Today’s Business: 2010-10-08
Today’s Activities
- Shower. DONE.
- Cat duty. DONE.
- Vacuum upstairs. IN PROGRESS.
- Make sure all of Mom’s borrowed books have been returned to the library. IN PROGRESS. All have been returned except one, and Mom says that this one is lost. I’ll follow up with the library to see how they wish to handle this.
- Watch all pending Dr. Phil episodes. IN PROGRESS.
- Deposit all pending checks. DONE.
- Load all of [Mentat's] things in the moving van. DONE.
Log
08:00 AM: I’m up.
11:00 AM: Leaving now to visit Mom, with Holly. Back later.
01:55 PM: I’m back home.
02:40 PM: Mom signed her savings transfer papers during our visit earlier, and these have been mailed to her financial planner.
02:50 PM: Sister Jojo called to say that she’s visiting Mom right now, and she took her dog along as well. From all the cooing in the background on the phone, it sounded like Mom, as well as the nurses, were really enjoying Jojo’s pet.
03:55 PM: Leaving to deposit checks at the bank in Bellwood. Back in a jiffy.
04:10 PM: Now heading to [Mentat's] place to pack his stuff in the moving truck. Back later.
06:20 PM: I’m back home for the evening. Yep, the load-up at [Mentat's] place went smoothly and quickly. This is one of the easier moves in which I’ve assisted.
08:50 PM: Watched tonight’s and last night’s episodes of NBC’s Nightly News news show on the DVR.
09:40 PM: Watched today’s episode of The Young and the Restless on the DVR.
11:00 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of CNN’s AC 360 news show that focused on the fast-growing problem of teen bullying in schools.
12:35 AM: Facebooked for an hour and wrote a few emails. But I’m off to bed now. So have a great starry night and I’ll say more tomorrow. Take care.
Received Mail and Shipments
- Coupon from Windy Hill Furniture.
- Get-well card for Mom.
- Letter from Boscovs, telling us that they’ve received our request for the check reissue that I made recently. Funny, we actually received the check itself a couple days ago.
- A birthday card from the company that handle’s Mom’s savings.
- The Senior Scope news letter from Blair Senior Services.
- Misc. bank papers.
- A claim summary from Mom’s medical insurance company, which provides details of charges for Mom’s last eye doctor visit in June.