No Schedule!

No schedule!

I woke up starving this morning so I tried to quickly make a smoothie before a phone appointment. That idea didn't work at all because although I did 1/2 way make a smoothie, I forgot a lot of ingredients that keep my appetite suppressed (actually I have no clue what flaxseed, oats, banana, power food, hemp hearts or protein. I have no clue what those ingredients have to do with the smoothie and suppressing my appetite but it sounds good. When I finished drinking it, it seemed like I just drank water-- I was so confused. I decided I could just say the smoothie was an appetizer. 

Without taking a minute to have a break and let my body decide if I was still hungry, I started making an egg and cheese sandwich. Of course I was able to put it in the awesome sandwich maker! I guess since it did take so long to prepare, it counts as breakfast and lunch. I did a few things around the house and fell asleep on the couch. It's now nearing 4:00 p.m. and I never ate lunch so I guess that did work!

Lint Trap...bettcha never knew this could make your day!

I've been noticing my clothes not getting dry but I was sure I was letting them dry for a long time. I had attempted once before to clean out the lint but there wasn't a lint trap -- the lint screen that I was used to love to clean out after every load. I was thinking of how I was going to tell my mom that this brand new washer and dryer wasn't working.

Finally today, after letting my clothes dry yesterday and dry a little more to get the wrinkles out this morning I realized they were still wet. This was absurd! There has to be a lint trap somewhere. After letting my thoughts get the best of me before looking in the dryer I open the door and look straight at something that I knew I could pull off. I pulled it off and it was full of lint! With adrenaline running through me full of excitement I cleaned out the lint trap and it was so full!

I now have a clean lint trap in my dryer and I'm letting my laundry go for the third time. I am almost positive I am fire is going to be like a brand new dryer now this is the best thing that could happen when you are safe in your house and it totally made my day!

Front Left Eyelet

Front Left Eyelet

Having a basically full fruit shake that was made after I drank the other one for breakfast this morning it was now time to make a dinner shake. First, I cut up a few sweet potatoes and had greens and found  a few other dinner type items. I chopped them up and put them in the Ninja and filled it up to the fill line with V8.. Then I realized I forgot the avocado and the sweet potatoes-- the sweet potatoes that I just sliced up without cutting my hand, and without cutting anything-- nan this was huge, I felt accomplished! 

It took a little while to get everything cut but eventually I stuck those things into the already full ninja and figured, “eh it will go down, it always does after putting frozen fruit in the bottom of fruit shakes. I turned the Ninja on the lowest setting first, like I do with fruit shakes, and it didn't seem to be making anything go down.  Nothing. I figured, "what the heck, something has to not be chopped" so I turned it on and let it go, I mean it was going fast and I “had” to let it go for 10 seconds. Ten….9….I started to see the contents getting closer and closer to the top of the lid….8,... but it was not coming out of the top….7... ...sure enough soon it was splattering everywhere!  I wrongly thought again, oh it will go down soon. It never did. I had orange splatter all over the stove, all over the counter, all over everything. After I got the shakes put in the fridge I started to clean up. 

Goodness, this stuff has gone everywhere! I started to clean out the eyelletes of the stove. Doing this, it became obvious that most eyelets only needed a quick wipedown, but one eyelet, the left, front eyelet needed more attention. It needed the full monte of cleaning. I didn't remember my mom telling me this until it was too late, but she did say the drip pans under each eyelet was very sharp. She told me this as she was cleaning them when I first moved in. Well I learned that they were very, very, very sharp and now I present to you Kimi Jackson! Sorry Miss Jackson! I am sleeping in my Miss Jackson costume because I don't want blood all over this white blanket. I have not proofread this or anything yet and I will probably do that tomorrow (wrote the night of 3/24).

A Little Off Schedule

Waking up at 2 this morning I finally got a shower around 4:30 but it soon became obvious I should have gone back to sleep. I typically have a schedule when I shave and so forth, but given the current situation, I haven't gotten that dressed up and don't most of the time... Who am I kidding, ALL the time. However I do take showers but apparently I've been doing it with my eyes closed. 

Most of the time I take a shower and complete my morning routine in a particular order because, believe it or not, if I don't I forget to do something even if it's something essential like brushing your teeth or brushing your hair. I was in the shower and decided that I should shave my armpits even though my arm did not feel as calm as it has on the other days, I decided this must be done! When I lifted my arm I was shocked; I almost jumped out of the shower! I promise it looked like there was a black haired chinchilla under my arm even though I don't know what chinchillas look like, I know that's what was under my arm. Although my arm did not seem as calm as it was on previous days, I am very excited that this mission was accomplished and there was no blood in the shower. Actually now that I'm thinking about it did I do anything to the other arm? Oh good I did :-)

I just remember Mrs Logan had a chinchilla in her classroom so I do know what chinchillas look like and that is what my underarms looked like!!

