but I'm sure there's a way to do that. My ex totally lives off home delivery and doesn't quite well and she does use fresh vegetables quite a bit and rarely has been disappointed with the service she enjoys. I still have a hard time pulling the trigger and going for home delivery. I totally believe this winter will end temperatures will rise and I will be set to enjoy my trips across the street to the market where I shop for myself without the assistance of the little cardboard boxes or whatever else Amazon is using to ship these days...

Sunday's utterance

Had it not been Sunday morning and going out with the family for breakfast it would have been another day of me totally doing nothing except watching television, movies all day! I will not say it's an addiction per se but something might be happening with the amount of screen time that I'm developing and not even feeling bad about it. I at least one of them movies was not on Disney I actually did a Netflix and it was pretty decent I'd seen the movie before of course but it was nice sitting down and watching it again as I wandered back and forth between the TV room and the kitchen getting a spoon of peppers and such here and there. I thought about doing a special lunch but that didn't happen either even though I actually went through the efforts yesterday of boiling rice slicing up to fairly plump pork chops and today actually getting some celery that I plan to use in making celery rice tomorrow I guess since I didn't make it today and actually silly rice is just my name for stir fried rice and today or tomorrow it'll be sliced pork chop stir fried rice if the broccoli is still functional I'm not even throw some of that in there too. Do you want to hear something really interestingly weird is that me with all of my Utah Jazz support and annoyances over the past couple of months since they started this giant losing streak. Out of curiosity this evening as I was turning off the television for the last movie I'd watched I thought what the heck I'll just check and there's a game tonight! In fact it's at the halftime right this second as I dictate this entry. Of course the Jazz are losing and I think they've dug themselves so deep that they may not have a ghost of a chance of getting out of the hole but who knows? I would be totally surprised if they were to pull this out but I think I'm safe and thinking they're going to choke again. Looks like there's just three more games this season and then everyone can take a rest. 

Conference weekend

 April 6th is a special day to Mormons it's a day when they are the churches reestablished on the earth after couple thousand years. Pretty interesting I've often wondered about the dates that tend to pop up here and there over and over again an April 6th is always a biggie. So today is the general conference often called the Spring conference when all the good MOS get together especially now that they can get together again down at Temple Square and have the big Powwow. It's televised nationally internationally. Pretty interesting really when you look at it I've always been fascinated with the technology involved and how the churches broadcast itself throughout the Universe. I didn't watch any of it of course that would be too spooky to say the least however I was kind of interested since they went out of their way to Warren the population that because of the age the feeble nature of the body some of the ga's wouldn't even be there in person they'd be there by telephone by television and the others would give their presentation seated as opposed to standing at the podium. 3/4 of the body is over 90 years old that's amazing to me. I almost watched it just for that fact alone. Another interesting fact that I found over the years is that April 6th many times is very inclement weather for the spring conference today there was even snow and very cold temperatures. That stopped me from going down in person and watching the folks come and go. You never know who you'll run into during conference weekend always kind of fascinates me. But as for me and my house I stayed in the apartment pretty much all day except for a couple garbage runs. I just didn't feel like going out and getting cold I and becoming a weak person..

Friday night fidgets

 Another good day to stay in and just enjoy the apartment. I did not get much sleep last night mainly because Melissa said she was coming in today at 6:30 a.m. and I just wanted to make sure the coffee was ready and everything was ready to go at that time of course she didn't show up till about half an hour later but the coffee was made and we are ready to get on with the show. Everything went pretty straightforward shirt and shoes and ready to go and not really anywhere to go to. I didn't necessarily want to spend any money today that I didn't have to. So I just figured way to stick around the apartment enjoy whatever was on Disney Channel Plus and work on some of my sticks that need rubber on the ends for friction. So I certainly gave the illusion of doing some kind of work after all I had to cut some pieces of plastic material that I used to rubber band the end of the sticks for the ability to push things on and off and to keep the stick from Rolling off the bed or sliding off the bed. The end, the non-slip end, also assists in keeping my foot on the stick as I use the item to pry my foot up over the other leg so I can get my shorts on and my shoes. I go for a period of time with all of my sticks banded and ready to go then all the sudden I lose all the plastic ends and have to start over again it seems it takes me forever to get to that point today was the point where I was able to work a couple of pieces of plastic on the end of sticks that will help out for a while. The main goal is also get some more sticks to increase my hooks as well as just stick sticks or dressing sticks.

I'm trying to train myself from not going to the market everyday just for socialization. I could buy something everyday that I felt that I needed if not for that day for the coming weekend or something. Today I would like to have gotten a couple bags of chips another bottle of orange juice for my weekend. I have a bottle of orange juice to get me through I believe and I do have a can of chips- they are definitely not my favorites- - that should do. Luckily the weather seemed a little inclement enough that I did not suit up and go across the street. I believe I have enough cash to get through the weekend and do whatever else I might need or want to do. Of course, the weather is taking a dive temperature wise and there's even snow called for the next couple days even here on the valley floor. This of course is more on us for me to stay inside except for I suppose I can pull my red jacket out of the closet if I have to make a market run. After all it's only going to get to the 40s maybe the upper 30s and I survived winter at much cooler temperatures. Who knows I might suit up for orange juice and other bits of fresh fruit just to get by. Of course tomorrow Saturday and I'm thinking of going across the street for coffee at 9:30 I don't know if my Compadres will join me we'll have to see…..

