Monday, February 11

The weekend and the concert went well.  We had a nice social after.  I am glad it is done.  My hand and arm are killing me.  Need a break.

I got a call this weekend from Cowboy's brother's grandson.  Turns out he is stationed at the base near here.  He is going to come see me next weekend.  I think I have only met him once.  His family lives in Scottsdale, AZ.  I suspect we will take a trip up to see Cowboy.  What a treat for Cowboy !  but I wonder if he will have any idea who he is.

The electrician came this morning and put a surge protector on the entire house.  He told me that the power in our neighborhood "runs hot".  In other words we are getting more than we need and then plus there has been a bunch of electrical storms lately.  I guess it just is too much for some of the electronics we depend on these days.

My laundry is piled to the ceiling.  I called the repairman who is fixing the dryer.  He is supposed to be here this afternoon.  Then I will have a mountain of laundry to catch up on.

$800 between these two service calls.  That hurts !

The ice maker started working again on its own on Saturday.  I just know it is going to fail again but the good news is it is the one thing I have an extended warranty on.  I did that because my previous fridg gave me so much grief.

I talked to Cowboy on Saturday.  He told me I needed to buy him a new TV.  I asked why and he said the old one doesn't work anymore.  The old one?  It is practically brand new.  Sounds like operator error to me.  I called the nurses station and asked them if they could go down and hit a few buttons and try to get his TV back.  They wouldn't agree to do it.

I couldn 't go over yesterday because of the concert so I called the desk.  They told me Cowboy is being cantankerous today.  Is refusing to use his walker.  I asked about the TV and it seems someone did in fact get it going again.

I tried to call him today but he is not answering.  He is probably out in the common area, although sometimes he just won't answer it.

I will be going over tomorrow.  I really miss seeing him.  Missing Sunday was hard.