I had a house delivery of actual vegetable juice (V8) and other essential items and soon thereafter I had another wonderful food delivery to my house including but not limited to Gobo and sugar cookies. I did put my Wrist and ankle weights on to hopefully encourage myself to work out sometime, but I'm not sure that's going to happen until the news comes on.

So although I've enjoyed this little vacation from my rather self-created hectic schedule, there are a few things that I need to consciously remember to do.

Yesterday!

It's nearing 3 and I just got done making my breakfast shake for tomorrow and a dinner shake that I'm not sure when I will consume. Although the breakfast shake was for this morning, surprisingly I wasn't hungry when I woke up. I made the breakfast shake with the normal stuff:  yogurt, frozen fruit, juice, organic protien, power food mix, hemp hearts and flaxseed. The dinner Shake is another story. If you notice, the dinner shake looks like blood but don't worry, I'll get to the reasoning eventually. 

I'm pretty sure I posted pictures when Jaimie came over and we had a great time making burritos. Before that night I had a huge container full of grillable vegetables. Jaimie was kind enough to dice the vegetables and we used some but not all of them. Not wanting them to go bad, I decided I would cut them up. I searched everywhere for my little knife and could not find it. I found many Cutco knives but knew that for me to use them would never be a good idea. I finally stumbled upon my smaller knife. I was very surprised when I realized that this knife was as sharp as a Cutco knife. I was so excited that I was able to cut the vegetables one handed. One-handed... does that mean I am Hewoman? No Kimi, simmer down, the vegetables were already sliced just not diced.

Fine. So I'm not hewoman, but I am pretty awesome. I blended the vegetables but then a huge dilemma arose. What flavor juice should I use? I forgot to get V-8 before  self-quarentining. Although I was given a brand new container of orange juice recently, I'm not sure orange juice and vegetables would taste that wonderful. What kind of vegetable liquid do I have?  The wheels were turning… and turning. Beet juice!! Is that a vegetable? Well whether it is or not I used beet juice with the vegetables that were recently cut up. 

I am so excited because after I got done making the shake not knowing whether beets are a vegetable or not the search began and I found out that they are -- beetroot is considered a vegetable!!

For dinner that night I decided to make a vegan chicken burger. Now the normal Kimi would be panicky, so panicky and worried about cooking it she should just throw it in the microwave. I don't know whatever happened to that Kimi but without even thinking twice, I turned on the stove and got ready to cook the vegan chicken burger. After I'm cooked the porker I decided that I wanted to decorate it. By Jeffrey I mean I thought mayonnaise on the cheese on it and even some lettuce oh, now for me to take the  to that is absolutely bonkers! As you can see by the picture that I hope I will remember to attach how much my chicken sandwich was pretty exciting! After dinner and watching the move I remember to take some of my oil so I would sleep well.

Sept well is an understatement -- although I was awake at 4 and then again at 6 in the morning, I had glanced at my phone and realized I had a phone appointment at 9 o'clock and it was an appointment and I didn't have to be dressed up and reasonable for. When I got the call I was still laying in bed but it didn't matter I think we had the most productive meeting yet! Thanks

Rhea!

If anything, what I did learn after preparing wonderful meals yesterday and taking medicine later, is to be sure to take my medicine earlier! I can't stand sleeping late.

That's it for today for now but I might add more.

One Track Mind

When I'm doing laundry, generally I am doing nothing else. I start in the morning, get it done and put away the same day. I never realized how much I am a creature of habit and then this happened. I didn't start my laundry until much later in the day and for some odd reason I was drying something  at a low temperature so it took a few cycles to get it dry. During that time, the clothes in the washer had finished but I still had another load to wash. I took the clothes out of the washer and put them in the laundry basket. Soon my dad came over. I don't remember what my dad and I were doing but it was something exciting I am sure! I completely forgot about my  clothes in the laundry basket which had gotten pushed slightly under the table. Sometime later I went into my room and noticed my laundry basket missing and then I remembered I was doing my laundry. I went to where my laundry basket was and saw it full of clothes and I was like "Kimi Rebecca, you have a basket full of clothes, you should be done by now!" I heated up the clothes in the dryer, then brought them in my room to put them away. When I headed back to the washer to put what I thought was basket of clothes into the washer I realized they were wet and I had already washed them! I was thrilled- I didn't even know what to do with myself! Yes, I now had two loads of wet clothes but all my clothes were clean!

