Today’s Notes
General: Got up around 08:00 and we showered then ate breakfast at the hotel. Packed up the car and had a beautiful drive to Citra. We picked up a Sun Pass at the Florida welcome center that still needs to get activated. Things are still in motion, but the plans are to move mom on Thursday. I am going to do some manly housekeeping on the farm. Namely work on the network, cameras and repair a broken water line. We had Subway for lunch and fried chicken for dinner. The traveling UPS is setup short two batteries because there was no room to carry them. Should be okay though since the new power supplies are so efficient our needs dropped to six batteries for two nights sleep. We bought water, paper plates and utensils for our stay since we’ll be at mom’s farm except this weekend when we go to visit my son in Tampa. Mom and her sister are both engaged on making the move happen this week. There’s no TV (It’s at Grandpa’s) so we are reading the news on paper. There are a number of German roaches that have greeted me today. I’ve not seen them in the bedroom or we’ll not be sleeping here tomorrow. The little dog food and water are still out on the floor. (Mom’s choice) I don’t think roach bait houses are going to work if better food is available. The major difficulty is the amount of clutter in this home. The roaches are everywhere and mom seems ok with them. (We tented the house to kill them 4 months ago.) The dogs are still not going potty outside, pads are offered to let them pee inside. Which doesn’t seem to work since there were pee stains on the floor. The living room floor was not cleaned before we arrived on this trip for some reason which prevented us from unloading the car. Mom and sis cleaned it after I told them I couldn’t unload the car. I am gaining a determination that we should not move anything into grandpa’s home that the two of them are unwilling to clean. (Keep the clutter to an absolute minimum.) Sis and I loaded the horse trailer with “Gates” from the pens outside the Bumpkin, we took them over to Grandpa’s today to hold mom’s little dogs when they have to go potty. (I don’t believe that they will go through all that trouble for a minute.) Found out today that sis knew that the sliding glass door at Grandpa’s was broken and cannot be used to let the dogs out! (Another thing we have to fix)
Tomorrow: Repair the water line, cut some more of the tree down, adjust the camera over the dog runs to see the pasture, adjust the timers for the winter.
Arguments: We had a slight disagreement on the communication method of asking for help unloading the car tonight which got resolved.
Engineering: Mom asked about emergency lighting today, I was wondering when they would ask. They (The two of them) have to agree on what/where/how things are illuminated at night and during a power outage. I have a lot of resources and experience, but this time they will have to ask and agree on the solution.
Travel: Drove to Citra Florida from Tifton Ga.
Feeling words: Angry, Annoyed, Alarmed, Aggravated, Agreeable, Bothered, Cooperative, Considerate, Caring, Careful, Concerned, Charitable, Determined, Disappointed, Exhausted, Frustrated, Fatigued, Grouchy, Generous, Grateful, Hurt, Irritated, Irked, Loving, Misunderstood, Needy, Puzzled, Rattled, Reassured, Sensitive, Sympathetic, Skeptical, Thankful, Tired, Uncomfortable, Unhappy, Worried.
Injuries: I have somehow injured my right armpit, there is a pinch of pain underneath.
To Do
Establish a VPN between Ricky’s Fortigate and home.
Turn camera over the dog runs to point toward the stalls.
Set timers for Nancy’s house lights
Lengthen the timer so that the camera over the runs, runs more of the day.
Change the Wayne’s shed timer so that it comes on earlier in the morning
Set mouse traps or bait in the trailer.
Card for the drama department.
Talk to the neighbor about his offer.
Lighting support for the Christmas play.
Build two long run UPS units that have external connections for a solar panel charge.
Get two teeth pulled and one post put in.
replace two of my outside cameras.
Need referral for surgery on Jan 3rd at 8:30.
Call the doctor about the anti inflammatory that I seem to be allergic to.
Call Fl Blue, Lisa Rhodes 352-854-2100 about part D.
Call Mutual of Omaha (Ricky’s Insurance)
Find out about Dental coverage for Mom, Medicare “G”?
Find out about Eye coverage for mom.
Exercise: Noteworthy: Accomplishments: Purchases:
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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 I apologized and asked her opinion
Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes Bought lunch and dinner out.
Did I DMBT fix something today? Yes put a temporary repair on a water line
Did I DMBT improve something today? Yes Cleaned out the cow water trough that was full of scum.
Did I DMBT be happy? Yes
Did I DMBT be fully engaged? Yes
*Did My Best To