Ripping the routine

On any other Sunday right now I'd be nearly half way through my swim. It feels very odd to be sitting here having coffee instead. I slept until 7 am which is pretty unprecedented.

But, hey, mixing it up seems like a good idea. I do wonder what the regulars at the gym think about my not being there. Or do they even notice? Maybe not on a Sunday. Also Sunday is when the best front desk person is on duty. Sorry to miss her.

I think my ear is really and truly on the mend. I've been religious about these drops and now the only symptom I have left is blockage - just after I put those drops in! I think I'm going to keep using them for a couple of more days at least - maybe until I run out. I want this thing fixed.

My hand is an ugly mess but already healing a little. The most minor of the four gouges is already showing improvement. The rest are a bloody mess. There will be scars for sure. My chances of ever being a hand model are now 100% toast. On the up side, it does not hurt much at all. My plan is to keep it gelled up with antibiotic stuff and keep it covered.

So today's big excitement is a trip to Walgreens for bandaging. Woot!!

Also there may be sewing. When I ordered the fleece that came yesterday, I had a couple of patterns in mind for nice, cozy tops/tunics. BUT, now I'm thinking I might do a variation of the geometric red coat only as a pullover instead of a cardigan and, of course, shorter with maybe a turtleneck instead of a hood... hmmmmm

But, first, there will be breakfast.

An hour well spent

Yesterday, I missed a text from Frank. I missed it because all my notifications sound the same - emails sound link texts sound like twitter likes. I heard the noise and just ignored it.

NO MORE! I just spent an hour creating specific sounds and identifying them. Now, when a text or an email from my brother comes in, I'll hear "It's Bill". When a random email comes in, I'll hear "It's an email!" And when Amazon sends anything, I'll hear "Amazon!" - I made one for Frank, one for Fed Ex, one for USPS, one for UPS.

So far, no one's sent anything so I can only hope they all work. But, if they don't it's a tweak to fix. I'm delighted with the idea and the effort.

I got bandages and a rubber glove so I can do the dishes. I thought about dropping by Trader Joe's but decided...nah. I came home and rebandaged my hand but also remembered to take a picture of it in case it gets infected so I can show the hospice nurse what it looked like before it started to kill me. Drama queen? Me????

Now I'm back home, doing laundry.

I just went in to swap washer to dryer only to discover that I'd also washed a packet of facial tissues. That had now disintegrated. All over my clothes, my red coat, the carpet.

• I went to get my 4,000 year old hand held vac only to discover it no longer works. My other vacume doesn't do tight spaces.


• Handheld going to Goodwill.


• The old hand held was mounted to the wall in the closet. I wanted to unmount the charger to put with the handheld - 2 screws.


• Got my trusty drill/screw driver. Bit too short.


• Got out the brand new box o' 597 different bits and things for the screwdriver that I had never used. The last time my brother was here, he struggled fixing things because I didn't have the right drill bits and stuff so I got this variety pack to solve that problem. Only it was a bitch to get into.


• Got into it finally, got the bit extender, got the fucking screws out. Put it all in the Goodwill bag.


• Used the lint roller I got yesterday at the Dollar Store (to pick up thread bits at the sewing machine) to clean up the clothes and then vacummed the other stuff as best I could.


• Ordered a new hand held.

And now it's lunchtime. ThankgodforPopeyesFriedChicken.