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TOTAL LACK OF PRIVACY

As of Friday, at 4:30 PM I arrived at a group home, the place is okay, there are three women and three men here now. A new gentleman arrived today while I was having lunch.

The accommodations are okay but a little crowded, I share a room with a terrific guy named Murray, he is in his 80s and has a broken hip that is going to require surgery later.

My biggest problem is privacy, there is an absolute lack of privacy here and that is a very fundamental necessity to me. I need to use Dragon 99 to dictate to the computer so it can type my WA posts for me. There are no places in this home that I can go to that will afford me the privacy I need to use my Dragon 99 while I dictate. There is always a TV blasting in the living room, or I would go in there near the back wall by the outside door leading to the patio.

I think a lot of people in this home are hard of hearing, so there is no reason to ask them to turn the TV volume down. I could go in the kitchen, but there is this woman who sits there a lot and she is not quite all there, she is a very sweet soul but still she thinks you are always talking to her even when you are on the phone. That puts that situation out of the question, the other rooms are occupied so there is just no place to go, there is no electrical leads on the patio and my laptop battery only last one hour.

Majority of people do not realize how important privacy is unless they are handicapped like I am, it is so easy for an individual with both hands to sit pretty much anywhere and type away. Surrounding sounds and volumes do not bother them, except to break their concentration occasionally, otherwise they can type away almost anyplace.

When you have a situation such as I, where you must dictate into a microphone, the volume of noise around you affects everything that microphone picks up. In addition to the surrounding noises, people quite often think you are talking to them and quite often interrupt you. The interruptions are not quite so bad, the real problem comes in with telling the microphone “off” all the time and explaining to them you were not speaking to them you are speaking into the microphone. Then you must go back and delete the overheard short conversation that was picked up by your microphone. Trust me everyone this is quite maddening; I have no idea what it is, but people just do not seem to pay attention and notice that you are speaking into a microphone.

I truly do not believe I will be able to get much WA work done here, I have to come up with some solution, I do not really know what is going to be but I have to come up with some form of a solution. The way things stand right now my WA work is going to suffer drastically, even just replying to emails.

Please keep praying for Florentino and his daughter, I know we have had no word from him yet, please pray that when we do it will be a good word, good news.

Joe

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Keep note (even if it's in your mind) of all the people there. It sounds like you have the makings of a book with the characters you've described.

Think of it as a stepping stone and keep working for your ultimate destination.

I wish someone would hear from Florentino. Thanks for keeping us posting on you though. Don't give up. This could be your test and you need to pass!!!!!🤣

~Debbi

Sounds good Debbi, except I have only met four of the individuals that are residents. One elderly lady with a good case of dementia and they call her Wally, my great roommate Murray, a gentleman who is the baby of the group at 53 by the name of George, and one other elderly lady by the name of out of Erica, but do not hold me to that last name. There are four others that never come out of their rooms, now here's the kicker Debbi, the woman who runs this place gets $2000 per person or shall we say, resident. There is only one lady by the name of Beatrice to take care of all of us, she is here 24/7. The woman who owns this group home only 4 others, I think she is a real entrepreneur without question.

At the rate you go, YOU might be running the place!!!!! I'm sure you'll be an inspiration to all but don't forget your end goal.

Debbi, I doubt I will be running anything, this place is too screwy for me, but it's a nice thought LOL. As far as not forgetting my end goal, I really so messed up right now I really don't remember what it is, the target keeps moving around too much. I am still busy trying to find a more permanent residence where I can begin to set my plans a goal.

Joe

He could all it, "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"! ooohh wait, that's already taken!🤣🤣🤣😳😲🙄

I meant your end goal to get outta there BUT take notes. Jeff and I are looking for a movie or book plot. 🤣🤣🤣

Hi Joe,
I am so sorry to hear of your dilemma. Have you tried the bathroom yet? It may not be the ideal place, especially if you have to share it, but it is an option that may work. My husband does a lot of his business (not bathroom business) in the bathroom, because it is quiet, he can close the door, and not be disturbed. This is just a suggestion, but perhaps it could work for you.There are usually outlets and with the door closed, there is less chance of interruptions. It may be ackward, though.

We are keeping so many people in our prayers right now. So many are facing Covid 19, as well as so many other problems. Fires where my brothers and sister live. Friends in my area that have been displaced by fires. My uncle has finally given up and is awaiting death due to illnesses and age. It is such a sad world that we live in. I was denied pandemic unemployment benefit, and out of the past seven weeks, it looks like I will be paid for only one. At least I was hired today at a new job, but it will only be part-time after the initial training, so I really hope that I can start earning real money soon from this and one other course of action that I am taking (proofreading and SEO article writing for others). I am hoping that somewhere along the line I can find work that pays.
I am glad that you have a spot, and I understand your situation. I hope that you are able to find some way to keep up with your writing. Your posts are always so welcome to read.

Molly G.

Molly, bless you you poor darling, you certainly have your load of strife in your life, my prayers will be with you, your family, and your friends. Let's hope this election gets over and done would soon and the economy picks up. Your idea of the bathroom is terrific except you have forgotten that I am a quadriplegic, my electric chair will not fit through the doorway LOL, in this group home my chair will not even get into my bedroom. Bertha the homes aide, lifts me with my electric Hoyer in the living room and transports me through the hallway to my bed. Trust me Molly there are a lot of drawbacks in this group home beside the lack of privacy. I have just noticed today I started a new bladder infection. Oh well as time goes on things will get better I'm sure. I will pray for you, you pray for me and we both agree to pray for ourselves, how does that deal sound, Molly. I do have one great thing to report, I have a great roommate, his name is Murray, and he has a terrific sense of humor.

Joe

I will continue to keep you, as well as Florentino and his family in my prayers.

I am a private person, so I understand how frustrating your situation is right now. Pray for a way, and you will find it.

I know you Joe, and I know that you will not give up. 🙂

Willow, thank you so much for all those prayers, and that kind support of words. I will find a way one way or another you are right.

Hang in there, Joe! This is a critical first step in transitioning you to a much better place! Think of the eBook you will be able to write from the paraphrases of these posts of yours!🙏🙏🙏🙏 for you and Florentino's daughter!

Jeff

Jeff, bless you for your prayers, please keep the small ones for me the big ones for Florentino and his daughter. Oh, how I wish we had word on Florentino and his daughter, I truly worry about them, I pray so much that it's going to be good word.

Thank you so much for helping me with the questions about those e-books, when and where I will begin I do not know, I do not know whether to start with the e-books or the book I want to do on the nursing home.

Joe

You could also send him a private message, Joe! As for the books, start on which one you want to do first!

Jeff

I did send Florentino a PM, there has been no reply yet, that's part of what worries me the most. As far as the e-books go, I am really torn between writing the shorter how to books or just jumping right into the nursing home book. It's really tough right now, my battle over trying to get privacy just to do posts, that really tears at the ability to even start to write a book, I will find an answer somewhere, that is what problems are, things to be solved.

Total

Do both, Joe!

Jeff

You have indeed a very difficult situations Joe, our job needs privacy, specially when writing a content for our site or even the blog for WA. It's great that you are patient enough with the people around you. Sometimes people will not really understand your situations specially if they are not doing the same thing as yours. So we also give them considerations for they might have thought that they became disturbance to you, so maybe sometimes in a nice way you can ask them to minimize their noises. But it's really very difficult to handle such situations, Thanks for sharing your post. Have a wonderful Sunday...

Thank you for your thoughts and kind considerations about my situation Francisco, I can see you have some understanding as to my current problems. I'm just a little confused about my new living conditions right now, perhaps I will find a solution.

Joe

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