Monday 5/30/22

8:55am  I got to bed very early last night. I laid in bed for awhile and fell asleep. I slept better. I do not remember any weird. disturbing dream. I was waken up by a nice aide who got me in my wheelchair by 4:45. I’m alive and above the dirt this Memorial Day.

I’m feeling a bit better. Cough is not as bad. I still have some congestion but my throat isn’t sore. I still feel very tired but the achiness in muscles and joints are onot as bad. Best part is arthritis pain is down to a 1. I feel a little more optimistic than yesterday. That !little bit of sleep did a world of good.

Breakfast perked me up as well. I had French toast without uh hot cereal? The coffee was hot. I also had a fruit punch. I think I’m going to make.it!

1:18pm I had a decent mmonig. only problem was I tried to read the NYT but fell asleep. I dozed on and off all morning. I guess I’m still tired from COVID. I didn’t do much except browse for books. I found a few interesting ones I might buy when I get my SS check. But I got to make my rent payment first.

Also called Chocolatechip. She is in good shape spirits. She was telling me someone was having a Memorial Day cookout. It was a private party and she seemok with that. Chocolatechip said they will be drinking and smoking pot. She is just not into that and neither am I. I said that is one of many reasons why we don’t fit in that place. I also said I’m glad I don’t live in Overbrook Towers anymore. She says I’d that place ha changed and not for the good. Nearly everyone in OT smoke spot or is an alcoholic. We both agreed OT has gone down the tubes.

I had a fairly good lunch of beef lasagna roll and a salad. I did not eat the salad. The coffee was cold. Oh well, you can’t win them all. The lasagna was good.

Going to try to read the paper. I hope I can stay awake.

2:50 pm I’ve been browsing for books on Amazon.  I picked out several I want to buy plus a monthly subscription to the New York Times Here is a partial list of books I’m thinking about buying:

Peter Irons

• God on Trial.                                      $8.99
• Jim Crow’s Children.                      $10.99
• The Courage of their Convictions $13.99.                  $33.97

Stephen W Sears

• George B McClellan.                          $12.34
• To the Gates of Richmond.                $14.99
• Chancellorsville.                                  $12.99
• Gettysburg.                                               8.99.               $48.81

John Grisham Sparring Partners                                           $14.99

Stephen King

• The Dark Half.                                       $11.99
• The Tommyknockers                             $10.99                  $22.98

New York Times subscription.                                                   $19.99.

This is a pared down version and not finalized. I probably will come up with more books my next Monday when I pay my rent.

I feel fairly good this afternoon. Browsing for books is the next best thing to reading them. It’s like I get lost and never want to be found.

6:12pm I am worried about Chocolatechip. I haven’t heard from her in a few hours.My imagination goes crazy if I don’t hear from her. In that crazy hellhole of a highrise anything could happen. I always start thinking the worse  could happen. I know this is looking at the glass half empty thinking but a lot of bad things have happened there. I do not think I’m too far off in my assessment.

Chances are she is ok. Somebody could have invited her to a cookout. She could of decided the heck with it and gone to bed. Hell, maybe she got asked out on a date. There could be a million different reasons why she didn’t answer the phone. I can’t expect her to hang by the phone 24/7. Chocolatechip is a grown woman and has every right to come and go as she pleases.

Other than worrying about my girlfriend I am doing pretty good. I read three interesting articles in the New York Times this afternoon. Igot kind of groggy and dozed off an on. Still I was proud of myself because this was the most I’ve read in a few days. Maybe tomorrow I can get back to reading the paper and Needful Things 

I didn’t have much of a supper. I had an egg salad sandwich and vegetable soup with watermelon for desert. The coffee was hot though and that made up for the skimpy servings. Supper still perked me up and put me in a better mood. Food always puts me in a better mood

I wish this was the third already.  I want my Social Security Check.i want to buy books so I can be broke again. The Third falls on Friday and this will be a very long week.