One NEW Day At A Time
Day 8
Saturday, August 30, 2014
I confuse my own self with my numbering system. Today is Saturday, the 8th day
since officially moving to the apartment.
But I’m basically writing about Friday.
It was a better day in a lot of ways; but also exhausting
and a bit frustrating. Living with my DN
is a constant learning process. I never
fully understood how her mind works (well I guess no one really does!) … so I
can not just assume that because she IS an adult she will act like one at all
times. And although I believe I have handled things reasonably well all things
considered .. I’m still emotionally fragile, and sometimes things are just too
hard to deal with.
We both got up early because a friend was bringing
casseroles to her. After the friend
came, she put one in the oven (it was frozen); and we watched NCIS reruns. After eating breakfast, I continued to work
on the few remaining boxes , plus pack back up some of my things. As usual, I’m wrong and everyone else is
right. The apartment is not big enough
for me to have MY things, only her things.
At least in the kitchen (other areas are partially in negotiation). So I packed back up a lot of my nice things
in favor of hers.
At some point I realized the TV was going and she wasn’t in
there .. so I changed it over to what I normally like to watch in the
daytime. I found out later she was
napping … although when the phone rang she was certainly in a hurry to
answer. I get the feeling she thinks my
poor vision means I’m too stupid to answer the phone or even speak for myself
at my own bank. That will have to
change!).
Anyway, I did finish the boxes before DB/SIL got here. We took the pile of “returns” down to their
truck, and they took me on over to storage.
We picked out what could come back (limited by truck capacity at the
time) and brought them back here.
DN had already left with BF.
After DB/SIL left, I had the evening to myself. I finished all the big
boxes, including temporarily placing lamps.
I put lamps in the kitchen with a clicker. Later I nuked a piece of left over chicken ..
and blew a fuse!! Oops. In all fairness, I had no way of knowing that
the TV, a/c and microwave were too
much. At least I knew where the box was
and how to “fix” it. I had turned on the
a/c when I got back from storage, but decided I had cooled down enough so
turned it back off. The rest of the
evening was very comfortable (with the brief exception of a bunch of men out in
the “courtyard” smoking stinky pot).
It had also cooled down enough that I slept well, and didn’t
wake up until nearly 5:45.
So, early or not, I need to get busy. DB will bring more things from storage on his
way over here today, though I have no idea what time (hopefully not TOO early!
LOL). I have to finish the last few
boxes if I can; and I’d like to run the vacuum.
I also need to scoop the litter box and take a load of trash and
recycles to the site.
I’d better get a shower and get busy! This could turn out to be a very productive
day, I need to be ready to face it!
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