Friday 9/9/22
12:05 I have been in my wheelchair for 18 hrs 45min. I don’t mind though because I’m wound up with happiness. I was checking my Credit One app. I found it out that I have $106.00 available credit. I was so happy that I wasn’t broke and, being the irresponsible asshole that I am, promptly decided to buy my more books.
I bought three books by Robert D Richardson: Henry Thoreau:A Life of the Mind, Emerson: The Mind on Fire and William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism. I also bought another book by Doris Kearns Goodwin Leadership in Troubled Times. Then I bought a book by Stephen King and Peter Straub The Talisman. Finally I have a book by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa Peril. The last is about the transition period between Trump and Biden.
I also reached my reading goal. I finished ch 12 in Battle Cry of Freedom. I thought I would fall asleep in the middle of it. Instead I read a very interesting chapter. I’m proud of myself in this respect. But I’m not so proud of myself in buying so many books.
My roommate was acting up last night. He was yelling a bit and arguing about something with the aides. Nurse came in and settled him down. Now all is quoet except I feel my mind is on fire.
I wasn’t expecting to have so much credit available on that one credit card . I went crazy buying books. An adult would have put that money towards the back rent owed to the nursing home. Then again I figured I already made one payment this month. The rest should be free and clear. At least that’s how I see it.
Oh well I’m not going to worry about it. I’m going to spent the rest of September sitting on my lazy ass reading all these books I bought.
4:23am The aides finally put me to bed at 1:00 am I slept ok but had a very short night. They got me up at four. I only got three hours sleep at most but I somehow feel tested. Pain level is centered around the shoulders.
I’m not depressed or anxious. I feel great. I must be high from buying all those books. I will read every damned one Some I read before but enjoyed them so much I can read them again. I don’t know. I do have an addiction to books and reading.
The one one thing i wish I had right now is coffee. I won’t be able to get a cup for a little over two hours. The wait for the first cup is unbearable. When living alone the first thing I did was make coffee when I got up. This is one thing I do not like about being in a nursing home.
7:04am I talked with Chocolatechip already. She was feeling a bit overwhelmed with all her appointment, bed bug situation and just about everything else. Chocolatechip said she felt something crawling on her last night. She didn’t know if it was a bb or something else.
Chocolatechip went on to say she doesn’t know what to do about her pysch doctor’s appointment. If she is not cleared of bb then they won’t let her in the office.. Chocolatechip doesn’t know if they will continue with phone interviews. She went on to say she is tired of worrying about every frigging little thing . Chocolatechip said she is seriously thinking about going to a nursing home.
I felt bad for her I talked about my situation towards the end. I felt overwhelmed myself. I was dealing with a lot of physical problems. Then I was depressed, paranoid and anxious all the time. Then I was overwhelmed with the bb situation. I shut down and was quickly going down the tubes.
We cut our conversation short. I waited around for drinks. I had three cups of coffee plus a glass of oj. I am awake and functioning thanks to the caffeine fix. I had scrambled eggs, two slices of toast and oatmeal cereal. Coffee and breakfast brought me back from the dead.
11:51am I had physical therapy shortly after breakfast. It went well. I did stre hing and leg exercises. Once again Darla got on me about getting a knee replacement. She said my quality of life would improve dramitacly. I said my quality of life is just fine. All i have to do is sit on my lazy butt and read books.
I had a good time at PT. Like I said I did leg exercises. I did the same thing as I did yesterday. Three sets of fifteen ior kicks, marches and side to sides. Then we did streching exercises. Once again the left leg hurt like hell.i joked around with Darla isId you would make a good Drill Instructor. I spen about a half hour in PT today.
I called Chocolatechip when I got back.i felt bad for her. She was still going on about Healthways not returning her calls. Chocolatechip left a message with three people at Healthways and nobody returned her call. She had a ride scheduled Monday. She left a message with her case manager to call her. if she doesn’t call Chocolatechip will assume the cm will be a no show.
