Well, Often Delayed

May 8, 2013 … (Delayed) 

Well, two days are here.  The doctoring nurse ordered some things over which a problem arose.  Attempts to figure it out didn’t succeed yesterday and today the homemaker aide came, which took up the better part of the business day.  Then friend came along and what became evident was that friend is very ill and in no shape to be asked for favors like bring a couple of gallons of water….  Change is about to appear on the horizon, and to what is unknown.  Meanwhile there is the nagging suspicion that there is something amiss somewhere in the workings of the government.  Besides that, it is nearing time to think of rent money orders. 

May 9, 2013 … (Delayed) 

Today’s unwanted “event” had to do with the homemaker aide’s referral.  The staff person from the agency that’s in charge of coordinating things sent a letter titled “May check.”  There is no monthly checking in this business.  She had part of the aide services “on hold” (not ordered or something) meanwhile the agency that actually sends the people has sent the woman for a couple of months.  The day’s need was to call the doctor’s office, which had to go to the back burner in favor of sorting out (maybe) the aide services.  The aide is essential.  She can be sent to get the mail and groceries.  Housekeeping might get done otherwise.  

May 10, 2013 … (Delayed) 

What went wrong today was different.  The food truck was due today.  The list got made out and taped outside of the door and all that, but the man was terribly late.  A visit to the bathroom was put off until absolutely necessary, and that’s when he came.  Although he was talking, it wasn’t possible to understand what he was saying.  Well, he made a mistake (or substituted) in the order and what was unexpectedly found in the kitchen later was two dozen cheeseburgers.  They’re in the freezer.  One was eaten.  Another disturbing letter about the homemaker aide arrived.  The supervisor wants to come over and “watch her work.” 

May 11, 2013 … (Delayed) 

The big concern of the day was another scooter re-charging.  They only last about three days, and that’s if there is not much use beyond rolling around in the apartment.   As usual getting started in the morning amounted to some doing, but somehow things got squared away soon enough that by early evening that “activity” got set up so it would be finished before the likes of midnight.  The light bulb burned out in the kitchen again (it happens about once a month), so there was immediate need for extra scooter use to go to the office Monday for maintenance….  Seems like there’s no way around sudden desperate need. 

May 12, 2013 … (Delayed)

It’s Mother’s Day in the U.S.A.  And, that’s all the farther this got on Mother’s Day itself.  Friend came by as usual on Sundays shortly after noon.  With great joy it was learned he would try to change the burned out light bulb in the kitchen.  He had to stretch quite a bit, but it got changed saving the newly re-charged scooter energy that would have been used going down to the office to express the need and the annoyance of keeping alert for maintenance.  There was time on the computer, and from very early evening onward it was more or less sleep.  Friend took money to get stuff to be delivered on a later day. 

May 13, 2013. 

Having awakened from yesterday’s long evening nap about an hour after midnight, the first idea was to change the bandages on both hands.  That has been a need for a good week.  Twelve hours later it still isn’t done.  The plants did get their Sunday watering in the middle of the night.  Medical people have come by and taken away some blood.  Friend stopped by with the goods — alcohol for wounds, cake for spirit, scotch tape….  The lady with lunch has been by and left a cheeseburger and more.  It’s the noon hour, and one finger hurts, which is unusual.  A little is getting put here so there is something to read. 

Precision is for robots. 

A Little News

April 30, 2012 … (Delayed) 

This “delayed” stuff is not good.  However, as the infection seems to be creeping on an increase, it only made sense to try to get some real bandages on a few places rather than stop-gap stuff like wrapping pieces of facial tissue around troublesome areas.  It took an astonishing four hours to get one hand “fixed.”  It’s difficult to work with one hand (in this case on the other), but there was no expectation of it taking that long.  It did make for easier use of the hands.  Of course nothing got done.  And, a couple things needed to be figured out, like squeezing in a trip to the office to pay the rent. 

May 2, 2013. 

So, May Day was missed.  Well, the household helper came, and made a mistake with the laundry.  The thing in mind beside getting the place a little cleaner was paying the rent; it took scooter energy and that was low.  And, after the helper left it was also necessary to try to find someone to re-do the laundry.  It was a day that sloshed over into today so badly that last night’s supper was consumed at 6:00 a.m. today.  Life didn’t allow for much sleep, which in turn didn’t allow for much good use of today.  An after hours call to the doctor’s office provided an unexpected notice that the doctoring nurse would be around Monday. 

May 5, 2013. 

It is going on three days with no internet again.  And, as expected, the scooter needs a re-charge again — the business takes four hours and lasts about a half of week.  And, it can’t be just any four hours.  It has to be done when there’s presumably little reason to move an inch.  Friend went to the store and brought a load of paper products.  Those are going fast as the persistent cold (if that’s what it is) has increased in it’s intensity and activity.  A few medical things like gauze were bad enough that Friday it was forgotten that the doctoring nurse is due to come tomorrow afternoon. 

May 6, 2013. 

The doctoring nurse did indeed come today, investigated matters some more, said she was ordering some more medication and would be back in a week.  She was early, but that was okay as the scooter was desperately in need of re-charge.  That had been the primary intent of the day until the message came through that the doctoring nurse was coming.  Instead of taking to the bed for the four hours, since the computer got access to the internet again. it seemed to make sense to do some computering.  Somehow, there has been a drift into another weblog.  There are now four, this, The Diary’s Blog, one on the family and the new one. 

It’s easy to get into some things.