. If I click above the margin (just to check)
it throws in a header and a dotted line.
I canceled that. Meanwhile back
at the ranch today is Friday July 27, 2018 and this has been a strange week with
on the whole more negatives than positives.
I did fix the bank balance crisis on Tuesday. But the other problem with the phone company
accusing me of upgrading my speed, that problem has not been settled. It cropped up again the next day. I’ll go into that more later. Of course yesterday was the day it seems
Augustine took that black kitten to the pound or else as Bill said in the late
morning “Augustine took it and killed it”.
Of course the cat HAS an owner, so you can’t compare it to Patches three
years ago. I still have dental work
hanging over my head for the foreseeable future. That’s why last February’s exam was such a
blow. Some things you want to say are
“in the past” when they are not. But the
major problem of yesterday was for the third time this calendar year I have bed
bugs. Augustine keeps giving me
mattresses with bugs in them and it happens regularly now about every three
months.
I never
got a pillow last night and neither did Bill.
I used two folded over pairs of blue jeans for a pillow. I went to bed at ten thirty and got up at
four thirty. I didn’t shower but went
right out looking for cigarettes. Bill
had given me matches and now they’ve all been used up. I came back up just before five and lay down
for a few minutes. Then I went back down
looking for cigarettes. Finally I ran into Glen at the west
tables. He gave me a cigarette and then
Mario shows up as if by RADAR and I was pressured into giving him at least a
third of it. (less than half) Glen gives me another butt and says “That’s
for being a good Samaritan”. It was
starting to get light. Like yesterday
there was initial cloudiness that dissipated quickly. I went in and burned on Bill Press on
computer and after this it was Stephanie Miller. I listened to John Fugelsang at six
thirty. Right now I have Stephanie in
hour delay. (during breakfast) Bill gave me a bunch of clothes I can’t
identify and threw away the bag they were in.
I’l like to put them back in that bag.
For
the second day in a row we had oatmeal.
I received four sweet & low when I normally use two packs of white
sugar. That pleasant old lady is back at
our table now. I’ve been telling her about
my bug problems. For our main plate we
had a hard boiled egg and a bagel with cream cheese to spread on it. Aren’t those items Jewish people eat when
there is a funers. (Something about them
being round) The first cup of coffee I
had was cold but I saved the creamer for the second cup of coffee I got from
the kitchen, and that coffee was hot. I
borrowed cigarette number seventeen from Ron after breakfast.
We
get to see if the margin skips properly coming up now. Yesterday morning Icontinued the usual
pattern of later bed times and later rising.
I don’t remember what time I got up but I went outside and it was
getting lighter and I remarked to Bill that it looked like it might be a cloudy
day. Bill said “I doubt it”. It was starting to take longer to get
light now. Ihad Bill Press and then
Stephanie Miller on. I didn’t knotice
the blackand white kitty around this morning.
I got my medication about a quarter after six. For about the third day in a row Dorthy was
in the hospital or something. She wasn’t
here. Also Michelle would be gone all
day till about a quarter to four. It
made for a quiet day. We had oatmeal for
breakfast followed by scrambled eggs and two pieces of French toast and
butter. I got a small cup of coffee and
I went back and they didn’t have seconds.
I had been feeling tired this morning.
I began tidying up the room in anticipation of Emma coming around to
clean. It was around nine Bill wanted me
to check the menus and change both to a triple decker roast beef and cheese
sandwich with mayo. I didn’t change my
menu. I guess Emma came by about
9:25. It was after nine thirty when I
went into the TV room and watched a good chunk of “Rawhide” in black and white.
Then
I went back up to the room and noticed my bed had not been changed. I looked around and noticed all of the bugs
on the mattress. This is the light bar
this line. I didn’t get agood feeling. I told Emma about it in the next room and she
says “Augustine has to look at that”.
Then I went back down for snacks and I had vanilla wafers in a cup and
iced tea. After this I went back up and
had the Gary and Shannon show on. We had
macaroni and cheese for lunch. I don’t
remember the - - - I guess it was orange sherbet. The plump lady had returned after an absence
of a few days. Then when Purlita came
with the coffee she told me all of my clothes would be washed. They didn’t waste time. She was up there and putting stuff in bags
and I hope it was all properly labeled.
She saved the suits and stuff
that can’t be washed but sprayed only.
Then Judy called wanting to know my AT&T account number. I had to fish it out from the papers I was
shuffling around trying to find a safe place for them. That’s when I learned that the phone company
still was accusing me of ordering an upgrade for twenty dollars more. Rene came in and told me not to sit on my
now bare mattress any more that he and Augustine would be giving me a new
mattress and cleaning the room for the next couple of hours. I still had Gary and Shannon on the
radio. I had just started watching Days
of our Lives (on Bill’s bed without a pillow) and Augustine and Rene showed up
to get about their work.
