Today's prompt is " What makes you feel wonderful?" Air conditioning.
It is now 5:45 a.m. here. I have been up since around midnight. Today is Saturday.
Thursday we got up early to go pick my dad up and take him to his VA claim appointment. We left the house around 6:15 a.m. It was foggy but I was still able to see. We arrived around 8:00 a.m. in Lumberton. Dad's appointment was in Fayetteville. We got there early. Caleb stayed in the Mazda, while I took my dad to the office. We did not have to wait long to be seen. Caleb called with a very bloody nose. He had picked his nose of a big bloody booger. I went back to car and asked the nurse's assistant to call me so I could come back to get my dad. I stayed with Caleb until his nose stopped bleeding. The nurse's assistant brought my dad to the front door of the building. I forgot that numbers that are not in my contact list get sent to voice mail.
My dad had no eaten breakfast, so after the appointment we out to eat at Zorba's for Greek food. Dad and I had gyro plates, and Caleb had a double cheeseburger. We also ordered spanikopita, and baked feta cheese.
I brought in the chili that I made Wednesday night, and the spaghetti that I made too, when we picked my dad up from his room.
The chili was about 2 lbs. stew beef meat, and 2 lbs. ground chuck, with 1 green, 1 yellow, 1 orange, and 2 red bell peppers, 2 yellow onions, 1 small can of pinto beans, 1 small can of dark red kidney beans, 1 can of light red kidney beans, and 1 can of black beans, 2 cans of fire roasted diced tomatoes, 2 cans of diced tomatoes, 1 large can of tomato sauce, ginger root, and 2 bottles of chili powder. I forgot that I used a whole celery bunch.
The spaghetti sauce was about 2lbs. of beef stew meat, 2 lbs. of ground chuck, 1 large Ragu chunky garden style sauce, 2 or 3 red bell peppers, 3 or 4 green onion bunches cut up, onion powder, garlic powder, and a bottle of Italian seasoning.
Anyway, after lunch I decided to take dad to pick up a new CPAP at the new VA Health Care Center on Raeford Rd. As soon as we walked in the door, I said "Hats!" My dad has been asking me to get a hold of the hat lady who sells hats at the Wilmington Clinic, and there she was! He was so happy to replace his veteran hats.
We went to the CPAP clinic as a walk-in and it did not take long to be seen. We walked out of there with a brand new CPAP, since the one he had was "lost in the move."
I wanted to see if he could make an appointment with the podiatry clinic while we were there. The nurse who responds to his myHealthEVet emails, told him to call a number to schedule an appointment, so I didn't think we would have a problem going to the clinic front desk to ask for an appointment. We got to the specialty clinic front desk and were refused an appointment because apparently dad's primary care provider has to put in a consult. WTF? People don't know how to do their jobs!
Anyway, we left the VA Health Care Center with hats and a CPAP, so dad was happy with that. I was getting tired and my body was hurting. I was ready to go home. I brought dad back to his room, and didn't stay long.
It felt like it took forever to get home. I was so happy that food was already cooked. I wanted to go right to bed, and I did. I only got up to have a little something to eat (chili) and take my medications. I slept hard most of the night, and only got up to use the bathroom.
So that was Thursday.
Yesterday was Friday. I wanted to sleep in, but got up around 8:30 a.m. I wanted to go to McDonald's for breakfast, but after trying to get Caleb to wake up, gave up on the idea. I ate chili for breakfast and took my medications. I was still tired and went back to bed to rest. I got up in the afternoon and realized it was $5 sushi Friday at Food Lion. I wanted to go get sushi and buy some sodas. Eventually we went and did just that. I needed gas in the Mazda, so I went to put gas in the Mazda. I wanted to go to Walmart since we were already on that side of town, so we did. I bought some groceries, and stopped to get Caleb a haircut on the way home at Great Clips. Man did he have alot of hair on his head! He has a cleaner look now with a buzz cut.
I did not eat all my sushi in the car, like I usually do, so I had some left to eat. I ate that for dinner. I put away the groceries, and filled a few trash bags up so Caleb could take the trash out. Caleb made himself some fried potatoes in a frying pan on the stove for the first time, for dinner.
I have been collecting grocery bags to be able to recycle them at Walmart. I put them in the trunk of the Mazda so next time I got to Walmart, I will be able to bring them in.
I bought some things from a company called Grove Collaboration yesterday too. It is a company designed to reduce trash from things we use frequently, especially household cleaning products. SO I will get things like a glass reusable spray bottle for the multi-purpose spray, and one for the glass cleaner. The sponge I am getting is made of walnut shells. I am getting trash bags that are made from recycled plastic waste. I am also going to start composting so I got bags to do that in the compost box they sell. The refill containers use much less plastic or no plastic at all than all the bottles I buy on a regular basis, and throw away.
I have been up all this time. I don't know why. I did want to sleep, but couldn't.
I got up and went ahead and sent in my travel pay forms in myHealthEVet. Then I went to my dad's account and began sending emails to his PCP. Man does he ever have alot of issues to straighten out! It's like these people don't know anything about him, and I know why too. My dad wastes his appointment time trying to socialize , rather than focusing on what's important- his health.
In other news, I decided to go ahead and buy the headlight assembly with leveler for both headlights. It cost me about $300. I did not know if I was going to buy it, because I do have other things I need to have done to the house, but, my dad is driving the Volvo . Actually, my dad is having other people drive him in the Volvo, so. Anyway, it's a safety thing. I don't know who is going to install the damn things, but at least I will have the right parts. The next issue is to fix the air conditioner and the radio. The instrument panel in the center console - seems like there might be a problem with it. I don't know why the radio won't turn on.
Let's see. It's been awhile since I have been up in the morning to be able to write my blog. On Wednesday I cooked the spaghetti sauce, noodles, and chili. We went to Walmart early in the afternoon after I started cooking the chili in the crockpot. I think I also filled the gas tank up in preparation to drive to Lumberton. I don't remember much about Wednesday other than I put the crockpot on the wrong setting. I put it on "low" instead of "high", because I was not paying attention. The marks for the settings are no longer on the crockpot knob like they were when I first got it. They have been scrubbed off due to cleaning. It made the cooking process last until about 10:00 p.m. because I made that mistake.
On Tuesday, we went to my appointment in Wilmington to pick up my custom insoles for my diabetic shoes. On the way home, we stopped at Arby's. I do not remember much after that.
Oh! I almost forgot! Billy told me some bad news. His girlfriend, Nikki, was put in jail for a long list of crimes. Yeah. Some of them included drug possession, shoplifting, and prostitution.
I'm about to order an apron from Amazon to wash dishes in. It will keep my clothes from getting soaked every time I want to clean up.
I already took my iron pill and orange juice. I am going to go ahead and take my glucose, then eat and take my medications. Hopefully I can go back to sleep. I have an appointment this afternoon to get my second COVID-19 vaccine shot. I don't know if I will be able to get any work done today, since I have not had much sleep. The sun is already coming up. It is now 6:55 a.m. here.
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