God Botherer Day

And as it's Easter Monday the Leisure Centre is closed so I cannot (woe is me) go swimming

More Reasons....

And we nipped to Morrisons and got my usual small shop from there

Timmy Queries

And we had sorted out all my Timmy PC queries quickly s'morning and he told me how to add 😀

Visitor and I haven't even finished my coffee

So I was drinking my coffee after my breakfast s'morning when a car pulled up outside. It was my brother David, on his way back to the ferry who called in for 20 minutes

Oops

And as it was getting late tonight (like 9.45) I started to feel really knackered, like I haven't slept in my own bed for 2 nights.......

Diner Had, back in the routine.....

Well I am starting to think that SoS may have been rather good. So :-)

So we had out usual Saturday dinner tonight, roast veg which was as lovely as usual. I have experimented with setting smaller pics by height not width which works rather well. 

Chairless

And today has provided evidence of how I should ditch my wheelchair when I get home, but then I need to read this so I can't forget
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Walked

And I walked everywhere in Hay s'morning, everywhere
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Still here

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We're here

We are here, having a good time
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Together

And s'morning we discovered that with my sockings that on my right leg the FES and the socking fit together. We nipped out and he checked my leg afterwards and it was OK so now I know I can wear them both together

Shoppididodaah

So s'morning we checked all my stuff for going away then went shopping as it is delivery day at Aardvark, so we bought somee but less, it will be in my fridge for a few days b4 I use it
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SoSing

So I am off in a bit to the Ixion do.....

Late peeing

So I didn't wake up for a pee at half three last night, not until half seven. Is summit improving or didn't I drink enuf yesterday?
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What a morning

So first of all we went to the Drs and picked up my script for more stocking/socks, then to the chemist to order them then we drove miles to the hospital in Swansea to see some experts about my FES, I told them what a difference it was making and they were pleased.

Then we nipped to Farmfoods on the way home and came back to have a late lunch

But when I was at the Drs I was able to walk back out, across the car park and down the steep slope to the chemist, and back with no problem

Grumble

Then we went off swimming. And the shower in the disabled changing room works again. As usual I did loadsa exercises

Studying My Sleep

Then last night I actually wore my sleep study stuff which was a bit strange but I have done it. Wait and see if they give me some advice

Apparently I should be known as Normal Neil which is good, at a guess

Ooh

And Paul impressed me again (I know....) by fixing the outdoor string of butterfly lights. They were working until we lifted them yesterday to mow, since then only 1 bulb, next to controler was working. He checked along all of it, I said "No, it must be here" and in the end he found a piece of broken wire where I said. So scissors, pressing into place, insulating tape to cover the gap and all the lights light up again

In Hossie

Then s'afternoon I had to go to hospital to get given some equipment to monitor my breathing overnight. Then Paul will take it back in't morning.

If they think there is an issue with my breathing they will then take action, apparently an oxygen cylinder and some pipes up the nose is likely

Emergency muesli shopping

So last week as they had no Organic Delux Muesli in stock I bought a small bag of normal which ran out s'morning. As we were on the way to Aardvark we saw the Essentials lorry pulling away sojust in time

I walked the whole way from Wilkinsons car park the whole way to Aardvark and then stood up and waited for them to weigh out what we needed

Then we went into Wilkinsons and bought a garden rake because when "he" cut the grass yesterday it left some bits behind

Fixing

And today Paul is getting stuck into fitting handles to my dining room chair so I can pull it closer to table etc. The ones that me and Alex bought yesterday but Alex bottled out and wouldn't fit them. But Paul is coming across as less scared...
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Animation

So about 27 hours after I started I suddenly thought "Ahhh..." so now we have an animated version of a page with 2 pics in.

New Socks

And tonight, for the first time, I am wearing my new socks/stockings combo, it feels a bit strange (different) but I think they will actually do my legs more good and actually stay in position on my knees. If I get on with them I will have to contact the Dr and ask for another pair

Counting

So I was in bed just counting because... dunno why but I was. But if my memory was gone (like it was) I wouldn't be able to remember that eg 30 came after 29. What a thought...

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Shopping

And we went to Morrison's and did our half a weeks shopping (as I am going to SoS on Friday) but mental issues and I bought a whole weeks Blueberries

Early Bird

So Alex  came in at 8AM s'morning as Ed is off to nursing early.

I haven't even had breakfast yet...

Phew, I have now... 

