Thursday, October 2, 2014

Day 39

One NEW Day At A TimDay 19 & 2
Day 39
Thursday, October 2,  2014

This day didn’t turn out like I thought .. oh gee, what a surprise! LOL!  I really didn’t do as much as I thought I would.  With no one coming here, I decided I could just wait until the weekend to do cleaning as usual.  I did get the linen closet cleaned out and reorganized .. it’s very nice now.

The one “downer” to the day is the rental company again.  We got an email that I needed to have the owner company added to MY renters insurance as “interested party”.  So I took the rent over and asked what that meant.  According to the jerk in the office, it’s “in the lease”  (which he knows I can’t read) that not only are all tenants now required to carry renters insurance, the insurance has to have $100,000 liability (I’m not even sure what that means) and name the rental company as interested party.  He explained … that means that if the apartment burns down, my possessions are covered, and the policy pays $100000 to the owner!!!  Basically, in addition to ppaying rent, tenants are required to insure the building!  I am absolutely furious.   I have to call the insurance company today, and if it raises my premium something else will have to go.   More and more I get the feeling that unless you’re super rich (which means either paying lots of taxes or supporting politicians), society in general wants us old people to just drop dead and quit using up resources.  The fact that we spent our working life paying into the system is irrelevant. 

DN got the job she interviewed for.  She doesn’t know yet when it starts  Hopefully things will within a few weeks settle into a routine.  She will be working mainly mornings, so other than the days I go to any senior activities, I will have the morning to myself.  Since she spends most weekends with BF, unless I have something else going on that’s when I will clean.  In the afternoons she will likely most days nap, so that’s when I’ll do laundry or walk to do any shopping I need, or go to the library.    Anyway, it will smooth out I think. And the meds she is on now seem to be mostly helping.  Some things will never change of course; but  we’ll figure out how to work around that.

Last night we went to the church supper.  It was very good.  There was no study after, as they had a business metting.  A lady (who also didn’t want to stay) gave us a ride home.  I also have a ride for Sunday (BIL will be out of town). 
DN has library volunteering this morning, probably the last time.  I’m going to take a bus to the church for a senior’s group meeting.  This will be a new experience, I hope I enjoy it and want to go back.  As soon as DN leaves for the library I’ll get showered and dressed.  I know what time to leave; there’s only one buss so I won’t get the wrong one; and I know what street to ask the driver to let me off at.  Yesterday I watched as carefully as I could to try to determine the right stop if the driver doesn’t remember or won’t bother.  Getting back home will be easier other than I have no idea how long I’ll have to wait for the bus. 

Also yesterday, I got the free DVD book reader from the library.  They included instructions .. in braille!! LOL!!  Obviously that made sense .. but no help to me.  There are written ones too but no way I can read them.  So maybe after I get back from the meeting I’ll walk to the library.  I need someone to show me how to use it, and I need some DVDs to listen to!  I also still need to download the software to get books on my Kindle.   It’s nice to have a more portable option.  I will save up my Audible credits … if my insurance goes up, that might be what I have to give up.  So I’ll save those credits to treat myself to a more current book by favorite authors occasionally (like the 3rd book in a trilogy that hasn’t been released yet).

I think I’ll wait until after the meeting to call the insurance company … don’t want to spoil my morning being in a bad mood myself!!  For now, I need to get more coffee and be ready to get in the shower after DN leaves.

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