One NEW Day At A Time
Day 6
Thursday, August 28, 2014
I didn’t sleep well and I have no idea why. It’s unusual for me; but every once in a rare
while there’s a night when sleep plays peek-a-boo … I doze off and on, but
never get a really good restful sleep.
Today will be long, and I’m starting it out grumpy. I still can’t access my bank account; but my
DIL can .. which means the problem is with me or my computer in some way so I
have to go by the bank to find out why. Plus
DN and I are to go by her bank to set up a joint account for paying the
apartment expenses. DN is wanting us to
take a bus to town and get a bus pass for her, and maybe see about getting
picture IDs for both of us.
All that is fine and needs to be done. So does unpacking the last of the stuff here
so I can get thr rest out of storage this weekend. There’s not a lot left. And I suppose it can all just get dumped into
my room so it won’t be in anyone else’s way until I get it sorted.
Yesterday DS took us shopping. We got all the things on our list. I spent more than I planned, more than I
should have. But some of what we got was
very practical (like the over-the-door shelves for the pantry), some was “luxury”
(the box to go under the Keurig to hold my coffee), some was generally needed
(water, litter, a litter mat for in front of Maggie’s box, push lights for the
kitchen counters). We went to several
places to get everything on our list; then DS treated us to lunch (and supper
with the left overs) at Olive Garden.
Nice!!! Plus, she treated us each
to a cupcake on the way home .. also very nice!! (and, it turns out, walking distance if I
feel Really ambitious).
Unfortunately, nothing got accomplished. We both sat down .. and went to sleep!! (and since I’ve gotten into that habit over
the lat few months, I don’t think that had anything to do with not sleeping
last night). So almost nothing got
done. DN’s boyfriend came over, and
helped assemble the door shelves; and helped fill them up. He also put a longer cable on my TV … it’s long enough, though one a few feet
longer might be a little better) .. but was unable to get a signal. DN will try to call the cable company and
make sure they understood she had ordered 3 connections. It seems there’s at least a possibility that
the man who came to add a cable to her room could have misunderstood the need
and just moved the connection from one room to the other. I have no idea what all that means .. I just
know I still can’t have TV in my room.
Another thing I have to figure out is how to best set up my
computer so it can be connected to a TV monitor so I can see it better
(hopefully). It’s getting hardder to
see, and more frustrating.
Last night about 7:30 (to be back by 8:00 shows) we took
trash to the dumpster. It’s quite a hike
from our apartment. On the way I managed
to fall. DN told me to “watch out” …
unfortunately, there was nothing she could do..
There was a speed bump, and I knew it was there. What I didn’t realize .. and she didn’t in
time … was that some moron had designed a GAP in the middle of it. So instead of stepping up, my foot hit a
sloped side and I tumbled. I was not
hurt .. not even any skinned places where my hand and elbow hit gravel. But my dignity was severely bruised. L I know things like that are inevitable …
especially as my vision gets worse and I insist on doing as much as possible on
my own. I absolutely refuse to just
sit down and let what’s left of my life be taken away from me. I know it scared DN .. was not her fault at
all … it just couldn’t be helped. And I
expect it will happen again. I just hope
I can manage to not look like an idiot in public.
I love that our windows face mostly north/south. But it also makes it hard for me to tell what
kind of day it is .. it’s already after 8:00 and doesn’t feel that late. DN is still sleeping of course. I wish I were capable of sleeping that
much. But I have to go do eye drops, and
then see what I can work on for awhile.
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