Pink

Good lord, pink is my favourite colour

Cutting

And as my barber MOS was in here today (unusually) I had a going to SoS haircut

Sore Leg

And as I was trying to make my right knee bend more yesterday, to ease my walking, today it hurts more when I walk at all

Shopping

So today me and Timmy had to go to the Ex-Tesco shop now Wilkinson's in Carmarthen. There he had to buy (with my petty cash card) a new shredder to shred paper before throwing it away, and I bought some Toilet Duck loo keeper clean and weed killer for the garden

Walking

And as I am trying to walk better I have been exercising my right leg. But it just won't move forward from the ankle so everyone who sees me walk says "Straight leg" but I can't help it, it just won't bend

And Timmy says it is much more complex than that, it is because my......... ged nose, sorry, np, perhaps attached to, somehow because the connections are well complex, attached to my ABI

Next

Then, on the way to Aardvark, we had to pop into the Doctors and get the 'script for my new shorter stockings(1). AND we had to ask for a urine sample bottle (or piss bottle as I phrased it) so I can take one to the diabetic Dr next week

(1) And they took the script off my in the chemist and said "Should be in on Monday"

Then we finally made it to Aardvark. Where, again, I left my chair outside, walked up and down the slopey bit to the back room, bought loadsa fruit and veg etc then stood, queued to pay, all on my own two feet

Tonight we had pizza made with half stuff
from there and as ever it was delicious.
But tonight we had it with sweet potato chips which
were equally nice but a pain to lift after cooking 

Looking

Then, as soon as she had left, we went out to look at the next house, just over the main road then immediately turn left so not far away. I thought it was nice, but it needed some work and there is a step in both back and front so perhaps not that nice after all

Toenail Cutter

And the chiropodist came and made a big difference to my right big toe, she cut it all back but now there is a kind of scar where it has rubbing for ages but it is no longer rubbing, I am so grateful.

She cut my other nine toes too but this one was the difference

Gosh

A busy day and after watching her being honoured in school we had a dinner with Freya which I still had to buy even tho it was my birthday

Birthday shopping

So we went out and bought my own birthday pressie from my parents at their instructions, a new Kindle with a light so I can read it outside at night etc etc and my Mum is gonna do a transfer of funds to my account tomorrow

And my Mum transferred the cash today, ta to her

Phone To Complain

And I had to phone my local pub and tell 'em that the flyer I got about it t'other night didn't mention their (excellent) vegetarian option. If I just read the bumph I (and 7% of the UK population) would think, "Naaah" so they are potentially putting off some trade

Swimming

So I was taken against my will to the swimming pool. It was a bit too busy slightly to do all my exercises but it was OK. I'm flipping knackered now tho....

2002

Good lord. In the past I was a reader, since my accident less so. I got a Kindle which helped no end. Then I was preoccupied with doing other stuff and forgot about it.

Then last week I started reading again, I thought "What?" and installed "2001 - A Space Odyssey" and no other books.

And tonight I have just finished it. Just wow etc. What shall I read now?

Light Late

And we nipped out in the car tonight and it was still light so much later now....

Bewildered

And as Sara left so late and I then had to get on my PC b4 bath etc and then I needed to nip to More Reasons To Shop At.... to get some greaseproof paper in order to cook the delicious dinner we had I just haven't been able to do any gym

But as Sara commented the hairs on my legs are coming back big style, like they were before my accident. There is still a way to go but I am getting there

Nag nagety nag

So Sara came round this morning and we went out and walked half way up the street, all uneven etc, without my wheelchair accompaniment. So then I had to walk back which I did.

Then she made me walk into the kitchen and prepare lunch on my own two feet. So she reckons every day I should walk into the kitchen, make my lunch etc etc and walk back out afterwards

Loo

Still, I am sorry but going to the loo now, closing the door with my right hand and standing up thru pee.......

X-r-size

Well we nipped to the gym s'afternoon. Timmy said "No need for treadmilling, you walked so far s'morning" so I did full 15 minutes on an exercise bike followed by 3 of my weight lifting exercises

Walking Everywhere

Then s'morning we nipped to Morrison's. I was wheelchaired thru the rain 'til we were through the front door. Then I stood up and pushed my trolley. Until after we had left the shop and walked back to the car

There was a bit of an attitude, every time I moved my right foot forward it hit the trolley. Timmy advised me to bend my knee much more and it didn't hit when I was walking then

Raining

And it is raining loads again today (and yesterday) but the river thru Carmarthen, the Towy,  seems less overfull and flooding than it was a couple of weeks ago
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Well it's dry now, s'afternoon. Still cold and windy but dry now

Fredumpkins

And Freya came round and went straight to bed to have a nap.

