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I have missed out a bit, it sez "France, Germany and Italy were expected to have priority".

WTF's going on?

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Then we nipped to Morrisons after lunch and bought less spud dishes so I can use up the couscous etc

Cous Cous

Just here because I need to change the habits of my food again, I don't have to buy some kind of preprepared spuds, cous cous is a good source of carbs

Coffee

So as I sat here having breakfast with my carer that doesn't drink tea or coffee.... it occurred to me that caffeine is one of the more sociably acceptable drugs that our society takes

(from my phone)

They Knew

For a number of hours I was struggling then I Googled for the right thing and they knew, it was as easy as sin and took about a second and a half

Clean Towels

And I washed all 4 of the towels from the bathroom today, to be followed tomorrow by the sheets from my bed

Yum yum dinner

And for dinner tonight we had frozen potato croquettes, beans and scrambled egg. And it was flipping delicious, it tasted a lot nicer than it sounded

Boss Gardener

Then afterwards me and SmallPaul did some gardening. Well mostly I sat back watching him but he only took photos of me when I was busy

Aardvarking

And we nipped back to Aardvark today where I again spent much too much on food etc.

Afterwards we nipped to Morrisons where I just picked up the ingredients for a stir fry which I had to struggle to recall as I need to cook it more often

And again in Aardvark I was on my own two feet for longer

New Gym Class, another promation

So after Sara The Physio comes to see me I am off to the first of my "promoted again" gym classes

No I am not, too much to do today Paul had to txt Sam and say "Sorry". So next week....

So Sara The Physio came and did loads of walking up and down, keeping my leg in a certain position and holding it in a certain way and by the end of it I could walk a short distance with no stick and really feel that at last I am moving properly

Early to bed...

And I had to have an early lunch today in order to have an early nap at lunchtime because after napping I am going to voluntary work then picking Freya up on the way back

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And we picked her up, she came and got stuck in on my PC while I stressed trying to cook 2 dinners as we only had a small amount of pre prepared spuds and 4 freshly opened yesterday (so need to finish them today) sausages for the 3 of us

Worker

So I am going to start my new voluntary work s'afternoon, a bit excited

Well, it was OK. But I feel that my knowledge is stuck on programs what I know, but TechnoTim was with me being able to answer questions that I had no idea about. But between the two of us we made one womans afternoon much better

Gymming

So I went to gym, a smidge hung over from the cider last night and said "Missed u on Monday but I will c u Friday instead this week" and it all went well

Special Delivery

Then s'morning NaughtyNick had his spare car key special delivered from Devon so hopefully we will be able to take him to the garage that his car has been in for 2 days and get it back.

Hopefully, or else he is stuck in Carmarthen with a car that won't work

Well it didn't work, we had to leave him at garage and go on't gym but he hasn't phoned and said "Help" since so...

Well after we left he tried again and it worked so he drove home without stopping apparently

Pissed

Oh dear, I got drunk tonight. With 2 litres of 7.4% cider

Dinner

So for dinner tonight we had burgers, wedges and from a packet (in the freezer) that I bought t'other week breaded garlic mushrooms. And it was flippin' delicios.

I couldn't quite tell that they were garlic 'shrooms but they didn't just taste of mushrooms

Mid-week shop

Then we nipped to Morrison's and did a mid-week shop to top me up on lunch and potatoes mostly

More Voluntary

Gosh, so s'morning we went to Trysordy - Treasure House which is a recycling centre that seems will be expecting me next Tuesday afternoon for a couple of hours. Initially I will just be sorting out their donations but I think there may well be some duties on their PC and taking photos for their website

Back To Normal

So yesterday we finished the last of "my appointments" for now, back to dull normality again

Hospital, in a bit

So after lunch "we" need to go see an ENT consultant at Glangwili Hospital so eventually he will be able to refer me to a Videofluroscopy department so they will be able to check out why I am choking etc

Lord, they spent ages looking etc, said "We will have to check up your nose", went to get the tools, disappeared for ages, SmallPaul went to have a word with him, they said "OK, not ourt issue, we will contact the 'fluroscopist.

So after all that stuff they didn't do f*** all, but they have passed on my details

Well..... now I have finished my "being busy" period for a bit......so hopefully we can just carry on with "normality"

Swollen Foot

Ed was a bit concerned that my foot was still swollen s'morning so he just put my sandal on it, no Bioness, no socks, no boots etc.

When he creamed my feet s'afternoon he said that the swelling had finished going away and he was happy

Poured with my right

So just now I was carrying the milk in my right hand to t'table. I was about to swap hands when I thought "No, try pouring this nearly full 2 pt with your right hand". So I had to lift the glass off t'table as it was too scary but I poured a whole glass - didn't spill a drop

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Dilemma

Ooh, shall I eat my breakfast immediately or go for a pooh first????? Decisions, decisions....

