Monday morning

I  barely stopped Ron from doing a face plant in the driveway, and then he had a major attitude because I made him wear the seatbelt. 

I woke up pretty early, got online, took my shower, got got of us dressed, etc.  It was all pretty uneventful until the ride arrived.  I was outside, getting rid of trash, when she pulled up so I suggested she back in to make it easier to load, she was fine doing that.  I got Ron and took him outside in the wheelchair, I looked away a second, looked back, and he is halfway out of the wheelchair well on his way to a face plant in the drive way.  I managed to grab his belt and haul him back.  "What?!" and belt him in. 

He was OK on the way to work other than raving about crabbing with his family when he was a child, when we had to wait under an overpass on a light change.  He always mentions going crabbing with his family if he has to wait under an overpass, but this time he kept asking were the crabs bad.  I finally shouted "All that was 60 years ago!" and he shut up. 

We got to work and I put him in the hall because I 1.  Did not trust him to get in his work chair, safely and 2.  Stock properly.  I did some work, he said he wanted to get into his wheelchair.  It was very ugly but he did it and did do some work after all. 

I did what I could, sales were dead but I stocked what I could.  I had a bad headache all morning up until now. 

The stress did not help; Ron and I had a blowout about the seat belt "I'm not that feeble" etc.  We left, went to the bank, I paid my $100 on the credit card.  My aunt and I texted, she is going to come get me tomorrow afternoon to go to Home Depot and get my paint for the project.  I like the colors I picked, I'm ready to go. 

It will be a lot of paint, though.  I plan to also purchase the bathroom vanity/sink combo that is about $180, it will fit, and a faucet for it as well.  I'm just debating one vs two handles. 

We came home, I got Ron in the house and went and smoked a hemp cigarette in the driveway.  He said once he had a girlfriend who used to smoke in the house and that really upset him.  So I went outside for that.  Later on he said he didn't care. 

He did get some points for reminding me to get Cleo a hamburger at the McDonald's drive through on the way home. 

The smoke didn't help much, for a change, I came in and helped him get to bed. 

I laid down and tried to get some sleep, I couldn't, and that's a shame because for once the cats left me to my bed.  I got up and went after the hemp pipe, and the Excedrin.  And a cold diet Mountain Dew.  I will lick this headache yet.  In fact, I am going to have some more hemp.  It does help just not for long. 

I just smoked that pipe like a chimney.  We will see if that helps, long term. 

Oh, and some guy called while I was at work "I'm calling about your Home Advisor request" - that was MONTHS ago.  I told him I had already hired someone for the job.  I was rude.  But it was the kind of day that fed that. 

Ron wanted to get on the toilet and has camped out.  I got him to eat a double cheeseburger earlier.  So at least he has some nutrients on board, I worry about him and protein. 

I will need to wash his electric blanket.  I will wait until it is warmer, though, and he will part with it.  It has a definite odor, which was frustrating to me going in his room thinking "Why does it reek?  I just washed him!" 

I just got through talking to Ron about the bathroom fixtures, he is fine with what I have planned so far.  I want him to feel like he has some input.  He said he honestly doesn't care but I want to include him in the process. 

I am basically remodeling the entire home, I want to make the right deicisions.  The vanity I picked out will accommodate the wider doorway and the sink setup, the right width and all.  And I figure I can't go wrong with plain white.  I had this horrible pattern on my sink counter before and I always hated it.  And the new one has a white sink. 

The white and the lilac will be very pretty together.  I may get some butter yellow soft and floofy towels to contrast the paint.  Just a thought.  Towels are so cheap these days I could do anything.  I do have a fair amount of plain white towels if it comes to that. 

One thing I will not be purging: my collection of towels.  I am NOT giving those up.  I could have really used them when I had the second leak, but they were already in storage. 

My "good" queen sized sheets were in the dryer at the time of the first event and are fine, but where do I put them with no furniture?  I have them in a closet but that's all I could think to do.  The bed was made up with the cheap sheets which is probably for the best, if it gets dirty no big deal. 

I will be glad to get all my stuff back, though.  The bigger cot is a good investment because I may use it again, and even if I get done in 2 weeks (not likely) that is still 2 weeks of better sleeping for $4 a night. 

I got the blanket away from Ron and am hand washing it in the tub.  It can't be machine washed, only hand washed.  Which is fine if you don't pee on it.  UGH. 

I plan to add some vinegar to the rinse water, that should help.