What A Day

Phook, what a day. Until about dinner time from breakfast I was still stuck on my PC sorting out loadsa photos from yesterday, mainly from NBGW, but there were some others too

Pubishness

And Then me and AwsomeAlex and SmallPaul nipped into Carmarthen and went into 3 pubs and it was actually quite nice.

By my standards it was much too busy but in terms of Saturday night in town it is very quiet nowadays

Botanical Gdns

Just wow, the National Botanical Gardens were really special on so many levels for me and Freya, but I need to nap now, will write much more on my PC later.

But big ta to Freya for now, it was really good and special

written on my BlackBerry 10 smartphone

Botanical Gardens

And we are off in a bit to take Freya to The National Botanic Gardens of Wales, apparently we used to visit there years ago but I can't remember at all, I have no memory

Hot again

So the hot tap was hot again but I will need to ensure that "he" writes how he fixed it so my new staff will know how to cope if we have a similar emergency

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Jim

And I went to another "promoted" gym class morning s'morning and did loads of walking etc. And I can see the differences in my walking, both in ways I move my right leg forward and how I lean on my 'stick 

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OT

So Sara(h) the Occupational Therapist came round to see me s'morning and talked about calories and food so much that my brain exploded. But she left me some handouts and recommended some PC programs to try to get it all in track

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Hot once more

And having been to gym and shopping in Aardvark when we came back here for lunch there was hot water coming out of the tap again. [shrug]

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Hot Water

So there was no hot water coming from the taps s'morning. Ed had to do some clicking and banging in't cupboard under the stairs and it is working again now, still coolish but heating up

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Ooh, have I figured out how to do this from my phone?

Fredumpkins

And Freya came in for dinner etc tonight, so I had to cook 4 meals, me and Ed and Gareth and Freya's but it was nice. And nice to see her, and loose at cards too

And Freya is taking me out for Fathers Day a day early, on Saturday, which makes me feel a bit emotional

And Freya begged me once more to shave my lower lip tonight and for some reason I did just that

Sarahing

Then s'morning Sarah the physio came to see me and did loads of stretching my arms etc. We also did loadsa walking with no Bioness and she was quite impressed with how I manage that

'Wimming

So Timmy insisted that I go swimming again today <sigh> As ever it was great fun and excellent therapy being in the swimming pool (if a little cold today) and as ever washing and drying after I was out was well stressful.

And again I laddered in and back out of the pool

Shopping

And on the way back home today we nipped into "More reasons to shop at..." and bought 6 packs of cous cous that serves 3 and some (org. and semi. skimmed) milk

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Treasure House

So today at Trysordy "she" gave me a camera and said "Take pics" so I have actually been promoted, so instead of my usual recycling work I had to get stuck in to photographing the whole institute. 

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We're Off

In a bit to that Trysordy place to do some voluntary work

Big Delivery

Ooh, so the postman came today with my new Tablet, we have just got it up running and good lord, just wow

Dentist

So I went to see the dentist s'afternoon and it was Ok but she x-rayed my teeth and said "Oops new hole there" so  we had to make another appointment

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More About Gym

So as I can't find a way of topping up old entries I will have to write another. (Unless any readers can tell me how to?)  So today's gym was knackering but I managed it

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Old Gym Class

Then I am off to my old gym class in a bit with my 2 members of staff who are here today.

Then afterwards I have a delivery then going to the Dentist

Summer

After the sh*t*y spring we had it is now so warm, I am still just wearing a t-shirt, for the fourth or fifth day running. It is nearly dark, at 5 to 10 and it is still warm enough for just a t-shirt

New Ringtone

And after much trials and tribulations eventually I fixed it and my phone has a new sound ringtone

Stu-pot

I was sitting around tonight when suddenly there was a motorcycle noise from just outside, it was Stuart who had dropped over for a cuppa on his evening ride out. Which was nice

Hectic

So first of all today we headed into Currys at Towy Ford Retail Park, Carmarthen, SA31 2BN but decided not to buy the iPad from there. So we came back and got stuck into Amazon and bought it much more cheaply from there. Apparently it is being delivered tomorrow, here's hoping not at the time I am at gym.

We also called into the Range, next door, and bought some pick'n'mix sweeties. As I am no longer on a diet...... well wait and see but I was feeling hopeful today

And we also, at The Range, bought some covers for plants, so hopefully I will actually get to eat some blueberries off my blueberry plants

More Reasons To Shop At.....

