Is this thing still on?

It’s been a minute since updating you all on things. Life is going well. I’ve had some hip pains I’m having doctors look in to that’s slowed me down a bit. I can only sleep for about 4 to 5 hours and then I have to move which then after a day of work I am just tired and sleep in my chair during a game. I’m early 30’s going on 76. Abby is doing well we are getting along really well. This year rather than buy each other Christmas gifts we decided to buy one thing we could both benefit from. We decided a robot vacuum would be nice to have. I found the Neato d5 on special at Best Buy and ordered it. I ran in to a few hiccups along the way cleaning the dirt tray the first time took about an hour. I could disconnect the thing, but good god lining it back up to put it back in took forever. I am becoming a master with it though slowly and does an incredible job.

A few weeks ago we went and saw Jerry, Lee, and Frazier out in Bardstown. We spent a night and had tons of fun. We played rook where Lee and I took down Jerry and Abby. We had a bit of a losing streak and it calme down to the last hand but you know I’m clutch.

Abby got sick in the night and Frazier herd her up and came back with us. He jumped up and laid against me. He slept with me for about an hour then moved over next to Abby and helped her sleep. I forgot my hat when we left and Lee noticed him going in to there room and sniffing the hat a few times. I miss him, but he has a great family and loves them too. I applied at a new school so maybe getting a dog will happen for me next year, but Frazier will always have a spot in my heart. I hate the new application process to a new place where I have to prove I need a dog or show them how blind I am lol. I miss having a dog having Robin and Frazier keeps me moving and gives me something to take care of. Now I come home sit in my chair and fall asleep. With a dog I have to brush them play with them take them out. Plus they make the walk to work and home more enjoyable. My confidence is down a bit on one crossing I don’t like doing without a dog, but I am getting through it. I will keep you up to date on any news also where once it happens.

I got a new IPad Pro 12.9 well I traded my old one in for it. Unlike the videos saying it isn’t durable I disagree. Why the hell are you bending an IPad? I love the square feel I really want to use it naked all the time. Seriously it fits the palms of my hand so nice. I can’t get over that. I did pick up a new keyboard case they charge way to much for that. I gifted my old case to a co-worker. I like the new keyboard case, but it leaves the sides exposed which kind of sucks. I also am not a huge fan of the keyboard folding back in video mode it doesn’t feels as good as the previous generation. I do love the IPad and need it for work and having the cellular one really helps at conferences where they just show the WiFi on the board and never announce it for blind folks. The device is so fast it’s amazing. It’s faster than any IPhone out. I do wish they gave you access to files more like a traditional computer. One thing I love about my Android phone is I can connect a thumb drive right to it and view files or even gasp move a file from the drive to my phone. Apple really needs to figure this out. At the end of the day though this IPad does nothing my last couldn’t so sorry again Apple I’m growing bored. It’s still great as my laptop though. I don’t want Windows and Android tabs are awe full and not really supported I just wish the IPad had a few more computer like functions. Maybe the pad OS concept tech journalists are putting out there would be great. I updated because other than getting the new keyboard it didn’t cost me anything and I got a bit bigger storage this time I’d say pass if you have the second gen IPad Pro. The square body is so nice though have I said that already? Overall though the IPad Pro is still one of my favorite devices. I think with an Android phone and Apple tab you have the best of both worlds.

I willl sit down next time and write up a 3 month report and be honest on my switching from IPhone to Samsung. I think even for the sighted folks reading you’ll enjoy hopefully.

Abby and I went to Lexington on Gray hound to attend her great grandmas 100th birthday party. I had gotten sick the day before but didn’t want to miss it. It was a lot of fun. I know some of you have never been on a bus let alone in a gray hound station, but boy is it a hoot. This lady got on with us in Louisville and she had a 20 pound garbage bag of stuff plus a backpack. She said she had just gotten out of prison where she did 6 months. I just ease droppped but I wanted to know what she did? You people who can drive really don’t know how lucky you are. The smells of people I run in to are just awful. I do enjoy traveling though so when your blind you don’t have many options to go to smaller cities.

I’ve been reading a lot again. Abby likes to read and so we often read similar books her a lot more than me, but then we talk about them. A Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts is a really good book. I felt the ending was a bit rushed, but my god what a good book overall. I highly recommend this. I am going to CES in January in Vegas where I will put money on the national title football game of course. Also I will see some awesome tech. I will try and write up some things I see and fill you guys in. I have one day off where I can just get lost in it the rest I have to work.

Blind games and etc.

A lot of times at the office games are played with my blindness. Not games like we moved the furniture, but picking the right candy from the dish. The furniture thing is pretty much a myth, but I still laugh at the idea. I guess some blind people it might bother, but usually I will look before I sit. Anyway there is a candy bowl that has a bunch of different flavors, so I liked the green ones. When I would pick a green one Jenny would say ding ding. If I didn’t get a green one I would get a buzz. This game then transformed in to a lot better games. We have the how tall am I game which I would guess someone’s height, how old am I am what color is that.

One of my favorite days is Leslie had these shoes that she thought were purple, but in all actuality they’re 100% navy. Jenny asked me without giving me any heads up what color I thought Leslie’s shoes were? She did give me choices, but I said navy. That made the score 3-1 Leslie being 1. I’m sorry Leslie I know you’re reading this but your shoes are navy.

I’ve always created little games. The next story is inspired by the movie Ray. He could feel a girl’s wrist and tell if they were fat or not. I took this one step further in college, and I could tell the size of women’s breasts. I didn’t bat 1000, but I was pretty good. Some of my Facebook friends can probably vouch for my abilities. I pitched the idea to Clear Channel, but after the FCC crackdown they didn’t like it at all.

This really isn’t about games, but being blind I think one of the hardest things is picturing people. I honestly can tell most of the time if someone is fat, skinny or etc. When I was a teenager I had a hard time with understanding what a woman looked like. I would try to imagine, but I had nothing to prepare me for the real thing. We don’t have braille Playboy or wax statues. I will say these women are amazing. From my experience no woman feels exactly the same. Curves and body type are just so different. I haven’t seen tons of women I don’t just walk up to someone and ask to see them so usually it’s in a romantic situation. Probably most times when I picture someone it’s off a loose model of them. I remember last summer Lexi and I went to a horse race after dark thing, and we got all dressed up. I remember she let me see her dress, hair, and stuff. It was the first time I’ve ever seen a woman dressed up like that. It really took my breath away. All that work to go out with me? I wanted to go deeper than that, but I got lost there. I miss seeing people or I wish I could not for a perverted reason all though maybe haha, but for what I’ve seen I know I’d enjoy looking in to someone’s eyes or face. I will wrap this up for now I have to get my haircut before going out tonight, but I will write more this weekend.