Sunday 10/8/23

5:04a.m.  I finished reading Chapter 1of The Gunslinger last night This s turning out to be a another great book by Stephen King. The Gunslinger aka Roland Deshane tells the tale of Tull to a farmer who takes him in for the night. Tull is available before the dessert Roland must cross. Roland ends up killing the inhabitants of that town after they all try to attack and kill him 

I read until eight. I called Chocolatschip who stayed up late. She bought the movie Mermaids starring Cher. We talked about the movie. We saw it before and it was a pretty good flick. Then the aides changed my briefs I fell asleep soon afterwards.

My dreams were not too bad. I had good care also. The aide changed me again around three. She woke me up an hour later for the day. She cleaned me up, changed my briefs, and ot me in my wheelchair i could of slept a bit longer but that is ok. 

Well I’m still above the dirt. I’m blessed with another day in their nursing home. I’m sitting in my wheelchair waiting for coffee. That  won’t happen until at least seven I swear this is the longest part of the day. 

8:05a.m. I fell asleep in my wheelchair. I slept until breakfast. I had French toast casserole and cold eggs. But the coffee and orange juice were good. 

I chatted with Chococolatechip after breakfast. She was doing laundry. Chococolatechip had a minor run in with a member of the Bitch Clique last night.  She said even that minor incident left a bad taste in her mouth. Then she went on a rant about all three of them. I let her go on until it was time to put a load in the drier.  We just chatted for a few minutes.

I sure  hope they have a coffee social today. I’m awake now but one cup at breakfast just does not cut it. Besides the coffee I likes for my to get out of my room for a little while. It breaks the monotony. Yay! I just got the menu. They are having the coffee at 9:30. I can’t wait 

9:36a.m. I’m at the coffee social ! This is a real treat having extra coffee on a Sunday. I’m just sitting in urine for the my wheelchair enjoying a second cup of coffee. Life is good.  

10:42a.m. I’m  back from the Coffee Social. It didn’t go very well because my mood suddenly took a nose dive. I could of sworn people were talking and laughing at me. I could of sworn some guy said, ” He  is wearing pants today.”  They usually dress me in hospital gowns. I feel very self conscious about wearing them but I have few other clothes. Anyways, I had two cups of coffee that made me feel somewhat better. But I hate it when I think people are talking about me. It makes me so feel like a real nut case.

They were doing morning exercises. I wanted to read my book but it was too noisy. So I made my way back to my room. I called Chocolatschip but no answer She is probably still in the laundry room washing clothes. Now in the privacy and quiet of my room I can read my book and get lost in the world of the Dark Tower. 

4:34p.m. I read The Gunslinger until they served lunch. I had a delicious meal. They served roasted turkey, roasted carrots, pan fried potatoes, a dinner roll and lemon meringue pie. I ate every bit of my lunch and didn’t get sick or bloated. The rest of the afternoon was very sucky.

I had a lot of incontinence episodes I was soaked . I turned on my call light around 1:00.  Nobody came. Aides must of been slacking on the weekend. They didn’t come for my tray until 1:30. I said to the one aide I needed changed. I was ignored. In facti was ignored all afternoon. By 3:00 was starting to get pissed and almost had a major meltdown. I went to the nurse’s station. I finally got help. 

The aide who helped me just started her shift and didn’t know sat was going on. I was a bit cross with her but she was very understanding. She would be mad too if she say in urine all afternoon Anyways, she gave me a great shower and shave. Aide put me to bed and changed my briefs. I feel so much better now that I’m clean.

My afternoon wasn’t completely horrible. I talked with Chococolatechip for the longest time. Talking with her kept me from completely losing it. She was watching a movie Friday 13th while we were talking. We talked about different Halloween movies. One movie we talked about was Amityville Horror. We talked a lot about different subjects. It was fun. Chococolatechip sure is a blessing in my old age.

They will be serving supper soon. According to the menu I’m having a Philly cheese steak sandwich. I’m not too hungry so I might not eat it. Besides. I’m afraid of getting sick. I was telling Chococolatechip my appetite has changed. I can’t eat like I used too. Breakfast and lunch do me just fine .I worry I’ll get sick if I eat dinner and I d i shpuon’t want that. 

Going to read my book The Gunslinger for a while. I might try supper then I might not.

7:19p.m. I ate every bit of my supper. I had two sandwiches, potatoes wedges and ambrosia for dessert. I shouldn’t of eaten so much and I got a little bloated. But supper was delicious I just couldn’t resist those Philly cheese steak sandwiches. 

I talked with Chococolatechip after I ate. She made the !mistake of stepping outside her apartment. She ran into a couple members of the Bitch Clique. They were in the Community Room and actually called her over to talk. It soon went sour and Chococolatechip quickly left the scene. But that experience left a bitter taste in her mouth. 

We talked about that and some other things Again Chococolatechip has to stay up until nine. She must take an antibiotic for her urinary tract infection. She said she has until Wednesday and she is finish  then she can go back to her usual routine. We also talked about coming appointments. She has seven doctor appointments scheduled for this month. After that our talk abruptly ended when the aides came in to change me

I also read a little bit from The Gunslinger. Roland is traveling across the desert looking for the man in back. He comes across a mysterious way station where he meets up with a boy named Jake Chambers. Jake tells his story to Roland. They become traveling companions and cross leaves the spooky way station together. During a Palaver Jake tells how he is from New York City and the man on black killed him by causing Jake to be hit by a car. Jake then flips over to the world of the Dark Tower.

I didn’t get much reading accomplished today. I read about twenty pages. I hope I can finish Chapter 2 tonight but I still have a ways to go. I’m going to go read for awhile at least until Chococolatechip calls. 

9:22p.m. The Gunslinger is Roland Deshain not Deshane. I got the spelling wrong Roland is the last gunslinger. He is defended from an ancient guild of gunslingers ruling the country of Gilead. The guild was founded by Authur Auld. Their duty was to protect the  Dark Tower. Roland is the son of Steve who is King. But bad times are coming.

This was revealed in chapter 2 which I just read. I’d like to read more but I’m getting sleepy. It is time to call it a night