26th February Tuesday Diary

Up xxx
11:30 up, got mail, pills n yogurt, coffee
Merry out, around 1200 (get Babyman's meds at Ksr, go to HB to drop meds with B, drop rent check at office in HB, then meet with Boo Bear and Bus at Boo Bear's place in LB, then some grocery shopping)
TWw 5:20, 5:21, 6:1
..Deep Impact...
Merry home 5ish... needed help with groceries, but Stitch was in shower, so I went for a couple bags.
watched  MOM, then TBBT reruns

dinner  fried chicken n coleslaw and cheetos

bed 2130 

25th Feb Monday Diary

up xxx
1000 Fed dog, pills with banana
1130 up   got mail, coffee
w/up Merry, went to PO, got certified letter from Dad, with check inside.... went to bank to deposit it (the check), then to Taco Bell
Home for lunch...
TWW 5:13, 14
Stitch had a flat on the way to work  so
14:05 out to get him at work
 took him to bike shop, left him there
15:11 home
TWW 5:15--19
dinner pork chops n coleslaw

22oo bed

24th feb Sunday

up xxxx 

Merry called, 0400 to hear my voice
1015 up
Pills n yogurt.
Stitch had put my ly on the couch ... so Laundry away
sitting on couch with coffee
TWW 5:3--10
NEW contacts in    5:11,13 
football, AAF at 1700 to 1930
dinner  1/2 a Win-Sub and chips
TBBT & YS reruns

Merry home 2230

bed.

23rd Feb Saturday Diary

xxx up
915 up coffee, pill, 
Merry came to the house to take me to the PO to get a registered letter from Dad... arrived 11:55, and ...it wasn't open.
Went to Walgreen's for 2 filters..
then she took me home..
and she was off, to go check on Boo Bear's cats, then go back to LFor.
Laundry ..in wash
Masturbated for the first time in ...I'd have to look it up, had blood in semen
Online bill pay
Looking through notebooks
Watched Comic Book Men
laundry in dryer
Rob home from doing overtime at work
Ordered pizza, a medium meatzilla for him and me.... we ate half right away, half a few hours later
The Good Doctor
Orville
The Kids are Alright (2)
Deadpool 2  movie
more Comic Book Men eps
contacts OUT
bed 2230

22nd February, Friday Diary bad news at urologist

up xxx
700 up showered dressed
Car with M, 815
at Urologist 845
in 915
got some bad news
out
to EDD on ATlan tic
  M left me there, but ...EDD no longer there, so called her back
Went to EDD on LBB, was in parking lot, we jointly decided against hanging around, and went home
Emailed D, texted FLF  talked to Dad
TWW 4:23, 5:1 
went to bedroom where M was, and broke down in tears.
Out with M for errands
MH clinic, but the person with whom she had appointment wasn't there...
to SFI office, to sort out a couple things.
Headed home, the lady called from MH, so we went back there.
Then JBox for choc shake for her, iced coffee for me
Home... lunch  lunchables n cheetos
nap
l730 up    HQ
Merry, out to LF for the weekend
Finished WW 5:1, then 5:2, then start 5:3
watched The  Avengers 
text chat with Denny
dinner, French fries, covered in ham and cheese
2320 bed

21ST Feb Thursday Diary

finished TNR 2:8, 2:9
 tried to sleep

up xxxxx

Merry, up and out 10 - 11 ish
1215 up pills mail
The Newsroom 3:1
diaries
 TNR 3:2,3,4
nap
 TNR 3:5,6
Dinner, canned chili (I did open the can ...) with chopped ham n chips
TBBT
covered Netcredit, elastic, Young Sheldon, Mom
Went with Merry to Boo Bear's place, to feed cats.
Got gas
home 2245
bed 2255

20th February, Wednesday, Diary

Up xxx
Pooping, fed dog
1145 up 
Showered dressed
Yogurt, lunchables,c
Nap
Ham on tortilla
West Wing 4:19-22
Dinner stir fry n rice
Tbbt reruns
M n S, out to #2-son's house to feed cats while #2 is out of town
Moved to bedroom, TBBT reruns
Watched The Newsroom 2:7, started 2:8
(00:00)

19th Feb Diary

Up xxxx
Merry, feeling sick
1030 up pills, mail
Watched TWW 4:16-18
W Billions with Merry, once she got up
HQ
Dressed
Out with M to Lwd Munch
Dinner at Fuddruckers
I won a door prize, a package of clothes pins
Too much noise at thecend
2140 home
2200 bed

