Reflections of My Life

Kat, best wishes and hopes for better things for you in 2026

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I have to laugh at my neighbor. Every time he goes in or out his door their cat gets out. He gets so mad at it. Normally he is a very happy guy but that cat tests him. He will say in his meanest voice, "Freeze! Now!" The cat does not listen. He has to go from one end of the hall to the other. I have had cats my whole life and that is not the way I ever caught one. Has to make it want to come to you on its own. My cats followed me all over the place and I never had to yell at them.Their cat is very pretty.........a "tortie". I had one of those myself.

Tomorrow is errand day so time to get off my computer.
 
Yesterday, was a very busy day for me. The one day that I leave my apartment building. Sonny took me to do my errands and to shop at Walmart. I should not have done that shopping because I paid for it last night. My legs hurt really bad and that was with the compression stockings on. Today I am not wearing them or going to do too much. I can't wait for my doctor appointment so she can give me an order to go back to the Lymphedema clinic.

Walmart's shelves were bare in some spots. No milk at all! Nor butter! I don't buy milk but Sonny does. The butter I always buy a 2-pack and stock them up. I share them with Jeff because I do not want him using margarine or any of the spreads. One of Walmart's delivery trucks had overturned on the bad roads and they could not get the dairy delivery. The roads were really bad! People had to go to the other stores for milk.

Yesterday morning I called Scholet Furniture store (local) and ordered the adjustable bed base. It will be delivered next Saturday, the 10th. The delivery men will set it up in my apartment. After I get that I will order the mattress from Amazon. The head and foot of the bed goes up and down and it also has a zero gravity setting on the remote. So I am looking forward to this now. I wasn't sure about it before but now I am.

Right now I am making 4 batches of Keto Chow shakes to put in the freezer for ice cream. I don't care how cold it is I always can eat ice cream! I am making butterscotch, black licorice, lemon meringue & gingerbread. Then I have some meat to vacuum pack. That will be it for today. Computer time and coloring. Might go through some piles of paper that accumulated. And fill out my new rabbit calendar.
 
Paco Dennis said:
What does that do? How does it feel? It sounds like something I might benefit from.
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I don't know yet. It won't be delivered until next Saturday and then I have to get the mattress. I will let you know though.

I did look it up and this is what it says about a "gravity zero" bed: "A zero gravity bed is an adjustable bed that positions your body in a way that mimics the weightlessness experienced by astronauts, helping to relieve pressure on your spine and joints. This position can improve comfort, circulation, and overall sleep quality."
 
I keep imagining what it will be like to have a bed I can sleep in!!! My other bed was not comfortable for me. I had to pile pillows to prop my back, shoulders and head. Still not good. Then the doctor kept telling me put my feet up high which I could not do very well. I could get them up but not high. This adjustable bed should be a whole new thing for me. I have not actually slept in a bed since 2020.

The recliner is not comfortable either as I cannot work the thing that reclines it because I am not strong enough. So hard to get up out of it because my knees hurt so much when I do. It will be nice (I think) not having to sleep all night in it. Watching television for awhile is one thing.

I think this gives me something to focus on now that I am alone and don't have my bunny boy anymore. So going to work on this Lymphedema to start with and the bed is a part of that. Then I have other things. There was so much I could not do because of him. I could not leave him alone for very long and I would worry about having to go into a hospital overnight. Now if I have to do that I can.
 
katlupe said:
I don't know yet. It won't be delivered until next Saturday and then I have to get the mattress. I will let you know though.

I did look it up and this is what it says about a "gravity zero" bed: "A zero gravity bed is an adjustable bed that positions your body in a way that mimics the weightlessness experienced by astronauts, helping to relieve pressure on your spine and joints. This position can improve comfort, circulation, and overall sleep quality."
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I’ve had an adjustable base for a few years and like it a LOT.
The zero gravity position is seriously comfortable and i’d use it exclusively if i slept on my back. But as a side sleeper, i’ve learned that the mattress needs to be perfectly flat wherever my hip rests else it’s quite painful in the morning, something to do with hip flexors and pressure points i guess. Great purchase tho and i’m glad you’re getting one…lots of benefits!
 
MarciKS said:
hi kat. sorry i haven't been in for a few days. i will try to come in and get caught up tonight. have a great day!
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It is okay, I haven't been here much myself. I am very down right now so not really saying much here. I should be excited about getting my bed but I am not right now. After I get it I will order the mattress and bedding. Then maybe.
 
My doctor canceled my appointment for today. She is sick. So not going until next Wednesday.

I am working on getting Jeff's papers together for his re-certification tomorrow. See what did I say? No management here for our problems. But if the rents are due or a new tenant or re-certification is due someone will be here! Best to keep a low profile which is what I try to do. As little interaction with the employees as possible.

