Thursday Evening 10/20/22

6;27p.m. I had a relaxing afternoon. I read the NYT. I managed to read most of the front page.  I read several interesting articles. Two were about that stupid war in Europe. One article discussed how Putin illegally annexed occupied Ukrainian territory. Russian hold on these territories are shaky. In short Russian ground forces are getting their ass kicked. 

I got halfway decent care . I had a few incontinence episodes I rang the call light. I didn’t have long to wait for help . In fact aide did a good job. She was nice and professional. Best part of the deal was I didn’t get yelled at for getting pee on the floor.

I had a good supper as well. I had egg salad sandwiches, with pasta salad and vegetables. I also had a bowl of cottage cheese and orange sherbert for dessert. Supper was was delicious and I ate it all. 

I talked with Chocolatechip on the phone. She was going on about her second husband Doug. Kept calling her about dealing with things from the house. Doug just can’t let leave or forget about it. She does not want anything from that house and told him so But he kept bugging her about it. This kind of put in  a bad mood.

In fact Chocolatechip sounded depressed this Afternoon. I asked her if she was going to Bingo Friday. Chocolatechip said no because nobody is friendly.  Nobody talks to her when she does go. I think this was depression speaking. I felt kind of bad for her and wished I could cheat jet up But we ended our conversation when she got tired and went to bed.

I’m getting a bit depressed myself.   I think it’s the season. For some reason when it gets dark earlier my depression gets worse. I always seem to suffer more during fall and winter. I do not know what else it could be because I was doing good until a few minutes ago. 

Then again I think being in a nursing home is depressing enough. To make matters worse I still have Covid. I think it has been a week since I’ve been in isolation I see nobody or talk with anyone except Chocolatechip. I’m stuck in this wheelchair day and night with nothing to do but read. I think this would make anyone depressed. 

Now that I got that off my mind I’m ready to read my book Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War by David M Kennedy. I have ten more pages to go in Chapter 13 The Gathering Storm. I hope to read the next chapter as well The Agony of Neutrality I kind of hope they will let me stay up until one.