Monday 3/14/22

7:30am I got about four hours sleep last night. The aid didn’t put me to bed until midnight. I woke up around four and couldn’t get back to sleep. Ads came around six. I had a nice aid this morning.nwe got to talking and she said she is on a twelve hour shift. I used to think  ten hrs a day was bad. She asked me where I worked and I told her. It turns out she lived down by Eagle Manufacturing in Wellsburg. She knew a lot of the people I worked with. She asked me if I knew his one guy and I said we got into a fight one time.

I had a good breakfast. I had an eggs with cheese sandwich and a banana. I had two coffees a glass of chocolate milk and oj. Breakfast perked me up and I feel awake despite getting less than four hours sleep. This is going to be a good day.

I called Chocolatechip after breakfast. She said she woke up with diahrrea and stomach pains. We talked about her finances. The sister she is estranged with is gone to give her some extra money because of inflation She doesn’t know how much at this point. Her daughter Anne is supposed to come over with the money sometime today. Chocolatechip said she will have to swallow her pride and accept it because she needs the money. I said maybe Kathleen wants to make up and is making a peace offering.

I talked a little bit about the audible books. I said I wasn’t going to keep it at first because those books were too expensive. Then I started to listen to the free book I got. I decided to keep it. I said that some of those books were within my price range.  I might buy a couple but will have to wait until next month.

I was also talking about this one book I’m reading Crosswinds of Freedom. I did a lot of reading last night. I have two more chapters to go and I will be finished with it. I read one fifty page chapter that was very interesting I was telling Chocolatechip how much I enjoyed these books on American history. I said I’m going to be an expert on American history. She said I’m already an expert.

This is the middle of the month. I have been book browsing. I hope to buy a coouple audible books. So far I have several books line up. First I want to get Theodore H White’s Making of a President Series. He wrote a few books on the presidential elections during the 60s. Then I want to get abook by Max Hastings on the Korean War and a coouple books by Jeffrey Rosen. I want eight so far but more will be added.

1:36pm I was listening to my audiobook Vietnam:An Epic  Tragedy, 1945-1975 by Max Hastings. I listened to the first seven chapters. Unfortunately, I couldn’t hear the narrator so I didn’t get much out of the book. Still I enjoyed the experience of someone reading to me. I’ll probably buy more audio books that are within my price range next month. But I do not want to completely give up on actually reading a good book.

I talked with Chocolatechip on the phone. Once again she had to go to WMC. This time for an annual mammogram. Talked with her after the appointment and she said everything went well. Also, her daughter Anne gave Chocolatechip $50 courtesy of her sister Kathleen. Kathleen will give Chocolatechip another $50 in April. I said maybe this is her way of trying to make amends. Chocolatechip said I might be right and will send her sister a nice thank you card.

I listened to my book until lunch time. I had Salisbury steak  scalloped potatoes, and mixed veggies. I had a cup of very cold coffee, glass of lemonade and chocolate milk.  Lunch was good except for the coffee.

Well, that’s about it for now. I got to start on my other book band finish it tonight.