I reject your reality and substitute my own.

Today I have nothing. No volleyball so I could sleep in. Nothing on the calendar. No promises to anybody. Luxury. And baseball starts again. Double bonus.

Last night's picnic was fine. The fried chicken company did not bring the ordered potato salad or coleslaw and the woman in charge of ordering it all was flummoxed. After most everyone was served the chicken and beans they did have, she came over to me and wanted me to order potato salad and coleslaw from them and have it delivered by Uber Eats. The place is a good 20 minutes away and it was still rush hour. I assured her that it would not get here until after everyone had gone home. Plus, who cared. She got on the mic and asked and turned out, no one cared. It was fine.

My job was Gail. I had to go over to the nursing wing and check her out. She was all ready but a bit confused about where we were going and why. But, she was up for it so we went. Turned out she was the perfect dinner companion. We sat with a table of not very obnoxious people and then after the eating was done, we just sat and watched everyone. I asked her a couple of times if she was ready to go back and she said she would love to stay if I didn't mind.

She's very bright and with it in the moment. She kept saying 'have I told you this before?' which she had not and it was fun. We were over at the edge and so could see everyone (and her eyesight and hearing are great) so we talked about outfits and who was married to whom and what they were doing. We had lots of good laughs. It was way better than trying to make smalltalk with some of those randos. Plus, it meant I didn't have to do any of the prep or any of the clean up. So win win win. When we got back to her area, the nightly movie had just started and she was excited to watch it so I signed her back in and came home.

There's a winter 3rd floor social but I dodged that last year - can't remember how - and plan to this year, too.

The guy is coming to unhang and rehang the shade next Thursday. No clue who's going to pay for it but I have a sneaking suspicion I will get the bill.

Yesterday I was downstairs at lunch time picking up a package and when I got home, I put the cart into the closet. About mid afternoon, I was aware of Julio making constant meowing noises. And then I heard Biggie. And I figured they were having a conversation. But, it did not stop so finally I got up to look and Julio was laid out next to the closet door telling me that Biggie was in the closet. Sure, enough, I opened the door and the two of them went off to commiserate. Well done, Julio!

[edit: My attempt to make this a two Wednesday week has not gone undetected by NC Wayne. Plus, I just learned tomorrow is Friday. Sorry, Thursday, I didn't mean to dis you.]


Last night's dinner was canceled. The air conditioning in the dining room was out so they closed it. Bonny pivoted to drinks in the elbow with Jackie and added Jan and Dick.

I think there might be issues with Jackie. She seems to resent other people talking and I've already heard repeats of her life story and I've maybe only spent 2 hours with her. Plus she does not approve of animals as pets and Bonny thinks she heard her say that Timber Ridge 'sure has a lot of Jews'. Now that last bit is a showstopper for sure and I'm assuming Bonny heard wrong but after spending an hour with Jackie last night, I'm wondering if maybe she hear correctly.

So we're having dinner on the 30th and she added Dick and Jan so we will be 5 in an already loud dining room with everyone talking at once and Jackie trying to talk over everyone. Oh Goody.

Maybe the apocalypse will happen before then.

Today's excitement is the 3rd floor picnic. My job is to go over to the nursing unit and guide Gail down. Gail lived here on this floor until her husband died last winter. She comes to Saturday coffee sometimes and someone made arrangements for her to come to the picnic but she can't come on her own. So my job is to go to the front desk there in that unit and "check her out" and then return her before she turns into a pumpkin. She's always so bright and cheery and enjoys everything. She has zero short term memory but is very present and happy to be where ever she is.

I hit a major network glitch yesterday with my TV. Half of the apps said there was no internet. The other half were happy to stream whatever I wanted. It was so weird. Finally, I sucked Gemini into the issue. It worked really well. I was able to describe the problem and list my troubleshooting attempts and so Gemini quickly zoomed in on the issues - DNS. Swapped that out and BOOM! All the apps were happy. Interesting to see which TV apps really dig into your own personal connection DNA. Netflix and MLB and YouTube - they rest probably check the IP address and call it good.

No pre-picnic requirements of me so I can just enjoy the day and I plan to!