18th Feb Monday

Up 5 times
0930 pills coffee computer
Write checks, bill pay
Fixed screen, outside front door
Watch Circus 2:17
Watched Django Unchained
Played HQ
Watched Brooklyn 99
Watched Mom
Dinner bbq beans-sausage- Ham
Watched TBBT, Young Sheldon
2130 Bed

17 Feb Sunday Diary

xxxx up

0900 up; showered dressed
EVERY body up
0948 car with M & S
1015 dropped S at his son's place
on to International Pen Show in ManBeach.
arrived 1035, went in hotel to register.
 LONG Line...
INside 1110 or so.
 I described this mob scene to S as "Del Amo Mall on Christmas Eve at 5 pm" or "Disneyland on a school holiday" . Merry just said, "it was worse than that".
Fun? No.
We got out.
Back in car 1152.
Driving along Rosecrans, she said, "There's a Bed-bath-beyond! Can we stop?"
We'd been looking for a K-cup tree, and she had seen online that BBB had them, so ... we stopped.
And found one. 
I had an urge to defecate, or I woulda browsed more, but we got outta there.
home 12:40 ... and to the toilet
Lunch  leftover  hash browns, bacon, sausage, ham 
watched The Circus (2/10)   nap on couch
She sat on couch and watched "BIllions" mostly with her eyes closed, while I watched TWW 4:12--15 on a phone device.
She got up started on our sit down dinner.

I came in to 'help' by frying the sausage that we would put in the baked beans....and  later to carve the ham, and got a glimpse of our life together, IF I do turn out to be 'home' all the time...
 no bueno.

Dinner was served...
 baked ham,  cheesy mashed potatoes (too liquidy), baked beans with polish sausage...
 red red wiiiiiiine..
  no, really, sparkling grape juice.
Stitch and I cleared the table, cleaned the dishes, started the dishwasher.... 
watched The Good Doctor (2/4) 
Merry said  'good night'  9:30 or 10
We watched Orville (2/14)
and emptied the dishwasher
and Bed  22:30 

16th Feb. Saturday diary

UP xxx
0800 Dad called...
0825 Up  coffee, diaries on computer
 pills, 
 started watching VEEP reruns on HBO
Showered shaved washed hair, dressed  by 1145
1215 out with M in car, me driving, to 
 Winco
 Walmart (the one across two streets)
 Aldi's
 and Vons where she went in, I waited in car
 1550 home
 called Stitch to come down, assist getting grocery bags up
 More VEEP reruns
 1930 three of us in car to Black Bear Diner
 some wait there for a table, not long nor short
 Too much food!  Must split a big breakfast between Merry and me next time, she gets pancakes n bacon, I get hash browns, sausage, eggs, and ham.  
  all I could eat was pancakes and eggs, took the rest home
Then across the street to 99c store, I waited in car, while M & S went in...
home 2130, and plopped onto bed.

15th February, Friday Diary

up xxxx
 fed Donna
1015 up shower dressed
1100 car with M
 to LPAI for bone scan
1110 arrived, filled out paperwork
  Shown in, was given injection for radioactive tracer...
  told to come back at 14:40
To Labcorp on South street...
 checked in waited and waited and waited and waited...
 after an hour plus, I got up asked for my paperwork back, and departed, got in the car with Sleepy Merry and said, "Here, never again Fuck 'em'
Across the street to Subway for sandwiches...
Home, long enough for Merry to get her phone... she's 2/2 on leaving her phone at home when going with me to medical appointments.  
To Labcorp on Pacific... in and out in UNDER 10 minutes, and again I say  FUCK YOU, LABCORP-SOUTH STREET 
Back to LPAI by 1435.
Waited until 1515,shown in ... for what seemed like a long but quiet series of scans...
1605 out...   so wasn't all that long
Albertson's, Merry picked up somethin' for dinner
Walgreen's for liquid pods
Home 16:30... S had gotten off work early, had been home since 1500 , was sound asleep
 Sitting at dining room table, going through grey filing cabinet...while watching  
TWW 4:7, 8
HQ at 1800
dinner  baked chicken n wild rice, later  NY cheesecake with chocolate sauce dribbled on top

