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Post by desposito on Jun 29, 2024 13:34:44 GMT -5
I will let TT answer your question about race to 100. TT likes to gamify things like I do, it makes it a lot easier to do work if I'm trying for a goal, or counting, or throwing dice, or something to think about besides the fact that I'm doing something boring.
Well, one of the places on the floor looks worse than it did before I spot cleaned. I can't see it until the light hits it a certain way. It's too hot to mop today, maybe tomorrow, the other spots look good.
I stopped for lunch.
Diane
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jun 29, 2024 13:49:52 GMT -5
The Race to 100 game is something I created to keep myself going. I literally count every item I touch and every action I take (for example, if I close the lid to the washing machine, that counts.). After I get to 100, I reward myself with a break. The most rounds I have ever done in a day was 10. However, I admit I usually only get two or three rounds finished. I really struggle because of depression and anxiety.
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Post by goldenthreads on Jun 29, 2024 14:17:46 GMT -5
I did my tasks. They were boring. I am virtuous. ![lol](//storage.proboards.com/1879832/images/70gKR226h9rBn4CaD0Tc.gif) Thanks for this. I wrote this out on a pink index card and turned it face down. Then I went and did three boring things and flipped it up where I can see it. I expect to repeat this little thrill throughout the day. Maybe I'll decorate the card during rest breaks.
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Post by ohblondie on Jun 29, 2024 15:09:09 GMT -5
Cool and rainy here today! We were supposed to travel to a family party (4hr drive to a 4 hr party and a 4 hr drive home - not feeling it) so we stayed home and i did crafts at the ALF.
We might go help DD tonight. She is so NOT ready for this baby. We ordered her furniture late last week. I dont think she has ordered bedding yet. The nursery is currently the laundry room and full of clothes to be washed or folded and put away. I just ordered sheets and curtains and a few items for her, I know everyone likes everything "new" but she might just have to have some hand me downs that are like new.
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Post by desposito on Jun 29, 2024 16:14:36 GMT -5
My shopping friend called again. Almost 2 hours this time. She's been having a terrible time with all kinds of things, but the latest is that she's supposed to get three different medications that are not covered in her Medicare supplement formulary. The doctor told her "the case worker" would send in a request for a an exception. There is no case worker at her facility, she assumed it was at his office. She never heard back. She called social services at her facility but they never call her back. The nurse came in yelling at her that "there are 2 medications in the pharmacy in her name and no one knows if they can use them, why isn't she getting the okay from the insurance company? We only have a certain amount of time to return them if they won't be paid for--call the insurance company right now, today!"
She is in bed, unable to walk at this point, and her hands are so numb she has trouble picking up papers and pens, and sometimes even pushing the numbers on the phone. She's paying an exorbitant amount to be taken care of in this skilled nursing area--why is SHE the one who is supposed to be taking care of this?
I just feel so bad for her, that's why I keep talking to her even though my own hands go numb while holding the phone for 2 hours straight.
I'm going to do one more list and then probably give up for the day.
Next:
Post in challenges Vacuum porch room and kitchen area Balance checkbook and pay a bill Delete 50 emails
Diane
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Post by puppybox on Jun 29, 2024 20:03:06 GMT -5
I went to walk a client dog when the rain let Up and had an annoying misunderstanding. Grr. Grocery shopped on way back with new points app. Diane your poor friend! She needs better family. I will be old and alone like that eventually. I do not look forward to it. I have to gamify things too. Domestic tasks are so boring. And somehow they give me aches and pains. Way more than exercise.
I like the touch 100 rules, twinkletoes, but I guess I can’t play as I could t jeep track. I can’t do things and keep track at the same time. The best for me is to get out of my brain and get in the zone. Since I can’t usually do that I can do shorter games. The 27 fling boogie from flylady was one of the first I used to do. Boy was it hard. 27 seemed impossible.
Goldenthreads I feel very appreciated by you doing that. I thought it might be funny but I wasn’t sure. I talk like that with my mother sometimes.
Ohblondie I hope the baby comes a day late (but not a dollar short) to give you all time!
Dogsitting dog is not homesick, just hates to walk in the rain. Her family confirmed it. Tried to walk her again and she turned around again. Haha former stray dog knows to come in out of the rain. I made a sandwich and a smoothie and am stuffed. I didn’t eat out or order, go me!
Netflix is working today, even though it’s not supposed to anymore and hasn’t been. I was sharing it with a friend who doesn’t live here and they kicked me off. I will binge watch Monk until it disappears. But I can get things done at same time. But what?
Oooh dog is barking at and sticking face into wall thing where there could well be a mouse. Good murder dog, Kill! Kill! Kill!
Todo Bathroom (use timer) Clothes and bedding on table/shelves
Maybe more music Area behind coffee table
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Post by desposito on Jun 29, 2024 20:15:17 GMT -5
Puppybox, my friend has no living family, just like me. She's a lot older than me, but the way I've been feeling the last few years I feel a lot older than I am. Very sobering.
I heard from the handyman, he is planning on coming Monday to finish all the outstanding jobs except the porch painting, that will have to be postponed until cooler weather. Luckily the house is in okay shape, I will not have to run around tomorrow decluttering.
