Today’s Activities
- Cat duty. DONE.
- Dispense Mom’s meds. DONE.
- Shower. DONE.
- Schedule appointment for Mom with the retina specialists in Johnstown for sometime in April, 2010.
- Get together all papers and figures for Mom’s 2009 taxes. IN PROGRESS.
- Do all of Mom’s pending laundry (5 loads). DONE.
- Vacuum bedroom. DONE.
- Pack for Pittsburgh trip. DONE.
- Make train trip to Pittsburgh to visit [Emmy]. DONE.
Log
08:00 AM: I’m up. My weight is the same as yesterday; 174.0 Lbs.
09:30 AM: Finished up all Mom’s laundry.
10:45 AM: Sister Jojo came by. I showed her all about Mom’s meds, where to find them, how much of each medication to give and when, and what to do in case Mom experiences low blood sugar.
12:00 PM: Packing for the trip continues, and I’m currently backing up this computer. I’ve also backed up my Victor Reader Stream just in case I would lose it on the trip.
01:55 PM: Backups of this computer and the Victor Reader Stream are complete, and I just finished watching the 2010-01-10 and 2010-01-17 episodes of NBC’s Meet The Press news show. I’ll check on the train at around 3:30 PM: to make sure it’s running on time before heading to the station.
03:20 PM: Watched the 2010-02-19 and 2010-02-20 episodes of NBC’s Nightly News news show on the DVR.
03:25 PM: The train’s on time. So nephew Garrett will pick me up before too long.
03:40 PM: Okay I’m leaving in a little while. So I’m locking up this computer for now, and I’ll post more here, once I get to Pittsburgh. Until then… Take care.
06:15 PM: Purchased a couple cans of Diet Pepsi. This crowded train car is a bit warm.
08:15 PM: Arrived at Pittsburgh just now; it’s roughly a 2 and 1/2 hour ride from Altoona on the train.
08:45 PM: I caught a cab to [Emmy's], and arrived about five minutes ago. No problem securing a cab this time. in fact, the driver was right outside when I emerged from the station, into the car port.
09:15 PM: We set up the two new power strips I brought with me, to solve [Emmy's] shortage of outlets problem. They work great.
09:20 PM: Talked with Mom. So far they’ve managed her meds well. Sister Jojo gave her the evening meds, and left the night dosage for Mom to take at the appropriate time. Mom doesn’t like how quiet the house is without me. She never really cared for being by herself. But she’ll have company each weekend, sister Jojo will visiter her at least once each day in the morning, and probably in the evenings as well. Plus, Debbie will stay with Mom on each of the next two weekends while I’m away. Then too, she has her telephone to chat with friends if she so desires. So she’ll be alright. Funny though how people are different. When she’s gone from the house and I’m there by myself, I just love the quiet.
10:00 PM: We configured the IRIS WiFi Internet WebRadio, and it worked much better than it did at my place, on my Bountiful WiFi access point. Not sure why. There may be some undocumented incompatibilities between the WebRadio and my access point at home. However, here at [Emmy's], unlike at home, I did not have to apply any special configuration to her router to make the radio work. In fact, the DHCP problem I noted at home, does not occur here; DHCP works great with [Emmy's] Westel router. We’ll try the Ethernet connection tomorrow.
12:00 AM: Filled [Emmy's] shampoo and conditioner bottles; she has gallon jugs of both of these, and when I come out periodically, I pour some of each into smaller bottles that she uses daily. So she should be good on these potions for the next few months now anyhow. I do the same with her stevia and her laundry detergent as well.
12:30 AM: Replaced [Emmy's] Pur water filter with a new one of the same brand. The old one began leaking; water would drip out of the filtered holes even when the filter cylinder was in the down (non filtered) position. This is her second failed Pur filter since early 2007. These things really don’t last that long, do they? We’ll have to see how long this third new filter lasts.
12:45 PM: Okay, good night to all from Pittsburgh. Catch you out here again, in less than twelve hours. So long until then.
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