Tuesday 5/31/22

7:55am I went over my book budget for June. I made a mistake. Total cost of all the books I want to buy and a subscription to the NYT will be $140.74. I still think this is doable. But I will have to wait until my rent to the nursing home is paid.

I am facef with yet another day. I had a nice aide this morning who got me in my wheelchair by 5:30. I was still tired so I’m I slept in my chair now till breakfast. I had two slices of toast, hot oatmeal cereal and scrambled eggs. It was pretty good and I ate it all. Breakfast cheered me up some. I feel truly blessed to be above the dirt.

I’m having a good morning. I don’t feel as tied or congested. I’m experiencing minor arthritis pain. Io had a bad coughing spell while trying to sleep last night but no problems this morning. I’m not out of the woods with COVID yet but I will recover. I fell truly lucky to be alive

1:36am I think I spoke too  soon. Yesterday I felt great. Today the COVID is kicking my butt. I felt so tired and weak all morning. I slept in my wheelchair a good bit. I slept almost all morning. I woke up around lunchtime. I had a good lunch of breaded fish, mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables. Coffee was hot and I had to a glass of fruit punch.

In addition arthritis pain was bothering me. I felt so stiff and sore. Left leg would act up she er I tried to move it. Then I had a couple bad coughing spells while eating lunch. In short, I was one sick old fart.

I talked with Chocolatechip on the phone a few times. She had a busy morning cleaning up her apartment. We talked about credits cards. She says she is only going to use hers to pay bills? She wants to pay it off in full every month. I said that’s the way too go. I also said I regreat running up a big credit card debt. I owe Capital One $2,000. Chocolatechip said I will never pay it off in full. I said you are right because I keep buying books I also said they make it so easy . You have to be very careful or you will be in debt up to your eyeballs.

We talked about Memorial Day as well Rick and Mike held a cookout. Chocolatechip did not go because she wasn’t invited. She said she spent the better part of two days baking for those clowns. Then they didn’t invite her to the party. Well. I said that is par for the course. Chocolatechip said she isn’t going to make any more promises yo people. Good, I said . They do not appreciate your efforts.

I tried reading the paper this morning. I managed to look at the headlines. I was too tired to concentrate. I was just too damned tired oh well. I’ll pick it up this afternnoon.

9:00pm I read a lot of the paper  in the afternoon and evening. I was not feeling good both physically and mentally. But after reading The New York Times I felt in a better mood. I read more of the fron page .As always the paper had some very interesting articles. I love that paper and think it is the best in the world.

I had ana ham and cheese sandwich for supper and that was it. They didn’t serve coffee. Instead I had a fruit punch and a chocolate milk. It’s just as well I guess because coffee with dinner might be keeping me up at at night. I’ll see how tonight goes and then maybe cut back to two cups of coffee for breakfast and lunch.

It is after nine now. I’m in bed. I felt pretty sick most of the day but now feel ok now. I just hope I can sleep tonight