TWW 4:9,10

Bed  00:00  ISH 

!4th February Valentines day Thursday

up xxx

0540 up to take S to work ...
0640 home, back to bed
0900 up   fed animals, took pills
got mail, including final check from ex-employer
back to bed til 1230
up showered dressed
 car with M 13:23 to Golden Corral for Valentine's Day lunch
Out, stopped at Wlmrt for rx for anti-b for M for yet another one of those infections she gets every other month
Then over to get S at work, arrived there 1536 ...
Raced home, dropped S & M (heh) at home and went to LC to try to get a blood draw before my Monday appointment...
I arrived 1608 BUT they close at 1600
Stopped at WF to deposit final check
1624 home
Started on TWW 4:6,  did HQ
napped on couch
dinner: corn dogs
bed 21:00 

13th Feb Wednesday Diary

0200 bed
 couldn't get to sleep til 0600
1215 up  .. pills, mail,  
and ..nap
 up   p/b on crackers
1700 shower
1800 HQ
 on couch, Merry watching 'Billions' while I watched
 TWW  finished 4:1, then 4:2-5
Dinner pinto beans n ham, coleslaw, potato chips

2230 bed

12th February Tuesday Diary

up xxxx


1430 UP 
 pills, sort papers
 TWW 3:16
 eat some of M's Asian salad with chicken
 HQ at 1800
 TWW 3:17, 18, (19), 3:20-23
eat ..no idea, can't read my notes...
ice cream cone
watch tww 4;1

bed 0200

11th February Monday Diary

up several times
715 up   , fed animals, coffee, called SSI, waited for callback
TWW 3:12, 
showered dressed
 got SSI appointment for MARCH 19th, better off going in and waiting
Out with Merry , 1030
first to her psych  appointment
then PO in Torr to drop taxes in mail
Walmart
Daiso
Vons
GAS
home 1345
eat  pulled pork n cheese burrito
TWW 3 13, 14
nap
1800 HQ
TW 3:15
text Fredda,happy birthday
Bed   no idea when
 

10 February Sunday diary

watched TWW 3:7.8
0230 bed
up several times
1100 up, pills, watched The Circus
back to bed til 1530
Stitch, home
showered dressed
started laundry
and diaries
Dad called, 1630
sat at dining room table, did 4 sets of taxes
dinner  black beans n ham
laundry away
watched TW@ 3-9,10,11
bed 2200? 

9th February Saturday diary

UP many times to pee

1430 UP coffee, get mail, help with shopping list

showered dressed

1600 car  
  99c sto (toilet) , then Best Buy, then Winco (toilet)
Denny started texting me, exchanged texts with him while at Winco

2020 home, thought I'd get to watch AAF game, but the tv guide lists game at 8:30 pm, but the game was broadcast at 8:30 eastern, so i missed it

Merry made pulled pork burritos.

watched TWW 3-4,5,6 

she was washing the bedding , took a while, I 'helped' get it on bed as it came out of dryer...

(still up til 02:30)  

8th February Friday Diary

0001 IN
watched TWW 2:21, then 3:2, 3
Merry called 0011
03;01 out
0312 car,   stopped at WF and deposited paycheck
0358 home
mdm  Ham n baked potato
0500 bed
0700 up to pee
1000 up to pee
1115 up  showered dressed
1206 car with Merry 
1230 at LC Imagining
Drank many ounces of 'fluid' .. by 1245, which meant I had an hour to wait from there before the MRI
Merry left her phone at home, and with an hour to wait, I told her to go home and get it , and my reading glasses
she was back in 40 minutes
I was taken in at 13:50 ...  stopped at toilet for my first diarrhea attack
Finished MR in 15 minutes, stopped at toilet for my second diarrhea attack
Off to Target 1430 looking for A. test strips.
arrived and ran in to get to toilet for my 3rd diarrhea attack.
Did not find test strips but found other things that we were going to get tomorrow at the market
Ran from market area to toilet for diarrhea attack number 4.
Then to Wlgreens , 15:40
1600 home
Showered dressed
 Merry out to Taco Bell, brought back a box for me
Reading, texting wi....
1800 HQ, then HQ word
Stitch and Merry to Lake Forest, aroun 1800
watched Suits 1/23, 1/30, 2/5
watched Criminal Minds 1/30 2/5
dinner  chopped chicken breast n rice

Merry home without Stitch, 2330 
bed 00:14

7th February Thursday Diary

0002 in
watched TWW 2:7-14
532 out
0546 car
0631 home
SO cold in the house (52 or 53 degrees)
I took my pills and went to bed  6:50
0800 up to pee, and eat Nutty buddies
1100 up to pee, and eat Nutty buddies
1600 up wide awake
 Voice mail from Dr B's office; they want to reschedule my 2-11 appointment.
 A call confirmed my Friday appointment, they want me there at 12:30
Text from Sunny at the office: my check for the last pay period was in my drawer
Showered and dressed
Stitch, home 1650 with mail, and a package with His name on it, that he handed it to me. THINKING it was from the Dollar Shave Club, I opened it, but it was a, um, err,  toy for Merry.
1712 car
1904 at office 
1913 in
  Cleaned out my desk ...
 watched TWW season 2:15-20
23:58 out.

