Thursday May 28th 2026

More good news! My friend and her husband are actually both thrilled I am going to be moving down there. There is a choice of 2 rooms, and I hope to get the upstairs one with it's big window and tiny bathroom. It kinda depends on their niece who often goes to visit them with her new-ish baby and generally stays in the upstairs, but she hopefully will be amenable to using the downstairs room, which is also a large room. I may end up moving their furniture, whichever room I get to have, into a small rental storage unit since I do not want a queen size bed and may not need other furniture she has in either room. But I prolly can pay for a small storage unit. I just don't want all the furniture she has in there ; they will be sending me photos of both rooms. My friend is having knee surgery on the 24th of June and will be laid up in bed for at least 3 weeks until she has to start working with PT, but other than settling in and just yakking/visiting with her while she is in bed, I will have no 'patient care.' ALRIGHTY!

Tinker will have to learn to get along with another small dog (a mix of Chihuahua/Pomeranian), and the black cat that 'awaits me' (she says).

It is in/on Fleming Island, Fla, 30023, in Clay County, 21 miles SE of Jacksonville, and off the shore in St John's River. Technically an island, but not out in the middle of a body of water; it is surrounded by water and wetlands.(Note to self: get some Deep Woods OFF, as I imagine the 'squitos and bugs are prolific) There are all the stores and banks, I use within 1-5 miles, so transferring my business to the ones down there ought'nt to be a problem. There is also a KIA dealership so no problem in using my warranty. Looking at the weather, right now it is similar to what we are having here: heat and high humidity. I'll deal, y'know? And eventually I will probably EVENTUALLY have to go to an ***'t living, but hopefully not for at LEAST several more years! But being single and not well off, and having Medicare will be to my advantage when that time comes.

I have to take that shower I skipped again yesterday, after I finish on line here, and have to leave a message to my bro and sister, too, but that can wait. SiL will be bringing some boxes to me today, and more tomorrow. They will be gone, starting Sunday, to the beach for a week and said they are willing to help me with anything [but primarily I think it's fine if they can stay out of my way!] BiL is going to mow the yard today and I will prolly make some phone calls, ditch a lot of old paperwork to be shredded, and start packing somethings I won't need to access before I move, but want to keep. I may end up putting some of that in storage there too, (with their furniture) as it is from some of my collections over the years and many residences. Stuff I don't need to keep in my room, but don't yet want to ditch.

Gotta get to it and do it! 👋😊 YAAAAAAAYYYY!

I keep forgetting I have to spell out the word Assisted, because otherwise it is dealt with as a bad, dirty word! 😂🤣

And after re-reading what I posted, I saw how I had repeated myself about several things. Guess because my mind is so full and BUSY! Bizzy, but not tizzy. 😉

Wow, Stars, what a change! The timing seems fortuitous though, as you have this very appealing offer in Florida. When I type Florida, I often end up with Floriday... I guess my fingers just get carried away. Hoping Tinker finds the dog and cat to be friends.

J22, seeing the whales and dolphins alongside the ship sounds thrilling. Continued wishes for safe and pleasant travels!

Had a dental appointment this morning (the one I put off so I could get a haircut Tuesday) and ended up getting a filling replaced. "Our schedule is light this morning so if you want to just stay, we can do it now." So I have a right-sided facial droop for a few hours. But I'm glad it didn't need to be a crown. There was worry that there was a fracture in the tooth that would require a crown, but I got away with just the filling. To compensate myself for going through all that, I had a carb-explosion-sweet-roll. I'm not going to beat myself up for it. Last night we had grilled chicken, bacon-wrapped asparagus that I cooked in the air fryer, a salad, and the zucchini left over from my attempt at eating alfredo sauce over zucchini noodles when the rest of the family had pasta.

