Cloudy and Rainy Day!
By Kareng
@kareng (54680)
United States
July 8, 2020 4:15pm CST
Today has been another washout as far as the weather is concerned. I woke up early and intended to make coffee, grab a cup and get on my laptop and get some things done. However, when I turned around from making coffee, I noticed that my mom was sitting on the sofa in the den.
She was sound asleep. I asked her why she wasn't in bed and she said she couldn't get comfortable. It has to be more comfortable laying down than sleeping sitting down!
To top it off the weather forecast had the rain falling in the morning so no plans here to do much. The rain hit around 9 am and lasted for a couple of hours. It was a heavy downfall. Once it cleared up, I made a run for the post office and wouldn't you know...it started raining again! This one had some close lightning and more heavy rain. It only lasted for about 30 minutes. If I would have only waited a few minutes before going to town! Oh well!
I'm just doing some laundry today and working on notifications. Nothing exciting. I had my little outing to the post office to mail Ebay package and ran into the store for a couple of things. They were still out of bread! I'm going to possibly make a homemade loaf later today. The temperature isn't blazing hot today so it will be a good day for that.
Are you seeing a bread shortage in your area or some other type of food?
Photo Credit: Pixabay
© 2020 Karen Gros
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Jul 20
I have found that I sleep much better sitting up too than I do laying down. I just toss and turn a lot when I'm sleeping in the bed. I mean, I do sleep good in the bed, I just seem to sleep more comfortably when I'm sitting. But I still sleep in my bed every night anyway.
There doesn't seem to be a bread shortage here. Our bread aisle was pretty well stocked when I was at the store yesterday.
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@kareng (54680)
• United States
20 Jul 20
@moffittjc Yep same here. My granddaughter's school gave them the option of home school for the first semester and they took that. It just sucks that they have already paid tuition and now will be teaching from home. This may be a turning point for them to home school from here out.
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@moffittjc (118442)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Jul 20
@kareng Not only are they NOT talking about another lockdown, they're ordering all the kids to go back to school in a month. I can't believe they're acting so stupidly and irrationally right now when our cases are spiking.
@wolfgirl569 (95163)
• Marion, Ohio
8 Jul 20
I have seen many older people prefer to sleep sitting up. Stop being greedy with the rain
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@kareng (54680)
• United States
13 Jul 20
@wolfgirl569 What scares me is it seems like I'm going insane sometimes.
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@kareng (54680)
• United States
9 Jul 20
I wondered if she forgot where her bedroom was. Before the trip she forgot where the bathroom was every day. Since we have been back, not so much. Weird!!
Tomorrow is supposed to bring us sunshine and I'll be very happy. It is so soggy out.
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@wolfgirl569 (95163)
• Marion, Ohio
9 Jul 20
@kareng Not to scare you as dad slept in a chair and mom on the couch for a few years. But towards the end dad would sometimes swear the bed was going to kill him even when I had it raised so he was sitting up. I think part of that was having slept sitting up for so long before.
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@LindaOHio (156157)
• United States
9 Jul 20
It's still hard to get canned soup anywhere. No rain for quite some time. Temps around 94 today. Stay safe and healthy!
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@kareng (54680)
• United States
17 Jul 20
@LindaOHio It'd the new normal way of life. May as well get used to it. Too many still think the virus is a hoax. They refuse to wear a mask in public and will do what they want.
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@kareng (54680)
• United States
13 Jul 20
@sallypup Yep, we were at that point from the very beginning. She was not very lucid when she came here. My brother never had her tested for dementia or took her to the doctor. She wasn't even on all the medication she should have been on. I do realize that there is only so much I can do.
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@sallypup (57869)
• Centralia, Washington
9 Jul 20
@kareng I used to be a paid senior helper. Then Mom wanted to live with us. I found out that she was not my Mom any more. Dementia had taken her away and left me a client. Sometimes she was lucid enough to turn on me. Most days she turned on me just cause. Other times she was a sweet kid. I admire anyone who can care for their own.
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@kareng (54680)
• United States
9 Jul 20
Lysol is another one that is never in stock anywhere around here. I think I may have to give making my own hand sanitizer soon. That is also out of stock everywhere. I hate seeing all the grocery items and meat out of stock. It is sad grocery shopping. I've been doing grocery pick up and you don't get half of what you order due to out of stock. I had to go into the store when I lost my debit card and i was shocked by all the empty spaces. It's crazy!
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
9 Jul 20
the shortage that is getting us right now is kind of silly, but because of the issues tomatoes are scarce right now.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
13 Jul 20
@kareng i don't know, I can't grow them like my dad did
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