Sunday, August 31, 2025

Sunday, August 31: Visiting mom Working For Mike

Well today I woke up and I didn’t have to wake up quite as early because the cleaning woman wasn’t gonna be able to come. So I got up around 9:15 AM. Had some cereal and fortunately called 21 and the 111 bus out towards Mom’s. Mom is in good spirits today I got in pretty soon before her lunchtime took a nice picture and I showed her pictures of herself and other people that was nice. I then caught the 110 bus back to Millbourne had lunch took a nap. I’ve got ready to go to Mike’s and as I was catching the train towards Mike’s and walking, this is five blocks to his house. Mary called and told me she had tested positive for Covid. For sure I had my mask with me so that was good. I didn’t do much at Mike’s but did a little bit around the house and then I went to the CVS to purchase for Covid testers two test in each box. Obviously we’re not doing the 30 day challenge this year. Between my shoulder and and this Covid/cold we ain’t doing anything like that this year. It’s just too bad. I do have three appointments this coming week one on Tuesday one on Wednesday and one on Thursday. It remains to be seeing how I feel for the next few days. Mary’s not feeling that great at all. She has a real wicked cough and it’s stuck in her chest.So I’m gonna go find out if I have Covid sometime after 8 PM tonight. Well should’ve known I do have Covid. And thankfully it’s been much mild or so far than the last version I don’t feel that complete exhaustion that I did last time my fever spite Thursday night around 12 midnight into Friday and since then I haven’t had a fever, thankfully. I do have a scratchy throat, but no cough which is a relief. Mary seems to have it more severe. She’s got a lot of coughing. Phillies choked against the Braves, three – one. They wasted a good pitching performance today. We watched the show called Gordon Ramsay, Secret Service. They did a show about Dahlak Ethiopian restaurant in West philly at 47th in Baltimore. Apparently this was done about two weeks ago. They recorded it. It was a really lovely show.

I must say. The family was really nice.

They were very unorganized. Mom was working too hard. And they did some renovations and changes of menu and it was really uplifting. Both Mary and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Saturday, August 30, 2025

Saturday, August 30: Cold Recovery Day

Hello everyone. Today we slept in till about 11 o’clock 11:30 AM. My fever has subsided, but Mary was definitely feeling a bad cough hitting her hard. We both decided we’d be taking the day off for good behavior. We both don’t feel very well I think I’m a little bit better shape than Mary right now. Mary went out and got coffee. Both of us took showers and I had some cereal and Mary didn’t really eat anything cause her stomach didn’t feel great. I did eventually have to go out and get my haircut at the bar. The barbershop is gonna close at four and I just got out of the house around 3:30 PM. I fortunately had cash on me to pay for the haircut and if I didn’t, I would’ve ran over to the ATM and missed them because the guy had the place is closed on the door but let me in because I was getting a quick buzz cut. That would’ve been very disappointing and I had missed that haircut appointment. It was nice to go outside it’s a beautiful day outside, glad I was able to go outside. It felt nice. I was able to withdraw cash to pay the cleaning lady to come to my house tomorrow at 9:30 so I’ll be getting up. I’ll be getting up early tomorrow to make sure that gets done so I’m glad I’m gonna be sleeping all day today and relaxinglaughing please. I later found out that the cleaning woman had something else going on so I didn’t

have to be back at my house at 9:30. That’s good cause I can sleep in. Anyhow, Mary and I got a pizza after I came back and we both took a nap, which is very nice for sure

Friday, August 29, 2025

Friday, August 29: McGee Rehab, Cold, Mike emergency room

Good day everybody after a rough night of 101° fever I got up and feed her fever had subsided. I was down to 98.1. I still felt funky with runny nose and tired. Also, my shoulder was very achy. I’m sitting down having toast and eggs at Mary made me which were very delicious. I thought I might rolled off his bed and it was stuck on the floor. Fortunately, Mike sent a message to both Tony and I and Tony came over and by the time I got there Tony had lifted them up to a stool and then and then he lifted them up by the show. I couldn’t have done that Mike would’ve been in the hospital if it weren’t for Tony coming by. I had an 11:15 AM appointment with McGee rehab at Riverfront. The guy saw me was an intake person and he was pretty thorough. He did some range of motion things and yes, they do electronic stimulation and at some point I’m able to take a device home with me down the road. He has me scheduled for two times a weekwhich I think is appropriate. I asked him about Yoga & he says as long as it doesn’t cause pain that I’m OK, but I’m not doing yoga today. I’m not doing anything today between my cold and my shoulders. It’s not a good idea today first I wore a mask in a couple years. Well, after I left McGee, went back to Mike’s and he was talking to his famous doctor Dr. Shalaby, who told him that he should go to the emergency room to get checked out so after taken care of his personal stuff, we went down the steps and took an Uber to the emergency room. Well, they kept seeing him sending him back out seeing him and sending him back out found out. They tested CAT scan on the sprain checked his wrist and checked blood I couldn’t do it all at once they had to do it on separate trips. Anyhow, I’ve been decided that it was a good idea to pick up my artwork and Mary’s artwork from the Sketch Club and I went down there and picked up the work and then I signed out at Mike’s house officially from work. me. I then went back to the emergency room they weren’t done staring at his blood test. It now 5:02 PM and we’re waiting for the Uber ride to come in. Well, we’re using LIFT in every so often they just have people drop you we were dropped twice and it’s now 5:17 PM and the guy will be here for four more minutes so we’ve been out here a little while this emergency door opens. It opens all the time even when nobody’s walking in. Well, as I was wobbling over to Mary’s really slow I got two pieces of very good news that came floating in late Friday afternoon while it’s 6:09 PM so it’s not that late. The good news was a judge told SEPTA stop the cuts and the fair increases. I’m not sure that the judges decision will restore the 12 bus or other buses that got delayed and scrapped. They stated it was because the buses that effect mostly poor people were cut first before the proposed cuts for the wealthy suburban people that would’ve taken affect later in January. I’m glad somebody spoke up. Also an appeals court backed up a lower court, saying Trump didn’t have the authority to impose, tariffs by himself. Now, obviously this is gonna go to Supreme Court who seems to be very pro Trump and pro executive power so it’s nice to see that Trump will have to sweat it a little bit. Well, turns out I did get Mike back home and then I left and walked slowly to Mary‘s. I got to Mary‘s and we just decided we to order out since both of us are not feeling in tiptop shape at all. My fevers died down, but I’m still very stuffy in my arm is not what it should be. We ended up watching the last two episodes of season two in Law and order. We can’t get season three without having to join Hulu. Anyhow, we just hung out and we’re not doing yoga tomorrow for sure. No way can’t be doing that when you’re sick and the arm is just in a relapse of sorts. I do, however, have a doctors appointment next Wednesday and then also another doctors appointment on Thursday to get this thing looked at.