6th of February, Wednesday DIARY

0001 in
watched The West Wing 1:20-21, 2:1-4
0015 Merry called 'goodnight' 
0015 Popcorn!
5:25 out  after Mike told me he had a meeting with the CEO later today to discuss, well, what we're gonna do
536 car
615 walgreen's for 2 LP
623 home
Stitch was home (going to a dr appointment later) so the animals were asleep with him, no need to feed them
Eat  chopped ham, chicken, brown rice
700 Bed
830 up to pee
1150 up to pee, Merry n Stitch were gone; I sent Merry a text "GAS POST OFFICE BIRTHDAY CARD" ; she sent back a text asking me to turn on the oven, set to 200
1500 awake    Text to Mike, asking what was happening. He said,nothing, the CEO never came in.
With no other information, I guessed that I was going to the office, later.
At desktop, composed a letter of update to Dad and Stepmom.
Coffee, reading, pooping,
showered dressed ...
Kissed Napping Beauty good bye
1807 car
1937 office
1945 IN, all the lights on, had no idea why.
 Until 'Ivan' came in, from accounting, said he'd been there earlier, fixing to tag office equipment 'for sale'. 
 He and friends grabbed a few things they had already sold.
He told me, there were three of them left at Head office; all had last days on Friday, and CEO has announced last day as Friday.
He said, we all WOULD get paid on Friday, but after that....well, I might have been working this week for nuthin'.
Watched The West Wing 2:5,6, started 7.
Merry called, 23:30  home from whatever function she had gone to.
I checked on weekend plans, then suggested she sign us up as 'going' to the HSG party on Saturday.
23:45 Out

5th February, Tuesday Diary

0014 in
watched The West Wing 1:9 - 14
4:59 out
5:08 car
5:53 home without incident
took pills, fed Dog
ate ham n chicken n brown rice
0630 bed
8;30 up to pee, snack 
1100 up to pee
15:30 up to poop, showered dressed
 fed cat
 Some reading
 Stitch home 1635, talking to him
 1700 Sunshine awake, talking to her
made coffee
17:26 car
18:50 office
19:02 In
 No sign of Sam.
 I sent text to Sam and Mike.
 Sam wrote back that he resigned.
 Mike wrote back that Sam, and Lauren and Elaine from corp office were 'gone' and he would meet with CEO tomorrow
One phone call asking if we have service in Istanbul   hah
 Another asking for a car for tonight hah
Exchanged a bunch of texts with Denny
 Denny suggested applying for Disability because of the C diagnosis.
watched TWW 1:15-19, started 20 
23:52 out 

4th February, Monday Diary

Merry home  before?after midnight...

up a few times

5:30 up for coffee and dressed
6:10 Stitch to work and home
back to bed til 0930
Showered dressed   
 during which, Urologist office called, said I had been approved to get appointments for MRI and radiology
1030 car with Merry to her Optha appointment. 
Arrived before 1100, she didn't get in until 11:30, got her eyes dilated and still had to wait awhile
12:30 or so out, went to Ins Agent to see about health insurance, but agent was out to lunch.
We went on to Petco, acquired a big bag of Donna food and a step ladder, hoping Donna would learn to use it to get on the bed
Then Jack Box for lunch
On the way back to IA's office, she spilled a bunch of cherry soda down her chest and onto her pants, so she stayed in the car while I went in
I was there awhile   90 minutes?
Having completed insurance app,and assured I'd have insurance effective 3/1 I returned to car.