I
spent time talking and smoking with Bill out front, where you’re not supposed
to smoke but we were. I also remember
buying Phyllis a pack of strawberry cigarettes for two cigarettes. My lighter was getting flakier and
flakier. I wore out my thumb trying to
light a butt I found. I went out for
snacks at two but don’t remember what I had.
I spent a lot of time out back. I
needed to use the restroom but nobody would give me the key. Eventually I ventured back to this room at
maybe ten to three. The room smelled
like poop or something. I said to Rene,
“That must have been some strange bug spray you used” and he said “yes. That’s why you would be out of the
room”. I noticed the place was basically
in order. One thing I noticed was that Rene
or Augustine had taken the extension cord to the radio and so the radio cord
was hanging in suspension over to the outlet behind the bed. Also the bookcase had been moved over
farther. The lamp was unplugged but
that’s because that plug is getting really loose. I turned on the TV and I guess we watched Eye
Witness news. A care-giver named Julie
came in and I said we needed towels wash
clothes and pillows. Eventually she came
back with one towel for each of us. But
there were no pillows and she said that the main storage room was locked and
she lost the key, or maybe I have these events out of order. Meanwhile Bill found that bag of clothes
hewanted too dump on me. We are nearing
the bottom of page two.
About
a quarter to four the van with Michelle pulled up. Michelle got out and she wanted me to fill
her water bottle with ice cold water from the cooler. I did that. I also carried her heavy bag for
her. As a reward she said I could have a
spoon of instant coffee and she even had that with her. I went to my room and got the cup and spoon
and got it and went back. In the process
I missed that new medication line they have now. For dinner we had a chili cheese hot dog and
coleslaw. I went back for seconds in a
long line and she gave me two hot dogs with chili and cheese but no bun. I remember the after snack now and we had
peaches “because it was so hot”. We had
a chocolate brownie for one of yesterday’s meals. I fixed myself a cup of instant coffee,
which I was happy to have. Then Michelle
went on a rant ab out a lot of things.
She and Lawerence got into a major argument where Laurance did an excellent
job of cataloging her many faults.
The
evening progressed and we still didn’t have pillows and she saw Bill and
promised him she would get the pillows right away but nothing happened. I had the ABC network news on and then it was
Jeopardy and most of Wheel of Fortune. I
went down at five to eight and there was no line for once and I got my
medication. Earlier in the afternoon I
had asked for a bandage because my left elbow was suddenly bleeding. In the evening we watched some show on
vaccines on KTLA about a legal suit to stop the human papaloma vaccine. At nine initially I had “Black Lightning” on
but then changed it to Law and Order and I watched that till ten. Then it was the start of Seinfeld and I
switched to the KTLA news. I was outside
actually enjoying the cool late night air.
I
just noticed this monitor is warm. It
wasn’t in the sun. “Let’s Make a Deal”
is on now and I turned the TV down. I
checked the lunch and dinner menus. Bill
is still waiting with Nancy nearby to see Dr Saran at his office to get an
EKG. Yesterday just after I was done
with the writing I got a call from Paul about ten thirty and how he was ready
to pick me up to take me to his house and bring that phone bill. I did that.
Benji is the bird’s name and it sure had ear piercing squawks. I noticed the lack of air conditioning at his
house. I was too much in a hurry tothink
of swim trunks. Paul made the phone call
to the phone company using that special number that Judy had. Judy was well equipped with the necessary
passwords and numbers and Paul had the answer to the security question of “Who
is your childhood hero?” We got a
cooperative sales rep named Richard. Not
only was he willing to make the adjustment and get rid of the alleged higher
rate, but he was also willing to issue a credit for this month’s higher
bill. I only had a dollar five left over
and it could have been curtains had the withdrawal been any higher. So next month my bill will be only
forty. But after that was handled, they
made another phone call to AT&T to change the billing on the calls so that
they draw from my “Charlie” debit card rather than my checking account. That was accomplished and will take four to
six weeks. SoI have one more bill billed
to my Chase account and then they bill the trust fund. That’s such good news it’s hard to
believe. I was worried though thinking
that Rene was cleaning my bedroom and I hadn’t tied up the room first and
things would be misplaced or lost.
Elizabeth was there was no cleaning.
That was on the other side of the hall.
Elizabeth made sandwiches for us and also gave us water and corn
chips. Then Paul gave me a banana and
milk. Paul had to be at work by one and
he’s taking the kids to the beach and he has to tone up on all the lotions and
sun blocks. He took me home.
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