Dad 555: Surprises, Streams, Steps

(Lew and Dad just arrived home from Dad's 6:30 appointment. Dad explains below! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Another beautiful late-winter day. Temperatures in the high 40s.

 

Just got a phone call to schedule a vaccine for COVID-19. I suggested waiting for a different location and refused. Then Lew told me to take the first one offered. So I got back in touch with them, and I'm now scheduled for my first shot at 6:30 PM this evening. Lew knows where the clinic is and will drive me in. Also was given a time for the second shot.

 

Got a phone call from the nursing home yesterday about an inside visit with Spouse. This was a welcome surprise to me. We had a great 30-minute visit with a divider between us. The time went by fast, and no, I can't bring Mary Lou home now as she often asks!

 

Was able to watch Rock Falls, Illinois varsity boys basketball twice in the last week. Zach (Kelsey's husband) coaches them. All teams wear masks and even the officials wear masks. Hope to watch all Zach's games that are streamed.

 

Last Thursday I fell off the bottom step outside. I couldn't get up but I knew Lew was leaving shortly. He showed up about 10 minutes later and he helped me get up. Not easy, but finally!

 

I've had a busy week, but a good one!

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

New Blogging App

I used to have an app on my phone for creating blog posts, but then it was discontinued.

This past weekend I decided to find out if there is a "new" app for this purpose....

There IS!

I am trying it out for the first time right now. It's working okay, I think.

Hopefully this means I will post more often, especially since I don't turn on my PC every day.

Thanks for checking in!

Closed for the Season

"Tracy's income tax preparation service" just closed for the season!

I got an e-mail from TurboTax yesterday telling me the Federal form I needed is now available, so I was able to finish my parents' return this morning.

About 45 minutes ago I e-filed our own taxes.

The only thing left to do is wait for some "Return Accepted" e-mails and watch for refunds. I am pretty confident everything is fine.

If I was able to, I would do a cartwheel right now.... The taxes are finished! Hooray!

Dad 554: One Year Ago

(A year ago today was the President's Day holiday. Dad writes about the significance of that day. ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! Enjoying a very sunny beautiful day in February. Hard to believe that we are now in the last half of the month. Please come, Spring!

 

Well, date-wise, this is exactly one year to the day that Mary Lou fell at home while I was at the store. I returned home to find out that Lew and Tracy had found her on our floor unconscious. She was transported to the hospital with a bleed on her brain. She was unable to talk and would just stare at me. I was told by the nurses and doctors she would be "in and out" for a while as she recovered and would hopefully get back to normal. Three days after her fall she was moved to the nursing home where she has been for the last year. After a few more days she was able to do more than just stare at me. But it was agreed that she had dementia and I could probably not care for her anymore. Since March 13, 2020, we have not been able to visit her. After I get my COVID vaccine I hopefully will be able to have a live visit with her. Can't wait!

 

Another big news day today. The most listened-to radio personality has died at age 70. Rush Limbaugh has left the earth. R.I.P.

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

Correction

I was wrong about something I wrote in yesterday's post: Going back to work today did not seem like a break! A good day, though.

😏

My Three-Day Weekend Tasks

I had quite a To-Do list for the weekend....

Saturday

Spent half the day setting up our new mesh wi-fi system:

Encountered problems with the first of the three devices. Persisted.

Encountered problems with the second. Persisted.

No problems with the third.

Connected 24 devices (combination of smartphones, TVs, tablets, computers, etc.) to new wireless network. Only one hiccup. (Persisted, of course!)

Spent other half of day on our big decluttering project. Made good progress. Much more to do.

Sunday

Laundry.

Opened "Tracy's income tax preparation service" for the three returns I do every year:

First up was Matt & Emily's. All done and e-filed.

Monday

Dad's income tax return. Done except for e-filing. Just waiting on a form to be finalized.

Set up 2 more Roku Express devices and connected them to our wireless network.

One is attached to the TV in our bedroom.

The other is attached to our living room TV — a smart TV that isn't all that smart.

(With the new network, we finally have a strong internet connection in the front part of the house.)

I did take some time to do some non-tasky things, too. But going back to work tomorrow will be like a break, ha ha!

😊

Valentine's Day Movie Night

I have tomorrow off for President's Day, so Lew and I decided to stay up late tonight to watch a movie.

I wanted to watch a "chick flick." Lew was willing to watch such a movie, but....

Well....

Anyway....

So I suggested we watch the Pixar movie "Soul" instead. It was excellent! We both enjoyed it. Highly recommend!