Tuesday, July 21, 2020

5 Year Journal Day 63

     Today's prompt is "Did you sleep alone last night?" No, no I did not. I had Caleb in the bed taking up most of the space of my Queen size mattress. I had Bella in my room in her crate so she wouldn't hog all the air conditioning and do the same thing Caleb did. You know, we found out at his doctor's appointment that he is 114 lbs., and 5 feet 4.5 inches with his shoes on.  He's grown a lot! With his shoes on, he is half an inch taller than I am without my shoes on.

     Yesterday was Hell. The thermostat in the house read 100 degrees before we went to bed. When I read the instructions to thaw the air conditioner, I did not see the part that said to leave the fan on. So, I wasted an entire 24 hours in the blistering heat for nothing. My child suffered and so did my dog. I woke up this morning feeling cool. Somebody got up and put the air conditioner back on although I still do not feel the air moving from the vents. The thermostat read 80 degrees in the house when I got up. I didn't think I could live in 80 degrees, but now I know I've survived being in the 100 degree house. Thank God for the portable air conditioner Caleb moved to my room. We never would have made it without that.
     Yesterday afternoon and throughout the evening we all had ice cream to cool off. Caleb took a bath, and I took the coldest shower I could. I had been sweating heavily all day. I threw on a short casual comfortable dress after my shower so I wouldn't have to dig to find shorts. Caleb thought I was too dressed up. LOL
     I hope the ac is fully thawed or it might happen again at the worst possible time. I'd rather suffer now than later. Just get it all over with while I can still handle it. I changed the temperature I seek to 77 degrees. I will have to live with that for the rest of the summer. I should have bought a bugger ac unit when I had the chance.
     I must have woken Caleb up when I went to my bathroom. He is awake now. It is 7:38 am here now.
     Mathew came home from deployment early in the wee hours this morning! I am so happy! He is safe at home, and his kids were probably hugging and kissing him all over when they saw him! Such sweetness from the babes. Nichole is ecstatic. I'm so happy!
     Well, I am once again behind on my list of things to do, but anybody would be. I can't work in a 100 degree house.
     Bella was awake when I got up, and she wanted out of her cage. I let her out because I know how she likes to follow me around. She misses the couch time. When I am moving around the house, she keeps our spot warm on the couch and watches me. I love her so much. I would never want anything to harm her. I worried about her while we were gone to Caleb's appointments yesterday. I was going to take her with us so she could escape the heat, but we decided to leave her home in her crate. We put the crate in my room, where the portable ac unit is running. We put a fan directly on her, and left a bowl of cold water in her crate with her. Still, I was worried about my fur baby. I hurried home as quickly as I could. I had to make a pit stop at the grocery store on the way home because I wanted some salad ingredients and ice cream. I shared my ice cream with Bella. She enjoyed it thoroughly. Caleb gave her an ice rub, to cool her head off. He also tried to wet her coat, so she could cool off while she dried off. I was going to give her a cold shower, and decided not to.
     I am going to have to turn the ac back off until it completely thaws. It is cooler in here, but there is no air movement from the vents. I don't want to break anything. I want it running at 100% ok.
     Caleb just went for a walk. I can't focus on my blog when he is chatting me up.
     I finally got my EBT card yesterday! Awesome! I really needed that. Like, really, really.
   
     Today Caleb has an appointment, in person, in the afternoon. I am going to take Bella with me, as I am not allowed to go in the office due to Coronavirus concerns. We can sit in the ac in the Mazda together. She likes car rides. She is really going to like being cooled off.
     I didn't see any heat wave related posts for today, so hopefully it won't be as bad.  I doubt it.
     Today is only Tuesday, but I feel like I've been in a time warp.
     I should be getting our photos back today sometime. I am excited to see how they turned out! I can't wait to share them with everyone!
     I don't remember mentioning it, but I had a so-called friend comment on my pre-photo shoot photo in the most horrible way. I sent it to him via text message. I thought it was a good picture of me. He responded " You look like you were gangbanged by fucking clowns" He continued with "You look like roz from monsters Inc". Then there was " Hell ya looked way better when ya were in the army now ya like negative 10" I didn't have the patience to put up with it any longer and blocked him. He is no friend of mine. And to think, I am the reason that disabled veteran isn't homeless and has a solid income from the VA. That's the thanks I get. Bullying can happen at any age. It's not just kids.
     I wish I could find people who wouldn't treat me like garbage to talk to on a regular basis. My value is not based on my looks, although, I find myself to be beautifully me.
     Caleb is back home. I just told him that I had to turn the ac back off because I don't want to overload the system if it is not completely thawed. He is eating my ice cream because he ate all of his already. LOL We will be getting more ice cream today. I want to find puppy ice cream. They might have some at the pet store.
     Any who, going to take it pretty easy as it is going to get hot again today. Just going to take care of my family, and make sure we all stay cool some kind of way.

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