Something else I just decided to make things a little easier on myself to move.....I do really want to stay with the firm, twin mattress I have, and NOT take the heavy platform my son-in-law made for me. That platform is STOUT, with 4x4" legs! Well, my step-dgt had said there were some of her dad's things here she wanted me to save and put aside for her, (oh gosh, this was right after my hubby died, what, 2 + 1/2 years ago?) Anyway one of the things was the single bed she slept in when she spent the summers here with Nannie and "Baw-baw" (Nannie's husband, my deceased FiL) It is a simple white bed-frame with kind of tall thin spindle-type posts. Well, I decided since she never calls and never has made any attempt to come down and get the things I have set aside in the (unused) dining-room for her, to heck with her. I am taking the bed-frame with me when I move! It is much lighter weight than the platform I have the mattress on right now and will be easier to move; BiL said he can either make some more slats (thicker than the normal slats that be that would hold the mattress, and be closer together than most slats, ) or better yet, a sturdy piece of wood that could suffice as a flat-bed for the mattress, on the bed-frame. But whatever, it will be much more convenient for me, or maybe SiL knows of where to find a used, but not in-use, box-Spring within her family, I dunno.

Y'know. I love making these executive decisions!

Gotta walk Tinker before the next thunderstorm comes through; gotta check the mailbox, too, even though our mail frequently doesn't come until 6 or 7 PM, and I also have to take the trash out for tomorrow mornings pick up.

I have been gathering up the 4" x 6" photos in various little frames, to conglomerate many of them into several larger frames with spots/spaces in which to place them. Space-saving way of having them to display with having to find shelves to put them all on; plus fewer things to gather dust. Then I will go through the big Rubbermaid box that contains more photos and I can probably toss MANY of them, and lighten my load. HEY! I AM DOWN-SIZING! WHEEEE! 🤪

Stars, happy that this option seems to be good for you. How serendipitous that they recently invited you to live with them and it turns out you can take that option already. Hope things continue to work out, although surely as with any move it can be tiring with some snags along the way. But you are very resilient.

J22 enjoy the cruise.

Dianah, it's great to have speedy internet isn't it?

Joe, hope work wasn't horribly busy.

Day 1 of three 12-hours shifts in a row. Bleh...it's over. Tomorrow we are critically short staffed and I fully expect to have a six-patient assignment.

Okay, just now I rec'd a message from my friend in Fla, saying that she is sorry that she did a "bait and switch" . HUH? WELL, it turns out that I can have the downstairs room, but she can't get the large beds moved out of either room because of different people, and the nieces and their husbands come and visit and need a large bed in which to sleep. It confused me....so, do I not have a room of my own? And do I have to move to the other room when she has company, or what? She says I can still move my own bed there, as there is "plenty of room". She said that it isn't like her house is full of people staying there all the time, it is usually just she and her husband watching TV in the evenings up in their room. She said also that I can use the upstairs room to watch TV. Huh? Huh! Okay, it sounds less than ideal now! Will just "go-with-it" for now. I would still have to store some of my stuff even if I am not storing her beds or furniture because.....WHY? I don't really understand. We are supposedly going to talk tomorrow, so guess I will find out. I understood I was to move in and have a room of my own, but from her text, it sounds like it is not the way it will work out. Maybe she will remember to call me tomorrow evening and explain it so it makes more sense. Now I am not quite so excited. There's always the assisted living option, but it would really depend on WHERE that might be, and who knows? Now I want to smoke a whole pack of cigarettes! ($10 a pack,$10 a pack, $10 a pack....I kept repeating it to myself while gritting my teeth!!)

I've gone through half of one of the three storage boxes of photos and I have sooooooo, soooo many photos, even having tossed so many of the photos out! Will start filling a box with the ones I've already gone through, so I can clear off the sofa, the floor, and the coffee table. I will have to eventually sort them all out by the time eras they are from, but some other time. I must say, looking at the photos of a thinner, younger me, and of my handsome, smiling hubby has made me feel a little nostalgic for the days before the tequila and vodka stole the life from his eyes ($10 a pack, etc., etc.) Ah well, time goes on, doesn't it?

I guess I should go up to my room, take my meds, and read a while so I can fall asleep.