Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Washing Wednesday and watermelon




 I know it's difficult to make out but it's an image of my folded shorts sitting on my bed. After all, you guys know it's wash day Wednesday. I still have clothes to put away those that are folded on my bed and the shirts on hangers still in my front room waiting. I may not get the hanging shirts put away tonight but I'll have to move the shorts before I go to bed since they're on a bed, my bed. I included this image just because I want to get back to an image of anything and everything I write about day to day. I know I sort of slacked off the last couple weeks and not having a image to post with the days posting and I hate that and I'll try to do better but no promises. I'm trying not to be all neurotic about the blog and my postings it's bad enough that I try to keep the blog to at least 500 Words. I'm getting sober most that I may have to put a stopper on the other end and not go over a thousand words so I don't think I'm going to have to worry about that very much.


I cooked yesterday you all know that and you all know that when I cook I sort of explode my kitchen that's like everything that I used to do my cooking is like all over the countertops as well as a lot of stuff is on the floor. And I'm less than the best housekeeper in the world everybody knows that. I think a lot of people here at the complex knows that as well but for the most part they leave me alone and that's cool. As I've always stated between caregivers that. Periodically grab a broom and sweep sweep sweep and my grandchildren who go to work picking up and sweeping and washing dishes sometimes when they come to the apartment I have held off employing a real housekeeper- which I know I need to get- - I just can't seemingly justify it when one of these groups of folks get done with my apartment and I'm good for a couple of days if not a week or so. I was almost on top of doing some sweeping today from the cooking I did yesterday. I cooked Frank like I said rice vegetables specifically celery , White onions, carrots and sometimes I go above and beyond the celery for green stuff it might throw in a couple heads of broccoli. I love the food that it makes but it does leave a terror on the kitchen floor usually. Anyway I don't know if I really talked about Larissa that much but she's this elderly person that I got a share with her on my Costco card. We both went in and renewed our cards I added Larissa to my card. So anyway I'm getting a little spooked thinking that she now comes over to the apartment more than she's ever done before. Tonight she came over to offer me some watermelon and when I did she then brought it over started talking and soon wanted to sweep the floor up in the kitchen. I usually don't mind this kind of stuff but Larissa is very old she has a hard time getting around. I told her I don't need her to do that I told her I would rather do it myself and I will do it but she doesn't see it that way. She's totally old school ignores me finds the broom and starts sweeping up the kitchen that shit that's pretty decent job. I really don't want the watermelon she brought over but she brought it over in good faith that I did want the watermelon and that I would eat it butand I am eating the fruit just not very fast. I found it easier to just let her in do what she's going to do and talk about what she's going to talk about then trying to keep her out she's pretty committed. Next she wanted to take the garbage out and I told her I would do it but she would not have it. I really would just easier for me to do it but I had to wrestle the garbage bag pull it out and then she grabs it ties it in the knot and eventually takes it to the dumpster. All this was going on she was telling me the story of I think yesterday that she fell in her apartment Landing in the basket of clothes that took everything that she had to get out and get back up. I don't know why she told me this it's pretty scary I know because it's happened to me more than once as far as being trapped and not being able to get myself free. She eventually did but she indicated she was worried and I told her about Alexis then she says that she has it too. I told her that she should use it when these things happen make sure that the machine can hear her so that she can get the fire department or whoever she's going to call for assistance it's just that simple. I don't know if she will but it's such a revelation to know these people are falling just like me and maybe I'm getting along better than most of them really some degree. I don't know what would happen if she didn't I wasn't able to get up that's a little perplexing


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