And on Friday…

• This morning I was hand-washing my really good, very sharp {and expensive} large knife and I cut the index finger on my right hand. I was watching "Chopped" last night and one of the competitors cut his finger in the same way as I did! As I was watching, I wondered how he could do that, but now I know– not paying attention! It is a good job that the sight of blood doesn’t affect me since there was a lot of blood!
• The guy who is putting up the fan in the ceiling in the bedroom just turned up with a neat little two-step ladder under his arm. He is also going to put a new sprayer in the bathroom and a gadget that is not a chain on the door whereby I can open it a bit to see who is there. I do have a peephole which I often forget to look through… I will enjoy having a ceiling fan in the bedroom. Right now I have an oscillating fan running at night.
• This apartment is very well insulated. I am keeping the air conditioner set on 75 and the ceiling fan in the living room running on low all day and I am comfortably cool. The insulation also means that I hear very little from the woman who lives above me. I hear her walking up the metal stairs outside to get to her apartment and occasionally I can faintly hear her dishwasher or washing machine running but there is very little noise.
• Starting on Monday, I now drop down from twice a week to physical therapy once a week for four weeks and then I am through. Well, except for what I will do by myself. And I definitely WILL do it because I can see and feel the improvement. The physical therapist, Jill, has given me lots of hand-outs and she has written little notes all over them which I find very helpful. She told me to do the exercises every second day which is what I am doing anyway. I am also going to walk on the day I don’t do the exercises. She told me not to try for as much as I do with her, time-wise, that is. By myself I am now doing ten minutes a day which is working well.

Things to do today:

1. Empty the dishwasher and put the dishes away.
2. Continue with putting the DVDs in the same area. Right now they are off the floor but just shoved into a couple of bookshelves along with books.
3. Water the plants.
4. Go for a short walk. {I will do that this evening since it is too hot right now.}

I am pleased that I have enough energy to do even this short list!