Time to get ready for bed, good night everyone, see you in the morning!
Diane
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jun 30, 2024 8:44:37 GMT -5
ohblondie - My niece is two years old. Almost everything she has had would be classified as hand me downs, and she has wonderful items. Baby items are used for such a short period because they grow so fast.
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Post by TwinkleToes on Jun 30, 2024 8:46:38 GMT -5
I am going to try to go into BEAST MODE today and work toward some major goals. Some things really have emotionally triggered me the past week and a half. Set me on a depression spiral, but I am aware of it and I know I have to make positive choices or I will just sit in my chair and wallow in my feelings.
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Post by puppybox on Jun 30, 2024 9:08:21 GMT -5
A support group i once went to had a mantra of “any decision will steady you” and “move your muscles” (NOT meaning exercise but simply not sitting still). Do ANYTHING (go pee! Turn around in a circle! Whatever!) to stop the emotions from working themselves worse. Love Beast Mode!
I got some decent progress in the bathroom last night. Go me!
I might go to the museum today. For mental health it would be good. Going to the good thrift store would be fine too but I would buy things. I need jeans but it would be crowded to try them on on a Sunday.
To do: Buy knee saving insoles. Fit to shoes. Buy cola from the cheaper store. (Gonna buy it anyway, gotta be real). Buy semi sweet chocolate and no other junk. Take vitamins Eat groceries. Walk dog 1. Let dog one hang out at her house? Walk dog 2 Museum?
Laundry. Assess coins. Wash dishes. Some of them anyway. Wipe shelves x 10. (Requires gymnastics so can’t do it all in one go). Make progress in bedroom. Break down tasks if needed.
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Post by phoenixcat on Jun 30, 2024 9:17:03 GMT -5
My dear father used to always say, "Do something even if it's wrong". ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/1879832/images/5W4UEP3N1aQXkhreE2zR.gif) .
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Post by desposito on Jun 30, 2024 9:54:40 GMT -5
Good morning TT, Puppybox, and PC--love all these motivating words. I like "living well is the best revenge", so TT, if your triggers have to do with your troublesome family members, they probably want you to be miserable--do your best to do what's good for YOU so they don't have the satisfaction of knowing they succeeded in making you unhappy. Making your home into a peaceful haven is one thing that's good for you.
Today is the opposite of yesterday--it's only in the upper 60s right now! I did my hour in the yard and it felt so good--humidity is much lower too.
There are some things I have to do to prep for the handyman--one is to get the enclosed back porch uncluttered--I have a bunch of full rain water bottles blocking the things he will need to finish the window project. Also, clean the bathrooms again and make sure there's enough room on the kitchen floor to lay out a big piece of vinyl that he will cut up for me. Plus make some lists.
Have a good Sunday!
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jun 30, 2024 12:34:34 GMT -5
Now I'm worried about my shopping friend. Last night, at about 1am my phone rang, and by the time I woke up enough to realize it was my phone in the other room, whoever called had hung up, no message. I went to look at the caller ID and it was the hospital system where my friend goes when she's in the hospital--but I didn't recognize the system name until later, since it wasn't actually a hospital name--so I thought, wrong number. But this morning when I woke up and looked at the number again, I realized why it sounded familiar--but it was a general number, not something that looked like a room. If my friend ended up at the emergency department in the middle of the night I would not be the one they would call, she has someone who is the emergency contact and power of medical attorney. So I tried calling her this morning--3 times, an hour apart. Now, I know she frequently doesn't answer her phone--if she's sleeping, or the CNAs put it out of her reach, or if she's in a lot of pain and doesn't want to talk to anyone. That's why I always let her call me, because then she can pick the time when she's able to talk.
So next I called the hospital that she would have gone to and asked to speak to her, they don't have a patient by that name. The only other thing I can do is call her facility and try to get to a nurses' station, but I'm not listed as a contact so I don't think they'd tell me anything, except I could ask them to give her a message to call me. If I can't reach her by later today I will do that. I'm thinking she's fine, the phone call was a wrong number--although that would be big coincidence--and she's just not answering the phone. If not, there's nothing I can do anyway.
I guess it's possible that she had to go to the ER for something last night and she tried to call me from an ER phone that had the general number as caller ID, sometimes they keep people in the ER for a long time and don't send them to a room. But other times she's ended up in the ER she never called me until she was back home or back to her facility.
I worked on the enclosed back porch this morning--things are more accessible but I would still like to sweep the floor. The sun has come out so I'm sure the temp will go up, but right now it's still comfortable outside and there's still cool air coming in the windows.
Diane
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Post by desposito on Jun 30, 2024 14:03:12 GMT -5
So I got an ocular migraine from stress, and had to sit quietly for a while til it went away. This one has some lingering head pain, which is not usual but sometimes happens.
When it was over I tried calling my friend again, no answer, so I called the facility. They transferred me to the floor she's on, and a nurse or nurse's aid answered the phone and assured me she was in her room and doing okay. I didn't tell him to have her call me, there's no need--but I'm very relieved!
Okay, now I'm going to have a late lunch and then I will clean the bathrooms.
Diane
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Post by puppybox on Jun 30, 2024 16:20:09 GMT -5
How upsetting, Diane. I would have gone through all the same type of process.
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