And we nipped to Morrison's a day early as we wanted to buy some blueberries and let Alex see our routine so we did it all. Gosh but it's a lot busier on a Saturday than a Sunday (noisy link)

Newbie

And Alex was shadow shifting again. It went well, except he can't fix my hot water crisis

Hello Newbie

And The Great Gareth actually turned out to be not too bad when he went home after his first day. He wasn't in my face but if I asked him he would answer etc

Wow

Then afterwards I had to make pizza for 3 not 2 so I bought some extra bases in Aardvark when I was doing my weeks shopping late s'afternoon

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Class

Then after much business with GreatGareth we nipped to gym to do another of my promotion classes which Paul had never seen either.

Now afterwards I am ****ed but I have worked very hard

'Nother Newbie

And then today despite what "someone" told me yesterday another new MOS came in today. So GarethTheGreat1 came into shadow shirt along SmallPaul today

Wiv Freya

And then later today we went and picked up that Freya and for almost the whole night she was caught in conversation with TechnoTimmy and AwesomeAlex(1), my new MOS

(1) I am told to call him this not AwfulAlex

Newbie

And we have in shadow shifting today one of my new MOS, AwfulAlex and today has gone alright so far

Weary

So we went swimming today and as much as I want to complain I did actually rather enjoy all the exercises

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Dreams, dreams

So last night I dreamt I was in bed, had a w*nk, sat up in bad to reach for a tissue and realised thar the member of staff who was sleeping on my floor was awake and looking at me. WTF?

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NHS

So we are off to see the NHS Equivalent Of Bioness chap today to perhaps get one, see how it goes

But it is wonky, requires a wire attachment etc etc

Oh no, not at all. The consultant talked about many aspects of me, to my favour

"So we nipped to the posh hospital by Neath today and a new consultant saw me and was talking VERY wisely about my fatness etc. When she has written her report she will email me a copy then when I reply she will send a copy to Denyse

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One of the things she suggested may be an issue is this

You Lucky Bugger

So when we came back to the car after walking towards the beach today Nick said "Whassat?" we decided we didn't know and came home. Later Nick was checking over the car, said "Where's that gone?" so we drove back to the beach and lying on the ground in the car park was the bit off the bumper from my car that had fallen off

So Nick has refitted it and seems to think it's OK so....

Out&About

So this afternoon my and Naughty went exploring. We set off in one direction but then ended up on a single track road to Llansteffan  and we stopped and I was pushed along the coastal path

And I walked up the steps, got half way down the other side and said "No, gotta go back" etc but someone insisted we carry on and I did it

In the end I didn't have to do that up and down on the way back anyway, which was the cause of my concern

Treasure House

So then s'morning me and Nick headed off to Trysordy, which is a treasure place of recycling stuff instead of throwing it away and I did some more sorting stuff out to make it more sellable rather than throw-it-away-able

And they did say that next week I can take some photo's for their website, to improve it etc

Cous-cousing

And I made a dinner tonight with cous-cous on the side instead of fattening cooked potato's which I have been using for a number of weeks. No, cous-cous is now my new favourite again

Warmth

And by gosh but today is the summer, it's so hot, we have had to open the windows in my house and it is still too hot

Gymming

So in a bit we are off to my old gym class.

So I was cycling but I decided not to take my "play music" device as it is a bit tricky to operate and I am trying to concentrate while I am there

Dull Day

So nowt much was happening today. Just befoe lunchtime me and SmallPaul headed off to Burry Port to look at the sea and have an ice cream. Just as we were about to leave a lorry started picking a boat out of the water so we had to stay for a bit until that was finished.

Then I had the first of my salad from my 'Trug for lunch which was a bit strange but nice

Weary

So as I have been up today since X-o'clock this morning- I have gone to bed early tonight so hopefully I will sleep. Tonight

Neil The-Hippy www.hippyweb.me.uk.
From my phone, a BlackBerry Q10

Little Old Lady

Then s'morning Sarah Bailey, the speech and language therapist, came to see me and discussed me choking etc etc

Talk don't fight

And I heard a news story s'morning which filled me with joy. Some fascists turned up to riot and the mosque, instead of being scared invited them in for tea and biscuits

This fills me with joy, there is power in talking, not throwing stones etc

Early to bed, early to rise.....

