Day 27

One NEW Day At A TimDay 19 & 2

Day 27

Thurssday, September 18, 2014

We had what was for me at least a fairly exhausting day.  While we didn’t do everything as originally planned, we did get some things done.  In the morning we took a bus to the grocery store.  In some ways that was a bit silly with one so close to us .. but, there was much less walking (and that’s important if you’re carrying heavy totes!).  We did very well, stuck to our list; and the only “extra” was still healthy (no chips or candy or *sob* ice cream).  We do have to work on timing though, a we had to wait nearly an hour for the return bus.  We got off in the shopping center.  Chik-Fil-A was having a good drive, so a “free” chicken sandwich with 3 cans of food (the 3 cans cost $2.31 .. so not *really* free, but still a donation for a sandwich).  From there we walked home, put up the groceries, and ate our sandwiches.

The afternoon was spent mostly resting.  I did finally handle one more phone call .. rather frustrating though.  One doctor office that puts me on hold and eats up a big chunk of my minutes.  But a call to a second one was answered immediately, and I got the information I needed.  So that’s done.

In the evening we walked to a different bus stop (not too far) and went to DN’s church for supper.  A niece on DH’s side is the cook there (actually a professional chef).  It was a very good meal.  But even better, once we sat down to eat, other people joined us and there was nice conversation.We had talked about heading home right after because of bus timing; but we had sat with a good friend of DN’s family, and she wanted to stay for the Bible study.  I didn’t mind that, was jut concerned about having to walk in the dark. 

When we left to catch the bus home we had to walk really fast about 4 or 5 blocks and cross a busy street.  I don’t *do* fast very well, and it was up hill too.  I don’t think I’ll be willing to do that every week … even though the alternative is to have to wait about 40 minutes for a different bus.  I do want to go back; we’ll have to see what we decide.  I’m also not good at walking in the dark.  Even if it’s in a place I’m becoming familiar with, things fade away quickly with my limited vision.  But, in only a few weeks we change back to standard time and it will be getting dark even when we leave here.  I just need to find a way to cope with it.  It’s very scary; but it isn’t going to change, so I have to learn.   I am afraid that DN won’t always want to go …. And I’m pretty sure I won’t try that journey at night alone!  But, that’s a worry for another time at least.

I am again without TV … but only because I’m a total klutz. L  I keep dropping the remote … try to put it down and miss the table.  It fell again, and one of the batteries fell out.  At first I couldn’t find it, so got another one.  But I couldn’t get them in correctly.  The new battery got really hot .. scary!!  So I took it back out (and getting them out is also very difficult); and I finally found the other one on the floor.  But I couldn’t get them to work.  At one point the light (on the remote) came on, but it didn’t work.  I didn’t have enough sense to just put it down (to realize it would need to be reprogrammed)  so kept trying.  Then one of the batteries got hot again.  So I finally just put it down and unplugged the TV (I tried, but have no clue where the manual controls are!).  A lady is to come today from blind services … I don’t think this is something she can help with, but there are classes and things I can take so maybe along the line I can learn how to deal with things like stubborn remote controls.  I don’t like to ask DN, because I’m never sure how she’ll react.  She might just fix it (which works for now but doesn’t teach me how to deal with it); or she might get annoyed.  In any case, someone from the cable company is coming this morning because the remote in the living room refuses to work no matter what.  Which means .. yikes .. I better get dressed.   This will be a busy day.  Cable this morning; blind services lady in the afternoon; and DS/BIL tonight to help with a long list of things to get done here.  In between we need to do what I call “routine cleaning” … and what DN calls “mummify”! LOL!