Monday was one of those problem solving day. I woke up at 7 AM and noticed that was the time my caregiver was supposed to come in, I can taste the coffee already. I waited and waited and after a couple hours I checked my calendar but there was nothing there. I decided to text Brooklyn to ask her if she remembered anything about that and she said"oh shoot I was supposed to cover for her". Boy it's a good thing I didn't text liberty and yell at her.
Brooklyn came in, it's too beautiful outside to stay in here and look out through the window. I'm so glad that I have Brooklyn! She came in and got me dressed and up in my chair and before you knew it I was cruising up and down the street with Dude and then Kona. As I was heading to the top of our driveway I see my neighbor from about a lockdown, he stopped and was waiting for me so we could walk down the hill together. He's such a sweet man and he has such a sweet wife, he waits for me comes up to say hello whenever he sees me! We cruised down the hill together I said goodbye at his house. I have actually met three of my neighbors on the next block and I see two or three others out in their yard and they always wave as we are cruising up and down the street.
I came back in and it was getting warm, I was glad that I was done cruising around with the dogs. I hung out in the kitchen for a while with Stanley, McKenzie and the kids and it's never a dull moment and so adorable. Stanley went to go work out and McKenzie Jude for a nap so I decided to go in my room and I ended up taking a nap as well. I was watching TV and laying back and all of a sudden I woke up and realized I was asleep. Ashlyn came in, took care of the dogs, put me to bed, did some personal care Ashlyn went home. I spent the rest of the evening watching Karen versus cop videos on YouTube and playing Candy crush, the game I love to hate.
Tuesday
Tuesday was a really busy day. Becky came in and the first thing I always ask her to do is heat me up a rice bag in the microwave set the thermostat to 70 heat, they feel so good but I wish that he would last longer. The massage therapist didn't come in this morning because she got in some altercation with that crazy lady and where she hosts trivia and was exhausted, I can't wait to hear about this one! I had some coffee and then my usual breakfast casserole, half a bagel, half of a avocado and another cup of coffee. She got me dressed and got me up in my chair. I had a video visit with my United healthcare case manager Kathleen and then my brother Stanley took me to my ENT appointment. She cleaned the wax out of my left ear and put some cream in my ears because they are still itching. She made an appointment for me to come back in and get a hearing test, sometimes I think it would be nice to hear better but since I don't have any dexterity in my fingers if my ear itches and I accidentally knock it out there isn't anything I can do. I came back home and hung out in the kitchen with Becca while she cooked, since she's not my caregiver anymore I only get to see her once a week so I love hanging out and catching up. I missed support group in Santa Cruz, I'll catch them next month. Ashlyn came in and we did some personal care after she took care of the dogs. She went home and I watch TV, play games and watch the beautiful sunset right outside my window. I love this place!
Wednesday
Wednesday I didn't really have anything going on but I decided to get up and take the dogs out for a cruise, the weather was so beautiful! Becky brought me some coffee and a nice warm rice bag from the microwave, I had another cup of coffee and some breakfast and she got me dressed and up in my chair. I used to take Kona first for 4 miles but she seemed to be giving tired these days after 2 miles, I think we need to put her on a diet because she's getting really chunky. Dude is staying really slim and he looks great! I have a bunch of phone calls that I need to make an appointment I need to schedule I want to say I keep forgetting I need to buckle down and do it…tomorrow. Hung out in my room with the dogs in Stanley put me to bed after a while because Ashlyn wasn't going to be in until late and I'm trying to take it easy on my butt. I'm just getting over a pressure sore and I don't want another one. About halfway through the day Ashlyn put a post on the dream team text and said that she wasn't feeling good and can someone come in for her, Brooklyn to the rescue again. Whenever I interrupt her days off she's always so nice about it, I apologize a lot but she always says no problem! She came in and put me to bed after she took care of the dogs and got me something to eat. The menu this week is chicken Caldo, roasted chicken, roasted vegetables, roasted eggplant and Chia pudding. I am loving all of this awesome food! After she left I just did the usual, writing in my blog, watch TV and play games until I fell asleep.
