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It's sunny and warm outside, and cold to the point of shivering inside. They keep the rooms cool and in order to turn up the heat they need to put in a work order. So I sit in my hoodie with a blanket wrapped around me. OT - Occupational Therapy was here this morning with arm strengthening exercises. My arms are pretty strong so I did a lot more reps of the exercises she had me do than she expected. I also need to do breathing exercises. This makes certain I don't get pneumonia while I'm here. And I need to put the ice machine on my knee to bring the swelling down. I do that in bed so I can have my knee higher than my heart with three pillows under my knee. I take a nap while I have the ice machine on my knee. I need to do that a couple of times a day. Which makes being here limited with all the sleep I'm getting. I found out the pain medication I'm taking causes drowsiness. I wondered why I was so tired when I got up when I normally do and an hour later I'm ready for a nap. It's the medication. I have one nurse upset with me. She said I'm being rude. I'm trying very hard not to be rude. She tried to put a bib on me, and I took it away. I uncovered my plate and told her I couldn't eat what they gave me. I couldn't. Yes, it was on my diet, but I don't have upper teeth and they gave me raw veggies: cauliflower and carrots. I couldn't chew those if I wanted to. So, it's been a trying day. I'm not trying to be rude, but it's coming out like that. I did apologize. The staff is limited. They really need more help. This facility has a whole floor unused because they don't have the staff. So, when I turn on my call light, yes, it takes time for a nurse to get to me. There are 18 beds on this floor. One of the nurses who came to help me is very nice and we got to talking. Now, I was in a nursing home five years ago. That nursing home closed down and the staff have gone to other nursing homes. The nurse I was talking to was from that nursing home. She told me a couple of other nurses from there are also here. She's going to send a text message to one of them and let her know I'm here. She was my favorite nurse when I was there. It will be so good to see her. Okay, the nurse who thought me rude surprised me. The gal from the kitchen just brought me my veggies, steamed so I could eat them. She's a good nurse, I only hope I can redeem myself in her eyes. I just redeemed myself. I apologized to her and she did the same. We're all good. And I'm crying. There are rude people in this world. I'm not one of them, or at least I try very hard not to be. I've been on the other end of that spectrum with people being mean and rude to me and I don't want to be that to anybody. Okay, that's my day so far. Let's see how much I can accomplish now before I need to put this away and do something else. How is your day going? Thanks for reading. The image belongs to me. I think I'll find a bay picture.