Got It

And my new t-shirt arrived today, I had decided it wasn't too dear in the end

But it was a bit pricey......

Computer Crisis

And I am having a crisis today. My external hard drive which contains most relevant stuff has died. I couldn't have a close look s'morning as we were out walking and since then I have been cooking. After nap I will have another look

No, can't do f. all. I have had to dig out backups etc

Walkies

So we headed to town s'morning and parked on King St and just went for a walk along including stops at 3 charity shops where I didn't find owt to buy

Friday

So after an early lunch we headed to the Drs to get my script. Except I had forgotten to order one of the main items so we will have to go back on Monday or Tuesday and pay for fscking parking again. We had half an hour before gym class so we pooped into the gallery at the end of King St and had a look. This involves a scary staircase but that was no prob. I just climbed.

Then we popped to gym which was much the same as usual, except today we were doing an exercise with both feet taking turns to be backwards and for the second half of the exercise I managed to do it with my right foot staying flat on the floor, my ankle wasn't insisting it lifted 

More Grumpyness

After being grumpy yesterday today I am being p*ssed off with having to wipe my arse (after a poo) with my left hand

It is just wrong/It doesn't work properly/It is too hard

Hooray, It's Friday

So after my early lunch then we have to pop to the Drs to pick up my 'script (As Timmy will be "having a meeting" with GGtGG when he comes in) then there is my weekly class @ gym with Sam

Sigh

Well I said it was too dear t'other day but in the end I bought it anyway.

So they emailed me today to say "It's on the way"

Grumpyness

I am struggling a bit with just feeling sick of being as fscked as I am now. Yes, I was more fscked in the past but I still struggle with being this fscked now. I had an enormous life changing accident which wasn't my fault and did change my life. I used to be a lazy(ish) do nothing chap. That has changed. Because it is a struggle to get out of my bed in the fscking morning. It is a struggle to walk to the loo, to the kitchen etc.

And I need to have someone else rub my cream in every day etc. Et-fscking-cetera

AND I "have to have" someone supervise me cooking and eating....

Gymwards

Well we popped to gym, got a bit confused about what I had said to Timmy but we got there in the end so I sat down and did my 3 and a bit KM rowing exercise. At one point I had to turn my hands upside down as it didn't hurt my right hand like normal rowing does, so apparently it is making other muscles work but I did it.

Finished the distance

Walkies

So s'morning we went to Iechyd Da to pick up the organic veg then to Morrison's to do the rest.

All dun, so now..... gymwards

In't Pub

So we came out, there were some people here but they have gone now, leaving some folk in the other side, eating

Unexpected

And when we were on the way out today we saw the ex-landlady as she was down at the house next door. She commented the last time she saw me I was in a wheelchair and was also much fatter (Slim Jim she called me)

Frozen Food

And because we had run out of "Neil's food" we had to have frozen mini pizza's(1) and oven chips for dinner tonight. It was pleasant but I think it is about 3 weeks since we had anything to eat apart from na'an bread pizza (once a week) or "Neil's food" that I had made an enormous pot of and frozen loads the rest of the week

(1) With extra garlic and cheese

Hoo-fscking-ray

And it is an early lunch today followed by Aqua Aerobics at the fscking pool

Hooray

Well wasn't it...... Well that went OK. For the first time ever I didn't have to hold on to the side for any of the exercises, I did them all on my own two (and one periodically) feet

Getting Light Again

And s'morning my alarm clock went off and I sat up and put my shoes on etc and, for the first time in some months, didn't need to switch the light on to see, it was bright enuf

Different Format

And if I look at the test which tool you are using to look at this webpage on my iPad which I mainly use for watching telly it comes up as a mobile phone device

Feed Me

So I am heating up for dinner the last of "this weeks food" which actually means I will have to take summat out of the freezer tomorrow as I don't get the organic veg 'til Thursday.

It has lasted all week before, dunno if we have had bigger portions or I have lost some or what this week

For Miles

So s'morning RoyGBiv took me to gym and it was a cycle for miles session. (OK, 10km)

Oh what fun we had. About ⅔ of the way thru ATM

Finished. {Pant, pant, pant}

Take 'Em Down

And I have just had to go outside and take down(1) my two "hanging, blowing in the wind" ornaments as it is getting so windy

(1) OK, or ask MM to help, he is tall enuf to reach

Headway Update

And we went to Headway and had a good time. We were sat with a women who remembers me from before and a newbie chap who had a car crash 5 years ago and is trying to get over it. We only had time, amongst conversations etc, for one game but I won it!!!!

Headway Today

So we are off to a meeting of Headway Swansea instead of going swimming today which I don't know how to react to. Yes, not going swimming is excellent but going to a meeting...... "Why am I here?" springs to mind.

THEN there is a Carmarthen Headway meeting tonight to sort out next years activities, dunno what I can offer....

No, after discussion with MM we decided to not go to tonight's.  They email me notifications about "do's"

After Breakfast Time

So an hour after I got up s'morning it was still cold

Drinking Chocolate

And as I was getting ready for bed I made myself a drink of Hot Chocolate which was a rare but pleasant treat

Let Some Air In

And s'afternoon after my nap I turned the bedroom radiator off and opened the window. I will reverse the procedure after dinner time but it needs doing, doesn't it?

