Got up around 7:30 and checked in with the HAM radio guys. Worked on Home Assistant and adjusted some settings for the heaters in the bedroom. Ordered some undercounter lights to replace the fluorescent ones we put under the counter in the 80’s. Showered and drying off.
10AM. Took a good nap and helped the MRS make dinner. Fried chicken and frozen veggies! No word from Glenn or CF International so I am kind of in a holding position which is uncomfortable since we wanted to go shopping for clothes.
13:00 Lunch was fried chicken legs with veggies.
Glucose was 163 retest at 144 after eating lunch, a little high?
Home Assistant is behaving itself and she is cleaning the kitchen. We’re waiting on a phone call/E-Mail from a friend before we head out to the mall. We drive to the Georgia Mall and visited Penny’s to shop for some clothes. The shopping was a bust, most of the clothes were high waist and the clothes were for much younger folks. We did buy a purse and a couple sweaters. Took a good nap after getting back home.
Glucose was down to 101 after walking around the mall.
17:30 Egg salad sandwich for dinner and we had our usual evening routine of a movie.
Tuesday
07:00 Up about 7 and wished our daughter a great flight to SLC before she took off. Checked in on the WW Net with the HAM guys. Worked on Cleaning up the expenses for the Nevada Estate, sheesh.
10:00 taking a break from moving all the Excel spreadsheets.
Glucose was 144 at 03:00 and 127 at 10:30 this morning after my coffee with Hot Chocolate mix.
I’ve done about all I can until we get some direction from Glenn. The three items in order are, do we have to file? Can I take travel off of any estate liability. Can I take travel off of my personal taxes? Excellent dinner today with leftover chicken legs with veggies and red potatoes.
Found the keys to the van, it’s been several months since I’ve seen them.
Woke up with a deep cough so we decided to change hoses and tanks. I should have done that last weekend!
Wednesday
Woke this morning with a backache and she made some coffee while I looked over the news. Checked in with onto the Waterway Net and I heard Uncle Paul check in as well. Did a NICE QSO with WA1GZY in Florida, he has a significant antenna setup!
Had an egg salad sandwich for lunch and took another nap. I got a package from Amazon that was supposed to be an undercounter light.
The box inside the package was empty and there was a note saying so. The interesting thing is that the shipping weight is 1.5 Lbs., meaning that the lights were IN the paper bag when it was shipped!
Had dinner with friends and we watched a movie until we went to bed.
Thanksgiving
Up at 8AM and talked with the guys on the HAM radio. We made plans to meet up with family at a Thanksgiving dinner.
Dinner went well, better than expected, the rest of the week got rather complicated. I did run the audio for the church service on Sunday did a bit of training for Logan. We ended up going out to eat at Outback Steakhouse and had an awesome time with Armani serving us at a table today.
Upgraded several “Creta” routers and had to un-brick one of them that I apparently unplugged while it was being upgraded. I was in awful pain this morning and decided to take a hot bath, now I am sleepy. No new letters from our CF children, I did upgrade Josephine’s gift to $60 with her newborn baby.
Checked in with the HAM guys this morning while I scanned the news. I never did get access to both networks from my workstation, the firewalls are not cooperating.
Lunch was at Outback; I had salmon she had shrimp.
We “Checked In” for the appointment with Emory on Tuesday . The surveys we had to fill out were very enlightening and I found out that our crowded house was affecting her emotionally.
We cleaned out her “Sewing” room today, that made her happy!
We got a letter from CF but were unable to find it on their website.
Tuesday (Rain)
Checked in with the guys on the HAM radio and we worked on our organization.
We had a visit with Emory doctor today and I felt very good about the plan ahead.
We are still not building our grocery lists OR planning meals as we should. Went to lunch at Outback again today.
I worked on upgrading my routers and firewalls, I still cannot get access to both firewalls from the Sophos router.
Wednesday (Church)
Checked in with the guys in the HAM radio and she was just sitting at the table looking unhappy. I decided to head back to bed.
Picked up my personal Fortigate 60D from storage and headed over to a friend’s house for din-din. Church was slow, we were both tired.
Thursday
Got up REALLY early and headed to the doc for our check-up. We updated him on the changes to her prescription. We got McDonald’s on our way home since we hadn’t eaten. We took a good long nap before eating fish for dinner with veggies and red potatoes. We got her connected to MyOneChart (Dekalb HS) as well as MyChart (Emory). Nothing new about the missing letter from CF Philippines.
There was water on the floor and near as I can tell it came through the cave door opening. the packing material soaked it up, so it didn’t get very far.
My A1C from yesterday was 5.9
Friday
It’s a cool 40 degrees this morning, checked in with the guys on my HAM radio.
Gave the garbage driver a few dollars in coins this morning for Thanksgiving.
And so did our neighbor, I wondered if I encouraged them?
Had lunch with some friends and a Mexican restaurant in downtown Lawrenceville. We took a long nap after that. We worked our grocery lists for a little while.
