Friday 4/8/22

7:40am I was in bed all day yesterday. I was in so much pain I didn’t feel like doing anything. In short, I had one miserable day. I didn’t sleep last night because of pain and incontinence. They got me out of bed at 4:30. I was still in pan until breakfast. I had French toast, hot cereal two cups of coffee and a glass of oj. I feel a little bit better.

I must of slept some because I had some very strange dreams. I had this one dream where I was in this creepy tunnel or very large bunker. I was walking through this place with a few other people. At one point I was in a restroom. This one girl was trying to get milk out of a toilet. I kept walking along. At one point I asked this older man what is this place . He said it was a jail. I was a teacher who was sent here for teaching radical ideas.

For some reason this dream stands out in my mind. I had other dreams as well. I think in I was talking to my former father in law. We hugged each other. Then I was dreaming Bout  new baby I Efvog I had with my ex wife. Anyways we were visiting in laws and the new baby was crawling all over the place. My ex wife and her mother were not too happy about the new baby.the

I guess I did get some sleep But I felt very tired when the aids came this morning. I wasn’t too crazy about getting up at 4:30 but I complied. I sat in my wheelchair and tried to get more sleep. But I guess I was up for good. At least I ng  up and above the dirt.

9:51am I am barely able to stay awake. I hate sleeping during the day because I don’t sleep at night. It is very hard to stay awake since I don’t have nothing much else to do. I wish I had a tv set so I can watch CNN. At least the news would help keep me awake. Just got off the phone with Chocolatechip. Her caregiver is going shopping for her. She was talking to this woman outside who was waiting for the bus. This woman works as a cook in Mario’s . We started talking about going to Mario’s ball the time. She said those days are long gone. I said I’m afraid you are right.

We started talking about getting old. I said it hits you all at once. Chocolatechip  g has to wear a cast for her right wrist. We were talking about that and she said she feel like she is falling a part. Because second this cast she is very limited j as to what she can do. Chocolatechip said she feels like she is ready for the nursing home herself. I said I hope not, you are only 61.

I am having a fairly decent morning now. Arthritis pain has gone down. I just got changed so I’m getting good scare. I had a good breakfast. I can’t complain too much about anything now. Life is good

9:04pm  I had a great day. Afternoon was the best. First vi had breaded fish, rice and potatoes for lunch. The two cups of hot coffee lifted my spirits. I also talked with Chocolatechip. She had a good day. She said her caregiver did a great job in shopping for groceries. I was glad she had food in the house. After talking with my girlfriend I started to read my book The Definitive FDR: The Fox and the Lion 1882-1940 by James MacGregor Burns.

I did a lot of reading this afternoon. I’m almost finished with the book. I got about twenty more pages. I enjoyed this book so much I’m sorry to see it end. I learned a lot about Roosevelt and his time in office. For one thing Burns refutes the myth that Roosevelt was always a strong leader.  On many occasions Roosevelt went back and forth on many issues such as deficit spending and balancing the budget Still Roosevelt was a great President leading the country through a great depression and war.

I was able to get lost in this book. I forgot about Rthriti s pain and being confined to a wheelchair. I just enjoyed the afternoon. To top things off I had a good supper of fish,rice, potatoes again and a banana. The coffee was cold but other than that dinner was great. Then I chatted with Chocolatechip u til she got tired and went to bed.

I want to go back to my book and finish it tonight. Next up is the second volume in the Definitive FDR Soldier of Freedom 1940-1945. It is about Roosevelt’s leadership during WWII. I can’t wait to get started .