What's everybody doing today?

[Heartbroken]

Did some laundry, made a pot of potato soup and cleaned up the kitchen. Work was really annoying today, lots of hardware/software issues just trying to do some letters. Everything kept bogging down and when I looked, the computer was consistently at 80-100% use of memory and CPU power. I really need to get these letters done but after three hours I gave up and slammed the laptop shut so hard it scared the dog. I guess Monday I'll have to contact the gits at tech support, which is usually a complete waste of at least two days.
Tomorrow I'm headed to Daughter's house to put up curtain rods and some shelves.
Tommyice I hope you get some help, and that your Dad can handle the trip.
Magpie I hope all the hatches stay battened!
zannej what do you do for water in the meantime? Hope you can get a new pump soon!

 

[Pearl]

I'm going to bed!! I will only put wood in the stove ONE time overnight!! Mid 20's not teens!! No major freezes after tonight! Life returns to (kinda) normal!

 

[Tommyice]

@Tommyice There’s a service here for situations exactly like yours. It costs $$ but a lot cheaper than an ambulance. A couple times when dad was real sick in 2020, and a few times with mom last year… It’s a van service for the handicapped or those wheel chair bound. They come to your house, get the wheel chair into the van and drop you at the front door, even help get inside. Then they’ll pick you up afterwards and return you home. I don’t know what’s its called, my aunts handled the booking etc. Insurance covered part of it.

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Trip to town, completely exhausted now. Too many annoying/aggravating time-wasting events to list. Just glad to be home...

There is a service but it’s for Medicaid participants and dad doesn’t fit the criteria. NJ Transit also has something that is reasonably priced but it doesn’t cross counties and Newark is two counties away. Private ambulette is about $250 and not covered by his insurance. A friend of my brother may be able to go with us but he won’t know until tomorrow afternoon. Finger’s crossed

Also still trying to find someone to cover my shift at work—all my part timers went back to school and have even more restrictive availability than before. Dad is worried they’ll fire me but I’m not worried about. Besides if that were to ever happen, I would see it as God’s way of saying now it’s time to try something new, girl.

 

[Peanut]

@Tommyice talked to an aunt a bit ago. She didn't remember the details either but found the service through a community center for the elderly. Search senior centers and local elderly transport services, might get lucky and find something. Worth a shot... Funny, she had to find something because the ambulance services won't cross county lines here for some reason. But the elderly transport services will.

 

[Amish Heart]

Found out today dad’s surgical follow-up on Monday is not in the usual office. Surgeon won’t be having office hours at the location that’s 15 minutes from the house until February 7. I have to take him to University Hospital in Newark. I’m gonna need help for that. And a wheelchair—there’s no way he’ll be able to walk from the parking garage that’s attached to the building.

You'll have to park and go in and get a wheelchair and bring it out to him. Do you have a handicap placard? It's a shorter walk if you do. I do this for husband everytime we're out. Then you'll have to return the wheelchair where you got it after you get him back in the car. A pain, but hey, you'll get your steps in for the day. You can do it.

 

[Peanut]

Funny, earlier tonight was speaking to an aunt. Her daughter, a nurse in Mobile, has been stranded at work for 3 days and having trouble finding a place to sleep. I sent word… check the catscan! It’s a great place to sleep. I’ve done I more times than I can count.

Many times I’d work on a CT til after midnight but need to be back there early. It’d be too late to go home… So I’d sleep on the catscan pt table. There were always plenty of pillows and blankets in the cupboard. It’s quiet and private, a great place to sleep. The techs would wake me when they came to work the next morning.

So if you ever find yourself stranded in a hospital… now you know where to catch some Zzz’s. (Oh, I don’t recommend sleeping on an MRI patient table, metal in or on your body might keep you awake)

 

[Bluedanube]

So I went to bed a couple of hours ago. Stared in the dark for a good hour. Got back up and turned on some house renovation porn on the tv. I start a temporary promotion into the supervisor position for my team on Monday. My previous supervisor died very unexpectedly in November and we have basically been rowing the boat in circles waiting for someone to do something. When it became apparent that no one else was going to step up, I volunteered. This could be a full blown landfill fire, dumpster has been burning for a while. Please be kind to any federal government workers you know. We are all are more than a little lost in the chaos that has been occurring since Monday, the downward communications have been pretty lacking. That coupled with the a staff still grieving from the loss of a beloved supervisor is probably why I’m still wide awake.

 

[Robert Stewart]

Was relaxing at home mid this morning with plans to head into Mount Gambier early but had my arm proverbially twisted by mum to take her car to Penola on a chook scrap run initially i protested due to it being nearly 10:30am at that time but reluctantly ended up going and getting a bag of vegetable scraps

Got home just before 11:10am then headed into town getting to spark automotive about 20 minutes before my the appointment time at 12pm after giving some extra information their office lady brought the tucson into parking area ready for stereo installation

Around 12:30 Jordan took my fourbie into workshop shed and go to work installing the stereo just before 1:30 it was rolled out and parked in vehicle ready bay next to their office and gave me a run through of which app to install and how the attached phone holster works

In total I was only charged $180 of which was put onto my zip pay account to pay off got home just before half past two had a quick rest did my pre work chores then came back up to town ready to clock on at 5:45pm

 

[Mountain trapper]

Yesterday I received my order of pepper seeds in the mail. I got 2 packs of 7 Pot Douglah, 1 Bleeding Borg, 1 Moruga Satan, 1 Wicked Ghost, 1 Carolina Reaper, and 1 Death Sprial. I plan on starting the seeds inside in February or March, but wont be able to plant outside until mid June.