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Blog entries by Howard
October 5th, 2021
TV Battle
In case you missed it, I was given a flat screen television to utilize for my pleasure.. by an unknown somebody. And Jeff (my roommate) subsequently erupted like a volcano. Not like the current one in Las Palmas, but something more akin to a Strombolian Eruption...
October 4th, 2021
Lift
Compared to my most recent carry down the stairs (in June), the results were far more favorable this time. Why was that? All options were exhausted (literally and figuratively). We spent 45-minutes discussing alternate options, ulterior motives, and tactics unsung...
October 1st, 2021
The Phone Doesn't Ring
I am waiting. I seem to wait a lot. Waiting for something. Waiting for anything to happen. And something may happen today. A decision made. Or a decision unmade. Either way, I cannot know what happens next. What I do know is that I need to bring things...
September 30th, 2021
I was supposed to transfer to a local adult care center this past weekend. But that never happened. So now it's...
Monday
The adult care center has not received proper documentation, nor my TB test results yet. Besides that, their computer system has been down all day...
Wednesday, September 29th, 2021 (a brief synopsis for anyone who hadn't been following the original thread)
To backtrack ever so slightly, I am in the midst of moving into an adult care facility. I am hoping this move is temporary, but it's difficult to say how all of this turns out. In a...