Monday, December 2nd
Mom had just watched the Netflix documentary about Gene Wilder and wanted to fill in the gaps. She has never seen this 1967 Mel Brooks classic.
Who wouldn't love hearing a rousing rendition of ’Springtime for Hitler’ or seeing a groovy Dick Shawn as Hitler? Not me. She wants to work her way through all his movies, but M and I warned against bothering with the lesser ones. I am sure you will see a few more among the Monday titles.
Tuesday, December 3rd
Sometimes, if I am too focused on what I am doing or I just don't want to go to sleep yet, I will ignore when I get tired after taking my melatonin and push through the tired feeling. Then I am in trouble because when I do want to fall asleep, there is no tired feeling left and I end up staying awake a lot longer than I want to do. Sometimes I fall asleep after 2 or 3 a.m. Sometimes I won't be able to go to sleep at all. That's what happened last night, and today I was very tired all day. I don't take naps because then I can't get to sleep at night. Usually, when I stay awake all day, it's not hard to get a really good night’s sleep the next night. That's what I hope will happen tonight.
Wednesday, December 4th
You know when I said I usually get a really good night’s sleep when I have stayed up all day? Unfortunately, that didn't happen last night. Staying up two days in a row is unusual. I closed my eyes and lay quietly beginning at 9 p.m. last night, so even though I didn't fall asleep until 2:30 a.m., I don't feel tired today. Interesting. I don't question things like that too hard. I just say thank you for not being as exhausted as I should be and try to sleep well tonight.
Thursday, December 5th
I finally got a good night’s sleep! Yippee! My therapist brought what was ’potential new kitty’ but has now become her cat that I named (weird) to come visit me. My sister still is not in a position to adopt a cat for me, and she and my mom were giving me grief about attaching to a new kitten. So while I guess I could have continued fostering a connection to a cat I didn't have control over seeing, I pulled back.
He was having so much fun with my therapist’s other cats, it didn't seem fair to break him away from cats he had bonded with so much. So now she brings him for a visit for an hour once a week. I want to take credit for how good-natured and friendly he is because of how I imprinted on him weeks ago. She is starting to use him as a therapy cat because he has no problem letting strangers pet him. And if the person doesn't want to interact with him, he just stays in the carrier.
It's that time again, and I have been finishing up next month’s essay. By the time you read this, it will have been posted, but I made some polishes to it and I will have it reposted when this comes out. I wanted to write something about the CNAs who work here and are largely underappreciated. It came out really well and makes it sound like it is a noble profession, which it largely is. I read it to one of the social workers here and she is going to post it and try to get it in the local newspaper. Check it out!
Friday, December 6th
My hospital is having an outing at Kahala Mall on Wednesday, December 11th, from 10 a.m. to noon. If anyone is free and wants to hang out for a couple hours, let me know, and I will tell you where you can meet me! I texted a friend, but she is very busy and has not been able to respond. I will talk to M today, but I know he has things planned most days and I don't want him to feel obligated. One of the RTs (Residential Therapists) said he could walk with me, so I'm not concerned about needing someone. It would be nice to hang out with a friend if someone is available.
Saturday, December 7th
Every time it is December 7th, I think about the “a day that will live in infamy” quote. That is because I live in Hawaiʻi and because my stepfather had actually been alive (he was 7) to see the planes fly overhead on their way to Pearl Harbor. Wow! That always floored me. To have someone I know that close to such a moment in history. Of course, my sister lived in New York for 9/11, so I have close connections to both disasters.
My sister was hoping to stop by for a nice long visit today, but plans changed, and she's going to stop by tomorrow. That's OK, I realized finally it is a new month, which means a new collection of movies on Criterion. I looked, and I want to watch the collection called Déjà Vu and the collection of John Waters movies. I started right in with 12 Monkeys, Memento and Vertigo. What's better than spending the day watching movies?
Sunday, December 8th
My sister was delayed, so I had time to watch the 2006 Tony Scott movie, Déjà Vu with Denzel Washington. That was good, but I dozed during the middle of it, so I will have to watch it again. Not a problem. My sister finally showed up and we finished a few chores, so we watched a rather violent episode of Lioness while she gave me dinner.
I managed to write Monday through Thursday of my blog before she showed up. If I can get that much done on the weekend, it's pretty easy to catch up Monday morning. I rearranged cards on the main wall and started on the smaller side wall, so that is the cover photo for this week. I'm so glad I could finally put up the best birthday card I have ever received! (Thanks, E!) I have plans for the empty area, so stay tuned. Have a great week!
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