Friday, August 14, 2020

5 Year Journal Day 87

      Today's prompt is "When was the last time you felt on top of the world?"  Probably Monday. LOL I felt really good because I had accomplished so much during the day, which is not my normal. 

     Yesterday was a busy day too. I had my first meeting with the Wounded Warrior Project team for Project Odyssey gone virtual. It seems to like a worthwhile investment of my time. Then Caleb and I ran out to return the chromebook he borrowed from his school in March. Immediately after that, we had to go to his occupational therapy appointment. Then we drove to Walmart to see if they had restocked on the Gatorade Zero. While we were there, I also checked to see if they had the eye ointment Caleb's eye doctor told me to use. They did. I also looked for something I could use at night for my dry mouth problem. I found something to try. Then we had to fill the gas tank up because it was really low. That was most of our day. We didn't get home until about 4:00 or so. 

     I make dinner early usually, so I can go to bed early. I asked Caleb to do some things around the house for me, so I could do my jobs, like getting the kitchen squared away before cooking. So he took the trash out, took the recycling out, and brought me the dirty dishes so I could wash them. I made the point that I am only as successful as he lets me be, and that I cannot do my jobs without him doing his jobs. I hope that sunk in. He gets distracted my his toys so easily. He also wants to play with Bella when I need work done quickly. I also made the point that I wish I did not have to do so much work before cooking dinner, and that he needs to be cleaning up after himself. I told him not to wake me up in the morning too. 

     It is now 7:49 a.m. here. I have been up for about 20 minutes. Caleb is now awake and Bella is out here with me laying on the floor. Sleepy puppy. I did not wake up with red eyes due to using the eye ointment last night. I did not cough last night due to using the dry mouth spray. Cool. They work! 

     Today I have a phone appointment with my psychiatrist. I want to go to the post office to send some things out in the mail. Other than that, we should be home for the day. I need to clear the living room. That is my goal. I want to get the trash out of this house once and for all! 

     My central air conditioner is still not working. I have a friend coming over this afternoon to see if the drain pipe is clogged again. He works on air conditioners for a living and lives down the road. He is one of Caleb's friend's dads. If he can help me, that could save me another $140 bill for something that takes only a few minutes and a shop vac to fix. 

     I hate what the new Postmaster General is doing to the USPS. I use to be able to count on when I am getting my packages and mail. Now, there's no telling when I will receive things I order. 

     Caleb wants to "go live" on youtube. I don't know how I feel about about that. I don't like the idea. I feel like he is too immature to be trusted. I only just recently allowed him access to youtube. 

     I talked to my Granny and Pepere briefly yesterday. I just needed their mailing address. I talked to my mom for a good long while though. I was waiting during Caleb's occupational therapy appointment, and I was just sitting in the Mazda with my alpha-stim on. I'm glad she called. Talking to her kept me occupied. I couldn't find a mask to go inside like I normally do, and wanted to talk to Nichole in the car while I waited. I know I talk loud so I didn't want to talk to her inside. Unfortunately I could not reach her. That's ok though, since my mom called me. 

     I am going to mail the photos out today. I decided to include my grandpa de Mello on the mailing list. I didn't feel right leaving him out, even though he has lost his mind. He accused me of stealing from him, and I have not trusted him since. He did not confront me about it, he spread rumors throughout his network of family and friends. I heard about it through my dad. I kind of hope he decides to share the photos I send to him with my dad. I did not want to mail anything directly to my dad since we still have a protective order in place. I thought about it though. I don't think my dad should miss out on photos, even though he too has lost his ever-loving mind. 

     I am sending photos to Mathew and Nichole separately as I have a relationship with them individually. I hope Mathew will frame the photos I send him and keep them close to his heart. I hope Nichole adds our photos to the fridge and the living room, with their family photos. 

     I just saw the weekly ads from the grocery stores I shop at. There are some special sausages on sale buy one get one free! And the shrimp I buy is $7.99/lbs. So I may need to add that stop to my list of things to do today. You know how I love meat sales! I just cannot resist. 

     It is now 8:25 a.m. and I am ready to start my day!

      

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