Almost February

I can't believe January is almost over & I don't remember a lot of it. It was fast & yet slow - maybe it was all the 'Hurry up & Waitness' of it all that messed me up in January. Marlow's cat even disappeared for a while & then was just there waiting one morning. He used to get up every morning around 5:30 & let her in for breakfast & a cuddle in the big chair before he went for coffee with his cronies. Now she shows up on the front porch & waits until I flush the toilet in the morning - she knows I'm up & lets out a howl for breakfast. She eats her fill outside - she won't let me come near her - then the black feral cat eats what's left. Gotta have a cat around here or the mice will take over. I will try to tame her before I have to move so that she isn't left to starve .  .  .  .

It's been a tough month in some ways & easy as well. There are a lot of things that I can't do, some I can do with a lot of effort that I'm probably not supposed to do & things that I can do which are easy to let someone else do. Eventually, I will have to move. But maybe, when the will is probated & the dust all clears, just maybe, I can stay here for a while. I need an accessible bathroom & bedroom. I think handrails on the stairs down to the bedroom might make it more accessible for me. I like sleeping in a cool room & upstairs is too damn hot!  I'd put a sliding door in the back wall of the bedroom for egress & access to the garage, the patio & my freezer. The bedroom's big enough to set up my sewing machine, serger, TV & my stash. And it still has all the book shelves & extra plug-ins. 
The accessible bathroom will take a bit more figuring. I think the best way to deal with it is to rip it all out & start over!
I can shop & cook for myself, I can use the new Dyson cordless, I can wash dishes - I hate dishes - I figured out the jury rigged washer although I'm not sure about the dryer, I get the garbage into the cans & carry in my own groceries if I do it one bag at a time.

It would be so much simpler to rent an accessible apartment with all the amenities. But where do I find one in this tight market?? It might make more sense to fix what I have & give myself the time to find what I need for the long haul than move into something that won't work any better than what I have  .   .   .   .

Knitting Content - not a bloody stitch. I've been sleepy, foggy, clumsy & my hands have been giving me hell. Arthritis responds nicely to emotional upsets. Now that I have my blood pressure back down where it should be, I've been looking at new wrap patterns & simple garter projects - no Stephen West projects for me for a while!!