Wednesday12/14/22

6:33a.m. Aides put me to bed at 8 last night. I laid in bed and read my book The 6:20 Man ?by David Baldacci. This is developing into a very interesting murder mystery.  I read for a couple hours then fell asleep. I didn’t have a good night because of arthritis. I had terrible muscle spasms in my legs that woke me up every time I got to sleep. I was glad when the aide finally got me in my chair at five this morning.

I managed to stay awake despite not sleeping. I had a hard time getting situated. I dropped my oxygen tube. It got tangled up in my wheelchair. But aide helped me out two everything is fine. I looked at the New York Times but didn’t feel like reading I did callmy credit card co. I’m broke and maxed out. But I got bills and rent paid. I should be ok next month when I get that big SS raise.

I chatted with Chocolatechip on Messenger. She had a fairly good night. She said nobody harrased her by  banging on her door. But she woke up with a lot of anxiety. She had to call Comcast for a call out? They charged her $85  She said she really screwed up. she thought the charge would only be for $40.  She was able to calm down after we went over her budget. She said thank God for that tSS raise next month.

I was telling her about my financial situation. I retureba bunch of didgetal books I night last week. I thought I was going to get a full refund from Amazon but apparently noti told her I got my bills paid,especially rent. So I’m not worried too much. I said  I should be ok next month with that raise.

Got my coffee,two cups.. I asked for a glass of oj. They  didn’t have any. Oh well, at least I got my morning coffee I can’t wait for breakfast which should be coming soon. Life is good

7:55a.m. I just had a breakfast of eggs with cheese, two slices of yeast and oatmeal cereal. It was good and I ate it all but I’m still hungry for some reason. I could earn another breakfast.

I called Chocolatechip after I ate. We talked about different subjects. First we talked about the extra bill from Comcast. I said what are you going to do when something goes wrong? They have us by the balls. She said she didn’t know it would be that high. Oh well if you want their service you have to pay. Chocolatechip also went on about how she wanted to add CNN. she just wanted that one channel but in order  to get it she would of had to upgrade her entire package. I said that is just not right. This is one of many reasons why I call them Comcast.

We also talked about the caregiver situation. The CG one has a bad case of pneu onia along with the rest of her family. CG wanted to come to work because she needed the hrs. Chocolatechip said she has to call WV Choice to cancel the caregiver until she and her family get over pneumonia. I said that is a good idea The last thing you need is to get sick.

We ended our conversation. I’m just sitting in my wheelchair contemplating on at least trying to read the paper. I downloaded today’s issue of the NYT and saw one interesting story. This article said that inflation had slowed down considerable. This is good news for Biden and the Feds. I haven’t read the article yet. I hope to read part of the paper today.

Well this is the 14th. Twenty more days until I get my  SS check. I will load it on my d credit cards, pay the nursing home $583.00 and buy get more books. I hope to the rest of ThebStory of Civilization by Will be and Around El Durant. These are ten books in all. !aybe I can afford to buy more books. what the hell? I am stuck in this gd nursing home don’t. I don’t have anything else to do but read.

8:47a.m I’m afraid  I can’t concentrate on the paper because I’m obsessing over budgets and books. As for budgets we are supposed to get an 8.7% col increase in January. I get a total of $850 in SS and  SSI. This means my raise  will be $73,95 increasing my monthly income to $923.95 a month starting January.

Here is how I plan on distributing the$45 will go to Credit One. This leaves $878.95 to Capital One. I will pay the nursing home $583. This leaves $295.95. Out of this I’d like to buy ten volumes of The Story of Civilization. .Nine cost $14.99 which is  $134.91. One book costs $10.99 which brings the total cost up to $145.90.. Subtract this from $295.95 leaves me with $151.05I will have plenty of money left over. There are more books I’d like to buy?. Then there is the monthly fee for the NYT  $21.99. leaves $129.06.

I should be ok come January. But this will roll around in my head over and over and over again This is OCD working overtime. I cannot think of anything belse but those damned books I just cannot live without them.i will not rest until they are downloaded onto my tablet.

8:20p.m. I had a so-so day. In the morning I wasted a lot time obsessing over books and budgets. Only thing I can do is look up the local SS office in Steubenville, Ohj hand find out my monthly fee income for January. Once I know for sure what my income will be I can better work out a budget.Even then I will go over and over it and thinking about those damned books. I got to the point this morning where I felt like banging my head against the wall.

But I managed to chill and towards lunch I got some much needed sleep. I was awakened by my next passion. food. I had a good lunch plus two cups of hot coffee and a glass of fruit punch. This made me feel very good but I was stiill tired despite the caffeine fix.i did talk to Chocolatechip a lot. We had a long discussion on Messenger about her caregiver situation

We chatted a long time about this. Chocolatechip was saying she hopes the CwG doesn’t come back. She also has to save I’d that she doesn’t want to be on the waver program anymore. The whole thing is more trouble than it was worth. The whole situation was causing her a lot of anxiety. In fact Chocolatechip said she was up at two pin the morning with anxiety.

I also tried to read but once again was too too tired to concentrate. I fell asleep in my wheelchair late in the afternoon. I was awake by four. Once again I talked with Chocolatechip. She got a a package. It was a new cell phone and tablet. She went on about how hard  it was to set up the phone. She had to call customer service for help. Chocolatechip said she couldn’t think of setting up the tablet. She will do that tomorrow.

We chatted until I got my supper. I had two fish sandwiches b with a bowl of chicken noodle soup. Supper also came with peas but I didn’t feel like eating them.Othet than that I enjoyed my meal. I talked with Chocolatechip until she went to bed at 6:30 By  then I was awake and ready to read.

I am concentrating on my book The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci. The story is getting better and better. I read / listened for about an hour. Then I went to bed the nurse’s station for my nightly snack of a pbj sandwich.

Well that’s about sums up my day. It was fairly decent. I got great care when I needed it. The food was good. I can’t complain. Going to reF until ten then have them put me to bed. Life is good