Chicken soup or Mexican

 I would have liked more sunshine today but even though the clouds seemed overbearing the temperature wasn't too bad as long as you took a wrap with you in case things got chilly or wet. I listened to the weather and she did not call for rain but I learned not to trust the weather lady awfully much. I took my heavy Hood with me just in case. I decided I would finally make the rush to the bus stop and wait for the next 217 Southbound to catch a movie. Coffee was uneventful except for Clarissa who indicated that she would come over and sweep my floor. I did not necessarily want her in my apartment but she seemed rather forceful and I didn't know what else to say. I kind of blew her off and hope that I defended her to the point that she wouldn't follow through and then me taking off to the movies hopefully she showed up and I wasn't there and she took it personally that turned out not to be the case.

I should have known better but I was intrigued to see the Third Edition of Ghostbusters. Ghostbusters 2 was not as good as the first which is no shock so it shouldn't have been shocking that third would be as an eventful. The movie wasn't too bad but it wasn't very good either. I was pleased that I had enough points to get a free popcorn, small and drink, small so I only had to put out for the licorice. There's a lot I didn't really understand about this new movie I'm not sure what points they were trying to make as far as the Frozen world of the Ghostbusters. Seems to be a Motif lately in superhero movies. I just ate my popcorn and went with the flow. Following the movie I decided I would use my card that Mark gave me for Christmas or my birthday I can't remember which a year or so ago to his favorite Mexican restaurant. I like them good enough I just never appreciate their food when I get it but today I thought I would use the card get what I could take it home and eat it for dinner. I ended up getting a bunch of meat I hope beans and rice with very hot sauce we'll see. Of course I came straight home it was just a little bit after 3:00 p.m. and I jumped on my arm bike to do the last two 20 minutes giving me 200 minutes for the week and of course Clarissa shows up while I'm strapped to my own bike comes in and start sweeping away but she's also brought chicken soup. Of course that throws me completely off since I was expecting to have the Mexican for dinner so I ended up having soup and crackers and watching the news. Admittedly the soup was pretty good I have enough for another meal and I still have the Mexican dinner so all in all it was a very good day for dinners..

Spaghetti and meatballs yum!

 It was truly spring like today temperatures got in the low 70s. Not a perfect spring day but much better than any of the days so far. I didn't take much Advantage however electing only the dash across the street and pick up a few things from the market and mainly get cash for letters and help that might come in and assist in cleaning up the apartment a little bit. A couple of my home health folks often will do that when they need money which is a gift for me though it's not very dependable as far as knowing when they'll be available. Poverty never takes a vacation and it's a shame that these Gallant workers are kept in poverty earning just enough to survive, purchase a drink or a Saturday night party or just the essentials. One of my favorites contacts me only when she needs quarters for a wash. Oh, I always tip her more than the $10 in quarters she does a good job when she focuses on the kitchen. She sleeps a good floor mops here and there but by and large is just a kitchen girl/person. I would like other parts of the apartment done at some point in time but doesn't seem to be in the cards for right now. However Missy my main CNA does a great job of sweeping up and she did today. Yesterday was a jazz game day so that means I had popcorn and I had all kinds of things that go Crunch and fall on the floor and then needed to be swept up. Missy what's right on top of it and I felt truly blessed. I worked out today coming to my bike 60 minutes. So, that makes 180 Minutes so far this week tomorrow will be another at least 30 minutes bike ride which will give me the 200 minutes I need. I did my bike pump after I got back from the market. I purchased a couple cans of Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs one of my favorites I only wish I had an open campfire to heat them up on. There's nothing better than Chef Boyardee tinged with camp smoke to really bring out the true flavor. I did however have the remainder of the container of cottage cheese have been working on for a week or two which I think also adds a great deal to the experience of enjoyment of a Chef Boyardee product especially the raviolis. Parmesan cheese certainly adds a great deal to anything tomato based if you ask me. I wish I had the courage to order a case a Chef Boyardee that would be certainly nice and I still might do it at some point. In fact tonight for dinner I had a can of Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs with cottage cheese it was splendid probably more calories than I need and I would have eaten more had I had it and not felt like a glutton if I had. I now have three other cans a Chef Boyardee I'm just waiting for another special reason to enjoy a special dinner +

I worked out today coming to my bike 60 minutes. So, that makes 180 Minutes so far this week tomorrow will be another at least 30 minutes bike ride which will give me the 200 minutes I need. I did my bike pump after I got back from the market. I purchased a couple cans of Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs one of my favorites I only wish I had an open campfire to heat them up on. There's nothing better than Chef Boyardee tinged with camp smoke to really bring out the true flavor. I did however have the remainder of the container of cottage cheese have been working on for a week or two which I think also adds a great deal to the experience of enjoyment of a Chef Boyardee product especially the raviolis. Parmesan cheese certainly adds a great deal to anything tomato based if you ask me. I wish I had the courage to order a case a Chef Boyardee that would be certainly nice and I still might do it at some point. In fact tonight for dinner I had a can of Chef Boyardee spaghetti and meatballs with cottage cheese it was splendid probably more calories than I need and I would have eaten more had I had it and not felt like a glutton if I had. I now have three other cans a Chef Boyardee I'm just waiting for another special reason to enjoy a special dinner

