Tuesday 01/03/23

5:09a.m The aides put me to bed at 12:30a.m. I had a good night for a change. I’m pleased to report no nightmares or arthritis pain. I was awake by five and put in my chair. I am a bit on edge because the roommate is screaming.

Damned roommate is getting on my nerves. He is screaming. I can’t make out what he is saying. Sounds like Mom! Mom! He is screaming very loud. It is extremely irritating. Shouldn’t let that this bother me. He is not all there and can’t help himself. But it does bother me like crazy especially this early in the morning. 

I’m also anxious about this being pay day. I have my budget figured out. I’d like to get those books. I also have to pay the nursing home $583 for rent. Got to pay the the rent first.  I can’t afford another screw up with the nursing home.

7:35a.m. I’m doing a bit better. Roommate died down. Also had my coffee and breakfast. I had pancakes, scrambled eggs and oatmeal. Also, Chocolatechip is in good spirits this morning. she had a good night and nobody knocked on her door. I was glad to hear from her. Life is good.

I am still anxious about pay day. I will not know how much I get until the bank opens at 8:30. I got about a forty-five minutes wait. Anticipation pis really driving me crazy. It’s really not that much of a wait. But it seems like an all day wait in my mind. This is like the night before Christmas.  to me. 

I can’t wait to get those damned books. I have been waiting a whole month. It won’t be long. Sometimes I can use my card right after a payment. Other times I have to wait 24 hrs for it to process. If I have to wait an additional day it will be a big disappointment? I’ve waited so long for this check. Oh well. What is one more day.

Social Security day used to be a fun day. Chocolatechip and I would go to the bank to get out checks. Sometimes we would walk to the Diner for breakfast. Then we would take the bus s to Wal Mart on Three Springs Drive. We would do our monthly shopping for groceries and supplies.  Those days are long gone but will never be forgottenb 

Now it is just another day in the nursing home. I do have fun shopping on Amazon. I browse for books and pick out ten or eleven to buy. I love shopping online. For some reason I get a thrill buying a book online then downloading After rent I’d spend my entire check on books.

Well it is almost 8:30, eight more minutes. Then I load my credit car45d and shop for books.

10:48a.m. I managed to make my credit card payments. I paid Credit One $45. Then I paid Capitol One $767. Only problem is the funds for Capitol One will not be available until tomorrow I had to tell Billinng I couldn’t pay the rent until tomorrow. Somehow I was able to buy one book in The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant. But I will have to wait one more day to get the remaining four books.

12:09p.m.  I just got back from physical therapy. I did the usual exercises. This time I had to stand while holding onto the parall bars. I stood once for one minute fifty-two seconds. They wanted a second attempt but. My knees were hurting ING too bad. 

I really had a workout on my arms.  I’m not used to moving them. Noe my muscles and shoulders are sore. I feel like a wimp right now but they said I did pretty good. After all I have been sick and I’m not used to so much exercise. I hope I can do better tomorrow.

Coffee was waiting for me. It was ok. Right now I’m waiting for lunch. I’m having coleslaw, macaroni and cheese, stewed tomatoes with a dinner roll. I’m having some kind of cookies for desert. This is definitely not my favorite but I’ll eat even the stewed tomatoes  Yech!

6:37p.m. I slept a lot this afternoon. I try to stay awake but I get so tired. I hate sleeping during the day. I feel like I’m wasting my life away. I could  be reading the New York Times or reading my books. Instead I’m sawing logs.

I  was up for supper. They served two fish sandwiches with potatoes peals and peaches for desert. I had two cups of coffee and a glass of fruit punch. Supper and coffee perked me up. I hope to listen to my audiobook Grand Expectations I will listen to my book for a couple hours. I hope to finish one chapter Reading one chapter a day is the best I can do these days.