Saturday 10/ 8/22

5:37 am I am above the dirt. I had a nice aide who put me to bed after 10:30 last night. I stayed up listening to my book The Republic for Which it Stands. I’m almost finished with this book I can get her done some time today providing I can stay awake.

Once again I didn’t have a very good night thanks to pain ang nightmares. I remember one dream where I used to work at Eagles. I was in this dark building. I was the same only one left. My shift ended but I kept working. I was mad when I realized I was working by myself.  I tried to leave the building but couldn’t find a way out. 

I had another dream where I bought a new car. I had it parked almost in the middle of the street. I was scared shitless it got scratched or dented. I was driving a friend of mine home from work.  We were headed home to Follansbee. All of a sudden the road was blocked by all kinds of debris. We were stuck and there was no place for us to turn around.

I had other dreams but these two stand out in my mind. I was glad when the aides came in to get me in my wheelchair. I was alive and kicking by 5:30.

I must of had a good sleep because I don’t feel tired or sluggish. I could use some coffee to get  started but that will have to wait. I think I’m awake enough to hold off until breakfast.

10:07am to I’m a happy camper this morning. First, I had a great breakfast. I had a sweet roll, scrambled eggs, and hot oatmeal cereal. I had the three cups of coffee plus an orange juice. Then I was able to finish the last chapter of my book The Republic for Which it Stands I am on the conclusion and am just about finished.

Then I was checking my available credit on my Credit  One card,I had $66.00. I instantly bought four  books. I’m down to $31 something . I’m saving that money in case something comes up. Life is good.

10:46am I have been checking my records records. I bought Reconstruction:America’s Unfinished Revolution by Eric Foner for $17.48; The American Experience by James Macgregor Burns for $2.99; And Then There was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle for $14.99 and Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America by Maggie Haberman for $16.99.Total cost for these books came to $52.46.

2:10pm I had roast pork and mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, a dinner roll and a banana for desert. Lunch was good and I ate it all.

I decided that I better buy a new tablet next month. I dropped this one and it hasn’t been working right since. I started to read/ listen to her Freedom from Fear. I have the audible narration to this book but it will not let me switch back and forth. There are other minor but irritable glitches as well.

 I have been checking them out on Amazon. I saw a Pritom tablet for $139.00. have been using this brand before and they work ok. The price is reasonable. Only problem is that they break easily. I must be very, very careful. 

I think I can afford a new tablet. It’s a matter of distributing the monthly check. I can pay Capital One the minimum balance of $85. This will leave me with $165 for the tablet and the New York Times. This isn’t a done deal . I’ll wait and see how things go.

I haven’t started a new book yet. I’ve been busy downloading the books I purchased. Then I started to look at tablets on Amazon. Then I was trying to fix the glitch with my tablet. I guess I got sidetracked

Frankly, I’m torn between two loves. Should I take a break from history and read Stephen King’s Fairy Tale? Or, should I continue with the Oxford History Of  the United States series and read Freedom from Fear:The American People in Depression and War? Both books are equally appealing.

I always like to read King around Halloween. It is a tradition with me. But these history books I’ve been reading are beyond excellent. I have four more to go and I might not get back to them if I quit in the middle. Besides the authors in these series are great writers and I’ve become an addicted fan. What To do? What to do?

I also talked with Chocolatechip. She hasn’t been feeling very well. Chocolatechip has asthma and has been recently diagnosed with COPD. To make things worse she smokes.  Chocolatechip complained about coughing up a lot of mucus last evening at Bingo and throughout the night. She had a very bad night of it.  She seemed to get better as the day progressed. I was nagging her about smoking too much. I said you don’t want to end up on oxygen like me

We talked for a long time but I could tell Chocolatechip was very tired Still she tries to do for others. She was telling me how she did some baking for this one woman named Sara. Sara  never came around to take the food that was offered Chocolatechip was irate a bit over this because she went through a lot of work and considerably expense in making  this meal.

We talked for about an hour or more. She wanted to get something to eat.Then I began messing with this tablet.

 7:32pm I had two hamburgers with onions and French fries and a piece of gelatin cake. For drinks I had two cups of coffee and a glass of grape juice. Supper was good and I ate it all.

I decided to continue reading the Oxford series. I started reading the old fashioned way after supper. I’m reading Freedom from Fear: America in Depression and War by David M Kennedy I love audible books but they are proving too expensive.

Just finished talking to Chocolatechip. She was talking about this one woman in the building. Her name is Doris. They are becoming frienly. Chocolatechip wanted to know if she should invite her in. I said no because she had bugs. I swearI kept getting bed bugs from her. Then I said I wouldn’let anyone in my apartment because of bed bugs.

We talked about different things for an hour or more. She was getting sleepy so she went to bed.  I would like to  go to bed now. I have been in this chair for over fifteen hrs. But then I want to stay up and read 

 11:27pm The aides put me to bed at half past ten. I stayed up and read my book Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War. (This is the correct title) by David M Kennedy. I managed to read most of the first chapter before pooping out. I am going to enjoy reading this book.

I have been using my Kindle. I’m slowly learning how to use it. First thing I did was buy a book. I bought Jesus: A Biography by Johnson and a book by Stephen W Sears. A biography about George B McCellen . The more I learn about my Kindle the more I like it.

I’m kind of tired but wound up right now. I had a total of seven cups of coffee today. That is way too much. It is also probably why I had a lot of incontinence episodes. But I need the damned caffeine to keep going. Only problem is it keeps me up at night. Then I need more coffee the next morning to wake up

Going to try and finish that chapter