Another Loss

 I should have done more with my day but I didn't. There was no assist meeting today so no reason to go into the city which was sort of sad I look forward to my days that I get or have a reason to go in and hang out downtown even for just a little bit. I did however get up got dressed relatively quickly and want to cross the street for coffee. I didn't stay very long at all I really wanted my coffee back at the apartment and just to enjoy my morning. Since there was nothing pressing I ended up watching some silly thing off Netflix but it was entertaining that's what I was looking for nothing much more than that however. I only had one shoe on today I had the other shoe on at one time but it quickly fell off as I was trying to get my feet situated on the foot pedals right after I got dressed and I figured since nothing was pressing I would just leave the shoe off all day and see where it went and it didn't go anywhere. I've got myself convinced that I can go anywhere as long as I have one shoe on it gives the onlooker the idea that I at least care enough to try to wear at least one shoe. They'll make up a reason for why I didn't have the other shoe on probably something to do with disability and sores and feet and stuff like that. I wish I had more to write about, maybe television is rotting my brain stifling my creative process to the point that I'm not thinking about writing anymore. That's kind of a sad comment but I think it might have some credibility. I need to get back into a riding mode, like Lori is. She seems to be putting words on paper on a regular basis it's got to be admirable. She really does care and Jerry for that matter also. I just don't seem to have the fire anymore possibly a spark but that's just about it.

Finally I found some razor blades that will fit my older razor- - remember I left my razor and shaving cream at the hospital this last time I was there? Well I bought another razor and the backup blades I had from the razor I lost would not fit the new razor I got which is a Mach 3 or at least takes Mach 3 blades. Yesterday while I was in the market looking for a Razor I happen to notice this box of blades pretty cheap compared to the others and said it except Mach 3 knockoffs blades. So at least now I have a built up razor that I can use to shave that will take mach3s. I would like still to get the other Gillette razor for the blades that I have stockpile. I think if I keep my eyes open I'll see such a instrument who knows maybe that hospital still has my Razor and cream that would be kind of surprised however. I'm always quite amazed at how much I like a good shave close nice and smooth. Is Tuesday night I'm about ready to jump into bed read if I can. I watched the Jazz play as much as I can stand it and then had to turn off the tube and come to bed they're just have no left as the season wanders down. Just a couple more games left in this season I would like to see them when one more game before the season wears itself out but that may be asking too much…

April Fool!

 I got through the day without having to deal with one snippet April Fools remark. Granted I didn't really go out of my apartment very much but still April Fool's Day is April Fool's Day. I washed clothes today or more accurately Melissa started the clothes that I finished them and just finished hanging them up just a few minutes ago. I have been washing pretty consistently on Wednesdays but for some reason that's gotten out of whack I don't know if it was to stay in the hospital or whatever but still trying to get myself back to the old routine. Maybe I can hold off next week and start washing again on Wednesdays it just gives me more to work with through the rain of the week close wise. The weather was more the same actually cooler in some ways as far as temperature goes not really Pleasant to be out in but I did run to the market for stamps. For no other reason except for stamps but I did pick up a few items as long as I was there some fruit and more milk from the dollar store. I really love the whole milk that you can pick up at the dollar store in their little packaged boxes that will last for a couple years. I just love having a large quantity of whole milk available something should happen that I could not get regular milk. Plus the boxes are small and convenient quart size. I use the boxes for just drinking throughout the day and I want to drink milk and then Melissa likes to use the milk in her coffee. The perfect day for Disney Plus and more specifically Marvel movies I watched the first Captain America today actually it's entirety I really do like the Captain America concept and particularly the origins movie. Fortunately I was able to get through the movie early in the evening then I had some quiet time in the apartment hanging up clothes from today's wash and enjoying the apartment All Things Considered.

Perhaps the most interesting part of the day was Mr Ed showed up from youcat. I really thought he was coming last Friday so I was sort of shocked when I ran into him down by the front office and he was just getting ready to come down to the apartment. He was or is going to fix my shower chair basically putting on the new casters. Well as things go that didn't happen straightforward seems like the caster has been more than just rusted it's bearings it's actually rusted or become part of the plastic around the housing of the wheel. He wasn't sure he could actually even get to it he finally did and ended up taking the whole shebang back to the ucat office and worked on it there bringing back a semi repaired chair we'll see. He only installed one caster cuz it took so long and it was so hard. We still have the other Caster now so if we need it we can go back and try to fix it. I may still hold out to see if I can get another chair from the IL. I don't know what my standing is with the operation now since I resigned. What kind of tired today, I worked out on my arm bike so that should help them sleep side not that I'm having problems I am not. Just makes sense though if I retire myself out even for more I should sleep that much better.