Today’s Business: 2011-11-21
Monday, November 21st, 2011Today’s Activities
- Shower. DONE.
- Cat duty. DONE. Cat duty involves cleaning the litter boxes, bagging the excess, feeding, and house cleaning cat dirt of all types.
Log
08:30 AM: We’re up.
08:45 AM: Facebooked for several minutes. Friend count: 602 (unchanged). Fan count: 114 (unchanged).
10:30 AM: Leaving now to visit Mom. [Emmy] is staying home today, as we’ll be out and about tomorrow, giving blood. She says that she’ll read her talking books and take a long bath while I’m gone. Back later.
11:30 AM: Mom was up and at ‘em when I arrived, and was already working out in the gym.
12:30 PM: After she finished with the hand pedals, I fetched her a Texas hot dog and some French fries. Good thing I brought my umbrella. It’s been raining lightly outside all day so far.
01:30 PM: We watched The Young and the Restless together in the first floor TV room, and then went to the lobby to await my ride home.
01:45 PM: However, Mom was quite sad and sleepy, and soon said that she wanted to go up to bed. Her exercising earlier may have played her out as well. So, I bade her good-bye, and she went on up to her bedroom by herself, and I continued my wait in the lobby for my van ride.
03:00 PM: The van arrived.
03:30 PM: I’m home. Visited Mom today. She appears seriously sad. So much so, that the nursing home wants to again send her to the hospital. They’ve noticed a decline in her overall mood and ability to sleep over the past few weeks, and they’re concerned that the latest adjustments to her meds haven’t improved her disposition. In fact, she was on the verge of tears during much of our visit today, and was disengaged for the rest of it. Then, about an hour before I departed, she went up to bed. She wants to wait until her primary care physician visits her this Wednesday, before deciding whether or not to be hospitalized. Not good at the moment.
05:00 PM: Prepared my treasurer’s report for tonight’s board meeting of the WPSBC Alumni Association.
07:45 PM: Attended the board meeting of the WPSBC Alumni Association via telephone conference call. I gave my treasurer’s report, which was unanimously approved. We almost did not have enough board members present for a valid board meeting to take place. However, as we were just about to call it quits, one of the missing members called in, and allowed us to make the meeting official. Primarily, we discussed the upcoming 125th anniversary of the school, and how we’ll celebrate it at the next convention (which will occur in August of 2012). So far, the thrust of these discussions centered around extending the duration of the convention from the usual two to three days, and hold it from Thursday through Sunday. We’re soliciting ideas about what sorts of activities the membership would like to experience in that extra day. Please forward any ideas to me or the club president or any other board member.
08:20 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of NBC’s Nightly News via the DVR.
10:00 PM: Listened via Internet radio to the remainder of the Penguins hockey game. Tonight, they shut out the Islanders, 5 to 0.
11:00 PM: Watched tonight’s episode of Hawaii Five-0.
11:00 PM: We’re headed to bed. Good night. Come back for more tomorrow.
12:05 AM: The daily traffic stats from yesterday for my blogs. The monthly keyword hit count rose this time, and currently stands at 806, up from 798 at last check. The record high for this dimension remains at 1788. The next goal: 2000.
Received Mail and Shipments
- An advertisement from ATV Research company. I purchased some RF amplifiers and some other video items from them years ago. Haven’t heard from them in quite a while. I’m glad to see that they’re still around. They sell mostly CCTV, MATV, and SMATV equipment at what I recall were pretty decent prices. Wholesale video distributors.
- Notice from Mom’s medical insurance carrier about improvements they’ve made to their insurance cards that customers present to medical providers.
- Address labels from Mom’s auto insurance company.
- JC Penney catalog coupon for savings of 15 to 25 percent.
- Invitation to a member forum meeting for my medical insurance plan for 2012.
- Invitation for Mom for a consultation with UPMC ‘s Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center. Not at this time, thanks.
- Mom’s monthly prescription drug summary from her medical insurance carrier.
- A W-9 form from the bank who hosts the checking accounts for the WPSBC Alumni Association. I have to complete this form to get the correct EIN on file with the bank.
