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Passwords to My Life

2/27/2018

I now have so many passwords that I have a list. You would think it would be simple, use the same one. Many years ago, when using the computer was starting out I did. But that is all changed.
Now the website tells you how many letters, symbols, signs, and numbers you must have. And now, some require you to change them often. Because of this I have had to make a list – I now have 22 passwords on it, and that is only for the sites I use often.
Some require my phone number, and I have changed it over the years. (old numbers now on list) Others want a symbol or a number on them. And sometimes the site tells you how long the password should be. Some need capital letters. And on and on.
My list helps, but soon I will have to update it since I use more and more sites. I love the sites that remember me and my password - I do not have to remember them.
If I travel I must take my list with me so I can use the complimentary computer in the hotel. I do not have a phone that is connected to the internet, but if and when I break down and get one, I will have to have my list for that, too.
For something that is supposed to make my life easier, I find that it is more complicated. However, I really do not want to go back to the "olden" days. I do not think I would survive now.

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Homebound Update

2/24/2018

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Well, this "in-house" imprisonment is taking its toll. I imagine this is what it feels like to a bird who is caged or even a wild animal in a zoo. I would be flying back and forth or pacing back and forth, if it would not hurt my foot more. Further injury would make this "imprisonment" much longer.

I do nothing but watch reruns on TV while sitting and eating. I do not have any real junk food so I eat other stuff - anything I can find. No excess walking and no exercise is really boring - and fattening.

My neighbors stop by and visit and I would be totally bonkers if they did not come. I really appreciate it. I know I should be happy that I did not injure myself more seriously, but emotionally, I am suffering. I am not ready to be an invalid - I am still too young.

My future plans for an adventure have been put on hold. This saddens me, too. I moved to Pensacola for the beach, but also for the closeness of other interesting places that were just a day's drive or less from there. THAT is what I had planned for 2018. Discover new places and adventures. Thus far, the only places I have gone are the places shown to me on TV and those I discover reading my mystery books.

Well, enough of this "pity party." I need to drink my coffee and see what is on my TV reruns. (Oh, I have Netflix and Acorn TV, but I watch them at night so my dreams are nice.) I am sleeping quite a bit. I do not know if it is because I need it to heal or if it is an escape from the real world. At this point it does not matter.

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Disappointing News

2/14/2018

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Before I start, please let me wish all of you who read my blog and check out my website, a VERY HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! I love you all. Now for "the news."

I went to my podiatrist yesterday for my tri-monthly check on my diabetic feet. I had to postpone this visit when I fell and could not walk a few weeks ago.
I still am not driving because of my concussion so a dear friend took me. My doctor was once again appalled when he looked at my right foot’s x-ray. He already looks at my feet with wonder since the first x-ray.

My right foot has all the bones fused together due to an illness years ago that basically caused all the infection in my body to settle in that right foot. For a while they thought they would have to amputate it. Luckily for me, they did not, but the bones did fuse together.

Anyway, back to the blog news. I now have two bones broken in my right foot that have started healing incorrectly. Instead of a cast he thought wrapping it tightly might prevent this since the bones are the two toe bones next to the big toe. A cast might not fix it.

So, I am wrapped up and forbidden to walk like I was trying to do a couple of days ago. Let me tell you, if you do not already know me that well, I will literally be in an awful place for the next month with no activity except sitting with my foot wrapped and propped up.

I once wanted to have a large house with three friends who could take care of each other. You know, one who was good in finance, one who was a nurse, and one who was a frugal shopper. Well, I do not have that house, but I live in a senior apartment complex where I have neighbors and friends who are retired from all kinds of professions and fit "the bill." I got my wish!

And in a month when I go to the doctor again, I hope I will be totally mended and returning to my life again, such as it is at 71. Keep your fingers crossed for me, please.