Talked to Paul for a little while his elbow is improving albeit slowly. We did take a walk up the block in the afternoon, it actually was a little difficult.
My glucose was 127, not terrible but it is a little high.
We took a shower and are headed to Wally World for a grocery run.
Saturday
07:30 Checked in with the Waterway Net on my HAM radio. Noise level is pretty high, I had a hard time hearing them. I need start adding the time in these entries, I am distracted from all the drama.
09:00 Home Assistant lost connectivity with several remotes over the last couple of days. This happens with updates that require entries to be updated in ESPHome.
Sunday
Got up around 8 and made sure that the laptop was updated for the service today. We drove to our friend’s house for church service and that went very well. Headed home for a good long nap. Worked on Home Assistant sensors that didn’t like me changing the wireless router. Turns out I have to delete them and then add them back. Watched a movie with the MRS and we headed for bed.
Upgraded my FortiGate 60E to the same firmware as the 60F, there is one more major revision above the one I used this morning.
Had my cup of coffee and I heard my uncle on the radio this morning for the first time in months. Big day today, like HUGE even!
Traveled to Emory to talk with a Social Worker about our situation. There are so many faucets of dealing with MCI, we need to prioritize those endeavors. Mild cognitive impairment As you age beyond 65 years, you may occasionally forget names and words and misplace things. (8% of people aged 65 to 69.) With mild cognitive impairment, you frequently forget conversations and information that you would typically remember, like appointments and other planned events. Beyond 65 typically MCI interferes with your daily, routine activities. Mental abilities include:
Memory. *Short term memory Reasoning and judgment. *Executive thinking Planning and completing complex tasks. *Documenting or Following directions. (We noticed all these changes more than two years ago.)
Dementia involves a decline in mental function from a previously higher level that’s severe enough to interfere with daily living. A person with dementia has two or more of those specific difficulties, including a decline in:
Memory. (Still short-term memory for now) Reasoning. (Difficult on both of us) Language. (Nothing noticeable) Coordination. (Nothing noticeable) Mood. (Other factors, but difficult on both of us.) Behavior. (Free Spirit, very little planning initiative.)
We were told no exchanging presents because we voted for Trump, we’re still scrambling to determine our path for the Holidays. The most desirable path is to have Thanksgiving with Paul.
Tuesday
Spent the morning going over next steps and reading the recommendations given to us. We have hamburger to cook, and we went out and had Salmon at Outback SH for lunch. It was $55 but we have a bit of drama with the family that is sucking up our time. Dinner was another tuna salad sandwich on rye tonight with Cran grape juice.
Wednesday
I checked in on the radio and talked with my cousin Patty today. We went to Outback SH for lunch, and we did church virtually. Didn’t get anything done today on the house.
Thursday
Got on the radio and I heard my uncle check in, YEA! There’s so much to do and I am floundering in all the faucets of this. Didn’t get much done today either, I had dinner out with Jon, and she had dinner out with Barb. We took a nap when we got home and watched TV for the evening until we went to bed.
Friday
Got onto the radio and checked in with the HAM guys this morning while sipping on my coffee. I did not have a chance to eat breakfast with the usual morning drama these days. Lunch was hamburger stroganoff with broccoli.
We finally managed to get out and get groceries today, it’s been 10 days. We also setup a telehealth appointment with a Psychiatrist on Tuesday morning.
Saturday
Got up late, did not get onto the radio this morning.
The Fortigates are cooler on the ends, but they promptly fell onto the floor.
The new Fortigate 60F is back on a wire rack over the Security Camera DVR.
At the urging of an Emory doctor, I pulled the cork board off the pantry. I replaced it with a dry erase board so that we can jot down things to buy as we need them.
We got out and picked up some paper supplies at Wally World after getting the dry erase board at Staples. Dinner was a tuna sandwich while we watched a new Hudson and Rex and the end of National Treasure.
Sunday (Rather Cold)
Got onto the HF radio and checked into WW net this morning. Our electric bill dropped $30 this month. I’ve not heard back from Gwinnett County about our taxes and I am getting long on the vine for the estate taxes.
Church was fine, we didn’t get much done in the home. I did work on my network for several hours without getting very much done.
Got up early and made a batch of boiled eggs for breakfast.
Made some easy contacts using digital protocols.
Checked in on the Waterway net this morning and sent a message to CF about adding a date to their gift portion of the website. There’s a cutoff date that the gift is delayed four weeks until the next rollup. They also don’t tell you what day of the month they are going to withdraw funds.
Spent a good part of the morning checking in with Emory and sending test E-Mails to the family.
Lunch was pork tenderloin and veggies. We forgot to turn on the Crock Pot server, so we improvised with a couple of bowls.
Added water to my garage UPS batteries, I could not find where I added water last in this blog. Boo! I did a run test using the microwave as a load and got good results.
