The days that goes by will likely be considered as boring to most people. I don’t have an exciting job (or any job). This page will go into detail of what I do on a day to day experience. Let’s first get one thing to consider. If my disabilities become too overwhelming on a particular day – I will be doing nothing except lie in bed. Most of the time this happens is when the pain in the ankles are in crippling pain. It is this reason why I can not work. I could just lounge around watching television all day long, but I will not be happy with myself. Instead, I try to put purpose in my life.
Morning
I wake up at 5:30AM every day. When my alarm goes off, I will shut it off, and get dressed. Once I am dressed, I will take my morning medicine which consist of an anti-depressant, and my pain medicine. I will get up, and turn off my radio only to walk to my desktop PC to turn my music on. Once I done that, I will walk into the kitchen to turn on my coffee maker. This will help (even if a little) wake me up. Once a cup can be poured, I will pour the coffee in a cup with non-dairy creamer already in the cup. I choose non-dairy creamer as it does not expire in a couple of days like dairy creamer will. I stir the coffee, and walk back to the desktop.
At 6AM, my DND mode will shut off automatically. Once the phone is no longer in DND mode, I will be able to receive calls from unknown callers. I do not answer anonymous calls though. The difference is an unknown caller, I will see the telephone number calling, but this telephone number is not in my contacts. An anonymous call is when the telephone number does not show in caller ID displays. In any case, I rarely get calls, and never this early in the morning. I will start my email? client, and reply to any mail I received overnight. There is one person that is consistent in communicating with me, and I will always reply back to her.
Once my emails are finished, I will check my TV for any recordings. I have 2 sources of recorded media. The first is my Tablo TV. This is an OTA? DVR?. If I have any shows listed there, I will watch what I can before going out. If I don’t have any recordings, then I will check my Sling account which is an IPTV? provider. I usually don’t have content recorded since I can’t seem to find any new shows worth recording. If I have no recordings to watch, then I will start work on my websites and put music on to play.
If I have any errands that needs to be done, I will try to do them in the morning. If I know I have to go out, I will take my sedative about 30 minutes before I leave. The sedative, and music makes going out a little more tolerable. When I return home, I will likely be mentally exhausted, and pretty much crippled for the rest of the day. Yes, going out for a couple of hours can shut me down for the rest of the day.
Afternoon
The afternoon, I will then do any work on my sites. If you go to my [domains] page, you would see a listing of all of the sites that are published and made available for people to read. I always try to build up new content, and try to make my sites worth reading to some people, even though I rarely get any notice of people reading the content. Eventually, I will have to get up from the work. Once the letters start to merge into themselves, it is time to take a break. I will give myself 30 minutes during this time around before returning back to the work. The websites will not complete unless by themselves. The reason for choosing the afternoon to do my work is because the sun light comes in and makes it harder for me to view dark scenes on the television. Since I don’t have my own house, I have to settle with what I have to work with. While the light does shine in through on the monitor, I am still able to see what I am doing.
Throughout the entire afternoon, music will be playing. The music breaks the monotony of silence that will otherwise take over in my apartment. If I have any new projects, then I will work on those projects. Ideally, I will have a new site. If I do have a new website, I will make my change to my config file, and upload WordPress to my site. After WordPress is uploaded, then I will upload the config file, and setup the site. It does take some time especially since I am doing a lot of uploading, and ISP?s don’t usually give you a lot in upload streams. If I had my own house, then I will likely would have chosen Verizon FiOS? as my ISP which will give much favorable upload bandwidth.
Evening
After the news, and if I was to eat this day, then after the meal, I will make a decision on what I will wish to do for the evening. This could be something as simple as trying to find something worth watching online, or work on my project. If I choose to do work, then I will put on my Spotify playlist, and since I have all of my lists downloaded, I am sure my ISP will appreciate that. If I get an email early enough, then I will write my reply as immediate as possible.
At 9:30PM, my phone goes into DND mode. During this mode, no unknown caller will ring my iPhone. This will assure that no stranger can wake me up in the middle of the night. They can always choose to leave a message, and I will return their call if possible in the next day depending on what needs to be done. Night time is also when I shave, and brush my teeth. I will eventually take my medicine, and shortly after so, go to bed. I will wake up 5:30AM the next morning, and start the day all over again.