Today's prompt is " Who do you think is cute?" Bella! So adorable!
It is now 5:47 a.m. and I can not believe I stayed in bed this long! I am so happy! I almost always wake up around 2 a.m. Yesterday was a good day. There was no pain until the end of the day. I was able to get some things done, but not what I planned on doing. After getting up, taking my medications, and having something to eat, I started off slowly with filing my paperwork that was piling up in my workspace. Caleb woke me up at 6:30 a.m. to give him permission on one of his games on his phone. He woke me up at 7 something too. I'm like, "But it's Saturday!" Maybe it took me longer to figure out my workspace then I remember, because the next thing I remember is making myself lunch. I ate a couple of grilled ham and cheese sandwiches, and then Caleb comes around wanting a couple of grilled cheese sandwiches. So, I make him some grilled cheese sandwiches. I give Bella her allergy pills with peanut butter, put the allergy cream on her ear flaps, put the 3-way ointment on her front paws, and give her the allergy supplement chews. I see that the recycling in my workspace is over-filling and ask for a trash bag to pick up what is on the floor. I pick it up, and finally get Caleb to take it out, along with what is in the trash can. At some point, I decided to grease my hair and pull it back in a pony tail. This particular grease was the same product I used in the Army. It supports hair growth. When I was in Basic Training, I got called out for having frizzy curly hair falling out of my bun during the heat of the summer. It was "against regulation." I had to find a way to get the Drill Sergeants off my back about it, and came across this product at the PX. In Basic Training I was taking 2 showers a day, and washing my hair every time. This product kept my hair from tangling, knotting, and from breaking from being over-washed and always in a tight bun. Most people think of it as a purely "Black" hair product, but I see it as a hair product. It works for my hair too, and I'm going to use it! Plus I like how it smells. I'm actually running out of it, and need to buy some more. It's awesome during the summer because it allows me to pull my hair back, slick it down, and gives my scalp a way to breathe. My hair traps heat without grease. I have a lot of hair by the way. I have since learned how I need to have it cut so that it is not so abundant and heavy.
Anyway, I went to go lay down for a little while as I was feeling sleepy, but couldn't sleep because I had a Dew prior to deciding to go lay down. I got back up, wait. Before that, Caleb asked to go on a walk. I told him it needed to be a quick walk. I did not tell him why, because I did not remember why. A little while later, I messaged him to come home to take his afternoon medications. He told me "No." I told him "Come home now, or I will break your fishing poles." You see, he "goes for a walk" to go fishing. He didn't like that and responds "Fuck You." We quickly escalate the power struggle, until Caleb calls and says " You can't threaten me, I'll call the police." I respond, "Go ahead. You need to take your psychiatric medications!" So yeah. That happened. He didn't call the police, but he did call Aunt Lisa who tried to get him to cool off. He came home angry. He took his medications though, and I grounded him.
Once things settled down, I got Caleb to get whatever groceries he left in the car, out. THEN... I went to lay down. I got back hungry for something... a salad! A salad was a perfect choice for a second lunch! I looked in the fridge to see that most of my salad veggies had gone bad. I did make salads while I was in pain for that more than a week of time. They were rotten and I had to throw them away. So, I decided to go to Food Lion and buy some salad veggies. I do my shopping and make it to the checkout. My groceries get ringed up by a very nice clerk, and I'm hoping I have enough cash in my checking account to pay them. The time comes for the total, under $15! Thank God! That's all I had left. It rang up to $14.82. I bought enough for more than just one salad. Never go into a grocery store hungry!
I get home with my groceries, and make a giant salad, like I do. I make enough for several lunches worth of big serving salads. I have my second lunch with Olive Garden salad dressing. Delicious! At some point, Caleb goes to get the mail, and my Swanson Vitamins box has arrived! I received almost all of the supplements I ordered. I am waiting on 2 or 3 other things to arrive. It arrived on the porch. Later, Caleb goes to check the mailbox, and my VA medications have arrived! It was a good mail day. Also, I was anxiously awaiting a letter from the Social Security Administration that I saw was coming in the USPS app. I did not know what it would say. DO you know what it said? OMG.
In July, the SSA mailed me a letter with some forms asking me to give them an update on my medical status. I filled the form out with as much detail as you can imagine. I have been waiting to hear from them ever since. So, yesterday was September 26th. It took them that long to respond to my response. The letter states:
"We sent you a letter telling you that we were going to review your disability case. However, we do not need to review your case at this time. Therefore, we will not contact your doctor now. We will keep any information that you have given us.
