Thursday 6/2/22
6:51am I had a very bad night. It was ok for awhile. I was put into bed by a decent hour. I had a lot of incontinence episodes. I rang the call light and the aides promptly came to help. Then, after the third time, they stopped coming.h tThe aid said. “We just changed you.” I said I”I’m sorry, I peed myself again.” she said something I couldn’t hear and walked away. They didn’t come back to help so I laid in my own urine the rest of the night.
Then I had some very weird dreams Again ,and this is a dream, I was dressed as a woman. I was on the bus going to Steubenville. I was talking to an old high school school classmate named Bob. He was having a hard time and I gave him e some advice on bullying. Then the next thing I knew we were in Steubenville walking down Market St Bob had on his graduation gown and dancing on the streets. I have some very strange dre ams.
Well the aides came for me at 5:30. They were nice and they changed me, cleaned me up and helped me in my wheelchair. I was so sleepy I fell asleep in my chair for about an hour. I was up in time for Chocolatechip to call.
She was telling me about an emergency that she happened last night. There was this elderly lady in 306. Her emergency alarm went off and Chocolatechip went to the answer. The elderly lady said something unintelligible. Since this was an emergency Chocolatechip called 911. It turned out the lady was ok. She pulled the emergency cord by accident
Chocolatechip baller about how she is the only one in the building who responds to emergencies. She was wondering if she could get in trouble . She thought about calling George. I said I would talk to him when he comes in but wouldn’t call? I also said I don’t think you will get in trouble because you were responding to an emergency? You are probably the only one in the building who cares.
Well we cut our conversation short. They served breakfast. I had an egg and cheese sandwich with hot oatmeal cereal. It was ok but I had cold coffee. I drank it anyways. I needed some kind of kick.
Well one more day till I get my check. I can’t wait. I can’t wait to buy more books. After I pay my rent to the nursing home I’m going to blow the whole wad on books.
10:54am I have been making out another book !ist. I’ve added to the original list? Here it is :
Peter Irons
- God on Trial. $8.99
- Jim Crow’s Children $10.99
- Courage of their Convictions. $13.99
stephen W Sears
- To the Gates of Richmond. $14.99
- George B McClellan. $12.34
- Landscapes Turned Red. $11.30
- Chancellorsville. $12.99
- Gettysburg $8.49.
Shelby Foote
There Volume The Civil War. $41.97
John Grisham Sparring Partners. $14.99
Stephen King.
- The Dark Half. $11.99
- The Tommyknockers. $19.99
The New York Times. $19.99
Total. $194.01
I think I can do it. Everyone I browse for books I see more I want to buy.
1:08pm I had a good lunch. I had beef tips with noodles, carrots. a dinner roll and two cookies for desert. I had hot coffee and a fruit punch for drinks. I had a good morning browsing for books on Amazon. I got a little sad though. There are so many good books to read and I h ave limited money to buy them.
I also started to think about budgets. I h ave $860 on my SS check. Fitst thing I do is pay my rent of $510. This leaves me with $350.00 I am assuming they will deduct $120 for online transactions. Then there is the $194 for books I am hoping to have $36 left. But first and foremost is rent to the nursing home, then so called online transactions .
I read about three articles in the NYT this morning. There was this one article about mass shooters. It was saying that the average age of mass shooters has gone down from forty year old males to young men between 18-25. The article went on to say this was a critical time for men in that age group. They are transitioning from teenagers to young adults. The body is going through physical and psychological changes. Some !en in this age group find it hard to adjust developing serious social and psychological problems. This theory might end explain why some people end up mass killers.
I read a few more articles about the war in Europe. I got kind of depressed and tired of the news. This was the. I started looking at books on Amazon. I did this for awhile, finalized my book list went over my budget and talked with Chocolatechip. It was close to lunch when we finished talking. I sat in my in my chair and patiently waited for my meal
I’m having a good day I’m suffering from minor aches and pains. I’m getting good care. I’m not coughing as bad. I had two good meals today. I feel fairly perky. Life is good.
9:12pm I have been reading The New York Times all night long. I had read teon articles I read Bout another mass shooting This one happened in Tulsa. Oklahoma. An unidentified gunman open ended fore in a medical building killing four and wounding sever al others. He then killed himself.Not much was said about this incident except the age of the killer was between 35-40. I think this shooting happened yesterday, account riding to the Times.
I’m still not halfway through that paper. I will never be able to read it all in a single day. There is just too much ina single issue. I try to get as much as I can from the paper because I want my money’s worth. Problem is I’m neglecting my books. I wanted to finish Needful Things by now but am only halfway through it. I just can’t seem to read more than one thing at a time. There is just too much to read.
It is 9:30. I am in bed at a decent hour. Still, I spent sixteen hours in my wheelchair That is way too long but I’m not complaining. Goodnight