Because she does feel comfortable being in her Daddy's house I guess

And we can't wake her up to have her dinner

Out Looking

And we went out & about looking at this property we had seen. No, it doesn't look as nice in real lift. On one side there is an enormous building keeping the light out and around the front there is a beautiful garden leading onto a busy road.

So we added that to the no list instead of "More Potential"

Birthday Pressie For Myself

Oh dear, I bought one today

Measuring

And the chap measured my legs s'morning as he does every day and my right leg is the narrowest it has ever been since we started measuring
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Quiet (wet) day

So today I am having a relaxing day. ATM I am charging my Kindle again....

Pool

So I was just playing a bedtime game of pool, I broke, failed, the PC played, scored with all but one of his coloureds, I tried, scored with all of my coloureds and the black in one go, one turn.

I WON!!!!!

Looked At One/Two

And we went back to have a second look at a house with Paul but he was anti it for many reasons. It was built before the regs changed so the doorways need widening, the kitchen needs knocking thru etc.

So ultimately we decided no

Then later we went to have a first look at one which looked nice. It did, the house looked lovely, the garden looked lovely but it seemed to be next door to a council estate, downmarket and if I am gonna spend that much on a house, nice neighbours are essential

Gymming

So me and Gareth went to gym. I had my FES switched off for 90% of it and I was able to keep my foot straight. And I was standing and walking for the whole hour. As I was feeling a bit smug about my progress not one but 2 women seperately told me that they can see a difference in me nowadays

It ASDA be....

Gosh. So Julia messaged me and said Toby has run out of credit, can you phone him, so eventually I agreed to open an Asda account and say "Click and collect" and Toby will fetch shopping tomorrow

What a performance, there is a minimum spend on the account and I don't know what Toby likes now but.....

Weight Lifting

So s'morning I went to gym with my new instructions that Sara sent t'other day and as it was confusing going "What machine?" I got Alex to take some photos which I put together and printed out so next time we will at least know most of it

But oh it was hard work

At Last

And I lost one game of solitaire after another today but I have just (at 7.40pm) won my first game of the day

I am getting better

Just got out of the bath and I was using my right arm to dry my right leg.

Swimmeth Ye Not

So s'morning I was trying to think of an excuse to not go swimming when Alex came in with sticky plasters wrapped right round one finger which he nearly cut off s'morning when he was doing the washing up at home before he left for here.

So it's his fault not mine that we are not swimming today

Out&About

Then tonight we headed out passing loadsa places "we" used to live and generally having a marginally scary memory session

Gym

Then s'afternoon we nipped off to't gym for more cycling and treadmilling exercise

Email Crisis

Then s'morning BT internet decided it had my password wrong, crisis, crisis, no email, then by 1.30 I had reset the password online but couldn't find how to do it in my email program, I had just got it fixed, thought "Hooray" and was about to read my first email when Gareth took me to the gym for more exercise

Big Long Walk

So we drove to town, parked in Wilkinsons car park and walked along , across Lammas Street, down Mansel Street all the way to the old Aardvark shop, which is looking OK now, about to be reopened as a café

Viewing Property

Then s'evening we went to look at another new property.

Mmmmmm, I think. 

There is loadsa work to be done but loadsa cash to spare. And it is way bigger than it looks from the pictures, it goes a long way back, yes I liked it. So next time me and Paul will have to look at it and if he sez yes then we contact Denyse etc.... then an offer can go in

Good News

And I got not one, but two, pieces of good news and thanks for getting involved today.

(Link from one of the pieces)

Spring Time Today

And I actually had to take off my fleece for a part of the day

'Wimming

Then we headed off to the Leisure Centre and went swimming. It was as much fun as usual and the showers in the disabled changing room still don't work properly.

But as I was doing exercised with the dumbbells (noisy link) I noticed that my right wrist is so much better, again. (I noticed this yesterday too)

More Reason's To Shop At....

So first thing s'morning Gareth came in to replace Alex, they handed over then all 3 of us headed to Carmarthen, dropped Alex off at the bus station (his car broke) then headed to Morrisons

Where I bought my usual small amount of shopping

Going Straight

And look how straight my right wrist is here, in a working kind of way

Phew, at last

So tonight I was playing some games and for the first time in a number of days I won solitaire and pool. Phew, it was the first time for ages (perhaps 24 or 36 hours)  that I have won both together. I did lose at t'other game that I play regularly but.....

