Reflections of My Life

My new portable table was delivered yesterday. I loved it as soon as I took it out of the box! It is perfect and very sturdy. It works perfectly for whatever I need it for. I want to try to use my computer on it instead of sitting at my table all the time. In the morning I like being at the table and near my calendar and office supplies. But later in the day moving to the new chair with the computer on this table is what I am planning. When not in use, it folds completely flat. Has a lifetime guarantee. The height is adjustable so I can use it at different levels. I just want to be able to type comfortably while sitting in one of my chairs.

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Yesterday, I had my dental appointment. It was just for a thorough cleaning and evaluating my teeth. They will not be extracting all of the bottom ones. Some are still good and they feel it is good to have some good ones on the bottom to help you chew. I wanted them all out but they have to go by what my insurance will pay for. If some are still good they leave those. I will have to go back for another cleaning process but it is "deep cleaning" and they medicate you for it. So it must hurt! Then in August I will meet with the oral surgeon. Fun times for me this summer......

Then Sonny and I went to the local truck stop for lunch and we had a great time. I ordered a steak burger with Swiss cheese and tomato slices and a side of broccoli. It was really good and I felt good that I could eat there sticking to my food plan. I ended up eating Sonny's steak burger because he orders what I order (always!) but wants the high carb options that normally go with it. So he filled up on mashed potatoes and gravy and had a bun on his burger. I took the bun off his and ate the burger. No wonder he always feels so bad!

After we ate we drove through the parking lot and I got some pictures of some of the trucks. Sonny likes to do that since he was a driver himself. I like them because my husband had been a driver and I went on the road with him (and my cat). That is how I got to see almost the whole country. It was a fun day.
 
It has been many many years since I have had a deep cleaning. It does not hurt unless you count the numbing up part. I hate that part, it really does not hurt but just the thought of it makes me nervous. They will numb up your whole mouth so they can get a little under your gum line. Make sure you eat before because your mouth will stay numb for a couple of hours.
 

Blessed said:
It has been many many years since I have had a deep cleaning. It does not hurt unless you count the numbing up part. I hate that part, it really does not hurt but just the thought of it makes me nervous. They will numb up your whole mouth so they can get a little under your gum line. Make sure you eat before because your mouth will stay numb for a couple of hours.
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I don't think I will mind the numbing part since it won't be a shot. The reason I am using this dental office is because I won't have to get shots to have them extracted. The first dentist I went to in 2019 would not use anesthesia. I was in shock when I left that office. Very traumatic for me since I do not do well with shots.
 
Two apartments next to me are empty right now. One across the hall is the lady I told you all about who was taken to the hospital over a week ago. Her SIL said he would keep me informed of how she was because he thought she may have to go to a nursing home. No word yet and everyone keeps asking me about her. A social worker we all know went to the hospital and inquired about her and they said she was not there. So I am thinking she may be in a nursing home. She was in bad shape. I do miss her.

The other apartment is next to me and that lady was taken to the hospital and then to a nursing home in another city. No word on how she is doing. Her boyfriend cleaned out her apartment of some of her personal things........but not all. He gave the keys to the office and left. Have not seen him in over a month now. This week our maintenance man has been cleaning out her apartment. He told me that if someone leaves their apartment (or dies) and has no family to do it then he has to. Her furniture will be donated to the the local organization that offers household furniture to people with low income.

Everything that is left (including good things, which her stuff was) ends up in the dumpster. Somehow the word got out and the dumpster was being emptied by people on bikes and on foot. They climb right in! It makes me sad to think they need to do that. I just wish you could put stuff outside in a booth or something and let them take what they want. I look at my things and think what would happen to them? I know it sounds silly but I love everything I have. Some of it I have had since I was a child. Some belonged to my parents. My bookcase and footstool my father built. My dolls.

That is life.........
 
Yesterday they moved the rest of the furniture out of the apartment next to mine. It was donated to Roots & Wings and they picked it up yesterday in a van. Now the maintenance man will start working on the apartment to get it ready to be rented. That usually takes awhile. Painting, new carpeting, new appliances if needed. It is a really nice apartment, good size with one bedroom. The apartments on this side (the back) of the building are brighter because the sun comes in our windows early.

