Friday, December 20: Changing Agencies

This morning, I got up at shaded George Chester and headed on down to Mike’s after having a nice bowl of raisin bran. I slept much better

than I did the night before though that part of my hamstring near my rump is still not what it should be. Anyhow, I got the Mike’s and he was very animated today. We were taking a look at other
home care agencies I decided then to use ChatGPT, the free version, for home care

 agencies in Philly to pay a signing bonus. I called one of them and they took 

Mike’s insurance, but they would only offer $14 an hour after all the stuff that Mike and I told



 him I mean, they couldn’t raise me one dollar to $15 an hour. We were both like. “yikes!” Anyhow, we just called 

another agency called impact care. We talked to a guy named Marcus

 and we gave them all the demographic information, etc. They they take Keystone community health 

which Mike is covered. He gave me instructions to get my Social Security card and I gave him 



my ID. He asked me to schedule a fingerprint appointment and a TB test. They’re both scheduled

 next Monday, December 23 at 11:10 AM for the fingerprint and 2:30 PM for the TB test. They’re 

going to put me on board next Friday, December 27 a week from today. I can’t even believe it. Anyway, there’s a 

missed startingthat may turn into rain and then end up a snow flurries at the end as the temperature 

drops off the roof so to speak. I’m now doing errands and it’s 2:03 PM. It’s at 2:54 PM. I’m picking up my yoga 

clothes at Mary’s and then coming back to Mike’s to sign out and then 

go to my 4 o’clock class man you can feel the temperature dropping and it’s a slight drizzle right now supposed to rain and then eventually turn into snow flurries when it gets colder later 
tonight. Weather 4 o’clock class with Marie was not all that crowded

. The room wasn’t terribly hot either. I figured the stand of the cold and maybe I could loosen a few muscles that need to be loosened.

Thursday, December 19: Typically Thursday 🥱

I awoke in Center City today and it was pretty cold not frigid but pretty cold. I walked to Mike’s grabbed a coffee on the way there and had a 


fairly quiet morning. Mike had 2 visitor/ today. First and Nurse came for the introductory meeting. She is the
one who’s a little bit firm and make 

comments about Mike’s place once. Next a young woman came.who is an occupational therapist who  did a lot of questions but did no therapy really.

 They hire a lot of young people she had to be 30 years old tops. I guess everyone looks 30 when you’re heading towards mid 60s. I’m not there yet but I’m heading there

 of course I hope to head there you know. It’s 1:18 PM and it’s about as warm as it’s gonna get today. It’s gonna start getting 

frigid tomorrow night and all weekend long till next Tuesday we’re gonna hit the 20s and shit that’s not gonna be too much fun. It’s been a 

pretty quiet day so far and I’m not quite as exhausted as I felt this morning, but I did not sleep that well last night. anyhow, 

well I got through the rest of the workday and I’m heading to 4 o’clock class being taught by Evan today. The Yoga schedule definitely be different in 
the next few days. I took a couple minute quickie nap, and I also had air dried my yoga towel 

and shorts outside and it worked very well. Nobody managed to steal them. So I went to class

 today and Evan was teaching you. It was a good class. It wasn’t too hot at all. My balance 

was a little better today. I come back and they’re playing R.E.M. from automatic for the people and I just listening to you now they’re

 playing David Bowie “ is there a Life On Mars?. It’s 5:39 PM. I saw Jessica Myers. She’s 

teaching Pilates today. She’s also teaching at 9 AM class tomorrow. 

anyhow, Mary and I left the studio in. We walked up to 20th and Sansom and I 
headed off to 20th and JFK. I got to the stop in time since the bus was running early and it blew right by me, but fortunately there’s a big old red light and I ran down the 20th and arch and caught the bus. The bus driver told me they’re not stopping at that stop anymore due to construction. 

Wednesday, December 18: Dream Sequence🙂‍↔️

Today I woke up in Melbourne, PA 19082. I gathered all my belongings together, my usual backpack, full of super coffee and juicy along with

the postcard to promote the choir concert that’s coming up in mid January. I get a whole bunch of running around and   didn’t get any breakfast.
I brought 

a juicy with me on the way and caught the train after waiting about two minutes. After I’m getting off the train, I immediately caught a 32 bus, which

 was really really fortunate. I’ve been taking the Broad Street line, but that’s kind of depressing especially a nice weather that we had this morning

. Anyhow, I got the Mike’s around 8:43 AM. Late, but it would’ve been much worse if I had eaten and not caught the bus Train timely. Mike told me he had an 

appointment with the Medicaid lady talk about possibly switching home care providers

. That’s a whole Nother topic. Anyhow I did a couple errands then 

came back and then I went to my massage therapist that Mary had 

recommended. He’s a sports therapist. She’s actually done work on professional athletes. Fortunately 

I got his old rate of $65 not 85 or $95. Anyway, he did a nice job. We realizing dug into that area hard I think it’ll help. I’ll give it a couple days in a couple yoga

 sessions, etc. I then went back to Mike’s after I brought up a 

burrito over at Cordova and I needed that I hadn’t really eaten so it really hit the spot. I thought also 

the protein would be good after an intense massage. Went back to Mike’s

 talked a little more about the provider switch and then he had an appointment

 at 1 PM while I decided to eat the sandwich and I floated out. I decided 

to check out the band steel corners and check out some of the music 

off this album and decided I would buy it. The one point I was listening to 

it and making videos. It was like a real dream sequence for my head. 
Felt really good. Also, somebody had some really dreamy perfume 

so my head was in a nice place all dreamy. And then realized there’s no reason to 

go back to Mike’s because I have an appointment at 2 PM. That’s 

where I’m going to go now. I stopped by a coffee shop for a minute to get a pitstop 

and write this up. Got back to Mike’s and we talked for a little while,

 and I started suiting up and getting my stuff together for Yoga and to bring to 

Mary’s for the Christmas holiday. Believe or not Christmas

 is one week away which really just dawned on me today. It’s now 3:56 PMtoday. Mary 

 and I are going to the 530 class 5:30 PM class with Dan. After



 that we go to Yin. The clouds have really gathered since this morning, but has 

not rained to drop as of now. In news outside my dream  sequence, the 

Supreme Court will decide if law that could force a U.S. ban on TikTok violates First Amendment. I think

 this will be an interesting case of whether the conservative

 court believes in free speech or big government conservatism. Well dance five 3075 minute class was good. It was humid, but it wasn’t horribly hot. I did better in some poses 

and others. I was definitely trying to be careful with my hamstring that just

 got massaged earlier today. I didn’t want to overdo stuff. Afterwards

 took a quick shower got some more water and went to the end class with Linda. As usual was very relaxing and

 enjoyable. I did struggle with my mind and body a little bit, but by the end I feltmuch better. We 

then walked home with Linda and she’s gonna drop off the blankets for the starter 
meditation practice. Next week got back to Mary’s and called the Royal Indian and the guy I went to seem to be kind of confused so it’s now 9:17 PM pick up my time to pick up my order. We’ll see what happens? Well, they got my order completely right except 

they didn’t make my order spicy, but I’ll live with that. I also grabbed two diet iced teas as well.