Day 13

One NEW Day At A Time

Day 13

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Last night DN gave me an alarm clock she wasn’t using.  It has digital numbers much bigger than the one I had, so I can read it better.  My old one still kept time, but the alarm wouldn’t work any more.  When I plugged in the “new” one, it automatically set itself.  Neat, right?  And I thought Yikes, I’ve stayed up too late, so went on to bed.  This morning a noise outside woke me, and I looked at the clock .. already 7:20?  And still a touch dark?  And not much traffic outside?  Hmmm .. something is not quite right.  So I got up to check another clock.  Guess what .. the “new” clock is an hour fast!! LOL!  (guess it sets itself to SDT instead of DST).  So .. I’m awake early; but it’s nice, a lovely cool breeze coming in the window.  I know this super hot spell isn’t over yet, but this is nice anyway. 

Yesterday morning I again chipped away at a list of phone calls to take care of.  I got a few more things accomplished; ran into a glitch wiwth one, that is hopefully being taken care of today.  Then DN and I walked to the bank (I deposited a check, and inquired about any services they have for blind customers … they do have some, and someone is supposed to call me with more information).  We walked over to the Fresh Mart, and to the pharmacy.  We’ve calculated that the particular circuit we take means we walk about a mile. 

We had tomato sandwichs for lunch .. I got to play with my new gadget: a slicer that keeps my fingers away from a knife!  (I actually have a very old one; but the new one is made with a hinge).  We both rested .. I thought I would nap, but the mind wouldn’t shut down.  I flattened some boxes for DIL to use, and packed up some packing materials for TGF to use eventually.  Then I worked on my room more.    It’s going to take a long time; but for now, I have it arranged so I can function easily, not trip over stuff, and take my time going through things.  This has to be good enough for now, there are other things to be done.

DN fixed a very nice pork chop recipe .. and enough for leftovers (lunch!).  After supper we quickly walked down to the trash bins (after cleaning out the fridge!) .. and hurried because it was thundery.  During the rest of the evening there was random faint thunder, and at one point some lightning; but we never got any rain.  I tried to watch a favorite TV show .. but missed a lot because I had gotten to a point in my room where I needed to kepp going to get to a good stopping point!

Today will be super busy.  DN is doing volunteer work at the library this morning.  My main goal this morning is .. besides a mountain of dishes … to go through the house with dust mop and vacuum.  DSis will be here later and will take us to run a few errands (some things to storage; hopefully get IDs; and bus passes).  Later in the evening TGF *said* she will bring the last of the things to be rescued from the house …  I don’t know if she’ll make it or not. (note to self: remember to call ReStore about pickup next week).  Then late this evening DS/DIL will get here to spend the night, so they can go on to DIL’s appointment tomorrow morning.

DN will be leaving soon.  I need to get myself organized and get busy!