It wasn't much of a day today. I woke up this morning to both a backache and a pain in my neck and I felt even sicker than yesterday. Coughing has been painful. I still haven't heard anything about my chest x-ray. I hate the doctor that oversees my health care here in the home. In the past 13 months I have spoken with him maybe a total of 15 minutes. It seems like the quality of my healthcare diminished when I went from being covered by health insurance and being covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
No sign of my new roommate yet. Since I had the room to myself no one bothered me all night. I slept until 8:00, when my nurse brought in my painkillers, then I was able to go back to sleep until 9:30, when Abrahim came in to change my bandages. I wound up staying in bed until about 2:30, just in time to work out with Lamin.
It finally started snowing around 4:00 p.m. and the wind picked up about an hour later. They are predicting that winds will except 75 m.p.h. and there will be 4 to 6 inches of snow in Seattle. The national news (NBC) says that it will be the deepest snow since 1974, but I have lived in Seattle for 18 years and I remember twice (Decembers of 1990 and 1996) when the snow reached at least halfway up my calve. Maybe that was just a snow drift. I don't know where they officially measure the depth of the snow. "Seattle" can be a pretty vague description and we have lots of hills.
The news has been dominated by the snow but I can't see it out my window. I rolled out to the windows that face the back but there are no lights outside so all I can see is my own reflection. In the lobby, Ray has the drapes closed and he won't be nice and part them so I can see outside. My chair won't reach. I don't know why he has to be such a dick. If I want to see, I will have to go out the front door. But that requires punching in a code, which I know, and getting outside before the alarm goes off. That isn't a problem. I go out the front door all the time when I go out for coffee. But I never come back through the front. It's easier to come in the back way. The controls for my chair are t the end of my right arm rest. Coming into the building, the left swinging door is always locked, making it difficult for me to get back inside because I have to reach for the right door, across my body, with my left arm to open the door. On a couple occasions I have almost broke my arm. Entering through the back door, I can open the left swinging door with my left hand and scoot right on in.
Unfortunately the Wi-Fi is not working in my room which is why I came out into the lobby to use it here. Ray has just switched the TV to watch Nancy Grace. I find her repugnant, but there isn't really much better on. I have 150 movies and ten video games back in my room so I will end things now. Tomorrow we will see how much snow actually accumulated. Hopefully it will be so much that my new roommates arrival will be delayed.
No sign of my new roommate yet. Since I had the room to myself no one bothered me all night. I slept until 8:00, when my nurse brought in my painkillers, then I was able to go back to sleep until 9:30, when Abrahim came in to change my bandages. I wound up staying in bed until about 2:30, just in time to work out with Lamin.
It finally started snowing around 4:00 p.m. and the wind picked up about an hour later. They are predicting that winds will except 75 m.p.h. and there will be 4 to 6 inches of snow in Seattle. The national news (NBC) says that it will be the deepest snow since 1974, but I have lived in Seattle for 18 years and I remember twice (Decembers of 1990 and 1996) when the snow reached at least halfway up my calve. Maybe that was just a snow drift. I don't know where they officially measure the depth of the snow. "Seattle" can be a pretty vague description and we have lots of hills.
The news has been dominated by the snow but I can't see it out my window. I rolled out to the windows that face the back but there are no lights outside so all I can see is my own reflection. In the lobby, Ray has the drapes closed and he won't be nice and part them so I can see outside. My chair won't reach. I don't know why he has to be such a dick. If I want to see, I will have to go out the front door. But that requires punching in a code, which I know, and getting outside before the alarm goes off. That isn't a problem. I go out the front door all the time when I go out for coffee. But I never come back through the front. It's easier to come in the back way. The controls for my chair are t the end of my right arm rest. Coming into the building, the left swinging door is always locked, making it difficult for me to get back inside because I have to reach for the right door, across my body, with my left arm to open the door. On a couple occasions I have almost broke my arm. Entering through the back door, I can open the left swinging door with my left hand and scoot right on in.
Unfortunately the Wi-Fi is not working in my room which is why I came out into the lobby to use it here. Ray has just switched the TV to watch Nancy Grace. I find her repugnant, but there isn't really much better on. I have 150 movies and ten video games back in my room so I will end things now. Tomorrow we will see how much snow actually accumulated. Hopefully it will be so much that my new roommates arrival will be delayed.
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