Then she said she might call her daughter Theresa. Theresa will take her to Walmart on Saturday. Chocolatechip will have to pay her $35 but it will be worth it. Chocolatechip said she plans on doing both grocery shopping and DG shopping at Walmart I said that is a good idea.
Another highlight of my morning was I talked to a psychiatrist via of a tv conference. She asked me how I was doing. I said I’ve been down and depressed. I told her about the rent situation. I said the nursing home will work with me on that but it has been very stressful. We talked about what I like to do and I said I like to read. Told her some of the subjects that interest me include psychology, history, politics just about anything. We talked for about ten fifteen minutes.
Well I just had lunch. I had two coffees and a fruit punch for drinks. Then I had meatloaf, sliced carrots, Lyonnaise potatoes a dinner roll and a banana. I was feeling kind of down but coffee and good food brought me back.
5:01pm I had a lazy afternoon. I tried to read my book Battle Cry of Freedom but couldn’t concentrate. I guess lack of sleep caught up with me. I tried staying awake because I want to sleep tonight. But it was a lost cause. I kept dozen ing off and on until I finish??y gave in to and slep
I slept for no more than an an hour. I was in a bit better spirits I called Chocolatechip.She went to the bank and back. She said her daughter Theresa is will definitely take her to the store Saturday Chocolatechip said she will pay Theresa $35. Theresa will take her at one. I said that is good news.
Chocolatechip said her case manager never called. She called three people at Healthways. Nobody returned her calls. I said that sucks and commented again about her switching to Northwood.she said she wants to see if she can get on this waver program. Chocolatechip also said it is a hardship to fork out $35 everytime she needs a ride to the store. This is why she is going to do everything in one trip.
We talked about Queen Elizabeth passing. I said I am not a fan of the Royals. I thought the old Queen treated Princess Diana like shit. We agreed on thao one. We guess Prince Charles will become King now. I said I think he is an asshole because he cheated on Diana.
I talked about Alice Price. There was a rumor going around that she died. I said I saw her name on her door. Chocolatechip said that is too bad. Alice made both our !Ives a living hell. We both agreed that she has a lot to answer for. I said she is too bad for heaven and the devil is afraid she will take over.
We talked till around supper. I had two fish sandwiches, French fries and clam chowder. Then I had vanilla ice cream for desert. Drinks included two cups of hot coffee and a fruit punch for desert.
9:51pm I talked with Chocolatechip after dinner. We had a nice conversation talking about this and that. We talked for about forty minutes then she was getting tired. I told myself I am going to stay up and read.
I grabbed my tablet and wheeled myself to the community room. I did a lot of reading in Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M McPherson. I read chapter thirteen which discussed attempts on both of sides to gain control of the Mississippi River in 1862. The chapter also discussed the battles of Forts Henryand Donelson plus the capture of New Orleans I thought it was a very interesting chapter in a very interesting book.
I reached my reading goals today. I also started to read the next chapter. “The Sinews of War” The author discussed attempts by both sides to raise and equip thier armies. I didn’t get very far. I sort of gotten sleepy and my ladder was acting up in wheeled myself back to my room . I stopp the nurse7’s station for snacks.
I had a good day today. The high point was buying those damned books The low point came when I realized I spent all ost sixty dollars. I sort of crashed and got very depressed. This damned tablet and Amazon are going to kill me one day. Despite it all I’m glad I have those books.
Well I’ve been in thi s chair 18hrs 29 minutes. I’d like to go to bed early tonight but don’t see it happening. This h as been anothervlong dar
Hubby and I are huge bookworms, we have multiple shelves crammed with them including on top of the drinks cabinet and on the Welsh dresser!
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Enjoy your new books :-). That is crazy that you weren’t put to bed until 1:00. Why did they wait so long?? And then got you up at 4:00? That is just wrong.
I hope you have a good day today…Happy Friday.
@happyathome thanks, have a good day
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