Once it is ready to rent it doesn't take very long for someone to move in. Usually there is a long waiting list. Though if someone is in extreme need they will be put at the top of the list. My friend said she waited three years. For myself I applied and was accepted within a couple of weeks. The fact that I was living without conveniences or medical insurance put me at the extreme need point.

On my floor there are eleven apartments. One married couple. Five single men. There were five single women, but one has left and one went to the hospital and don't know where or what is going on with her. Two dogs, two cats and one rabbit. Quiet most of the time. It is a nice floor.

Some people who live here hate it and some (like myself) love it. I believe you have the ability to make any situation you are in good or bad. It is up to you. I never thought I could live in a city or around people at all. I wrote down what I would have to do to make it pleasant and that is what I did and still do. When I see people saying how much their rent has gone up, I am thankful to be living here.
 
Yesterday, I sat with my feet up listening to my CD's and coloring. The table made it a lot more relaxing and I see I will be able to use it for other things. Like if Sonny and I eat here in front of the television which we do sometimes. I will be able to eat there now instead of sitting in front of my computer. To have my feet up I have them on a footstool so the table has to be at an angle because of its legs. It works good because of its size and that I can pull it as close as I need it.

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I used to have a table like that some years ago. It was white plastic top, adjustable height, and the legs were L shaped so the bottom half could slide under the sofa... like they do in hospitals... I gave it away to a charity a long time ago... but it was very useful during the time I needed it..
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After so many years of unplugging every single thing in my house when a storm would come, I still do that. Yes, I have the surge outlet wires. But they are not 100 percent going to prevent something from being hit. So yesterday evening, I settled down in my recliner to watch some television when a storm started coming in. I turned everything off and unplugged it all. It wasn't long before it was here. So loud! Scared my bunny boy!

What really scared him was when we got a bright flash with super loud thunder and immediately our power was off. Well the only thing that I hadn't unplugged was the lights and the stove clock which has a light. So I got my solar flashlight and settled down when the storm quieted to go to sleep (in the recliner). The hall lights were off after a couple of hours too. So very dark here. The restaurants and bars across the city parking lot (which I can see from my windows) had been very busy. Parking lot was full and people had been coming and going all afternoon and evening. Very dark and very quiet then.

This morning around five the lights started flickering. .....POWER! I had missed it. I set my clocks and started my coffee going immediately! It is different when you live off the grid and your life is used to living without power unless you turn it on yourself. Living with the power grid where it is not in your control will cause you to adjust to these things happening. This is only the second time I have had a power outage here. Last April and now last night.

My whole apartment is electric and for the most part I had not had any issues at all. Usually runs smooth. July though is a month that I always think of hot temperatures and storms. Makes me not look forward to it very much. The day so far does not look too bright. Of course, it is early.
 
Yesterday was kind of a lazy day for me. I guess I didn't get a good sleep with the power going off. Spent a lot of time on the computer and didn't do much besides making up three batches of Keto Chow so I can have ice cream every day. Paid some bills online and will finish up on those today.

I have been suffering for months with sore chapped lips. To the point where I clip off the peeling skin. It is horrible! I had tried everything I could think of. I figure it is due to my dental issues which cause me to have a sore mouth too. When I went to the Grand Union a few days ago I was planning on buying more Chapstick and instead bought Blistex Lip Medex in a little container like lip balm comes in. It worked after the first or second time I applied it! Works great and I am using it every day now but not as much as all the other junk I had tried. It was less than three dollars.

I think today I will do laundry and see what I can do about my storage locker while I am downstairs. I save the packaging and boxes that come with the new stuff I buy online. Then if it is past the 90 day guarantee I throw the packaging and boxes away. Except for the bubble wrap. I use that on my windows in the winter.
 
My friend from down the hall came to visit me last night. She had been visiting her mother who lives on the 3rd floor when our power went out. So she would have had to go down the stairs to get back to her apartment in the dark. Her mother is 97 and can usually take care of herself in a situation like that. But.........she was in her recliner when the power went out. Her recliner is electric and she could not get herself out of it. Nor could my friend. So she stayed with her mother the whole time. Her husband came up to check on her and she told him she had to stay. She could not leave her mother alone like that.

While she was here last night, she brought some berries and a little carrot for Rabbit. He acted like he did not want them. Till she set down the dish with them on the floor. Then he grabbed the whole dish (it was a plastic dish like what dips come in) and took it to his rug. He was so funny and she was laughing at him. She never sees him like that because he doesn't do much when someone is visiting. When he finished he was throwing the dish around and kept coming back to it. I love when he puts a smile on someone's face!
 
