Youth In Revolt
Today was a long and more eventful day than not. It started early and with little sleep as I was up in time to shower and have some breakfast then meet Dad and the wife. They took me to my appointment and the local employment resource center (RW). I waited about 15 minutes then got called in w/a group of people for a mini orientation about their services which I was fairly familiar with anyway. Then I met with a counselor to go over some more resources and review my paperwork. It was a quick meeting and the whole time took about 45 minutes. Dad and his wife were waiting outside and I drove back home.
We had talked about the fact that the automatic starter wasn’t working on the van the last time he was over so he decided to take a look inside the van to check it. Apparently there was a switch to it which turns it on or off and somehow it got turned off so he fixed it and now my auto starter works again. Which really does me no good still seeing as the van isn’t going anywhere unless I get a new transmission for it.
Dad and the wife left and I went downstairs to relax. I wanted to get stuff done but I was massively tired and the ringing in my ears were really intense today. I mainly just lied down on the bed and watched soaps. I had some cheese and crackers for a snack and started to watch the US version of Being Human. I’ll make a judgment call on it when I get through a few more episodes.
I had to watch Ham while Chef went to work. She helped me vacuum the living room and then decided to play with her miniature dolls while I finished cleaning up the rest of the house. Apparently one of the dolls broke and she wanted me to put it back together. Small toy parts are a lot of work, let me tell ya. I fidgeted with it for a while and sort of got it back together but I’m pretty sure it was too broken and I tried to explain this to Ham. She found out the hard way after it came apart again. It’s like 1 of about 20 miniature dolls in a set so she’ll have to live with it.
Sis came home and we watched Law & Order. She told me today is Emo’s birthday so Nurse was planning on bringing dinner. She thought it was going to be sushi. Hmm. OK. Whatever floats your boat. I don’t see how the youngins will go for that though. A few minutes later nurse called and I could tell it was one of those times when she was upset the way Sis was talking. She hung up and told me Nurse didn’t know where Emo was. This happens a lot and well, it’s his birthday. And as of today he's smack dab in the middle of his teenage years. I just kept silent and shrugged. I try not to get into it because then I’ll just get into how Nurse’s parenting skills could use some work but it’s none of my business. Of course not a few minutes after that Nurse calls again and apparently Emo came home so they are coming for dinner after all but not sushi, she is bringing stuff to make reuben sandwiches which is fine w/me.
Sis went upstairs for a minute and I noticed the bathroom light in the foyer was on and of course the toilet was not flushed and there is only one person who constantly forgets this. I asked Ham to flush and shut off the lights (for the millionth time) and she copped an attitude. I explained to her why she needed to do it and not to pull that attitude w/me. Sis came down and I told her what Ham’s issue was and she backed me up by explaining to Ham why she needs to do those things when asked w/o an attitude.
My ears were bothering me and I was tired so I wasn’t feeling all that social so I came down to relax but then decided I should be present for dinner because it would be rude not to. I’m kind of glad I did because Dorable had me laughing since she was making faces at me and in general and just would say the cutest things. Of course she kept getting distracted and her mother kept reminding her to eat dinner but I couldn’t help laughing. I had to get up and start clean up because it she gave me the giggles.
I helped with cleanup and Nurse & Co left. I felt bad because I should’ve mentioned Emo’s birthday but didn’t. I was going to make a smartass remark at dinner but thought better of it.
I came back down and watched TV. I saw most of Chuck but ended up falling asleep for about 1/3 of it. I got to see the first 15 minutes and the last 20 that mattered most. I watched the second ep of Being Human and then went up and watched Harry’s Law. Sis made me tea and we talked during the commercials. Afterwards I asked her if she would pick me up some tea with ginko biloba in it since it could help with the ringing in the ears from what I’ve read. And also to go over my “To Do” list on Wed when she has off. So I will need to get on that tomorrow.
In entertainment/media news I finally finished this book last night.
It was all about the life of this man from Spain from the time he was a young child through his senior years. It was particular boring because there was no real drama or actual story. Some family stuff was described but there was too much about geography and the various monarchies and religious leaders of the 14th century described more factually than dramatically. It was also about, well Cathedrals or churches that were being built. Basically the author was an extremely poor version of Ken Follet though that could be because it was a foreign novel (Spanish) translated to English and not a well known best seller in America.
I’m not going to pick up another book because I need to catch up on my magazines that are piling up. Usually my ears have gotten to a point where I’ve been able to read but not so much yet tonight. I think I know what exacerbates the problem. Last night instead of taking a Tylenol PM I took an Advil PM and from what I’ve read (and from Sis told me as was told to my late sister who was also hearing impaired) that taking Advil is a bad idea for people w/hearing loss since it makes the ringing much worse. So I will not be taking that again. I don’t think I’ll need any pill tonight though as I am still pretty tired.
