Monday

  I didn't sleep well, got up at 5 for pill time, went back to bed for a couple of hours, got up, took care of Ron, off to work.  Stock, take money out, count, check if bank is open - it's not, COLUMBUS DAY.  Boy I'm glad I didn't make a trip.  

I came home and didn't touch anything.  I talked to Ron, he didn't need anything, washed my hands well and took a long walk (45 minutes).  I came home and took a shower.  

It was a very nice walk, a little warm for my taste but we did have nice breezes, sunny, fresh air, some people around but no one walking.  I had the place to myself and easy to walk on sidewalks as everyone was at work.  In the early AM the cars park 2 deep, blocking the sidewalk.  

So I had a good time.  When I got home I undressed immediately (Ron would have liked that but he was asleep) and took the shower.  I will do laundry later.  

My goal is to shower after coming home from work every day and change my clothes.  That should eliminate a lot of chance of me bringing something home to Ron.  

I was pretty alert so I just stayed up.  Ron and I talked when he woke up, we will file the report online if they don't send us the form in time.  I don't think it will be too difficult there are only a few lines to the short form (us).  But we still have a week to get it in the mail.  

The cats are good.  

Ron had a problem with a fly so I put a glue trap on his bookcase.  That proved difficult for us as he got stuck, I got stuck, Torbie got her tail stuck (she had the easiest time getting loose 😂) So I put it on the top shelf of his bookcase.  I really need the fly trap, the ribbon.  It is my fault I had his window (no screen) open the other day.  

I had a good amount of exercise, I feel a little worked but not tight or painful.  I plan to do intervals on the exercise bike tomorrow morning.  

Tomorrow my plan involves a Walmart run so I will look.  I don't need a whole lot.  

BUT a game changer.  As you know Ron is very sensitive to cleaning products and other fragranced items.  I use A Better Life Whatever unscented cleaning spray for most things, disinfecting wipes are OK for him, baking soda, vinegar, unscented Tide PODS, etc.  But I heard about using denture tablets in the toilet and I figured what the heck.  

They did a pretty good job a few days ago.  Today I was cleaning the urinals.  I rinsed them out with water but they still had an unpleasant pissy odor.  Last week I had tried using a "regular" cleaner and Ron objected quite vehemently.  So I tried the denture tablets again.  I soaked them for about 5 minutes, poured it out, scrubbed, and rinsed.  MUCH better.  And very easy.  And 84 tablets were about $3 that is a lot of cleaning.  They have a very nice light minty odor for me but dissipated by the time they get to Ron.  That way Ron won't be gagging when he opens them, from the piss odor or the cleaning products.  It's just a clean scent.  

I gave my Fight Bac kills everything spray to my Uber driver today, he was happy to get it.  I didn't want to throw it out and I am happy it has a good home.  If he likes it he can google the name and get more.  Ron hated the stuff and acted like I was murdering him the last time I used it.  😂

I made some tea after my shower, I made some decaf black iced tea and put a bag of spearmint tea in with it to steep.  SO GOOD.  I put one packet of the pink sweetener.  

I also made some Hibiscus tea that is very tasty and also good for blood pressure reduction.  It can't hurt although my workouts are probably doing more for that.  I want to do what I can.  

My zinc came yesterday I am not too worried about zinc intake as I do take a multivitamin but it can't hurt.  I plan to take a tablet or two every week with dinner.  

I did give Jack some zinc I bought for him and his wife, they are always happy to get supplements.  They are nice people.  

My stepmother found the wrong wish list, the one with my cleaning products and bed bath for Ron.  She was quite happy to get the list with the "fun" stuff.  I did buy myself some fancy soap last week, it is OK but I won't get it again.  It is just not impressive to me.  But it gets me clean so that's good.  Dad said something about getting me a tablet?!  So we will see if that happens, if so that will be nice I can use it for Zoom and put a bunch of apps on it (not enough room on my cell phone).   But we'll see.  

I do know they are having some huge deals tomorrow on Prime Day.