Archive for September 28th, 2010

Today’s Business: 2010-09-28

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Today’s Activities

  • Shower.  DONE.
  • Cat duty.  DONE.
  • Vacuum upstairs.  IN PROGRESS.
  • Pay all pending bills.   DONE.
  • Make sure all of Mom’s borrowed books have been returned to the library.  IN PROGRESS.
  • Watch all pending episodes of   NBC’s Nightly News.   IN PROGRESS.

Log

08:55 AM: I’m up.    

11:00 AM: Posted the   WPSBC Alumni Association –> Joseph Sofranko Passed Away   piece.

11:35 AM: Paid all 3 pending bills as of today.

12:00 PM: Posted the   Shopping Trip: 2010-09-24   piece.

12:05 PM: Nap time.  Back later.

01:15 PM: I’m back up again. 

01:20 PM: So I was all eager to eat those marble-sized, plump, and succulent blueberries from Wal Mart that I bought last week. So finally this morning, I threw a half-cup into my cereal.  But, crunch, Crunch CRUNCH!  Yuck!  Those “blueberries” actually turned out to be concord grapes; all seeds included!  Eeeewww!  Oh well, that tasty bowl of Cheerios and berries shall remain a dream until the next store trip.  Grrrrrrr.   :-)

03:40 PM: So, how’s the new water heater working? Great!  Plus, I learned yesterday that the old water heater is still under warranty; it failed after five years and eleven months into its six-year guarantee. What a bonus!  Now, where’s that 2004 sales receipt, I wonder, while stepping through the clutter in a frantic search.   Crash, bang, boon!  Man, it’s dusty around here.

05:40 PM: Posted the   Mom’s Status: 2010-09-28   piece.

06:30 PM: Green scale in the pipes, rings in the bathtub, rust in the commode, short-lived water heater, spots on the glasses, leaky faucets, clogged pads in the humidifier, and grit in my tea cup. Hmmm.  Perhaps it’s time to buy a water softener. Just thinking…

07:45 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless   on the DVR.

10:00 PM: Talked with [Emmy] on the phone, and we listened to much of the Penguins game tonight.  This was their last pre season home game.  So far, not only did they win tonight, but they’ve won all of their pre season games so far.  Yay! 

11:20 PM: Recorded audio journal episode   AJE-2010-09-28-23-05.

12:30 AM: Watched the 2010-09-02 through 2010-09-12 episodes of   NBC’s Nightly News   news show on the DVR.

12:50 AM: To bed, once again.  Take care.  More tomorrow.

Tom Hesley

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Mom’s Status: 2010-09-28

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

Summary

Mom continued her physical improvements.  I talked with her last night, and sister Diane visited her today.  We agree that she’s certainly more alert and that she had lots of reasons to be thrilled at her progress.  Today, she walked a few tens of feet across a room.  Yes, she had assistance.  But in my mind, this represents monumental improvement over how weak and disabled she was just three weeks ago.  Yet because, as she sees it, she’s only shown modest improvement physically over the past couple weeks, and not to the degree she wants, her sadness appears to be returning.  But some good news is that her memory still appears  good.  However, nurses are concerned that she likes to bundle up so tightly, so much of the time.  Her run of antibiotic was supposed to be done a few days ago.  But they’ve opted to keep her on a reduced dose for an as-yet-to-be-determined amount of time.  The monitoring of her condition has begun.  Again, we’ll watch for a return of her fever and other signs of a MRSA return.  Nonetheless, we hope that  if that happens, she’ll have less pain than before.  She now has her cell phone again.  So friends are welcome to call her and try to cheer her up. 

Tom Hesley

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Today’s Diet: 2010-09-28

Tuesday, September 28th, 2010

I keep this food diary to stay aware of just how many calories I’m eating daily, with the hope that it decreases the likelihood that I’ll overeat.    It seems to work, so here we go with another day…

Today, I consumed the following items:

  • Herbal tea and diet pop throughout the day. 0 calories.
  • 10:00 AM: 1 bowl of Cocoa Wheats.  1000 calories.
  • 02:00 PM: 1 bowl of strawberries with organic sugar.  300 calories.
  • 04:30 PM: 1 bowl of pork roast and vegetables.  600 calories.
  • 07:30 PM: 2 bowls of Cheerios with skim milk and organic sugar.  1000 calories.

Total calories: 2900.

Tom Hesley

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