One Day in the Life of a Wolf - Memorial 7-25-20

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

S-t-r-a-n-g-e

I've gone two days now without any sleep and I have no idea why. I go to bed, can't seem to relax and lie there with my mind very active. So I get up. go online and surf.

I'll wager if I had a job I'd be worn out from working and get some sleep.

I hate insomnia almost as much as I hate onions and sauerkraut

[Blaise (imported)]

S-t-r-a-n-g-e

I've gone two days now without any sleep and I have no idea why. I go to bed, can't seem to relax and lie there with my mind very active. So I get up. go online and surf.

I'll wager if I had a job I'd be worn out from working and get some sleep.

I hate insomnia almost as much as I hate onions and sauerkraut

Insomnia is difficult. I get it whne I am working! At least, sometimes I do if the job bothers me. Having a job does tend to focus one's attention. It also structures one's life. I read more when I am working than when I am not working.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I must have been exhausted from no sleep as I slept from 11:00pm to 2:30am. I'll surf for an hour and try for a few hours more. Woo Hoo

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I awoke this morning to find two problems: See, my life is never dull - lol

My Internet was offline. I went outside and saw 4 Time_Warner trucks on my street. They were working on the poles. Internet works now

My telephone isn't working: no dial tone. Fortunately, I contacted Verizon via my computer and a repair person will be out between 12n noon and 4 pm on July 23.

When I suddenly realized earlier that I had no Internet, no phone and no car, I really felt cut off from the world. Scary

[bobbie (imported)]

My Internet was offline. I went outside and saw 4 Time_Warner trucks on my street. They were working on the poles. Internet works now

My telephone isn't working: no dial tone. Fortunately, I contacted Verizon via my computer and a repair person will be out between 12n noon and 4 pm on July 23.

I thought you had internet phone now. Voice over IP. If you have that then you should have canceled your Verison phone service and save a lot of money. No need to have both.

[bobbie (imported)]

I would bet that Time Warner cancled your Verison phone service when they changed your phone service to the voice over IP. If Verison comes to your home it may be a service charge.

Plug your phone into the new box from Time Warner and you should have your phone service there. Have someone call you at your old number. If the phone rings on the phone on the Time Warner box then you no longer have Verison Phone service.

[Beau Geste (imported)]

Mac--

Great to hear you can get your finances in order. You must have a good lawyer and a good judge for your conservatorship. Doubt that they would have ever approved the transfer of your mother's assets in the state where I reside, but of course it's just common sense to do it, assuming that's consistent with your mother's will.

Reminds me of the old lawyer's observation on how to win a tort case--"First, find a court that will let you win."

As to the reverse mortgage--reverse mortgages, of course, amount to borrowing the money in small increments. Usually the interest costs wind up being rather high compared to alternatives like a first TD. I've never yet recommended a reverse mortgage to anybody. You'd do well to find a good certified financial analyst. Some such folk will do consultations for free and explain things in understandable language. The bank officers you talk to are essentially salesmen.

[Blaise (imported)]

Mac--

Great to hear you can get your finances in order. You must have a good lawyer and a good judge for your conservatorship. Doubt that they would have ever approved the transfer of your mother's assets in the state where I reside, but of course it's just common sense to do it, assuming that's consistent with your mother's will.

Reminds me of the old lawyer's observation on how to win a tort case--"First, find a court that will let you win."

As to the reverse mortgage--reverse mortgages, of course, amount to borrowing the money in small increments. Usually the interest costs wind up being rather high compared to alternatives like a first TD. I've never yet recommended a reverse mortgage to anybody. You'd do well to find a good certified financial analyst. Some such folk will do consultations for free and explain things in understandable language. The bank officers you talk to are essentially salesmen.

I did not know that, but I wondered what the deal is. I am glad to have the information.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

Planned reality -

I was going to walk my five miles, get my tobacco, do grocery shopping and head downtown to see my first new movie in five years.

Actual reality -

I'm back from my walk with tobacco but me legs feel like the first week of basic training in the military. I might make it to the grocery store if my legs don't fold beneath me - lol

The movie may have to wait till my legs ache less.

On the plus side, I'm so sore and exhausted from my lil walk that I may actually sleep tonight.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I'm back from my walk with tobacco but me legs feel like the first week of basic training in the military. I might make it to the grocery store if my legs don't fold beneath me - lol

The movie may have to wait till my legs ache less.

On the plus side, I'm so sore and exhausted from my lil walk that I may actually sleep tonight.

Walking to the grocery was painful but I made it. Pushing the shopping cart three blocks home was something else entirely. I was almost across the parking lot when the back of my legs, from the heels to the knees, spasmed up into the most painful large charlie horse I ever had. I wanted to sit down but it hurt too much to move so I just stood there, supported by my shopping cart until it felt as though the spasms were dying down. I made it home but I'd like to avoid spasms like that in the future.

Do you old guys get those too?