Love is quite subdued today. He is not alright. I don't know how he will work tomorrow, but he will try. He has to survive, no matter what's wrong with him. It's hard to watch him work so much just to left a glass. We've had a nice quiet day for a change. I think he appreciates me. We read the morning paper over coffee, had a nice lunch, and a nice dinner, then relaxed and watched TV. His hair is a mess because he can't hold his hair dryer in one hand, while brushing his hair with the other hand. He managed to get dressed and shaved, but almost fell out of the car, because he leans on his hand to get get out of the car, and his hand isn't registering feeling. Nevertheless, he is better than yesterday.
Mom turned the water on again and forgot to shut it off, but I caught it, so, the bathroom carpet is still drying out, not drenched again.
Believe it or not, the Galesburg Police Department, the Rock Island County Sheriff Department and the Illinois Division of Criminal Investigation are bragging about a communal operation that seized drugs with a street value of $30,000.00. I wonder how much it cost all three departments to nab a paultry $30,000.00 worth?
Reagon's going to run for President of the United States again. If people vote their pocketbooks, Reagon doesn't stand a chance, at least not in this state. Unfortunately, the people whose pocketbooks are the worst affected are the homeless, and without a thirty day residency; they won't be allowed to vote. The new and old poor won't have an easy time voting either, because it takes a car, carfare, taxi fare or bus fare to get to the polling places. If that isn't available, and it isn't to people on any type of assistance, it takes a telephone to be able to call someone to take them, and that phone or money for the phone call also isn't available to people on any type of assistance. Walking to the polls is not an option to everyone either, especially in a severe winter.
It is snowing, and sleeting and snowing. More time to arrange to pay my skyrocketing utility bill.
Mom's repairman called to tell me the latest about how much Mom's kitchen will cost. The counter top, plumbing, florescent light and preparing the surface between the counter top and cabinets for wallpaper will be $348.13. With wallpaper, it is about $95.00 more than I expected. Last month I fixed her bathroom myself and expected it to cost about $160.00, but it ended up costing $240.00. Her repairman had a lot of extra work to do that I didn't realize would need to be done in the kitchen. He had to buy wood stripping for the back of the counter top, and had to do a lot more plumbing than either one of us expected, and needed additional plumbing parts, which are expensive.
