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Another very quiet, but basically good Sunday.
No Mass again today, the hips are too painful and unsteady to even think about going out anywhere.
Rangers are in the process of beating the Orioles, 11 to 5 in the bottom of the 9th inning. And tonight's Cowboys game is carried by a local OTA channel that comes in with a strong signal.
posted Sunday 08/Oct/2023 ~18:50 #QNOCT2023
posted by Roscoe
Saturday afternoon is going well in the Roscoe-verse I'm happy to say.
Despite an insomnia-filled night, I'm feeling better than I have for... weeks, maybe months. Hips are less painful and less wonky today. Yay, for that!
Recovery from the phone, credit card, bank account hack earlier this week continues, and probably will continue for weeks, possibly months, but it's doing so at a slower and less stressful pace now. I think I've got things reconfigured now to be more secure and it's just a matter of living with the new system I have in place.
posted Saturday 07/Oct/2023 ~15:25 #QNOCT2023
posted by Roscoe
My goodness, WHAT a Friday!
Last night's sleep was the best I've had in ... probably forever. No kidding. Over 8 hours of solid, restful sleep. Good thing, too. Because I had a lot of work to do today, still restructuring my financial situation. Lots of work, but it went well. And I was able to remain calm and focused through it all.
Hips are still a major problem, but I'm becoming resigned to the fact that this may be my “new normal.”
posted Friday 06/Oct/2023 ~ 20:50 #QNOCT2023
posted by Roscoe
This Thursday was another abnormal day. Huge blocks of time doing damage control as I worked recovery efforts following yesterday's disastrous phone/credit card/ bank hack job. And that after a VERY short night's sleep.
Feels good to be watching TV coverage tonight of local high school football.
posted Thursday 05/Oct/2023 ~19:30 #QNOCT2023
posted by Roscoe
NOT my favorite Wednesday! I spent 7 solid hours on the phone trying to get a bogus paypal charge corrected and wound up with my phone and bank accounts hacked. So tomorrow I wake up to do damage control.
posted Wednesday 05/Oct/2023 ~23:08 #QNOCT2023
posted by Roscoe
Midday Tuesday and all is well, all things considered. Hips are still painful and wonky, walking without my walking stick in hand is still a very risky thing.
Glad my Texas Rangers are up 4-0 vs the Mariners in the 6th Inning of this 1st Post-Season game. It'll be really great if they hold on to the lead and win.
posted Tuesday 03/Oct/2023 ~15:55 #QNOCT2023
posted by Roscoe
The good news from this Monday: My wonky hips were less wonky today than they've been recently. The general pain level was less today than it's been recently. I was even walking around the house without my walking stick for a few hours midday. And I was able to do some light stretching and hip exercises.
The bad news: USPS service here has always been bad, today was no exception to that. According to the USPS Informed Service we were supposed to receive 8 pieces of mail. We didn't get any of them. Instead we got two pieces of mail that should have gone to our neighbors. Hope our mail shows up tomorrow.
posted Monday 02/Oct/2023 ~18:36 #QNOCT2023
posted by Roscoe
This Sunday has been a mixed bag, with both good and bad elements.
On the good side: Both my Texas Rangers and my Dallas Cowboys won their games today.
On the bad side: wonky and weak hips proved even worse than I thought when trying to help the wife bring groceries into the house from the car. She brought the bags up to the front porch and I tried to shuttle them into the kitchen from the porch. I couldn't do it. After bringing some of the bags in I was too weak and in too much pain to get the rest.
posted Sunday 01/Oct/2023 ~20:10 #QNOCT2023
posted by Roscoe
All things considered, this has been a pretty good Saturday.
Though my hips are still as wonky and unsteady as ever, I did go out with the wife to enjoy lunch at a favorite restaurant. Of the 3 games I followed today, one of my college football teams won big, and my MLB team was winning big when I had to turn away. I was just too tired to finish the 9th inning.
posted Saturday 30/Sep/2023 ~21:20 #QNSEP2023
posted by Roscoe
Well, this Friday hasn't worked as well as I'd hoped!
Did push the lawn mower through a few nasty looking patches of the front yard but man-oh-man I underestimated how much that would mess up my wonky hips. The pain was pretty darned incredible.
The other chore I'd set for myself was doing my weekly laundry, and doing that after the yard work was almost more than I could bear. Simply taking the two loads of clothes to the machines in the garage and back to my room when they were done, then folding and putting them away. Whew!
Lord, I'm in worse shape than I thought!
posted Friday 29/Sep/2023 ~17:00 #DLSEP2023
posted by Roscoe