Homeless people still sleeping in the community room. Yesterday morning about four of them were there. Then later when the guy who lives upstairs was drying his laundry someone stole them! That is why I don't leave mine in there anymore while doing my laundry. I sit down there and color and listen to my radio. Most people will put their laundry in the washing machine and come back later to put in the dryer and do the same again. I haven't trusted doing that for a very long time now. I admit the reason I started doing it was to get out of my apartment for awhile and so I don't have to make many trips on the elevator. Don't trust that either.
 
katlupe said:
What is the difference between a conversation and private message? How do you start a private message to someone that nobody else can see (if that is possible?)?
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Conversations and private messages are the same section , and no one else sees them.
Though matrix could, if someone sent something totally inappropriate or disturbing, that way.

It's the Profile messages that all other members can see.
 
katlupe said:
My doctor canceled my appointment for today. She is sick. So not going until next Wednesday.

I am working on getting Jeff's papers together for his re-certification tomorrow. See what did I say? No management here for our problems. But if the rents are due or a new tenant or re-certification is due someone will be here! Best to keep a low profile which is what I try to do. As little interaction with the employees as possible.

Homeless people still sleeping in the community room. Yesterday morning about four of them were there. Then later when the guy who lives upstairs was drying his laundry someone stole them! That is why I don't leave mine in there anymore while doing my laundry. I sit down there and color and listen to my radio. Most people will put their laundry in the washing machine and come back later to put in the dryer and do the same again. I haven't trusted doing that for a very long time now. I admit the reason I started doing it was to get out of my apartment for awhile and so I don't have to make many trips on the elevator. Don't trust that either.
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That's a shame that you can't see your Dr till next week;
But it's good that she doesn't go to work, sick and not tell you.

We have problems with our laundry room too. It's a worry if we must go, back to the apartment before it's done. 😕🫤

That's awful having non- residents sleeping in the community room, regularly. Not secure for the tenants.

I hope that meeting went easily for you.
 
Did Jeff's re-certification today. I think it went okay.

Other than that, I did not get much done today. Just a quiet day. I am mad at myself for not doing that laundry but I have just not felt good enough to spend my whole day downstairs. Maybe some tomorrow and the rest on Sunday.

I do need to order some groceries and maybe will do that tomorrow if they can deliver them early. I will not pay for the express deliveries because I think they try to force you use it by not delivering them by the time you set it up for. Twice I have canceled their order and ordered from Price Chopper and from Amazon.
 
Wow that's awful about the grocery deliveries and them likely delaying on purpose, and then, adding extra charges.
Groceries are expensive enough, we all know.

I think my grocery store requires ordering the day before. I've always thought so; therefore I'm used to the pressure of having to do it that way.
I find it difficult, though, because I don't know what i will be able to manage to do, the following day.

Katlupe, try not to be mad at yourself, regarding the laundry. You can't help that it is a big task, and not being always up to doing it. It always takes longer than it seems, and wears a person out. Then it's harder to do anything else, that day,too.

I'm glad you got Jeff's recertification behind you. That's a job too.
 
I am energized for some reason today. Ordered my groceries. Hoping to get a few other things done as well. Packages coming from Amazon today. Plus I am getting my apartment ready for the adjustable bed frame that will be delivered tomorrow. The store sent me a text message to remind me. I didn't forget! I can't wait.

After I get it and see how it is I will order a mattress for it. They come in a box and say to stand back when you take it out. Sonny got his that way and he said to be careful. It comes out with a force!! I think having a bed like this will make a world of difference for the way I feel.

It is funny to me that everyone complains about people using food stamps to pay for junk food. But they also complain about paying for steak, beef, seafood, butter and dairy products with them too. What do they want? Living here in an apartment for seniors and disabled almost everyone has food stamps. Most of them do buy the processed and junk foods. I see them bringing them in on the ramp. Hardly anyone here eats like me but I have learned if I eat those foods I suffer terribly.

Trying to fix your health by a diet is never easy nor quick. It can take time and most people don't have the patience for that. I didn't at first. Now I judge what I eat by how I feel afterwards. My main health issue is the Lymphedema. The trouble with that is the medical doctors don't understand it or know what to tell me. That is why I am going back to the therapist. Even if I have to use the medi-vans for that long trip to and back to Binghamton.
 
MarciKS said:
i know around here the junk food is cheaper than the healthy food which is why people here buy it.
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same here... altho' the govt are trying to addres the junk food that people buy as a single item..like pasties , pies etc from the bakery at lunch time... for a quick filling snack.. by raising their prices. The govt don't address the highly processed pre-packaged foods in the suermarket that cost pennies but are full of junk, chemicals and nasties.. that people on lower incomes feed to their families...

I mean what do people think is in a chilled or canned processed Lasagne that feeds 4 people for £1 for example .... they don't care when they're on a low income they just want to fill their kids bellies and it's causing an epidemic of Diabetes, cancers, weight issues ..all sorts of problems..
 

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