She had taken off her sweatshirt and pants and was sitting there in car in tank top and ... diaper.
14:55 home. 
I ran upstairs to poop, then brought down a towel for her to be able to wrap around her and get upstairs.
Then, off to get Stitch.
15:35 Stitch on board, 
16:00 Home.
called, made appointment for CS (2/8) and nuclear medicine (2/15).
With Stitch's help, put together Stepstool for Donna, and tried it out with Donna. Seemed to work with our urging, don't know yet if she'll manage to learn to use it by herself.
Called The Office, Sam said, "Yeah, we're still in business."
SO  
made a bunch of coffee
Kissed Merry good bye
1741
1749 left Arco after acquiring 2 l-pods
1901 at office
19:22 IN
 So we're doing some business, by taking jobs and farming them to an affiliate out of OC, a company that I briefly danced with going to work for.  
Two business calls all night...
watched The West Wing 1:7,8 
23;58 out 

3rd February, SUnday Diary

02:00 up
06:00 up
10:00 up coffee ....
  started de ornamenting the tree, while Stitch sat on the couch watching tv ... I don't think he was aware of what I was doing.
Once I had the ornaments off, he noticed what I was doing, and helped me take the artificial tree apart, get it back in the box and tape it up, then he took the tree box and the ornament box down to the garage.
Much back pain, took pills and back to bed 12:00 to 13:30
Up , coffee
15:00 HQ football trivia
15:30 the Game started
Ordered Dominos online
17:00 went to fetch it ..the place was SRO, could barely get into the parking lot
Home eating pizza, sandwich, chicken tenders with bbq sauce and bacon
17:30 HQ halftime game
19:05 dud of a game over
watched
  The Good Doctor
  Brooklyn 99
then into bedroom to put laundry away 
and watched TBBT reruns on channel 13.
News on at 1000, but it was all about the game, so lights out 
and to sleep 

Merry home at ?  didn't look at clock 

2nd February Saturday Diary

Merry called to say "good night" 0045
02:30 up
05:30 up
coffee, poop, dress
06:20 car with Stitch   to take him to work
06:59 home again
sleep some more til
9:45 up coffee
10:30 Stitch called, ready 
 out picked him up 
11:30 home
   banana and yogurt
another nap
15:30 up  for coleslaw and potato chips
on couch  watched Expendables 2, Expandables 3
Then Young Sheldon 1/3, 1/10, 1/17,1/31
Big Bang Theory 1/31  Mom 1/31 and Orville 1/31
 Dinner ...? no idea
bed at some time ...

1st February, Friday, Diary

00:02 In 
 started again on The West Wing, Season 1, ep 1, and watched through episode 5. 
Sonny, the morning res agent, came in at 04:55. Blew me away. First time EVER that I've seen him before 05:00. Usually he gets in around 05:30 for his 05:00 shift. No idea if I'll have a job to return to, come Monday.
0515 out
0527 car
0610 home without mishap
0630 bed
830 up, pills, fed dog
1030 up
1330 up

1715 up
M, out to get gas and walgreens stuff
Once home, she got into tub and i administered two fleet enemas at her request
Once she made room, i showered, dressed
1925 3 of us in car to LFM, 
2005 arrived
Merry joined the munch group as did Stitch, while i sat separately.
 Bacon cheeseburger, fries, onion rings
Stitch came to me when he was ready.
2055 out
2138 home
2200 bed.

31st January, Thursday Diary

00:02 IN
00:04 Merry called, "good night"
watched "Sex Education" 3 - 6, started 7.
Sam came in 3:45
04:03 out
 talking to much so
04:30 car
05:08 home without mishap
Animals asleep, sort of, opened the bedroom door to let em in there
MDM  Stir fry, rice
 Pills
06:00 bed
09:00
  Thunder and lightning all morning, 
  each time there was a rumble, Donna barked at it
 11:00 up 
  Merry got up to take the rent check to HB, since we don't much trust the mail anymore...and do some shopping.
15:30 up  ...checking texts to see if I should or should not go to work tonight.
  Frank did not know; got no response from message I left for HR manager...
  Found out the the morning res agent would be coming in on Friday, so ..I decided, might as well go to work 
Showered dressed...
Merry, home with groceries... Stitch went down to help bring 'em up, I kinda helped unpack the bags.
18:00 car
18:09 left Arco with 2 L-pods
19:04 at office. Only 55 minutes on a Thursday!
BUT, I could not log into Windows. I was required to change my password, earlier in the morning. I sent a text to our Systems Manager.
I used Franks computer to clock in at 
19:29.
 One of our chauffeurs was at the office, working with another company, hanging out between runs.
 The only toilet in the office was stopped up, filled to the brim with water.
 Once Frank left, I found a washtub in which to defecate... after I lined it with paper towels to make clean up easier.
Systems Manager sent me a text with a new Windows log-in password, which worked.
The cleaning couple came in around 23:00.  Once they saw the toilet problem, the male half went to his car, and came back with a snake.  When I checked later, the toilet had been cleared.
Watched "Sex Education" 7 & 8, which is the end of the season 1.
Merry called to say 'good night', 23:50.
23:59 out.