Checked my sugar level and it was 130 mg/dL, I grabbed a couple 10Lb weights to burn off to 124. 132 is the Green/Orange line.
Tuesday (Emory)
Woke about 820 and managed to get checked in on the Waterway Net. Paul called and we chatted about doctors and appointments for a little while.
No breakfast today, my Sugar level was 120. Lunch was leftover Pork Tenderloin and veggies. We warmed up and ate the entire dinner in less than 30 minutes. WOW I was thinking it would take 30 minutes just to warm everything up… No word from CF today, their website has been underperforming for years.
She put the laundry detergent in the bleach compartment today.
My cell phone gave me a huge warning yesterday. YOUR external SD CARD IS READ ONLY.
Bowl of soup for dinner with rye bread instead of crackers, it was quite good. Watched the election until wee hours in the morning when Trump came on stage and gave his victory speech. I updated a couple of my GL.iNet routers that new firmware was released. I was surprised though that all the router models were not upgraded, especially the “Mango” router which is all over my network. I bought a license for my FortiGate 60E and had a difficult time with getting back onto their website. The FortiGate 60F is at a reasonable price and I bought one to replace the 60D that’s on Comcast’s network.
I’ll still have to get a license for the firmware, but the appliance will get here tomorrow.
I did a speed test on AT&T fiber today. I am getting over 900Mbps symmetrical (up and down) speeds, pretty handy working with the video files on the website.
We happened upon OAN while we were in Las Vegas and we’ve watched it as our primary news source ever since. She’s even given up the Nightly News at 18:30 which was a staple in our home. I’ve had three cups of coffee, time to check my blood sugar. (My feet are complaining.)
Took a huge nap after staying up all night watching the election.
We had Ham for lunch with potatoes and veggies, we drove to Emory and had tests taken after that. Soup and a nap before attending Wednesday church.
Thursday
Got up early, we had a Dr. Appt at 8:30 so no radio today. It was that misty kind of rain this morning that dust your windshield just enough that you have to run the wipers. He sprayed a couple areas on my hairline, and we headed back home. We did a few errands and took a quick nap before heading out. We headed out to outback S.H. Lunch was pretty terrific, they were out of Modelo though. Had to drink Fosters instead. The waitress that brought us our food last week was fired over the weekend, I didn’t ask why.
Back home, we needed a nap before we went shopping.
I found out how much we have to pay for the blood test on Wednesday! (They estimated the cost between 4 and 500 dollars, they missed!!!)
We got some meat and dairy at Kroger this afternoon. We are running late on our grocery run with the two appointments in the morning this week.
Friday
Two of my routers GL.iNet Slate are no longer supported. I replaced them with GL.iNet Opal routers this morning. I mount a 5V DC-DC converter on top of the router so that it can be run on 12V over long distances. (Replacing wall warts.)
With retiring five Slate routers, I don’t have any spares. Opal routers are only $38 which is just over a “Mango” at $29, but have far greater speeds.
Checked in with the HAM guys on the Waterway Net this morning, the noise level was a little high and copy was weak.
My mg/dL was 117 this morning
We had Grandma’s chili for lunch, we only ate about half of it. I also cooked up some red potatoes to have with my can of soup at 17:30. We emptied the van of all the stuff I pulled from the garage. (I can almost see the floor.)
Saturday
I dropped a gallon (Full) on the floor in the kitchen and the sides broke off making a HUGE mess this morning. There was only one egg left and without milk that ended up to be my breakfast this morning.
Warming our plates for dinner while getting our server tray ready.
Testing ways to warm the bowls in the winter too.
Upgraded the Mango VPN router to a faster “Shadow”.
I use that VPN to run my HF radio and build network components. Sometimes the network protection interferes with downloading firmware and other software that I need. It also keeps data away from ISP (And other) prying eyes.
I have a new project, replacing my aging Fortigate 60D that’s not supported anymore.
The good thing is that the major user of that network is the TV and I can move the TV onto AT&T until I get it up and running.
Met online with my children for the first time in months. My son has a new job in Colorado, and it just snowed 10″ out there.
Sunday
I was in terrible pain this morning, slept in until well after the HAM Waterway Net time. I need to reorganize and prioritize my time. The new firewall firmware is much like Microsoft and their Windows operating systems, things are often moved/hidden from obvious places. The network seems to be functioning this morning, yesterday the computers were having difficulty reaching the Internet.
Had leftover grandma’s chili for lunch and we took an hour nap. Edited the Sunday service and which was a cinch with Gigabit Internet.
Upgraded the firmware, it took several hours to figure out how.
Someone asked me If I voted for Trump. I was taken back by the question because we just elected our president, and any debate about who to vote for can be set aside for several years. To me if I were to decide to ask someone who they voted for, I would tell them who I voted for FIRST! Otherwise, the “Asking” who you voted for in this tribal world is setting up an unequal power conversation where one is taking the position of judging the other. I am certain he understood all this before he asked.