It doesn't really seem like a holiday to me today. Quiet in my building. Some people have gone out for the day. I am glad that I did not have to go anywhere. I am just not very social. I really prefer being at home. By the time I got around this morning after coffee and my shower it looked hot outside. So I did not take a walk. Hopefully tomorrow I can get to my laundry and take a walk in the park. I want to keep walking and even with a walker it is good for me.

I made gingerbread ice cream in the Creami and it was good. Made me so cold I had to turn off the air conditioner. As loud as the ice cream maker is, nobody else hears it. Just Rabbit and me. Now when they rent the apartment next to me whoever lives there will most definitely hear it.

Sonny is still hurting and taking pain pills. So he stayed home today too, as far as I know. But knowing him........his racing buddies are having some kind of thing this evening and I bet he will go for a little while at least. He cannot stay home even when he should.
 
Talk about being lonely living alone.........today I had 3 different friends/neighbors come to my door. Then two of them came back later at different times. I like that! They have become very good friends. One lives downstairs and the other two on my hall.

I found out today that my neighbor who lived across the hall, who was in very bad shape died last Thursday, the last day of June. I am sad she is gone and I will never hear her laughter again. But thankful she will not be suffering in pain any longer. She was in such bad shape and I think it started when that little boy ran into her with the grocery cart at Walmart. Parents need to stop letting children push those things. It is not safe. I speak right up to the child pushing the cart and tell them to slow it down and be careful not to hit someone.........many times right in front of their parents.

I haven't eaten yet today. I doubt eating this late I will get all my protein in. I didn't yesterday either. Keto makes me not hungry but I still need to get in at least 120 grams of protein a day. I can see the difference in my hair and nails now. Hardly any gray at all in my hair now (course I have it colored so talking about roots). So I am cooking some hot sausages and will have some ice cream too.

One thing I notice that I do is come in my apartment and almost panic that it is already two and I need to clean Rabbit's cage. Then I stop myself and say, "Why do you have to clean the cage by 2?" "Who made that rule?" So I realize I need to calm down and eat. Relax a bit. Then clean the cage. Rabbit doesn't care, he is sleeping.
 
My best friend used to live directly across the street from me until aortic sarcoma took her from us at the end of Feb.,2020. I'm thankful she didn't know Covid but I so needed to talk to her during those dark days. She loved our two cats and bunny also. A few months before she died, she gave a ceramic bunny with "Some Bunny Loves You" written on it.


You will have to share with me how you keep bunny from chewing on everything! When she is out, the year old cat loves to play with her, rolling around on her back with her legs stretched out grasping for friendship.

I just found your diary so keep on writing, you are a joy.
 
Happy Heart said:
My best friend used to live directly across the street from me until aortic sarcoma took her from us at the end of Feb.,2020. I'm thankful she didn't know Covid but I so needed to talk to her during those dark days. She loved our two cats and bunny also. A few months before she died, she gave a ceramic bunny with "Some Bunny Loves You" written on it.


You will have to share with me how you keep bunny from chewing on everything! When she is out, the year old cat loves to play with her, rolling around on her back with her legs stretched out grasping for friendship.

I just found your diary so keep on writing, you are a joy.
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Thank you for taking the time to read what I write!

As for keeping a bunny from chewing on furniture when I first moved here I taped cardboard (the kind from boxes) to the bottoms of whatever he started chewing on. Now he is 8 years old and doesn't chew the furniture at all. Still keep all electric wires protected even though he has never showed an interest in those. He free roams in my apartment and did in my house before I moved here. At my house he chewed on firewood stacked by the wood stove. Here I give him compressed hay which is like miniature bales and some chew sticks. If you are out in the country and can get some apple sticks, black berry brambles or willow sticks your bunny might like those to chew on.
 
hollydolly said:
So Sorry to hear about your friend and neighbour Kat, just awful to lose a good friend, but as you said she had so much wrong with her, she had no quality of life... may she R.I.P
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Thank you, Holly. If she had survived and been put in a nursing home she would have been miserable. Even at 96 she was still a free spirit. Bebopping along on her mobility scooter...........she will be sharing her laughter in heaven I am sure.
 

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