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Well I sat down, ate my breakfast then went for a pooh then went back and drank my breakfast coffee

Washing

So I got up and changed my bed s'morning. It is blooming noisy but the washing machine is washing it now

Aardvarking

Then as we couldn't do my usual weekly shop last night we nipped to Aardvark s'morning. There was a chap working there that I haven't seen before and I was rather impressed with his attitude. I queued up, got to the front and he started scanning my weeks shopping. I said "I usually buy..... but I couldn't see any", he said "Hang on" and went to check for me.

I know it sounds silly but I think his attitude of "The customer is always right" will do him well in a career in Aardvark

Morrison's-ing

So we were too late to do my usual Aardvard shopping today so we had to nip to Morrison's to get some milk etc. As I would be scheduled to be back in about 36 hours to do my weekly shop I got it all now

Back in Wales

And it's raining again, hooray

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Lunch is murder

And we ended up eating lunch at McDonalds, I had a veggie burger but it still feels wrong being here

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Wedi Gorffen

So weve done that and finished. "He" seemed most concerned about immanent diabetes but he seemed a bit more relaxed when I told him there was no family history

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Ready

So here we are sipping a coffee after breakfast as we have a couple of hours to go before we need to be at the Doctors while he assesses me

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We're Here

So here we are, having fun in TheWirral. So we drove about for about an hour looking for fun, couldn't find any. So her we are sat in the bar at the hotel for an hour then give up and nip to bed, early night

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Newtown

And we have stopped in Newtown for a coffee and a pee (OK and a hot apple pie) and IT HAS STOPPED RAINING!!!! For the first time today

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Midwales

I am bored looking at mid Wales now, still only half way there

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Cwrt Henri

So we are en route to NE Wales looking for tonights hotel. We have just travelled past Cwrt Henri where I used to live years ago and looking at it it is not as posh as where I live ATM

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I Remember It All

And out of the blue I recalled a song and remembered all the words

We're Off, in a bit

So s'morning we have finished packing my bag etc with everything that I need to take with me to The Wirral where we are heading in a couple of hours

Drink

Well, so tonight I felt the need to nip to Tesco's and bought more booze and a packet of Mint Flavoured Aero Bubbles

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They are quite nice but....

I am a bit unhappy with the Aero thingies, dunno why, it's hard to say, they are delicious but too...... summat 

Blind

So I did a webpage today and thought it hadn't written "Wave your cursor over pic" on the RHS. I looked, looked again and still didn't see it.

So obviously I need to move my head further

Only Gym

So having a new 'choose 2 from 4' gym classes this week, today I am having the only gym class that I have time for, doing important stuff all the other days

And I went along, said "Only time I will be able to come here this week" did my exercises, did 10 minutes cycling etc and came home

Beer

And I am having 1 pint in t'pub in Carmarthen

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Yes, me and NaughtyNick came into town and had a good look round everywhere, from the Cattle Market Car Park (now known as Debenhams) all the way up town, along King St, the old heart of town etc

Antibiotics ✔

And when Nick was creaming my feet s'morning he commented on how much better the anti-biotics have made my leg look since yesterday

They seemed to spend a couple of days sussing out what the problem was then 24 hrs to fix it

Teaching

And I am going off  to see if I can get voluntary work teaching complete beginners computing, which was my last, and be far my highest paid, job before my accident.

OK, this won't be paid but it is living&learning

Good lord, I  might have a job. I came away from there feeling really positive and my first shift is not this Thursday as I will be in England but the Thursday after. I start work at 2 but I will show up at 1.30 to find my way round etc.

Just WOW etc, I might be actually meeting folk, helping some and just meeting others

NaughtyNickyNewJob

And I think I'd better give Naughty Nick a new nickname, but Nick The Gardener doesn't slip off the tongue

Sympathy

So I was sitting out the front just now and I heard a baby crying next door. Good lord, sympathy etc. I could very well just cry every minute but I am trying to do better.

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Hoo-flipping-ray

So today I read webpages and figured out how to put txt on links that will come over when you wave a mouse over a picture. You need to move the mouse off and bank but then it does show your txt

Bank Holiday

So I have no gym today as it is a bank holiday. Hoo-f**king-ray.