We will contact you later if we need to review your case."
Well damn it! I was so ready to get files, scan files, email files, mail files, bring files in person, whatever needed to be done! I was ready to defend my right to my Social Security Disability! Oh well. So now I get to wait until the next time, and who knows when that will be.
Bella got a birthday card from Chewy.com! I got a confirmation letter from one of my credit card companies that John has been removed from my account. I also got a Biden/Harris sticker from MoveOn for free!
Later after my second lunch sometime, I took Caleb and Bella for a walk to the Veterans' Park. There I sat in the swinging chair and took photos of Bella. While there, I also met Caleb's senior fishing friend, Bud. He looks like a character. I was ready to go home, so I did not talk long. He told me he wanted to teach Caleb the figure 8 knot. So I let Caleb hang out for a little while, while Bella and I headed home to cool off.
Caleb came home a little later, and he made us chicken nuggets in the microwave, and also a sweet potato. I told him I did not need to eat much, just enough to take all my night time pills. I ended up eating more than I wanted, but at least it tasted good.
Earlier, when I received my Swanson products, I unpacked them and inventoried them. I then put them where I wanted them. I had to separate the ones I would use right away from the extras that were bought for later. When I received the VA meds, I did the same thing. I also cleaned out my medication drawer of expired medications and/or medications I no longer use. I organized my medications so it would be easy to see which one to pick up. I also went ahead and checked my other 2 drawers that I have medical supplies in. The second drawer is where I keep my gloves and pain creams and pain patches and ointments. The third drawer is where I keep my feminine health products. I don't go into those drawers very often, or at all. I forget I have the pain creams available and suffer more than I have to frequently.
It doesn't seem like I did a lot yesterday, but it sure did feel like I did a lot. I was starting to ache after came back from our walk. It was a beautiful and sunny day. Many people were out in their golf carts, riding around.
At some point, I did get the laundry moving again. Caleb told me that was most of the dirty clothes, but I don't believe him. I see dirty clothes on the floor everywhere I go in here.
While I was laying down and preparing to rest for the night, Bella was excited for some reason, and I thought maybe she needed to go outside. I got up and let her outside to see the disaster area my backyard has become. Caleb! He had one of my good folding chairs out in the backyard! It was brand new, and I kept it in the shed for a good reason! I was so mad! We got into another argument. Caleb ended up throwing his shoe into the neighbor's yard behind our house, over the fence. Eventually he decided on his own that he needed his other shoe, and climbed the spaded wooded high privacy fence to go get it. When he was climbing back over he had some trouble, and I guess put his weight on his groin area on the spade tips. He asked for help, and I did not help. He made it over by himself, and dropped to the ground after standing, curled into a fetal position crying, holding his private area. I stood there and watched the whole thing. I did not offer help. Eventually he got up and came to me feeling a whole lot different about things. Natural consequences are one way of teaching. I believe in natural consequences.
I can't help him when he is being oppositional and defiant. He can't "hear" me at that time. I have to talk to him when he has recovered from his outburst. He came inside and I told him to go check himself out to see how bad it was. He was ok. I wish there was a medication for ODD.
He brought in Bella's toys that he had outside. The chair did not get put away. Things are still out of place and destroyed and need to be thrown away out there. Great. Another thing I have to worry about.
I got my water in for the day! I got my walk in for the day! I got my raw vegetables in for the day! I got my cooked vegetable in for the day! And I got my mail! Woop! Woop! Maybe today I can finish the kitchen. LOL
I made a long list of task that Caleb needs to do, while I am working around the house. He does not like having to work at all, so we will see how far we get. It's Sunday, so at some point I might watch the Generations Church sermon online. I have homework that will need to be done prior to Thursday.
I was worried about overdrafting my checking account because I was only some change away from a zero balance. I was going to ask my mom for $10 or something, but then it dawned on me. I had money in my savings account that I put away for next month's groceries. I could just transfer that over, which I would have had to do at some point anyway, and I won't be so close to a zero balance anymore! Wa-lah! Just the miracle I needed to stay out of trouble with the bank. No more worries.
I have had enough Dew this morning. It is now 7:02 a.m. here. I am thirsty for something else. Maybe I will have some almondmilk on the way back to bed.
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