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Today is my Nephew Chris’s 45^th Birthday.  I sent him   message via FB.  AT least it absolves me from sending a card- again.  It’s been quite a while since I sent him a card.  I expect we will be getting pictures of how they spent his birthday.  I hope we get to see him in 2022.  It all depends on the Covid 19 paths.

I did text his brother Rich and he confirmed he was feeling better.  I did the obligatory “did he need anything” and he didn’t.  I still don’t know if he is working or not but I do know he got it at a dart tournament.

I heard from Liz this evening.  I had sent her a text this morning but she never replied.  I figured she was resting up.  She had thought she replied.  Anyway she has been preparing for Nel’s return home tomorrow.  I believe she told me she has things in place in the shower, and around the house to help him walk.  She will also have aides to help care for him.  She won’t be able to do it all herself.  As I said he doesn’t want any visitors (family or otherwise) to come until the variant is gone or people are vaccinated.

I did some organizing in my office for about half hour today.  I think my shredder is dying.  It doesn’t always start up when I start to put paper to shred in it.  I am going to give it another try to morrow and maybe clean out the blades.  I did make a pile for things to be scanned when I return to work next week. 

I did start looking through the Christmas cards I got this past holiday and managed to get one written out to my friend Gillion and her family.  I still have more to write out tomorrow and if the weather is lousy then I will be staying inside tomorrow and working on them.

I decided to send a text to Dave to find out if he is having his annual Open house or not.  He had told me before he left here Friday he might cancel it because of Covid and wasn’t sure who to invite.  So tonight he said it would be just dinner for the two of us.  I will go to Julia’s Bakery in Orange and order stuffed bread that we like.  Actually I am speaking to someone now from their page.

You know, I can’t help think about something Dave told me a while back that some of his friends were not fond of me.  Well I know two of his friends were considered my friends at one time and I wonder if that’s why he is having dinner just for us.  If that’s the case then I am rethinking our friendship and the friendship with the others.  I can tell you there are at least two people that I don’t really like either (his neighbor Bonnie is one).  She is just pushy and rude.

We did a light dusting of snow this evening that turned to rain.  It started around 7 and has been raining ever since.  I was glad I got my walk in before it started. 

Around 6 I decided I would do my walk.  I started at 6:30 and did just bit over a mile.  I am not sure how many times I went around the complex.  I seem to lose count when I am walking. I am hoping I will do it a little longer tomorrow.  Even if it is painful, it was a bit hard to breath at first.  That’s because it has been a while since I did that kind of walking and it was a bit cold.

The cats are both sleeping beside me as I write this.  They spent most of the day on the bed either sitting or sleeping.  They got up for dinner and then pretty much did the same thing for the rest of the evening.  Neither of them ate their dinner.  Tiger spent the rest of the evening beside me on the couch and Sky did his own thing. 

Sky has been sneezing a lot lately.  I am thinking of bringing him to the vet soon.  Some days I can hear him sneeze at least 3 times and others not as much. 

Tiger has her annual immunizations to get too.  I need to schedule them as well.  I am wondering if they have been apprised of Tiger’s status.  Well I will schedule it soon and find out.  Hmmm, I tried to log on and can’t I will have to call them tomorrow.

Well its time for me to go to bed….

Today is my niece in law Jennifer’s birthday.  I am not sure what age she is but she is a wonderful person who is a loving, caring and inclusive of her step children. That would be Chris’s older children from a previous marriage. They are expecting their second child as of three days ago.  I would imagine since I haven‘t gotten a text or phone call from Liz he hasn’t arrived yet.

Yesterday was fairly quiet.  I emptied a few more boxes from the kitchen and put the dishes in any spot for now.  I just want to be able to walk around the kitchen without walking into boxes.  I also spent a lot of time watching TV.

I received some bills the car insurance payment I have been waiting on was paid or at least scheduled to be paid now.  The renter’s insurance letter and policy is confusing and I put in some calls to my insurance agent but he hasn’t returned my call. 

I don’t know if I owe more money on the house or more for the condo.  They have both my old address and the new one and it really doesn’t make sense to me.  Have I said this is frustrating?

My nephew Mike came around 4 to hook up the washing machine.  The hoses were all there under the machines.  He connected the hose to the water and discovered it was leaking and rusty.  He suggested it get done sooner than later.  Liz also suggested that he could also but the shades up and he couldn’t.  Then Liz suggested someone from the committee to do it.  I have only gotten a recommendation for a plumber.

Dave came over after that and spent about 20 minutes looking around.  He would ask where certain things were.  I showed him.  He made suggestions and I ignored them.  He also gave me a Christmas decoration and a gift.

After he left I did the laundry, and watched TV and made dinner.  I think I fell asleep around 10 and then went to bed.

Today I made some calls, emptied out more boxes and still doing it as I write ths.  I  made a late lunch and watched TV.  I have boxes to be thrown out.  I still have mail to pick up.

It’s partly cloudy and in the low 30’s.  We are supposed to get rain and snow tomorrow.  I hope it won’t be for long as Liz and I will probably return the the shades that were dent and not fitting right.