Food for Thought

I got to cook for 95 staff and residents at the shelter Saturday night.

I made lemon pepper chicken, spicy garlic baby back ribs, and pork chops. for sides, I had applesauce, buttered egg noodles, and corn.

No one died, and many thought it was good. There was none leftover!

I'll do it again if the shelter gets me some food to work with and the time. They asked for a "cook" at 3:30 PM, with dinner at 7:00 PM...........all the meat was frozen!

Whats up? Not Much!

This is pretty much the view today!


OK here it is almost the end of January. The Superbowl is set. The economy is tanking as I predicted, yea, two years later than predicted, but tanking none-the-less.

It's cold and sunny today....well its 34F which for the NW is cold. Bah, it's nothing.....and, it's not raining!

Job market is getting tight here..like it wasn't already. Layoffs locally are increasing.....daily. Yet $500,000 condos keep getting built. Some are even being rented as apartments.....for $1850/mo!

Do I really care? No not really. I have food, shelter, clothes. Even when I last worked full time (32+ hrs/wk), I didn't make enough to live and pay all my bills on time, so the lack of income or money is meaningless. Oh well.

Time to write another blog, in another blog.

Ohhh, the Agony & Pain

Yeah that darn Neurologist made me move body parts in ways they haven't moved in years. Two days later I can barely move & feel like an old man!

The really strange part is that he never saw my previous x-rays or made any attempt to take new ones or an MRI......so I am pretty sure I am being set up for rejection! Uh huh. One good part he got to hear my neck bones crack and grind, something I hear every time I move.

I am getting annoyed at "the rules"...I don't like being told what to do at age 59..HELLO? Lights out, lights on, TV on, TV off, chores this, chores that, etc. Total BS!

Yippie, Next Week a Neurologist Exam

Gee, I get to go to a neurologist next week to check on the arthritis's progress pinching my spinal column and find out about my hip problem.....it's pretty hard climbing stairs!

Perhaps the damp weather here aggravates it.....since it is raining again! Duh!

OMG, I am pain again today and that is after my daily 500 mg Naproxin. Of course I have walked about 20 blocks to find a branch library and cross the river bridge. A bus pass would be nice!

Some dumb ass in the shelter coughed....like hacking up a lung......all night long. I said to someone he needs to go to the hospital. They claim he just came back. Several suggested putting him out of his misery with a pillow! Yes, he was that annoying!

Another day, another donut!

SSDI ............Mandatory Psych Exam

I am pretty sure my shrink went to his own, after my visit!

Do I hear voices? Was I abused? (DUH!) Do I abuse drugs and alcohol? Is a 12 pack pr week abuse? Uh huh.

I tell him my main problem is my arthritis in my neck and back....pain in my back and hips. How long can I stand or sit........."er, about 1 hour?" hey I can stand all day, sit all day, walk all day.......but I am in severe pain all day!

Some days when I worked in the bookstore 8 hours, with an hour for lunch, 90 minutes each way on the bus.....so basically I was gone from my house for 12 hours! I could barely move and walk the last two blocks from the bus stop home...........OMG! Ouch.

So he asked and tested my memory, asked about my 14+ years of depression/anxiety since I first began treatment, asked about sleeping, eating, weight loss....215# in August 2006 to 174 now! Blah, blah, blah.

Quite strange.