Blueberry Planting

Then after lunch we headed out to Wyevale Garden Centre in Carmarthen and bought a new, bigger, pot for my blueberry plants and some compost. We had to ask a MOS which flavour of compost but they said "This kind" so we bought some. We came home and replanted the bush, there were loads of roots keeping each other away from the soil so hopefully it will be happier in it's new big pot.

At Wyevale it was so up/down etc that I didn't attempt walking, just stayed in my 'chair

Walking Is Getting Easier

So today we had to nip to Cantre Mobility to pick up my left handed potato peeler. So I got out of the car, switched on my FES, just got my 'stick from the boot and walked into the shop, down to the far end to the counter, into the other room to use their paying machine then back out of the shop. On my own two feet

Then we nipped to Morrisons, not to get my shopping but to get some cleaning stuff for the staff. Again I started walking but I asked SmallP to bring my wheelchair behind me in case I needed it. I didn't need it, walked about half way round the shop, back to the till then out to the car on my own two feet again.

When we got home I get out of the car and walked back into my kitchen

It is getting easier to walk every time I do it, a few weeks ago I would have felt knackered after such walking but today I am ready to do it again

That Needed Cleaning

Oh dear, so s'evening Timmy got his "cleaning" head on and went into my bathroom and took the "aid getting out" device out of the bath and cleaned it. Good lord, I suspect that we should add that to the list of tasks that the staff need to do every week, It hasn't been cleaned under since I got it, and it needed it

Busy Morning

So first thing s'morning we headed out to Aardvark and did the most of my weeks shopping.

So today I got into car with my 'chair, drove to town, parked, got out of the car without my wheelchair, walked to Aardvark, did shopping and walked back to the car

Then we went to gym and did another load of exercises in the weekly class. I am definitely getting better at it, I used to be able to do about 45 minutes of the class then sit down for the rest but it is all doable now

Iechyd Da

And it was Caffi Iechyd Da tonight. We turned up early as we had been round town looking at houses etc, so we just went rather than waiting for half an hour and going. At first it was too quiet, nobody to play giitar etc but in the end a few talented singer/songwriters came in

Beans

So I have just had my dinner at Caffi Iechyd Da, with a spoonful of baked beans on the side. The baked beans are made here. And they are delicious

Wheelchair-less

So we had to nip to Wilkinsons today so I could pick up some glue stuff for the floor and SmallPaul could get a sandwich for his lunch. I wheelchaired to the hall, stood up and walked to the car, we drove to the shop without my wheelchair, I got out and walked into the shop, had to travel miles to find the product we wanted, walked, paid, walked to car, SmappP drove back here, got out walked home and opened the door on my own two feet

Then I thought "Phew" and sat in my chair again but it is a step, tomorrow I will walk further etc 'til I am no longer dependant on this chair

At Last - a win

Gord, after a number of days loosing I finally won a game of solitaire, finally

Strange Shopping

And s'evening we did have a very odd shopping trip. We went out and went to 3 shops, getting one 1 item of the list in each one. At the end after 3 shops we had bought 4 items, unobtainable elsewhere items

Hoo-flipping-ray

And we are going off to the swimming pool in a bit.....

And back now, it was as much fun as ever but even I am noticing improvements in how my arms move etc

Loser

And I have just come into the kitchen for a brew. I sat down and tried a game of Solitaire. I lost. So I tried a game of Backgammon. I lost that too. So finally I tried a game of pool. Loser

So later I went in again to try and change my luck. So Solitaire. Loser - again, still.....

And again s'morning.....

Fatigued

So I needed a nap today. I was late and I was busy. Anyway just before I napped I was having trouble with one of my web pages, couldn't see the problem. Timmy looked and said "You have got 'A,C,B" instead of "A,B,C".

I couldn't see it at all as I was fatigued. I didn't sleep but rested my brain afterwards

Right Hand

And after I had my bath today I was thinking about how much better at drying me my right arm/hand has got. But I am out of the way of using it, I generally just dry with my left hand. What is the quickest and easiest way of breaking bad habits?