And NaughtyNick, my temp MOS is in s'morning. For today and tomorrow and 2 days next week, then hopefully my new members of staff will be working

Stu Crumble

Then later today a visitor came, it was that friend Stuart who came on one of those scary motorcycle things but seemed to enjoy it. He chatted for a couple of hours after he gave me his present, he had brought a load of rhubarb from his garden which I have already made into a crumble, with Timmy's advice

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Then later we nipped out and did the rest of the weeks shopping. Timmy did remember and said "Remember u are going away on Thursday and Friday before I bought too many 'Use by' products

Changed

So I changed the bed s'morning, Timmy said "Wanna wait 'til that has dried before changing it?" as he obviously didn't know that Mum bought me another sheet that fits

Shopping

Then we nipped out s'morning and bought "stick carpet to floor" tape and some velcro etc on Petty Cash

Then we nipped out to the same place after lunch and bought carpet cleaner to clean the carpet in my lounge

Star Wars Day

May the Fourth be with you

Fredumpkins

Then tonight Freya came over later and we had an excellent night playing hangman etc, then took her home later

Next Week

And then when I was having my dinner Paul announced that we are gonna have to, together, travel to the extreme of NE Wales next Thursday, to stay in a hotel so we can show up at 11 Friday morning to a hospital there to have an appointment with our team

Interviewing

And I am going off in a bit to interview the first 2 perhaps members of my team

Oh my lord, just sheesh, I now appear to have 2 new members of staff. Gosh it was hectic, saw 1 for an hour, had lunch then saw the other for an hour. They both did actually seem rather pleasant, we shared an interest etc. And one of them had a silly beard too!!

Out Tomorrow

So me and SmallPaul are out tomorrow, going to the Ivy Bush hotel for 12.00 where we will interview one of my new MOS's, then at 1.00 we will have lunch there then at 2.00 interview the second member of my team.

So if both these chaps seem OK we will take 'em both on to cover 1½ vacancies

Bionessless

And as I didn't put my Bioness back on tonight I have just put on sandals instead of boots to let my feet breath a bit

What A Morning

After Sarah Jones came to see me about my voluntary placement(1) me and Timmy nipped to town. 1) We went into the County Council offices to get some free blue and black bin bags. 2) Then we nipped into Carmarthen Garden Centre to pick up summat to kill the dandelions which we managed AND they sold organic scrumpy there too, so I had to try some. And we nipped into one of the places where I might be volunteering and it seems incredible

This afternoon we are off to the Doctors to see if I need some antibiotics for my slightly swollen right leg

(1) And she has made an appointment for me to meet the computery teacher folk next Tuesday. I am a bit excited about this one

Another Infection

Shit. I (ok, Timmy) think I may have another infection in my right foot. Hoo-flipping-ray.

Off to the doctors later to check it out

Pauling

Then Paul came round and said "We have had a hard day interviewing" and told me that we are going to meet one member in a hotel in Carmarthen, then have a hotel lunch then meet the next provisional on Friday

Nipped Out

Then we nipped out and spent some petty cash (Now I have it again) on gloves etc

Jim

And we are off to gym in a bit. As well as working I will ask her when the mobility and balance class happens

And I tried walking about gym with no 'stick today but apparently I was keeping my knee straight so perhaps I need a cane

But Sam gave me the timetable with 4 classes marked on it, any 2 of which I can go to

Again...

But I can't tell you....

Pissed tonight as it's my nanny-versary

2 double whiskeys tonight

(from my phone)

Darling happy anniversary....

Sheet. It was the 10th anniversary of my crash a few hours ago. Hoo flipping ray. I am still fu**ing alive

OK, it was close, I nearly wasn't but I am

Only Smarties have the answer

So I went into the kitchen, got a packet of mini smarties out, tipped loads in my mouth, started chewing, started choking. I coughed and coughed, took 2 tissues to wipe up, drank a glass of water and I felt tha stray Smartie come back up

Brushing

Then s'morning I had a plan to prevent me dribbling toothpaste down my top when I brush my teeth. It looks a bit odd but I can do it twice a day now when I brush and stay tidy looking

New WWW

And 20 years ago today the first web page went online, when I was 24. How much has the world changed in 20 years

New Class

So s'morning I am going to take a look at the next class up in't gym. If I do go this would be the third class I have been to, ever improving

And it looks good, a little intimidating but hopefully I can manage. There is a lot of walking, hopefully without a 'stick, but hopefully I can manage.

I am in gym normally tomorrow so she can give me dates and time etc, then perhaps next week I will go to 1 new class and 1 existing class

Samming

And as we spoke to the beautiful gym teacher Sam about what she approached me about last week we found out that the next gym class is tomorrow morning at 10.30 so we are going along just to have a watch

I think perhaps I will attend 1 of the harder classes and 1 of my current classes every week but will know more after I watch tomorrow

Bored

So as I was bored s'afternoon I asked Ed to cut my hair again, which he did

Getting Ready

Sort of more mentally, kind of psychologically trying to get myself ready for Jim-Jim-Jeroo (noisy link) - gym

And it was OK, working really fast again. At the end we spoke to Sam and she said come in tomorrow and see what you think of the more advanced class