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Discovery

2/12/2018

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Yesterday, I made a discovery. It is barely the second week in February and I have participated in two very serious personal events in my present apartment complex.
As you know, if you have followed my posts, I am ready to “hit the road again” and have wanted to move at least to another apartment complex. Simple reason is I like new adventures and a new apartment is a new adventure, in a way.
Also, as you know, I fell back in the first week of January and was hurt badly. It has taken a long time for me to heal, but I do remember my neighbor “taking charge” when she found me. (She is also a very dear friend and a former nurse.)
Well, yesterday another neighbor had an incident. That same friend found her cat in the hallway huddled under a doormat when she walked her dog. She knocked at owner’s door and the neighbor inside kept saying she was coming. Finally, my friend opened the door (it was unlocked) and put the cat inside. She said that the neighbor was a bit disoriented. She told me about it since that neighbor is also my friend. I called and got no response, so I went up. When I got there, she was totally disoriented and kept repeating the same thing over and over. I wanted to call 911 but her phone was locked. I had to go down to my other neighbor’s apartment and dial 911. Then she and I both went back.
The ambulance came, and then we got the apartment presentable again. Also, two other neighbors came by and helped. One said she would take care of her cat. The “injured” neighbor was admitted to the hospital.
The reason for writing this is that I wonder what would have happened to me or to my neighbor if we lived all alone in a house. It is sad for me realize that I need to “stay.” I can travel and have new adventures while living here. But I do not always make such good friends, as I have here. So, I will be living here for a while longer.

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Hallelujah!!!

2/8/2018

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“He is basically a good person.” This was said of Rob Porter. BUT he is a sexual predator who forced a young woman to engage in a sexual encounter with him. Definition: “a person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically "predatory" or abusive manner.”
How many does this make??? I am so glad that these people are being called out. But just think of how long this has been going on with nothing done.

I am now 71 and as a very young woman I remember having to put a desk between me and the big boss when I had to deal with him. He even offered to give me a ride home, but when I told him my mother was picking me up, he did not ask again. This happened to me all the time I was working – men putting pubic hairs on my desk, making vulgar comments about my figure, making sexual innuendos, etc. And this was accepted behavior, and I was told to expect it since I was a good looking young woman.
I am so glad that finally men (mostly are men) are being called out AND fired. All those young girls out there and those that will be born later will not have to put up with “acceptable” sexual abuse, as we older women.

I mentioned previously in a post about a doctor’s office visit in which all the women in the waiting room talked about their experience with men’s inappropriate behavior their whole lives. I am so glad that something is actually coming to light about this and prominent people are not exempt, any longer.
I wonder how many more “skeletons” will be revealed about our most prominent “law makers” or our elected officials.

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Wow - January is Over!

2/2/2018

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My fall the first week in January not only caused a concussion but also quite a few changes in my life because of it. I must find a ride to go anywhere (still too dizzy and unfocused to drive). I now use my cane for walking in the apartment; even at night I have it right by my bed, just in case. I have vowed to recuperate from this somehow. I am too independent to give up.

But I just viewed a slide show on concussions. It was not very positive. Most of it dealt with youthful concussions and unfortunately, I am not longer considered a youth. Therefore, I cannot really get much information about it. A small part did deal with the elderly and it was not very encouraging.

Basically, I must wait it out and be careful not to reinjure. A helmet was suggested (obviously for the young) but it made me laugh. Imagine if I went everywhere in a helmet. I even would walk in my apartment with helmet on (since that it is where I fell). It would not be very long before I lived in padded cell, I imagine.

So now I sit, and I watch reruns on TV. Yes, now I can do this– there was a time I could not get my eyes in focus. I AM healing, but it is slow. I long for my independence and I am not giving up.

Someday I will come back. Eight years ago, I had a much more harmful fall and could not take care of my needs for 2 months (in hospital). I had to learn to walk all over again. BUT, I did totally recuperate, and I will again. I will not give up.

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Passwords to My Life

Homebound Update

Disappointing News

Discovery

Hallelujah!!!

Wow - January is Over!

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