Day 25

One NEW Day At A TimDay 19 & 2

Day 25

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Yesterday was a busy and somewhat productive day.  We did take our time in the morning getting ready to go out.  DIL helped me handle a few more things .. sort some papers and such.  DN got home in the early morning; and by late morning we were all ready to go.

DIL dropped DN and I at the bank and she headed on home (and as usual, DS forgot to call and let me know DIL got home safely).  I took care of some banking, then we went to DN’s bank and completed the process of setting up a joint account (my ID arrived in the mail over the weekend).

From there we walked around the shopping center a bit.  We went into several shops, including a cupcake store (which was a mistake! LOL); and got sandwiches at a shop (that I certainly will be wanting to go back to!). 

We went by the library and I got a card.  They have a program online I can use to download books to my Kindle (YAY) .. will wait for DIL’s next visit (in 2 weeks). 

We walked back home, ate our sandwiches, and pretty much vegged the rest of the day!

For some reason in the afternoon the remote – that had been working perfectly – quit on us.   Even new batteries didn’t help.  DN had a bit of a bad evening trying to deal with that (and in the process discovering a billing change she was not warned about); but she held it together for the most part.  Before losing so much of my vision I could deal with things like that (figure out the billing etc). 

We each ended up spending the evening in our own rooms to watch TV .. which it would have mostly been anyway, at least for me.  One of my favorite shows, “Dancing With The Stars”, started it’s new season.  Even though I don’t see the dancing very clearly; but with a nice big TV and having it very close, I can see enough of color and movement to enjoy it anyway.  Except, of course, the last few dances that I dozed through.  Another favorite came on after … fortunately it was a rerun of last season’s cliff-hanger ending since I fell asleep during that also.  I sure hope I can stay awake next week to see the new one!!

DN went to sleep with her TV on.  I didn’t notice last night.  But when I woke, as usual, in the early pre-dawn hours, I could hear it.  Not loud, but there.  I dozed some, but was awake by 6:00.  That used to be normal; I like being able to sleep until 7:00 or later!  But, I have a lot to do today.  I have to catch up laundry.  The housekeeper is coming in the early afternoon, just for a visit.  I have to pay her for cleaning the house (officially no longer mine!), and get an estimate for her to come in once a month here.  If it doesn’t get rainy, DN and I may go to the drug store later.  After all the conversations, it turns out we can either wait … no idea how long … til we can get a ride to the office and get a free replacement remote; or we can just buy a new universal one.  (apparently we *could* take a bus, but it would involve a long ride and transfers).  I’m not overly impressed with the service we have here, but seems we don’t really have choices.  It’s been a month now and there are still problems.  Hopefully everything will settle soon.

It’s overcast this morning, so I can’t really tell if it’s daylight yet  The days are clearly getting shorter; it’s almost 7:00 and still very dark, even for a cloudy morning.  It’s only about 6 more weeks until we go back to “standard” time, when we really lose the afternoon light. 

I hope I’m able to get someone to help me transport “extra” stuff back to storage, and get out the rest of fall & Halloween decorations before much longer.  I still have much to unpack and sort; but the pile of “rejects” to go back to storage is growing.  I’m anxious to finish getting settled in, which includes getting pictures hung, curtains up, and no more things sitting around in boxes!

Next weekend DN says she’s going to her boyfriend’s again.  Hopefully I will make good use of the time to get more boxes emptied.  I’m hoping by the following weekend (about 2 weeks off) I can ask the boyfriend to give me a ride to the storage unit to take the extra stuff there and get out what I want.