Reflections of My Life

Some mornings I am sitting here for hours without hearing a single sound. This morning my hall was as busy as could be! People knocking on doors quite loudly. People talking very loud at the elevator (which is right across from my apartment). I was already up so it didn't really matter. But there are some days I look out in the hall and wonder if I am the only person who lives here. :unsure:

Living without a vehicle is a challenge. From the time I moved here until the past six months or so, I depended on Sonny. He would take me wherever I needed to go. Now due to his health, I have to learn how to be independent and get places on my own. Not having the expense of a car though allows me to have the money to pay someone to help me.

Instacart is one example. Another is having my water delivered. Amazon is a big help to me too. I don't know what I would do without these services now. Taxi service here where I live is not something that you can depend on. The bus service I am just learning. I did see the bus pull up to our front door yesterday and sit there for a few minutes to check if someone was waiting for it. That is a good sign!
 

Last night I came to the forum and it would not come up. I know that is pretty normal in the internet world. Yet it still freaked me out. I would be very depressed if something happened to this forum if it just disappeared one day. I think we are very vulnerable making friends with people online where they could all disappear in a flash. This is not the only forum I have ever belonged to. I still do belong to some others. They are not like SF at all. I don't think I have any negative issues with even one person on here. So maybe I would miss it more than others would.

When I read that someone is unhappy here or having trouble with others I am thankful that I don't have that type of experience. That is not to say I haven't seen someone attacking another person for some trivial reason or comment that was made. I always think before I write a comment and if it is something I don't agree with I do not argue my point. I just shake my head and scroll down. I live by the rule to treat others as I would like to be treated. Don't hurt someone else's feeling ever. Be tactful in all cases. If everyone insulted others here it would not be such a great place to hang out.

Anyway I would like to say that I was very happy to see it up this morning when I turned my computer on! Love you all that take the time to come to my diary and read my random thoughts.
 

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I just met our new maintenance man. He is very young but friendly. I don't hold him being so young against him because he may know how to fix things anyway. Today he seems to be catching up on the cleaning. And it is freezing outside so having to go in and out is not an easy job today regardless of your age. Might be easier though when you are younger. It bothers me now more than when I was younger.

Still waiting for Sonny to call me this morning! He is not an early bird at all.
 
I too had the can't-get-to-seniorforums.com issue. (One's browser "requests" a web page, and the request hops around the internet until it gets to the page and the page is downloaded to your browser ... or you get that "can't reach it" message.) I did a trace from my computer to seniorforums.com and found that it broke down in Phoenix. Anyway, glad to see the blockade is over!

By the way, @katlupe, I very much enjoy your diary. :)
 
Devi said:
I too had the can't-get-to-seniorforums.com issue. (One's browser "requests" a web page, and the request hops around the internet until it gets to the page and the page is downloaded to your browser ... or you get that "can't reach it" message.) I did a trace from my computer to seniorforums.com and found that it broke down in Phoenix. Anyway, glad to see the blockade is over!

By the way, @katlupe, I very much enjoy your diary. :)
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Thank you, @Devi and I appreciate you taking the time to read it!
 
Our manager thinks a homeless man is taking shelter in our building at night. She found items in a cupboard in the community room that appear to belong to someone. There are two large couches in the community room so it is possible someone is coming in to sleep here to get out of the cold. Also someone stole the microwave out of that room recently. It is big and heavy. It did not show up on the video for some reason.

I feel sorry for the homeless who are outside in this cold weather. But I also worry about the security of our building and residents if someone comes in who steals or causes harm. I always lock my door and I never leave my apartment after dark. One of the guys downstairs is going to go to the community room in the middle of the night to check it. I will be interested in what he discovers. We are supposed to call the police to report it if someone is in the building who does not belong here.
 
Glad to learn that you’ve met your new maintenance man Sonny. It’s good to know who to ask for help.

I too, tried to get on the site and couldn’t so I immediately thought I was banned for something but know I’ve been on my best behaviour.

Like yourself, I’d be very upset if I couldn’t get on the site any more. I am more aware of how I’m treating people and no longer pick on people. That doesn’t mean I’m turning into a pushover either.

The other night I even asked my husband if he could get on the site, and he couldn’t. That let me know it was a site problem not a Peppermint Patty Problem. I was some happy to get on yesterday morning.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
Glad to learn that you’ve met your new maintenance man Sonny. It’s good to know who to ask for help.

I too, tried to get on the site and couldn’t so I immediately thought I was banned for something but know I’ve been on my best behaviour.

Like yourself, I’d be very upset if I couldn’t get on the site any more. I am more aware of how I’m treating people and no longer pick on people. That doesn’t mean I’m turning into a pushover either.

The other night I even asked my husband if he could get on the site, and he couldn’t. That let me know it was a site problem not a Peppermint Patty Problem. I was some happy to get on yesterday morning.
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I knew I was not banned and that thought did not cross my mind. I know though, the internet world and sites going down and trying to figure out what is causing it. The horror of waking up one morning and finding out one of your stores or websites is not coming up! I figured Matrix would get it back up.
 