Thursday
Becky came in and took care of the dogs and that got me my heated up rice bag and a cup of coffee. The best part of waking up and my brother makes the best coffee! The massage therapist came in and gave me a nice massage. After she left Becky got me dressed up in my chair and I had some breakfast in the kitchen, breakfast casserole, half a bagel and half of an avocado and of course another cup of coffee. I sat outside by the waterfall for a while and watched the Koi fish in the pond.
My niece came to get me for our meeting with my new financial planner. He had a lot of good ideas but one of his best was to start paying off my credit cards, I was going to wait until I sold my house but I wish I would've thought about paying them off before this cause I maybe could've had it paid off. Well I'm excited to get rid of these credit cards, I am going to have to cut way down on my spending, go down to one massage a week and the worst part is all of the plans that we have for this house are going to be put on hold until we sell the other one. I also bought a Polaris when I was at the other house and it has been such a big pain in the ass but I can't sell it until I sell the other house because I have to pay it off first.
I hung out with the dogs for a little while longer Brooklyn came in to put me to bed. This is her regular night to work but she has been having track beats with her son so she goes and watches there but I think they're over so she's back now. I had some soup and it was so delicious! I also had half a bagel which I'm starting to think I'm going to have to quit because my blood sugar has been really high, usually I panic and quickly go back to eating right but I just love the bagels so much I keep hoping they won't affect me. Eventually I'll do the right thing. Put together a cabinet for me and then she went home, I watched a couple of movies and fell asleep.
Friday
Becky came in and got me some coffee and a nice warm rice bag, she took the dogs out and fed them and put me on my side after she got me something to eat and another cup of coffee. I decided to stay in bed today just to give my butt a rest because it's going to be a long weekend.
After Becky left I was cruising around on Amazon and I found some coconut wraps so I asked ChatGPT to give me some good strawberry recipes it ended up becoming a whole other chapter of diabetic friendly desserts with coconut wraps. Well I got to pick up the dogs at Naomi's I saw this little fruit stand on the corner that I used to get fruit from, I got some strawberries and some mangoes.
Saw a picture of some stuffing so I was asking ChatGPT for a diabetic friendly recipe for stuffing, then I decided to get a recipe for gravy and I figure I might as well get a recipe for a roasted turkey. I remember when Thanksgiving my ex made brussels sprouts with bacon and it was so good I got a recipe for that as well.
Brooklyn came in and we get a personal care and I got to take a nice really hot relaxing bath, it's such a great feeling to get cleaned out on the inside and the outside and go to bed nice and comfy and cozy. I missed a couple days in my blog so I got all caught up and deleted my email and now I can play on the computer.
Saturday
Saturday Brooklyn came in and fed at toilet to the dogs, she fed me and put me on my side and then left. It was her son's birthday and Cruz, her daughter Suzy and I were invited to the party. Cruz came in and we did a couple things before she got me dressed and up in my chair, I had never been to this place, Splatter, before but it sounded like a lot of fun. We had pizza, watch they did open presents, had cake and then watched the fun. It's pretty self-explanatory, the kids get little squirt bottles of paint and they splatter each other with it. I was supposedly in the safe space but it looked like so much fun I wanted to join in. Brooklyn a couple of handprints on my Sherpa and that was it, I had hand prints and paint squirted all over me at my chair! Cruz and I came home and Susy went to Brooklyn's to hang out with her kids. She put me to bed and then went to go pick up her daughter and they went home. I was so tired I fell right asleep, what a great day!
Sunday
Brooklyn came in I took care of the dogs that took care of me. I decided to stay in bed, Brooklyn was going to come back in early so we can do some personal care at a nice long hot bath! So I decided I will just stay in bed and rest for the day! I watched some really good movies, play games are the computer and came up with a bunch of really good recipes for diabetic/gas friendly meals. I'm going to add them to the meals that I looked up on Pinterest. I am loving this meal planning and eating whatever I want. With Brooklyn came in we did just that, it's so nice to do personal care and then get clean inside and out and go to bed nice and cozy and warm. Stanley came in I took the dogs out one more time and put on my CPAP mask.
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