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katlupe said:
This morning I have errands to do. Walk to the post office and then to the bank. I hope to get it done early. If the laundry room isn't busy I will get my bedding and towels done. Cleaning out the refrigerator too. Taking everything out of it and give it a good scrubbing. Haven't done that in awhile.
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I just did my fridge the other day. I am actually part way through cleaning it. I still have the a few shelves on the door.
 

Appointment with cardiologist/surgeon to determine whether I require surgical intervention on my right leg now that my left leg is healing from two interventions. Hope not. Not sure. Will see. Will ask about whether I can have colonoscopy. I have had colon cancer. I would have to stop my blood thinners for colonoscopy and I don't think at this stage I will be given permission to do that.

I promise to try to behave like an adult today. Honest. Try, I'll try.
 
Georgiagranny said:
@Sliverfox Exorbitant air fare. Motel because he lives in senior housing and overnight guests not allowed. Total is a couple of thousand dollars. Can't do it without damage to savings, and that would leave me with no cushion if (when) I decide to waltz out the bakery door. Drat.
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When's the last time you had a nice long phone conversation? Better yet can someone there set up a tablet with video calling?
 
hearlady said:
When's the last time you had a nice long phone conversation? Better yet can someone there set up a tablet with video calling?
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We talk at least weekly for an hour or more. He doesn't have a tablet. Laptop but no clue how to set up a video call. In short, it's a non-starter.

I have figured out that working extra hard at work yields extra work. It's devolved into an every man for himself kind of thing, with me picking up the slack. There's more than enough slack to go around. I used to work for a big German company, it is to Germany as GM is to America. The initials are KHD. We joked that the initials stood for "keine hilft dir" or "none help you" (no one helps you). I'm trying to figure out a way to do only my own job and stop picking up the slack since no one makes an effort to help me get mine done, rarely even Sir. What that amounts to is that it appears that we've all done our jobs.

The schedule has me there from 4am-10am, but I'm usually out by 9. That means I rush to get all my work done but have time to squeeze in all the stuff that's left by others. What? Why? I could stretch my work out to 10 and not "have time" to do anything else. It sounds, and is, selfish, but we all get paid the same whether we work fast or slow. IOW, I work fast so that others can work slow.

I need to learn how to stop being "nice." How do I do that without becoming a grouchy old b*tch?
 
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This morning once again I woke up around 4, my body hasn't adjusted yet of not hearing the birdies like it was living at my old apt. I did manage to go back to sleep until 5:30,got up around 6
My early walk at 6:30 went down the block to local co op,bought some gala apples, English muffins, today's NYT,it was cloudy temp was 65
One of the things I love about living here at 'Camp Gates' how quiet it is, don't hear anything. I suppose if I opened my windows that will change
I invited my friends, Don& his partner, Dave for lunch today. Don lives on the 1st floor at the other place, he's the co chair of our garden committee. He showed me which flowers/ plants I should water in our community garden which I did for 10 yrs,that was my contribution to the committee. Its been 5 days but I miss seeing my friends who I saw on a daily basis. I'll give them the tour of the place& show them my apt
At 5:30, this afternoon I've been invited by another resident, Connie for dinner in the dining room,which is served from 4:30-7:30 my 1st time there.She has lived here since 2017, when Gates opened. When she called me a couple days ago, asked if there was somebody I'd like to join us, I mention Jerry, he's another church member but I don;t know him that well. I'm looking forward to meeting& getting to know her
 
I didn't awake remembering any dreams, just a fitful night with little rest. Seemed a little drier outside, so I went out for a walk. Sure enough, the day is looking like a brighter one. Sat down though and then woke in a chair to a full cup of coffee, now cold. Oops.

I might just alter my loose schedule today and try a late-morning nap and see how that goes.
 
Georgiagranny said:
We talk at least weekly for an hour or more. He doesn't have a tablet. Laptop but no clue how to set up a video call. In short, it's a non-starter.

I have figured out that working extra hard at work yields extra work. It's devolved into an every man for himself kind of thing, with me picking up the slack. There's more than enough slack to go around. I used to work for a big German company, it is to Germany as GM is to America. The initials are KHD. We joked that the initials stood for "keine hilft dir" or "none help you" (no one helps you). I'm trying to figure out a way to do only my own job and stop picking up the slack since no one makes an effort to help me get mine done, rarely even Sir. What that amounts to is that it appears that we've all done our jobs.

The schedule has me there from 4am-10am, but I'm usually out by 9. That means I rush to get all my work done but have time to squeeze in all the stuff that's left by others. What? Why? I could stretch my work out to 10 and not "have time" to do anything else. It sounds, and is, selfish, but we all get paid the same whether we work fast or slow. IOW, I work fast so that others can work slow.

I need to learn how to stop being "nice." How do I do that without becoming a grouchy old b*tch?
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Tablets can be fairly cheap, and they are easy to set up and use, @Georgiagranny . You can get a 10” amazon fire tablet for around $100, and then you could video chat with your brother anytime you wanted to do so.
Getting one for each of you would solve the whole problem , and if he does not know how to set one up, then you just order both of them, set them up and send one up to your brother.
This would not drain your savings, and would allow you to “spend time “ together.

My youngest son lives in Washington State, and I am here in Alabama; so we go on “trips” together to see our gardens and flowers via the cameras on our phone or tablets. Sometimes, we just have little chats together and morning coffee, and it is as close to actually being together as we can be.
It is an easy option worth considering.
 
Learned that most of hubby's grumpiness was due to the fact , he got down to check lawn tractor battery.
Then couldn't get back , easily.

I went & helped for a bit.

I grabbed a rake to clean out some dead grass in a flower bed.

While doing that I noticed a car going slowly up the road.She called out to me that she 'almost hit a bear cub on the road.

To be careful as she didn't see Mamma bear. :eek:

Mac & I didn't walk the normal trail.
Just around the house.
 
Georgiagranny said:
I have a tablet. He does not. There is no "around $100" in his budget.
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I was thinking that you could get one for him, and set it up if necessary. You said that traveling would be thousands of dollars, and not in your budget, and this option would be very affordable, comparably.
What I did was buy a refurbished Kindle Fire on Amazon, which was actually only around $30, and had it sent to my son’s address. Now, he can also share my online kindle library, for him or his wife to read; so it has worked out really well for us.

Even if you have two different types of tablets, most of the video chats should work because they would have the same app.
I believe that apps like Skype, WhatsApp, Zoom, and Messenger are available for just about any tablet, and if you have two of the same make (like Amazon Fire or iPad), then it is even easier to do video chats.
 

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