Nearing what I think is going to be the end of this blog, I guess it's really not post-worthy information. However it is important that you realize this: Don't let life get the best of you, especially with the whole health crisis going on right now. Remember what's important and laugh at the little things.

Now I Remember: The Sheet

When I was first moving into my apartment I bought a twin size sheet even though my bed isa full size. When it's warmer outside, I often like to just cover up with a sheet instead of a blanket. Months and months went on and when it was warm outside, I just slept on top of my blanket. I didn't even remember buying the sheet to sleep under until yesterday.

I moved into my apartment in December so it has been a little while since I bought that sheet. Although it is not getting warm outside my apartment is now getting too warm for the weighted blanket so I removed it and just planned on sleeping under a down comforter. The covering of the down comforter could be cool sometimes but warm others. Like a blanket I had when I was younger.

I " inherited" an amazing blanket from my oldest cousin. This amazing blanket was one from when she was a little pipsqueak and it had strawberries all over it. When she first gave it to me (or I inherited it...hahaha) I would call it "the strawberry blanket" but now it's just known as "strawberry." Over the years the once tiny hole in the blanket, where I liked to stick my foot out and let it breathe, had gotten larger and larger. Eventually the blanket's grandma had to sew the hole up along with many additional holes that had appeared. However whether it had holes or not that blanket was light. It was nice and cool when it was hot and warm when I was cold. It was nice and light just like a sheet. I managed to get strawberry out of my closet so I can use it until this virus is over and I can go find a nice, light sheet.

Full Day's Work!

Excitement is overflowing as my day has started out so amazing! I didn't spring out of bed, I woke up and waited to get out of bed until my thoughts were settled and I was ready to get started. I decided that I better use the bread that was in my fridge however that was after I decided to make a fried egg. Could I use my wonderful sandwich maker to make an egg sandwich?! It took a lot longer than I'm sure it takes the unbrain injured person, however I did it!!  I made it to the office on time for my first appointment of the day with Rhea from BIAC, breakfast sandwich in tow ready to order my morning drink! 

When I first arrived at the office I was a little early for my first meeting. This was  good because there was another meeting taking place at my desk! What in the world? What were they thinking? Come to find out they were some of the head honchos from the IT department of District 11! I was also given the opportunity to chat with a former co-worker, Karley Ford. When my meeting time  finally came, the meeting was AMAZING! Additionally I got to chat with Pastor Brian after his meeting and I got to see Liz from Young Life. I know I have met someone before when they've come up with me and they say their name without anything else. Or when they walked into the office and say why I have to sit here in your name but my name is this. Then John Brown came and we had a great discussion. 

Although I'm wanting to go home and take a nap I just thought man just hang out so I did and it was a good thing because JR happened to stop by early!

We had tons of fun with all of the Matchbox minis, Tonka Tiny's and Drivens and I got to learn a little bit about JR's school, situation and I found out his mother is an E6 in the Army and drives an 18 wheeled vehicle! Wait for it….

On my way home going at the typical speed of a wheelchair I get up to the crosswalk light and I was here sounds like it's dragging something. Going down the ramp my wheelchair made more noise. I finally realized that the strap that holds up the footplate came loose so I put the footplate on my lap and continue on my last stop. 

Today one such a neurologically stimulating day I am wiped out! Consequently I'm not proofreading this but I might look at it tomorrow.

Morning Moment Trivial Tuesday!

Second time I've done it and second time I've woken up with my bathroom light on. When I'm brushing my teeth I think oh I need go bathroom but not quite yet. I'll leave the light on to save the few seconds of turning on light when rushing to the bathroom when I finally decide I really have to go. Then I go lay down and I fall asleep never waking up needing to use the bathroom. So in the morning I wake up with my bathroom light on which is just terrible :-(. It's kind of like Alexander and the Horrible Terrible No Good Very Bad Day horrible, but I won't let the bathroom light determine the mood of my day.  As I sit here and write this I still have not gone to the bathroom but I wonder how many times do I let something so trivial like the bathroom light determine how my day is going to be? Why do I let any precursor of my day determine how the day's going to be? Unless of course I'm really excited and it makes me have an exciting day, those are exception precursors :-). Try not to let negative mindset, if that's what you call the feeling you get looking and knowing you left the bathroom light on all night, or any negative event from the previous hours control your day. 

Make today a Terrific Trivial Tuesday!