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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 12 Why
Posted Nov 13, 2011
I want to know why it is that nuts salted and in the shell are so much better than nuts that are shelled and salted. I notice this with sunflower seeds, pistachios and salted peanuts. When they are salted in the shell they are so much more trouble what with the shelling and all the trash and debris. When I eat sunflower seeds, I chew them up whole and spit out the chewed up shells (gross I know), but they are better that way than if you shell them individually. Pistachios aren't that easy to shell, but when I buy the pre-shelled they just aren't as good. Why would this be? Am I the only one that notices this?
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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 11 Worry Song
Posted Nov 12, 2011
I have that Worry Song stuck in my head from Monty Python. But I'm worried because I just got home from the Cactus Club sale and it's 5:45 and dark and my dad and his car are not home. He just told me he wasn't going to drive at night anymore and I don't know where he is and there are sirens going on outside and I'm worried. It looks like he must have left in a hurry as one of the phones was off the hook and the back door was wide open.
Well that was then. My dad got home shortly after I wrote that last sentence. We went to Marie Callenders for dinner and came home. I walked the dog and now I'm listening to Science Friday. Everything's fine.
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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 9 Right Now
Posted Nov 10, 2011
Right now I am sitting in my chair in my pjs working myself up to getting dressed to go out. I am listening to public radio on the radio in my room. The dog is outside barking to be let in. The radio in the other room just popped on to another public radio station (classical). It does that at 11am and we don't know why and we don't know how to get it to stop.
I am not feeling well. I have cramps and am waiting for the painkiller to kick in. I am slightly nauseous as well and for some reason my right hip hurts. That should be taken care of by the painkiller as well. I am anxious about what I have to do the rest of today and the rest of the coming weekend.
I started this journal early today because I will be out late-ish tonight with this activity and I know I won't feel like doing it tonight. Then I have to get up ridiculously early tomorrow (for me anyway - I do not get up early normally) to continue this weekend's anxiety producing activity. I will discuss the activity in a future journal, and readers will wonder why I was/am so anxious about it. I'll try to convey the reasons for my anxiety, but I also know I'm oversensitive.
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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 9 Moody
Posted Nov 10, 2011
I'm just not in the mood right now. But time is running out for a November 9 entry in this part of the world so I've got to come up with something. It is 
how entries for tomorrow are already rolling in and I'm still stuck in yesterday.
I had another relatively uneventful day today. That is a good thing. A couple days ago, my dad fell. It was what he called his "first fall". His neurologist always asks him if he's had any falls, and until last week he could always say "no".
A couple days before that my mom was sick. She gets nausea and vomiting that lasts a few hours, every so often, so I didn't think much of it, but my dad was very worried about her. When I went to visit the next day, she didn't remember having been sick.
So an uneventful day, these days, is a good day.
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NaJoPoMo 2011 Day 8 Today
Posted Nov 9, 2011
"We all lead interesting lives..." That sentence mocks me every time I open the "Add a Journal Entry Page.
Today I woke up at 10am or so, got up, made coffee, then sat around checking facebook and catching up on reading journals here, for a couple hours. I then got dressed and walked the dog with my dad.
Walking the dog with my dad is a little different from just walking the dog. I really walk my dad too. He's got peripheral neuropathy and has a lot of trouble walking. He has to hold my hand and we walk slowly around the block. If I have time and energy I take my dad home and take the dog farther(further?) on my own at a more normal pace. I really should do that everyday, but I rarely feel like it. Dad says he probably wouldn't be able to walk anymore at all if we didn't go for these regular walks, so I try to get him to go as often as possible.
After the walk, I checked my computer again before I went out to visit my mom at her Assisted Living. My dad and I take turns visiting her for now, but I don't know how much longer my dad is going to be able to drive. He had a scare last night and says he won't drive at night any more. So I visited my mom. She's got mild dementia and we found we couldn't take care of her at home and placed her about a year ago. I read the newspaper to her (she's blind) and cleaned her dentures.
Usually I her visit longer, but my dad had a Men's Support Group for spouses of people with dementia I had to drive him to. I got dinner at Taco Palace while he was at the meeting.
I guess it sounds like I'm busy, but this afternoon and evening were unusually busy. I actually spent hours this morning on the internet with bathroom breaks. That's how I spend most mornings. This evening I am updating my journal, as well as other internet, while watching trashy crime TV. I will go to bed by 1am.
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