And I got up s'morning because I had been awake etc for hours and that sleep seemed to be escaping me so got up at 6.30 s'morning

And my MOS who was asleep at the time complained loudly as he had to get up then to keep care of me

Aardvarking

Then, while we were in town for gym class and some O2 shopping we finished the days trip off with a trip to Aardvark where as usual I bought loadsa healthy stuff

O2ing

Then when we were in town we headed to the O2 shop where Timmy complained that his phone wasn't working properly, they had said "We will give u a new SIM" to him on't phone yesterday and lo and behold his phone is now proper accessing the Interweb etc again

New Gym Class

So we had nowt on s'morning, had an early lunch then at lunchtime headed to my new gym class. Lots of walking around the room, some exercises then more walking

So it seems to be hitting my "What I need" targets

Iechyd Da

And we are in Iechyd Da and waiting for some musicians to arrive

BlackBerry Q10

And in the end it was one of the most disappointing nights I have ever had there, hope it's better by next month

Excited

So me and Timmy are heading into Iechyd Da tonight, meeting Freya there and having a folk music style dinner there

Oh dear, bye bye

So we nipped to the computing class again and by middle of it we had to leave in disgust - it wasn't right for my skills. We said won't be back but they will contact me if they have more suitable vacancies 

BlackBerry Q10

Timmy, Timmy

So I have a list of questions to ask Mr BlackBerry Timmy and the Postwoman has just been with load of other letters that I will need to show him first

Panic ye not, it was letters to confirm that we had already made changes

Wugh. We have done so much technical stuff already s'morning that my head is gonna explode

Recorded

And tonight I wanted to record myself saying a few words to send to a thread on Ixion. I clicked record on my PC but as I have no microphone that wouldn't work. I looked on my new phone to no avail. I asked Google about my phone recording and it said "This is a free excellent recorder to download" and so within about 2 minutes I was able to record my "Pronounciation". Afterwards I had to ask Google how to convert the recorded file and it did.

All was well

Clever Device

So s'morning I woke up, dressed etc, picked up my phone. It said on't screen 6 messages (or summat equivalent). I ignored that and headed into t' living room. After I had read (and deleted) those 6 messages I glanced back at my 'phone. It didn't say anything on screen. Clever clogs (number 9?)

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Wrong Date

So although I am only going to my old gym class on a monday I had to go today as it was closed this monday for a bank holiday

Constipation

Well yesterdays constipation seem cured now. 

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Pi**ing

So yesterday I was in bed when I heard my MOS go for a pee. Lordy it came out for ages. Obviously my bladder is a lot better at holding in then peeing eventually than it was a few years ago but I think now that I still need to practice

More Voluntary Work

Well s'morning I had to nip to Treasure House (or Trysordy in Welsh)  and do some more "Recycling work". Today we were sorting out loads of bits of blinds which can be sold on as "making things". (And today NaughtyNick was accompanying me, he bought a couple of quids worth for his Mum to work on)

But I did feel that rolling up loadsa small items helped me reuse my right hand

New Phone Testy

So just trying this out sat in't kitchen

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New Potatoes

And I cooked boiled new potatoes tonight, I managed every stage and it was well possible. They were f.ing delicious even tho I cooked an easy tofu thing on the side

Clean Ears

Lordy. So today apropos of whatever we got some Cotton Buds to chean my ears.

Good lord, I have never seen so much wax, we needed 2 buds for each ear

Shopping A Day Late

And as I had too much lunchtime snacks we went shopping on a Monday instead of a Sunday. So yesterday was a cloudless sky, today it rained non stop

BANG. Whoops

Just now I was sitting at my PC. Suddenly there was an almighty bang from the window. I looked round just in time to see a Blackbird kind of shake his/her head, pick themselves up and head off in a different direction

BlackBerry 10 smartphone

Good Title

"Three reasons why a vagina is not like a laptop" from The Gruniaad

Well

So today my MOS measured my legs as they have to every day. My left leg was the same as usual but my right leg instead of being 2 inches bigger (I know) today was 2 inches smaller. Which it hasn't been in the years since we started measuring

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Veg Growing

And I noticed today that some veg on my 'Trug are growing

80's

And today I am a bit bored with nowt to do. But I am listening to a collection of 80's hits which is making me feel a bit livelier. (Innaccurate link but to summat similar)

This afternoon it sez "Nip to supermarket" on my diary but I have 2 lunchtime snacks left and double portion of lunchtime salad so I might have to nip there tomorrow when there is nowt on my diary as it's a bank holiday. According to the Intraweb (Fixed Now) Morrisons is open 'til 5 tomorrow

Test(y)

Then the last item on my new phone was adding stuff to my diary without being sat in front of my PC. Timmy took my phone away from me then eventually said "Yes, like this" and showed me how to add a test item to time and date on there

(From the bottom of page FWIW)

Another Fun Saturday

Well, there was nowt on my timetable but then yesterday my MOS added a trip to Wilkinsons to buy more rubber gloves so "they" can wash my feet

And "Oh what fun" we nipped to Wilkinsons and bought some tea and coffee etc. As well on the bill we had bought a packet of not dieting which were tasty and I had to transfer 99p to pay for them between bank accounts

But they didn't have any big boxes of gloves like we used to buy

Aardvarking

Then immediately we went to Aardvark where I spent most of the experience in my wheelchair only walking up the slope at the back.