We had talked about the fact that the automatic starter wasn’t working on the van the last time he was over so he decided to take a look inside the van to check it. Apparently there was a switch to it which turns it on or off and somehow it got turned off so he fixed it and now my auto starter works again. Which really does me no good still seeing as the van isn’t going anywhere unless I get a new transmission for it.
Dad and the wife left and I went downstairs to relax. I wanted to get stuff done but I was massively tired and the ringing in my ears were really intense today. I mainly just lied down on the bed and watched soaps. I had some cheese and crackers for a snack and started to watch the US version of Being Human. I’ll make a judgment call on it when I get through a few more episodes.
I had to watch Ham while Chef went to work. She helped me vacuum the living room and then decided to play with her miniature dolls while I finished cleaning up the rest of the house. Apparently one of the dolls broke and she wanted me to put it back together. Small toy parts are a lot of work, let me tell ya. I fidgeted with it for a while and sort of got it back together but I’m pretty sure it was too broken and I tried to explain this to Ham. She found out the hard way after it came apart again. It’s like 1 of about 20 miniature dolls in a set so she’ll have to live with it.
Sis came home and we watched Law & Order. She told me today is Emo’s birthday so Nurse was planning on bringing dinner. She thought it was going to be sushi. Hmm. OK. Whatever floats your boat. I don’t see how the youngins will go for that though. A few minutes later nurse called and I could tell it was one of those times when she was upset the way Sis was talking. She hung up and told me Nurse didn’t know where Emo was. This happens a lot and well, it’s his birthday. And as of today he's smack dab in the middle of his teenage years. I just kept silent and shrugged. I try not to get into it because then I’ll just get into how Nurse’s parenting skills could use some work but it’s none of my business. Of course not a few minutes after that Nurse calls again and apparently Emo came home so they are coming for dinner after all but not sushi, she is bringing stuff to make reuben sandwiches which is fine w/me.
Sis went upstairs for a minute and I noticed the bathroom light in the foyer was on and of course the toilet was not flushed and there is only one person who constantly forgets this. I asked Ham to flush and shut off the lights (for the millionth time) and she copped an attitude. I explained to her why she needed to do it and not to pull that attitude w/me. Sis came down and I told her what Ham’s issue was and she backed me up by explaining to Ham why she needs to do those things when asked w/o an attitude.
My ears were bothering me and I was tired so I wasn’t feeling all that social so I came down to relax but then decided I should be present for dinner because it would be rude not to. I’m kind of glad I did because Dorable had me laughing since she was making faces at me and in general and just would say the cutest things. Of course she kept getting distracted and her mother kept reminding her to eat dinner but I couldn’t help laughing. I had to get up and start clean up because it she gave me the giggles.
I helped with cleanup and Nurse & Co left. I felt bad because I should’ve mentioned Emo’s birthday but didn’t. I was going to make a smartass remark at dinner but thought better of it.
I came back down and watched TV. I saw most of Chuck but ended up falling asleep for about 1/3 of it. I got to see the first 15 minutes and the last 20 that mattered most. I watched the second ep of Being Human and then went up and watched Harry’s Law. Sis made me tea and we talked during the commercials. Afterwards I asked her if she would pick me up some tea with ginko biloba in it since it could help with the ringing in the ears from what I’ve read. And also to go over my “To Do” list on Wed when she has off. So I will need to get on that tomorrow.
In entertainment/media news I finally finished this book last night.
It was all about the life of this man from Spain from the time he was a young child through his senior years. It was particular boring because there was no real drama or actual story. Some family stuff was described but there was too much about geography and the various monarchies and religious leaders of the 14th century described more factually than dramatically. It was also about, well Cathedrals or churches that were being built. Basically the author was an extremely poor version of Ken Follet though that could be because it was a foreign novel (Spanish) translated to English and not a well known best seller in America.
I’m not going to pick up another book because I need to catch up on my magazines that are piling up. Usually my ears have gotten to a point where I’ve been able to read but not so much yet tonight. I think I know what exacerbates the problem. Last night instead of taking a Tylenol PM I took an Advil PM and from what I’ve read (and from Sis told me as was told to my late sister who was also hearing impaired) that taking Advil is a bad idea for people w/hearing loss since it makes the ringing much worse. So I will not be taking that again. I don’t think I’ll need any pill tonight though as I am still pretty tired.