Today my shoulder hurts from riding in Sonny's car. Trying to adjust the seat (after others rode in it and who push the seat back and as low to the floor as it will go) and hooking up the seatbelt it makes my shoulder ache for days.

Sonny seemed pretty good today. I always ring up his groceries for him at the self check-out and I accidentally rang up his laundry detergent twice. $12.99. It was very heavy and the hand scanner would not work so I had to pick it up to scan it and I guess I got it twice. Forget to check when I did it. I was not in best form since it was later in the afternoon.

He looked at his receipt when he got home and saw he paid for it twice. I told him to keep the receipt and Walmart will give him his money back. He called them and they said just bring the receipt in and go to customer service. No problem. He told them he can't get back there for two weeks and they said that is okay.

Today I am vacuuming my furniture and waiting for a delivery from Amazon. Computer day.
 
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I too, tried to get on the site and couldn’t so I immediately thought I was banned for something but know I’ve been on my best behaviour.
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The other night I even asked my husband if he could get on the site, and he couldn’t. That let me know it was a site problem not a Peppermint Patty Problem. I was some happy to get on yesterday morning.
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As I posted somewhere here, it was not a site problem, but a break in the path somewhere between the location of your computer and the site. When you "go" to a website, your browser requests it from the target site (seniorforums.com), but it takes hops around the Internet to get it and download it to your browser.

I traced it and found the break was in Phoenix; once that recovered, Senior Forums could be reached once again.
 
Devi said:
As I posted somewhere here, it was not a site problem, but a break in the path somewhere between the location of your computer and the site. When you "go" to a website, your browser requests it from the target site (seniorforums.com), but it takes hops around the Internet to get it and download it to your browser.

I traced it and found the break was in Phoenix; once that recovered, Senior Forums could be reached once again.
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And I just waited until I could click back on it and get back on. No bigge.
 
Devi said:
As I posted somewhere here, it was not a site problem, but a break in the path somewhere between the location of your computer and the site. When you "go" to a website, your browser requests it from the target site (seniorforums.com), but it takes hops around the Internet to get it and download it to your browser.

I traced it and found the break was in Phoenix; once that recovered, Senior Forums could be reached once again.
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I don't understand how to do any of that. I just waited and it was back in the morning.
 
katlupe said:
Last night I came to the forum and it would not come up. I know that is pretty normal in the internet world. Yet it still freaked me out. I would be very depressed if something happened to this forum if it just disappeared one day. I think we are very vulnerable making friends with people online where they could all disappear in a flash. This is not the only forum I have ever belonged to. I still do belong to some others. They are not like SF at all. I don't think I have any negative issues with even one person on here. So maybe I would miss it more than others would.

When I read that someone is unhappy here or having trouble with others I am thankful that I don't have that type of experience. That is not to say I haven't seen someone attacking another person for some trivial reason or comment that was made. I always think before I write a comment and if it is something I don't agree with I do not argue my point. I just shake my head and scroll down. I live by the rule to treat others as I would like to be treated. Don't hurt someone else's feeling ever. Be tactful in all cases. If everyone insulted others here it would not be such a great place to hang out.

Anyway I would like to say that I was very happy to see it up this morning when I turned my computer on! Love you all that take the time to come to my diary and read my random thoughts.
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I couldn’t get on either Kat. Almost panicked. 😱
 
The good news is that Sonny's kidneys are okay. His problems were not due to them after all. The bad news is that Feb. 2nd he has to be circumcised at his age....71! He is not happy about this but I tell him to be thankful it wasn't his kidneys or something worse. So his shoulder replacement is on hold till he recovers from this procedure.

I don't have to walk outside to the dumpster today because Jeff was here and saw my garbage waiting to go out and he took it for me. Happy about that! I just finished cleaning the bunny cage and vacuuming my floor. Just those two things exhausted me today. Not sure why. Maybe it is just the kind of day it is. Gloomy and quiet.....VERY quiet here today.
 
katlupe said:
The good news is that Sonny's kidneys are okay. His problems were not due to them after all. The bad news is that Feb. 2nd he has to be circumcised at his age....71! He is not happy about this but I tell him to be thankful it wasn't his kidneys or something worse. So his shoulder replacement is on hold till he recovers from this procedure.

I don't have to walk outside to the dumpster today because Jeff was here and saw my garbage waiting to go out and he took it for me. Happy about that! I just finished cleaning the bunny cage and vacuuming my floor. Just those two things exhausted me today. Not sure why. Maybe it is just the kind of day it is. Gloomy and quiet.....VERY quiet here today.
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Poor Sonny he's been going through the mill lately with his health...I hope he gets better quickly so he can have his shoulder replacement done..
 
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katlupe said:
Well, if our forum is ever lost for good..........my fakebook address is facebook.com/katlupe and just send me a message telling me you are from here and I will accept you as a friend. My fakebook page is pretty tame......mostly just like this diary.
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I’m not on Facebook but I’d join if this site was ever lost for good. Do you have coffee and biscuits?







I’m kidding! 😅lol
 
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