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Today’s Notes
General:Pack the car and drive 300 Miles to Louisville KY leaving around lunch. We slept in until 09:00 and started packing, we’re almost done. I’ve loaded the UPS into the car already, just have to move a couple odds/ends into the car. Then a quick shower and we’ll be off. I’ve tested the alarm system and security cameras then shut down all of the computers. Beautiful sky here in Ky tonight, no clouds and a pretty sunset i will post later.
Travel:Drove to just below Loisville Ky and spending the night at Country Inn.
Noteworthy: Had an awsome meal at roadhouse.
Tomorrow:Drive 350 Miles
Injuries: Arguments: Exercise:Purchases:Accomplishments:Feelings

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes

Today’s Notes
General: I left our traveling UPS in at Mom’s so I had to conjure up another one for this trip. Had trouble sleeping again so I worked on the UPS. I made five eggs for breakfast and had a bit of coffee before taking a four hour nap. Have our 3 month checkup appointment at 14:00, just keeping busy. Doc prescribed a anti-inflammatory and a muscle relaxer for my shoulder. They didn’t help much last night and my sleep was still broken into short pieces.
Accomplishments: Modified a UPS to run for 8 hours to support two CPAP machines for at least one night (Maybe two) for our trip to Chicago. (It’s really not an option for us to sleep without them.) I did some testing with a 60W incandescent bulb, worked pretty good. (Although it’s a haul of stuff, maybe 80-100 lbs?)

Feelings: I am a bit anxious my mind is wandering.
Purchases:My finger O2 sensor died, I tried new batteries with no luck. I may look into the price of an O2 recorder which better fits my needs. I bought the sundries we needed at the dollar store and picked up my EGO Inverter.
Tomorrow: Still need shoes and sundries for our trip. Oh, not to mention packing all this in our car.
Injuries: My shoulder is still hurting and excruciating when I reach behind and up. I have a bleeding crack on my right heel and my left ear lobe is not healing where they burned it. (Basil Cell Carcinoma.)
Arguments:Exercise:Travel:Noteworthy:

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
[*Did My Best To]

Today’s Notes
General: Finally got to sleep around 02:00 this morning. Made coffee for Kathy and I and watched Today on NBC with her.  (She loves that show.)  Went back down and slept for a little while before getting out of the house and getting ready for our trip.   When I got back from getting a haircut I had a bagel and cream cheese then took another nap.   When I got up I reassembled the last two of my 18AH AGM portable battery cases.  (I had cannibalized them earlier this year to make long run UPS units for my mother’s security system.

Accomplishments: Reconnected my mother’s tablet to her wireless Internet and assembled rechargeable batteries for a UPS we are bringing on our trip in case the power fails.
Purchases:SLA Batteries and a lantern.
Tomorrow: Pack our bags and prepare the house for vacancy, which I didn’t get done today.
Future: Drive to Chicago for a High School reunion.
Injuries: Shoulder pain unbearable at times even when taking Advil.
Feelings: I was very frustrated trying to teach my mother how to originate an E-Mail using a contact from her Tablet today.

Exercise:Noteworthy:Travel:Arguments:

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Always

General: It was a long day, I got up at 07:00 after having a really difficult time sleeping for any length of time. Cereal for breakfast, Bagel for lunch and reheated beef stew for dinner.

Accomplishments: I did make quite a bit of progress on this website today.
Noteworthy: Watched a pretty funny movie called “Destination Wedding”. It had a pretty lengthy dry hump scene, but no nudity that I remember.
Purchases: Bought a new Cuisinart coffee pot
Destination Wedding on VUDU.
Travel: Drove to the dollar store and got some cereal and Coke.
Tomorrow: Get some cash for our trip to Chicago, get a pair of dress shoes and a haircut.
Feelings: Injuries: Arguments: Exercise:

From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith
Did I DMBT set clear goals for the day? No
Did I DMBT make progress to those goals? No
Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
[*Did My Best To]

Thursday

We got up waay after 8 so I was too late to join the guys on the Waterway Net this morning. It was only 41 degrees this morning and there’s a frost warning for tomorrow. We checked our grocery list and it was too late in the morning to get groceries before lunch. We needed a break, so we headed to Outback for lunch. The bill kind of surprised us, it was only 55 dollars. We ate at the bar with Armani and had a good time.

We drove to Wally World for groceries, it wasn’t a very heavy bill. The Progresso Soup section was terribly diminished. We also could not find our favorite Pace salsa either, they had Picante but not salsa.

When we got home, we discussed our way ahead with her brain health. We have to start documenting her symptoms, she’ll never remember all the details when she sees the doctor next. Which by the way, the doctor doesn’t come in until Monday and we have an appointment with a Social Worker which is getting in the way of seeing an actual doctor.

The picture of my arm last year was clear.

The larger spot is a little bigger than a pencil eraser. It’s still a little scary!

I’ll make an appointment with the skin doctor tomorrow, I had an appointment last week, but I also have shingles.

Wednesday

Got up around 8AM and checked in with the HAM radio guys on the Waterway Net. I spent a few minutes gathering information on our financial support of the Philippine children.

I also updated our three Daytimers, by inserting and moving 3 months.

