I’ve been absent for some reason. I’m sure I could figure out why, but that would be cheating. Therefore, I will proceed like normal and just start writing and see see what happens. Sometimes I manage to come up with things that really happened.

So, today is Saturday. I just returned from walking Max down town. It’s raining so Max got to wear his rain coat. I would have taken a photo but forgot my phone at home. Doing that is forbidden, I know. I’m supposed to haft my phone with me whenever i leave the house so those who track me can find me should I fall down somewhere.

I got myself a new Apple Watch. My Fitbit no longer charges so it became an anchor on my left arm. So, I decided to go big. I got the Ultra model at Costco a couple weeks ago. Perhaps I’ll figure out what all the buttons are for in a couple of months. It’s quite amazing. Yesterday I found a feature that allows me to share my location with anyone that has a phone so I chose Jeff, Jennie, and Lydia. Right after a I did that, I took Max out walking. Shortly thereafter Jeff showed up beside me. I was surprised. He said he was notified that He could track me but he wasn’t sure which Jerrie it meant. You see, he has a daughter names Jerrie, oddly enough after me. She’s also named after Diane. Her full name is Jerrie Anne Diane. It’s confusing at times when we’re in the same room and someone calls Jerrie’s name because we both respond.

Anyway, when Jeff got the notice to track Jerrie he had to find out which one so he went looking. We were both happy to learn that it works nicely.

I think I have.my phone programmed to call 911 if I fall down anywhere. Apparently there’s a feature that can track the impact. We haven’t tried that one, yet

Yesterday I drove myself to Hillsboro to attend my scheduled VA Doctor visit. She sees me once a year, whether or not I need to be seen. Her name is Lisa and she’s been my primary for years. Since most of my doctor visits are because of an injury that requires emergency room access, I don’t need to see her often. We just revisit things that happened over the year. Since it’s all in the records, I don’t have to remember all of it. Before Diane left, she would always make me a list of things to talk about with Lisa. Now that I’m on my own, there’s some concern about what I should tell her. For those of you interested in my health, my A1C is 6.6 which the doc said is “really good.” What she left off that statement is, “for someone your age,” The only thing wrong that I told her needed treatment is my increasing urinal time. Yes, I spend a lot of time at urinals, whenever I see one. I think there’s something going on with my domammy whatsit gland. Can’t remember the name right now, but it will appear eventually. I’m petty sure the name starts with an ‘s’. Nope, not an s. It’s the prostate gland. Yeah, that’s it.