Happy Friday! Bit is gone to my mom’s for a few days, so Draco and I will be heading to the grocery store later today. We’re going to take a cab both ways because his knees and hips aren’t great (we think EDS, though he’s still in process of getting diagnosed).
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Lots of packages coming today, because of the stimulus check. I have a new Kindle e-reader coming because my power button doesn’t work on mine. That means I can’t put it into screen saver mode, and can’t reboot it if it gets stuck (and I’ve had to do that a few times in the past couple of months). It still works, for now, but it doesn’t work as well, and it could get stuck at any time, so I ordered a new one. I’ll hold on to this one and trade it in next time someone needs to get a new Fire. Then they’ll refurbish it and sell it again probably.
I’m also getting some arthritis compression gloves for my hands. I have a purple pair and a grey pair
with a black lace overlay coming. I’m hoping it helps with some of the joint pain. I won’t be able to wear them when I have to push the wheelchair, but I can wear them when I’m at my desk and such. I remember compression gloves from when I was a CNA… those were flesh toned and had weird huge seams along the fingers and didn’t look very comfortable at all. These are finger tip free, pretty, and not at all as uncomfortable looking.
We also have a bath chair, shower curtain rod (ours broke, the tension mechanism died) and a new shower curtain coming, but that stuff won’t be here till later in the weekend. And we have a floor exercise bike coming. It’s not a full bike, just one you put in front of your chair and pedal. And all of us can use that.
I also have some clothes coming, though from a different store. And Bit has an interview outfit coming from there as well. Those probably won’t be here until next week sometime. But they were gravely needed. Most of my clothes was second or third hand when I got them, and I’ve worn them for years, and they are getting holes here and there, just wearing out. I went with womanwithin I had a discount code, because that’s where I got my good heavy winter coat a few months ago. They have sizes ranging from S to 6x, and that’s all the same styles. So, unlike other sites, if you find something you like, you will find it in your size (unless they are temporarily out of stock, but that happens). I’ve gone to many sites where I liked one style, but they didn’t have it in my size, and all the stuff in the plus sizes were not things I’d prefer to wear. I got some nice clothes coming that I actually like, and I’m trying not to feel guilty about buying it LOL. Part of my brain is going “you could have gotten more at a thrift store”.. but then I’d likely be in the same place in a year or two, with things getting holey and falling apart, plus they don’t often have a lot in my size and a lot of it, especially the shirts, are *really* busy, and I hate that.
Draco ordered us a small freezer, so that should be here next week as well. Then we can actually get ice cream again, and our meats won’t spoil in the summer. The freezer in our fridge works so-so in the winter, but in the summer it’s warmer than the fridge side. And the landlord doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to replace it “because the fridge still works”. So, we’re getting a 2.1 cubic foot freezer that fits into the cubby hole beneath the electrical box. It won’t block the box at all, that’s up at eye level. This freezer is only 21 inches high.
Bit has hers in her new account, her money for her CNA class plus she has some extra to spend on
nursing shoes and scrubs and such. She’s going to do some shopping for those things while she’s at my mom’s, since mom lives in a big city and we don’t, it should be easier for her to find them there. Plus mom drives.
We can’t save too much of the stimulus check because then it will count against SNAP, and we could go over our SSI asset limit. So we get to go on a mini-spending spree. FloridaSNDad has some clothes he’s getting as well, and Draco wants to do some clothes shopping also.