FreyaDumpkins

And tonight I had the pleasure of Freya's company for about 4 hours. She is SO busy doing her 'O' levels that she was only on the PC asking for translation. It was cool, perhaps she is a bit better and wiser than she was a week ago or summat but it was nice

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And we were able to share my apple pie that my neighbours brought for me today. Gosh it was nice. There is only a small piece to share with Ed tomorrow

Scrambled Eggs, yesterday

And yesterday I microwaved some scrambled eggs like I generally do once a week. Yesterday before putting them into the microwaveable bowl I read some instructions and it said smear some butter or spray fat on first. Sheet, what a difference. Last weel I had to get clean washing cloths as he had to throw away 3 trying to clean the bowl, yesterday it just cleaned easily

Curry's

Then on the way to the supermarket we called into Curry's to have a look at their SLR digicams. As of Andy's advice I could use them upside down which felt strange but wow generally

Shhh

No Neil, you said you would be quiet.... "BUT it is such a great story from my POV"

Summer light

So I have just got up for another pee and didn't need to switch any lights on. It is a quarter to six

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Interactive Television Service

Then today I have been practicing pressing the red button on my TV remote control to watch stuff that is not being advertides on a channel, today it's the Snooker.

Summer is coming

So I woke up about a quarter past seven this morning, and went for a pee. As summer is coming I didn't need to switch on the bathroom light, it was bright enuf

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Washing Up

And while dinner was cooking tonight I got stuck in and washed up the dishes we had already used to see how easy it was.

It was slow but I managed to wash up everything properly, I checked them a few minutes later

It doesn't mean I am gonna do it every night as I have to do the cooking too, but it was a lot easier than last time I tried

-ing

And we went shopping in Aardvark again but they were short of org milk and org apple juice today.

We got everything else on the list tho..

Right Hand

So just now I finished making my lunch. I thought to myself "Carry your cup to the tray and that bottle of milk (2 pints minus 2 cuppas) to the fridge. So I picked up the lightweight cup with my strong left hand and the much heavier bottle with my poorlier right hand. And carried them to their places and put them away

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Again

And again......

No Neil, you said you wouldn't talk about it - SHHHHH

12 Hours

And almost 12 hours after we left we are home again

Nice Looking Women

So SmallPaul grew up around where we are ATM and said that I would soon realise that English women are more beautiful than Welsh ones. I told this to a woman who was serving us lunch in England and said "He might be right". She laughed

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In England

Lordy. So s'morning we left Carmarthenshire heading east. We stopped for lunch then set off again. Eventually we arrived at Orthotics place and talked about what I need etc and walked up and down with various additives. So soon it's gonna be time for dinner

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To That E Place

So s'morning we are going over to somewhere near Glastonbury to have my walking/Bionessing checked out for my claim. Perhaps on the way back I can go and be a new age traveller again and throw some stones at a policeman or summat

Beyond News

As I managed to wipe my bum properly again s'morning it is perhaps now news not worthy of being written about here in my Blog

Out

And as I probably won't be back in time for the monthly folk club tomorrow we are going out to a blues come-all-ye at The Blue Parrot in Carmarthen

And it was good too

Newbie

So then Ed was in s'morning for the first time in ages. I showed him the video and he was able to tie my shoes the right way round first time

Well Wiped

And I wiped my bum s'morning and I was able to wipe it clean again without any Andrex Washlets. It is getting to be more regular now

Rest Of Day

And we had such fun....

Early Start

So we set off at 10 o'clock s'morning looking for Llanelli Volunteer Centre to meet up with Sarah Jones. We found Llanelli easily but drove round and round and in the end parked a distance away and was pushed in a wheelchair. But it went well, I came away with 3 volunteer jobs to look into. I have just filed them, next week Sarah is gonne come here and phone them etc

Videofluroscopy

And Denyse emailed my tonight and said "I have spoken to your Doctor and they have agreed to send you for a videofluroscopy to find out why you are choking etc". Like the Dr responded to my letter last week and said "Nah, can't afford that" so g*d nose.....

Nicking

So I have had a number of hours with Naughty Nick my temp MOS from England. He has been OK, not knowing but learning quickly. He even tied my laces properly s'afternoon

Aardvarking

Then we nipped to Aardvark to buy what I should have bought last Friday but I was away to Ixion SoS instead

Jeroo

And then today Nick my temporary MOS has gotta take me to gym in a bit

And it went OK, I was a couple of minutes late and then Sam was talking to a newbie by me for ages, so I perhaps didn't do as much as usual but it was OK 

Fixer

And after they said he would phone he showed up without phoning but he replaced the small wheels on the front of my 'chair

Odd but better now

And it has seemed a bit strange after 2 whole days absent having to get used to my habits and routines again but it's eventually working again now

Back Now

Sunday just before lunchtime and home again, home again, jiggity jig (noisy link)

SoS

I am excited and nervous and........