Reflections of My Life

Well, as I said earlier, Sonny was coming to put the new batteries in Jazzy. He did. They are in. I test drove it up and down the hall a few times. It has never been that fast. Not ever since I got it in 2019. Even the horn was louder and the lights on the controls seemed brighter. I am so excited about it! New tires. New batteries. It was a job for Sonny because you have to take it apart in the back but he did it. He was laying on the floor taking it apart and felt someone licking his back.....it was not me! It was my little bunny boy! He even stayed right by him while he had to hammer a few times.

Jeff was here. He said he was home and was okay. He didn't seem to know anything was wrong with his Spectrum connection. He said I could have called him. No, I couldn't. I tried. Regardless, he is okay. I am content tonight.
 

katlupe said:
Well, as I said earlier, Sonny was coming to put the new batteries in Jazzy. He did. They are in. I test drove it up and down the hall a few times. It has never been that fast. Not ever since I got it in 2019. Even the horn was louder and the lights on the controls seemed brighter. I am so excited about it! New tires. New batteries. It was a job for Sonny because you have to take it apart in the back but he did it. He was laying on the floor taking it apart and felt someone licking his back.....it was not me! It was my little bunny boy! He even stayed right by him while he had to hammer a few times.

Jeff was here. He said he was home and was okay. He didn't seem to know anything was wrong with his Spectrum connection. He said I could have called him. No, I couldn't. I tried. Regardless, he is okay. I am content tonight.
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I'm relieved for you that Jeff showed up!

The new batteries really woke Jazzy up, huh? You'll have to get a helmet now Kat; you're gonna be hell on wheels! ;)
 

Today I got up at 3:30 AM, not because I could not sleep but in the morning, I can't wait for it to be time to get up. Nice thing about living alone is you can get up. You can turn the lights on. You can make coffee. Fun times for me!

As I was writing a new blog post, it got me to thinking how many things I can do whenever or however I want. Like eating my food today that I was making for supper. It was shrimp scampi (really just shrimp, mushroom, seasonings cooked in butter and white wine). It smelled so good, I ate it for my first meal (lunch or breakfast, I call it breakfast).

Another thing I like is that I can just decide to cook something and eat it right then. When I lived with my husband I had to cook him breakfast and give that to him to eat and then cook my own. I was always last but that was the only way I could do it because I was the one doing the cooking and clean up. By the time I had my food ready and came to sit down, he was putting his dish in the sink (for me to wash).

Now Sonny is different. If I make us a meal and give him his plate and go back to finish making my food, he won't eat his until I am sitting down with mine. He is nice like that. Even if he is very hungry and hasn't eaten. Little things that I may not always think about but must have been important to me or I wouldn't think about them.
 
I am hoping to go for a walk today. I have not walked in a few days due to the heat. It is not sunny yet and is almost 7. Walking is one exercise I can do and enjoy. If I can do it today, I plan on walking twice around the whole park. That is going to be my track. When I was younger I used to walk (fast.......race walked) around various tracks in my area. The university and a certain high school I liked. It was fun to get out there early in the morning to do that. Now I am careful to not go out until people are out and about. Don't want to be somewhere alone. Not saying the homeless people will attack me but there are a lot of them here now and I am just being careful.

The other exercise I have been doing every other day is my arm exercise with dumbbells. That is coming along really nice. I am proud of being able to do it and sticking to it so far. I am only using one and three pound dumbbells right now. I think I wrote already about doing this and my plan. My friend came in the other day and the dumbbells were on the table. She lifted them and could barely lift them. Especially the three pound one! She has a lot of health issues but is younger than me. That alone, made me promise myself that I will keep on my health journey. Never going to give up.
 
Once again.............(you all are going to get tired of me writing about this) the elevator is not working. I got my garbage ready and went to the elevator to take it out...........the elevator buttons don't even light up! No elevator! It seems like it is always broken on the week-end! I am not happy about that. My neighbor brought a package to my door that was delivered downstairs this morning (chew sticks for Rabbit). Sonny was going to come up and take me to Walmart to buy some stuff for my son to get him through till he gets his check. Guess we will wait till Monday.......IF it gets fixed that day.
 
There is a notice on the elevator now to limit usage of it. To make sure you have cell phone on you if you get in it. And that they have ordered new hardware for it and will have to wait for that to come and be installed. I don't have to use it today. So I will just stay inside. I will not take a chance of getting stuck inside even for a little while. Too hot!
 
katlupe said:
There is a notice on the elevator now to limit usage of it. To make sure you have cell phone on you if you get in it. And that they have ordered new hardware for it and will have to wait for that to come and be installed. I don't have to use it today. So I will just stay inside. I will not take a chance of getting stuck inside even for a little while. Too hot!
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dangerous heat...parts for anything nowadays is a wait...cargo ships full...people having difficulty getting electric components...auto parts...well...even food some places...i hope they get the part they need...i know they are frustrated also
 
Sorry to hear about your elevator problems, again. It sure doesn't seem right that their attitude is so callous. I get so frustrated when I hear about some getting so much while our own seniors could be treated better. Don't get me started, just vote wisely in November.
The microwave failed Saturday so this morning we got an early start to pick up a new one before it got too hot. We are expecting over 105 temps all week which I don't look forward to. In my younger days, I hiked the Grand Canyon but the years and the pounds have all crept up on me so never again.
You have a good friend in Sonny, and he has a good friend in you. I'm happy you have each other to share with. Keep writing, I enjoy your sharing with us also.
 
katlupe said:
There is a notice on the elevator now to limit usage of it. To make sure you have cell phone on you if you get in it. And that they have ordered new hardware for it and will have to wait for that to come and be installed. I don't have to use it today. So I will just stay inside. I will not take a chance of getting stuck inside even for a little while. Too hot!
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Do you I have emergency stairs? An elevator that might get stuck and might have electrical problems sounds so scary. I know it is.
 
I just got my internet back on about an hour ago. All day no internet. We had a bad storm yesterday. 100 mph winds. Closed down the main road (Rt. 12) into Norwich. Took out traffic lights and Walmart's big steel posts with lights in their parking lot. Walmart closed yesterday afternoon and still closed today. A big tree across the street in front of the library is cut off at a little higher than the middle of it.

People in Norwich and the surrounding towns are still without power. I did not lose my power so I am thankful for that.
 
The elevator may not be fixed anytime soon. Our maintenance man said it is worse than they thought or knew. So it may be a bigger repair job than we were expecting. So...........you know what this tells me? Get out of my comfort zone! I am feeling much better since I now (FINALLY) stick to my health plan. Have a lot more energy. But I still have painful knees and have to use my walker. I depend on it and have no plans to give it up. So tomorrow I am going to experiment and see if I can go down the stairs to the first floor. And then come back up.

I used to go up the stairs at my house and there were more stairs. The way it is here is there are some stairs then a landing then more stairs. I always go down stairs backwards.......I know it sounds crazy but it is so much easier. Then going back up might be the hardest but I think I can do it. I will let you all know. Lots of people here can't do the stairs mainly because it causes them to have trouble breathing.....I don't and won't have that problem. I breathe good!

I will have to take my cane because obviously I cannot carry the walker on my back. :) I see this as a good thing because I always worried if there was a fire I would not be able to get out. I forgot that I used to do stairs at my house all the time. Now I am looking forward to it.
 
I have to keep reminding myself that you call the Ground floor, the First floor in the US... every time you say you are going to try to get to the first floor, I'm thinking, but how are you going to get down to the bottom.. ( ground floor)
 

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