So we went shopping in Aardvark, got back here, unpacked goods, put them away, said "Where's the milk?" so we had to go back to Aardvark and buy some milk and some eggs which we had also forgotten. I blame Timmy, must be his fault

Gym Class - Wow

So, then I had the first of my promoted gym classes. There was loadsa walking about which I used my stick for, them we would stop walking and do some really fast exercises then walk again. I managed about 50 minutes and spend the last 10 sitting in one spot.

It was hard but it was good

But I did feel a bit exhausted after Sara's action followed by gym

Rush

And then I had to gobble my lunch dead fast in order to leave for my new gym class promotion

Sara

And the Physio came and hurt me loads but did say that my legs and arm were moving very well

He's Back

Oh, he's back but stuck in handover conference

And by this evening we had finished doing various stuff to my new phone, it gets easier to handle as time goes on, yes I will keep it

Come Back Timmy

And I have a number of issues on my new phone, I can make calls, make txts, look on the interweb but it won't look at my webpage.

Then

Then after teaching we nipped to town and collected Freya and she came back here for a dinner.

Which wasn't actually as nice as expected, stir fry and black bean sauce don't mix very well.

Then she nicked my PC and got stuck into homework for some time

Voluntary Work

So I am off to see if I can teach 'puters to loadsa losers s'afternoon

Which we will do after we go to the chemist and pick up my inhaler, which was written on my diary for yesterday but I got a bit too excited at the mobile phone shop and couldn't go 

(Or I forgot because I was so excited)

Question mark...

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Lordy

Just still trying to figure it out

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Testy

So does it work for now, my new phone 

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Wot 'n afternoon

So after a quick lunch here we went back to town and went to the mobile phone shop. Where after much fiddling about etc they gave me a Blackberry Q10 and just WOW. I think I like it even if I can't work 85% of it's functions yet

Wimming

So I made excuses about being too busy all morning but SmallPaul wouldn't take any excuses and took my to the swimming pool at lunchtime today. It was as much fun as ever getting changed and down the ladder.

But walking backwards and forwards across the pool. So I stepped out with my left leg and managed to cross the forwards line etc.

Then I had to move my right foot forward, which I have always been able to do...... but this time as I moved my right foot forawrd, I tilted my left foot slightly and WOW what a difference that made. Instead of falling over to the left I was actually able to walk properly straight on both sides. What a difference, and I a)can't explain fully and b)can't do it anywhere but walking in water, for now. But it is just the best walking I have been able to do for over 10 years and hopefully I will be able to carry it over to walking outside water soon

Voluntary Work

So I started my new voluntary job nearer Carmarthen, in a place called Trysordy where they do loadsa sorting out recycled goods to make them saleable instead of for the landfill.

The actual work I had to do was a bit dull but it was good crack with other volunteers etc

Off Topic

So Sara the Occupational Therapist came round to see me s'morning. We talked about how I am getting on with voluntary work and also about cooking. I think I need to cook more stir fries, curry etc and eat less tofu burgers

Because we were talking about voluntary work she asked how I feel about the new one that I am starting s'afternoon

Fishes

And I finally found some floating fish on eBay, OK, Timmy did, but as one of my floating fish died I replaced him

Strange Dinner

So we had strange thai potato cakes for dinner. I had bought them a couple of months ago, looked at 'em ever since and thought "Naaaa, too hard to cook" but Timmy and I got stuck into cooking them and they were delicious if a bit odd tasting

Banker

So we nipped into town to look at the new O2 phone s'afternoon, choose one that I will get on Wednesday when we go back, then tried to buy some stuff in't shop, my bank card wouldn't work, I had to (old fashioned) pay them cash.

So we nipped back to the bank, they said "Yes, it's knackered" ordered me a new one and paid me some cash to use in the meantime

Gym

So I did gym s'morning, it was OK but she said "Holiday next Monday" so I will need to change my diary again

But today I was going on the trampette and today, for the first time ever I got up without a step. When I was up Timmy brought a step for me to step down on but as I had just stepped up I felt powerful and in charge and manage to step down, off it, without using the step

Space

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

WTF's going on?

More Reasons To Shop At...

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

(from my phone)

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