Up

So we got up later and sitting about, waiting 'til about 12.15 when we go off and meet Sara at gym where she can tell me to do loadsa extra workouts etc

And wow, what a different day at the gym that was. So last few times we have been there together we have been working on Cardio Vascular stuff, improving my heart etc, but today I was working on the machines that I usually walk straight past, working on the lifting weights machines. Lifting them with both arms

It was well different, hard but again I can feel myself getting better

Getting up

So I was up for a pee about quarter past 5 s'morning and the noise of the birds singing then was unbelievable

And when I got up again at 8 o'clock they had finished singing for the day

Dinner

And for dinner tonight we had potato gratin and a mushroom and onion pie from M&S and it was delicious. A bit too pricey to eat every day buy very good

S&M and Gym

Then after lunch we headed into Marks and Sparks where actually Timmy helped me, pushing me about and reading what was on the shelves, so we spent the last of the voucher I got at Xmas (1).

Then we nipped to gym, instead of swimming 'cos Timmy didn't feel up to it and I did nearly as much as was requested.

(1) And the voucher had worn away, she had to call a supervisor to read it as the bar code had gone 

AND we got an entry into a competition with the receipt

Poor Timmy

And poor Timmy came into work not feeling too great today and I immediately called him and went "PC issues". 2 hours later after working on my phone and PC it is sorted. There is just the iPad issue to look at when he comes out of the loo

Then we can carry on with the day, go shopping

Which we did, to Morrison's (noisy link) and got some new frozen food to try and very little else, it was a small shop

As Soon As Their Back's Were Turned

Then s'afternoon, after my parent's had left, I had to do some rebellious teenager thingy....

And relax

And we are taking it easy today. As we were so busy yesterday we are just relaxing here and not going out for any walks today

And my parents are leaving here, to go home, about time I start to cook tonights dinner

And It actually turned out a bit delicious again. It was roasted veg night and we had 1 Linda McCartney Sossij and a load of veg and I think it was all well chosen this week, with the exception of the mushrooms most of it was yum yum

Summertime

Well I got up about 6.15 s'morning and had a pee, and didn't need to switch on the bathroom light, I could see anyway

Summetime is coming...

Peeing Every 15 Minutes

Oh that's such a thing of the past

Staying In

And we decided not to go to Botanic Gardens today, as was on my plan, as it is raining, then 20 minutes later blue sky then a quarter of an hour later it's raining again.

So my parent came over here, talked, drank tea then they went off to have lunch, I will bath etc then txt 'em when picking up Freya

And we decided, phoned 'em, said "Book" etc so we are just going to eat in The Ivy Bush, their hotel, so we will see them when we show up with Freya in tow tonight

What a performance. Freya was late, we were therefore late, we got there after we had told my Dad to book a table but it was fine in the end. We all had a lovely meal and they had a good chat

Cooking

And I cooked 4 pizzas and a big pan of oven chips for all of us. And it was yummy

My Memory Is Improving

And today we were walking through town and my Mum said "Ah, that hardware shop it has closed, bother". I was thinking about it later in Belfast, 200 yds from the street we lived in was a shop, dunno if it is open, but I remembered the name and I haven't seen the shop for 20 years

Off Out

So we are off in a bit to my actual class @ gym, with my parents to spectate

And it went well.

And as I went on 2 or 3 women expressed astonishment at what I can do now that I couldn't do a few weeks ago, and as my parents haven't been to a gym class in over a year they were astonished

Aardvark-ing

Then after my parents had a cuppa we went off shopping in Aardvark. I got a fair amount but forgot eggs <shrug>. My mother bought 3 jars of welsh honey, which she bought last year and thought "Mmmmm". Then she paid for my shopping too

And when we were going too the shop there was rain and hail stones falling from the sky, by the time we parked the car the rain had stopped and by the time we came back out of Aardvark there wasn't a cloud in the sky, 100% blue

Parents

Then my Mum and Dad arrived. We sat drinking tea for a couple of hours and caught up with some gossip then we nipped to the pub up the street and had a rather nice dinner. I think Mum and Gareth were not satisfied with how little chicken there was in their curries but I had a broccoli&cheese bake which while very burny was very nice once it had cooled down.

They are coming shopping to Aardvark with me tomorrow morning then coming to watch my class afterwards. I think they will be astonished to see how much better at it I am

Doing The Dishes

And as we were going out for dinner tonight I thought "Better try" and did todays washing up earlier, when perhaps ⅔ of it hadn't been used. So it was easier but I still managed

Quiet Day

And we are having quiet day today as my parents are coming over later