They are absolutely necessary in our current environment. One Daytimer is the current 6 months, 3 months past/3 months future. One Daytimer is the past 6 months and one Daytimer is last year. I also use this blog to keep track of when we’ve accomplished things that we may not have written down in the Daytimer.

Dinner is a frozen turkey breast. It will take 3 hours *1PM before it is done, we’ll start the vegetables and potatoes around noon. Alexa is awfully easy to setup alarms like these.

Todd is probably going to get snow today, it’s only 41 degrees this morning and only getting up to 61 later today.

Made an eye appointment for next Monday, I have a crease in my vision at 5 o’clock just outside my primary vision in my right eye.

Made a huge dent in the loose paperwork on the kitchen table. The entire left side of the kitchen table is for transitioning paperwork and staging stuff.

My back is starting to bother me, need to take a break and lay down somewhere. I took about a half hour nap in the lounge chair, and I felt a little better.

Tuesday

Slept maybe two hours last night. I found out that the grocery list was not made, and we have to toss food that we could have eaten. She’s really worried about the doctor’s appointment on Wednesday and that’s taken a toll on us. We had disagreements all day yesterday.

Checked in with the HAM guys this morning on the HF radio while I update this blog. She also brought me a cup of coffee to sip on.

I worked on the tub of wires for the parking lot speakers, it looks like they are all still there. I separated them into cloth bags and the rest I put back into the tub. The wires are so heavy they broke through the bottom of the tub they were in.

Our 20Yr old, sponsored youth in the Philippines had a child of her own in May. I remember seeing a letter a while ago from her apologizing for something. The letter she wrote in May was sent directly to us from CF Philippines yesterday which I found to be convenient. The tone of the conversation was they thought we’d drop her support because she got pregnant. I know for a fact the CF will drop her if she gets married, that happened to Rochelle. We wrote a letter and forwarded that letter to CF Philippines directly. They are going to work with the community to determine what’s appropriate going forward and get back with us.

We found out in the evening that the doctor’s appointment was cancelled by Emory and that we were supposed to call for a Social Worker appointment earlier today. Oops! We’ll have to wait until Wednesday.

Monday (Columbus Day)

Woke up around 6 this morning when the alarm went off from Sunday service wake-up. Checked in with the HAM radio guys while sipping my coffee.

Applying for the Gwinnett Homestead exemption on our home. The taxes are outrageous at $3,400.00 all the documents have to be in one PDF. I had to print them and then rescan them to upload to the county website.

Just found out that we’re cooking chicken in the cold oven and it’s 11AM. 20 minutes to heat the oven, another 30 minutes to cook the chicken. We should be able to eat by 1:00 PM if we forfeit our nap. I set an alarm on Alexa for 10AM so that we catch this earlier. We really should discuss the next day at 7:15 when her alarm goes off. We decided to cook the beef stew meat since it expired today.

Dinner was really good, but we’re still not on the same page today.

We’re keeping the troubles of yesterday and throwing them into conversations today. Emory Brain health appointment is this week, I think she’s a little apprehensive about talking to the doctor. We’ve NOT done anything that he’s asked us to do as far as medications.

Mowed the back yard, we have a lawn service for the front.

We saw an American roach on the wall in the den today. We tore up the room cleaning out any crumbs of food and we laid down a glue trap behind the chairs. I may have to clean out the Den closet if they are nesting in there.

1. OPEN ENROLLMENT MEDICARE
2. check and update Christmas lists
3. Eye appointment (Oct 21st)
4. Check thanksgiving plans
5. Put water in UPS batteries.
6. Empty Van
7. Clear out Den closet.
8. Clear Living Room
9. Next Appt for Emory
10. Nevada Taxes overdue.
11. Reply to IRS letter.
12. Page for changing hoses and tanks
13. Southeastern Lung care (Dec 29th)
14. Recycle electronics
15. Offering Prayer

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I HAVE/HAD THE FOLLOWING SYMPTOMS TONIGHT Bran Flakes

1. [Y] My feet hurt after laying down in bed.
2. [Y] Dry eyes that sting when eye drops are put in them.
3. [Y] Puffy/dry eyes… I usually have to rinse my eyes often under the sink.
4. [Y] Somewhat Thirsty in the evenings
5. [Y] General pain everywhere, I take a Tylenol at bedtime to sleep.
6. [Y] Tinnitus from lack of oxygen in my inner ear.
7. [Y] My feet feel like I am walking with socks on, even when I am not.
8. [N] My soft pallet blocks my airway several times a night until I wake up.
9. [Y] Frequent hunger… Only in the evening, I crave snacks while watching TV
10. [Y] skin itches… It’s not bad, but it’s not completely gone either.
11. [N] Distended Abdomen.
12. [N] My left hand has felt numb once or twice over the past couple of weeks.
13. [N] My feet and toes are noticeably swollen. (I used to measure the instep)
14. [N] Excessive thirst… I am usually thirsty at night, I wouldn’t call it excessive.
15. [N] Blurred vision… Very seldom, but it has happened when I wake up.
16. [N] Urinating often or difficult, my enlarged prostate affects this too.
17. [N] I have had a burning type of discomfort when urinating in the past.
18. [N] Feeling tired… I usually do get a sugar coma after eating a large meal.
19. [Never] Dry mouth… Don’t have this one either.
20. [Never] Weight loss… My weight is very consistent.