Spring Cleaning, and Eclipses and Stuff!

Hi, everyone, I hope you are well as we get ready here in Austin for the massive to-do over the eclipse that is going to happen this afternoon. To me it's much ado, as I've seen plenty of them in my time. Anyway, I've been sicker and busier at the same time.
Things are changing at my house, and more than a little. I have a new roommate. His name is John, he is from Baton Rouge, and he is deaf. He and my eldest son Larry Jr. are long-time friends, as he was one of Larry's students at Baylor. After college he moved to Austin and worked for the IRS for years. Then he had a stroke. He lost the use of his right side. He walks pretty well now though with one stiff leg, and though right-handed, he cannot use his right arm or hand. We are getting along great, and he is teaching me how to sign by immersion. Also, his brother passed away last year. Making all this happen has involved a lot of work, as I had left my brother Gene's stuff in place after he passed away last August. I really didn't want to deal with it all on any level. But, I've had to clean it all out now. What a huge job for me in my condition. My neighbors Gerardo and his wife Romelia helped a lot. It still isn't completely done, but we got it clean and John moved in. He had most of his stuff stored in a storage unit, and when he brought it over here it was full of bedbugs! OMG, what a mess. So, I've had to take a crash course to learn how to kill bedbugs, and I am now a semi-expert, fully equipped and trained. Another huge pile of work.
Meanwhile, throughout all this, I've struggled with bad breathing days and mobility difficulties due to my severe COPD, and Osteoporosis as well as Osteoarthritis. I never knew retirement could be so much work!
Well, to make a long story long, this is barely the half of it! After much struggling with trying to sleep, my doctor ordered me a hospital bed. That came last week, so I had to remove my old queen-size bed, which had sat in place, unmoved, for over 25 years. What a mess! I literally just finished that half of my room re-do. Now I've got the other half to deal with. But that's still not all!
My new power wheelchair arrived last week, and boy is it shiny!! Candy apple red! It's a $22k complex chair with a lot of additional functions and is the latest thing! Then the ramp guy showed up to plan. They will be building my new ramp/rear deck in the next couple of weeks. Also, I'll have to get a better mattress for the bed, the one it came with is horrible. All this is a budgeting extravaganza as well as time, cleanup, and change of lifestyle. Once all this is done I will be able to get out of my house and into the sunshine!
It has all been a huge amount of work, and I am tired. Also, my Palliative care nurse neglected to renew my pain meds (Methadone) over the Easter holidays, and I had to endure a week of writhing in my bed, unable to do anything but try to sleep. Insane! But I'm back on track today, and making progress again. Next week I have my next 90-day all-day visit at Texas Oncology, getting poked and prodded and medicated. But my cancer is better. My COPD is meh, due to a lot of stirred-up dust in this house, but hopefully improving. I've had to process a lot of feelings while I got rid of all my brother's stuff, too. All this is keeping my therapist busy! But I am doing it all one day at a time, and today is good so far. I hope It goes well for you all too. Oh, yeah - both my granddaughters are now engaged!