Friday 12/30/22
12:50p.m. The aides let me sleep in today. They didn’t get me out of bed until six. It was a rough morning though. That’s are one aide is not gentle. I swear I think she takes pleasure on seeing me yell out in pain. Anyways, I was in my wheelchair until six.
Then they started helping my asshole of a roommate. He put up a shit fit with his screaming and cussing. They yelled right back at him s reaming “We are not going to help you at all today!” I was in my wheelchair half awake thinking what a way to start the day.
In addition to all this commotion I wasn’t very dry sick. I had d a bad coughintg spell. I al so had a nazal drainage and a terrible sinus headache. I felt sick as a dog to and was in no mood to put up with shit. Being sick made mej very tired and sleepy hollow Things did die down a bit. I had fell asleep in my wheelchair until they are served breakfast.
I had a pancakes and scrambled eggs plus two cups of coffee and a glass of oj. I didn’t eat the oatmeal because I didn’t have sugar. Reakfadt was good and I ate it all.
I felt very good after I ate. Then I had an inconvenient episode and d a bm? I rang the call light. Male aide answered me it a. He said he would be right back but but never came back. I waited for an hour or so for help. I rang the call light again and another aide came. I think he said the same thing ” I’ll be right back. ” But i had too wait until a long time for help.
So I had a miserable morning. I escaped b, sleeping. Nice lady from PT woke me up. She got a couple cups of coffee for me. Then we did exercises. I did three different exercises then bounced the ball around for a few minutes. She was kind enough to cut the session short. She said this is the last until Monday. I enjoyed doing these exercise s.
Another thing that made me feel good wax getting my SSI check. This month I’m up to $123. I was going to save it but I immediately went to Amazon and bought four books. These books ere part of a series called The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant. I’m getting the next five books on Thursday when I get my SS.
Then I had a good lunch. I had fish, potatoes and green beans. I had a cookie for desert and two ce. Lunch kind of perked ups of coffee Lunch sort of perked me up for good. I’m fully awake.
7:30p.m. I ended up sleeping most of the afternoon. This damned bug I got makes me feel tired and weak. I slept until three thirty. I chatted with Chocolatechip on Messenger. Somehow there was this woman from Uganda who ended up on my friend’s list. She left a message that Chocolatechip commented on. I blocked this strange person.
Chocolatechip and I chatted about various topics. She is gradually cutting down on smoking. Chocolatechip is down to two a day thanks with the help of nicotine lozenges. We were talking about the money not smoking would save her. She usually buys three cartons of cheap cigars for about 30 some a month. Chocolatechip wad saying that will be money in her pocket. Not to mention she will feel better physically. I’m very proud of her. Quiting smoking is something I could never do until I was put on oxygen.
I talked about my illnesses and the damned cold. I was saying I had a hard time getting changed. I also went on about feeling warmed over crap. I complained ained about heavy nazal drainage, headaches and coughing spells. I also talked about how tiredz, weal and achy I felt. I said I ached all over my body. I went on to complain that all this could have been avoided if they had kept the room warm.
We chatted until I got my dinner drinks. I got two cups. I must have had a gallon of coffee today. Then supper came. I ate two hamburgers with tomatoes and an orange.n I was served drinks some veggies but I couldn’t eat them.
Tonight is bingo night at Overbrook Towers. It starts at 5:30. Chocolatechip said she was going. So we didn’t have our after dinner phone conversation. Instead I listened to my audiobook Grand Expectations. I listened to the chapter on JFK. The author also discussed the Freedom Riders and the racial unrest in the South during those years. I finished that chapter and started on JFK and the World. I’d like to get through this one tonight.
I really did half assedv try to save the SSI check. My efforts failed. I ended up buying four more books in the Story of Civilization. I wanted to buy more but I sort of ran out of money something got screwed up. I checked after my last purchase. I have $7 left Oh well. I can hopefully get the remaining five volumes when I get my SS check.
9:00p.m. There is one last thing on my mind. I got a weird note from somebody on Thursday’s entry. This person said that she and another reader have been following me. They claim to know Chocolatechip from Prosebox. What they wanted was my email. This other person wanted to send me a virtual Amazon gift card. They wanted me to buy some books I’ve been talking about.
I never heard of this persn before. I am not in the habit of giving out personal information to strangers. Besides who would want to giveh a gift to somebody they do not know or met? I kept thinking they could use my email to get in my account. Then they will have access to credit card info and other sensitive data. I did not take the bate
It is almost 9:30. I’ve been in this wheelchair for over 15 hrs. I hope they put me to bed soon. I’m getting sleepy again and my butt is sore from sitting on it all day.