Sigh

Then we had to pop to Morrison's to fetch a 2 pint container of Organic SS Milk as on Thursday, when I was shopping last, the b/b date was too short so I only got enuf for a couple of days

Biathlon

No Neil. Watching The Winter Olympics and 'The Biathlon' is not some perverts race

Hail Storm

And not 2 minutes ago there were hail stones falling from the sky

And because of this I didn't suggest a walk on Sunday Morning and it stayed bright and sunny. Until just before my bath I was doing my exercises and couldn't see out  the window but I could hear the rattle of more hail stones

Then later it snowed for about 2 minutes when I was in the utility room emptying the washing machine

My Arse Hurts (Some)

So I was fine all morning, no pain in the injection site then I was sitting on the bed taking my socks and sockings off to have my bath s'afternoon, I lifted my foot up, changed position slightly and suddenly the side of my arse hurt loads

Ouch

Rugger Buggers

And the Wales v England rugby match was on at dinner time, I watched it and we fscking lost

Well Morning

So I spent all morning first of all cooking the weeks food then getting together last night's pictures (and recording) from the Ukulele Band at Iechyd Da

In The End

And we headed up to t'pub tonight and were the second and third folk in there. Perhaps a bit eager

And later it filled up. Excellent, a good nights entertainment 

Continued

So after my early lunch and an hour to digest I went to That Beautiful Sam's Class and again did better than last week. I can't say "It's because of this", I am just getting better every week.

So now I have had my bath and am in bed, looking forward to pizza and chips for dinner then out to see tbe Ukelele Band

I Know UR Bored With These But......

Sorry. I know you are sick of these but walking without my walking stick, this is well important

Started

So first thing s'morning as Timmy finished me and RoyGBiv headed for the Drs, she asked me which cheek I wanted the jab in, I said "You choose" and she injected me. Lord but that was a thick solution, she had to squeeze and squeeze then squeeze some more to get it in but eventually it was finished, she made another appointment for 3 months then we left

As we were passing gym on the way home I said "Oh, I think my arse hurts too much to go to the gym class s'afternoon" but I don't think he believed me

That's the first item from my diary for today

Well that's the second done, had an early lunch so I will be as fit as a.... in (The Gorgeous)  Sam's class

Mañana

So tomorrow morning RoyGBiv has to take me to the Drs where they are gonna inject my arse with testosterone. Then we need to come back and have an early lunch before going to Sam's gym class then if I am feeling well enuf later we will head up to The Local Pub where there is gonna be a Ukulele Band or somesuch (potentially loud link, the last one)

Snow Gone

So after yesterday's snow it is back to Wales tradition, it is raining again today

Thursday Morning

So we have the usual Thursday morning walk about to the shops etc but it is fecking raining today. So first of all it is park on King St and walk all the way down that walkway to Caffi Iechyd Da then a trip to More Reasons To Shop At.... then to gym.

Then stop for lunch

Well we did it. First of all to Iechyd Da where it was raining so heavily that Timmy said "Stay here" and ran down to the shop and back with the food. Everything was there apart from salad packs which I added to the Morrison's list which was quite short as we had to get f all from there but we did it.

Then came home and put it away and went to gym where it was rather busy but we avoided the queues and got on the rowing machine. Today I was supposed to stop after 2.25km which I did

......Chicken Dinner

Winner winner.......

Ref

Pool

So we went swimming and showed my card to get in and she told the next person in the queue behind me that there was no Aqua Aerobics session today, the MOS was off sick.

So we had a drowning session

Snow

There was nowt when I went to bed last night but when I woke up s'morning there are a couple of cm of snow everywhere

And by the time we went to the swimming pool it had completely disappeared. Like 100%

Melt Down

And the snow which was trying to lie earlier seems to have melted off the streets etc

Phew

But I think as it was icy etc when we woke up s'morning and will get icy after dark we won't attempt to go to the Men's Shed tonight

Cycling

So HOORAY we have come to the gym to get stuck into cycling. So I have done 1km so far, only another 2 and a bit to go

Done 2 now, only 1 and a bit to go

No Neil. Don't get too excited and get off at 3.25km like you tried. As GGtGG pointed out it is 3.25km on the rowing machine, it's 10km on the bike

5 done now

Well finished. Knackered but I did it. And I had to be told to stop. I was going for another quarter of a km like I do on the rowing machine but "No Neil" he had to tell me

OCD

Not that I suffer from OCD but  I was eventually able to finish a game today. Most of the other dates for games have 2 or 3 dots to celebrate finishing but the bottom left one here (and a few other earlier dates) have got no stars at all because it took me loads of attempts to actually finish it

Bother

So MM came in s'morning and saw my towels etc in the hall and said "Oh, are we swimming today?". I said "Yes, haven't you got your trunx with you?" hoping in the extreme but he said "Nah, they live in the back of my car, that used to be my job"

Bother

Well didn't it happen.  ¾ of an hour of jumping etc. And I did feel that I was better at standing on just my right foot and kicking with the left. And I hardly had to hold on to the side at all, my general balance is well better

It's Chilli Tonight

Minus what?

Walkies

So me&Timmy headed out for a walk s'morning. Timmy said "Head to town walk up......" but I replied "No, lets walk up to the community center and see what's on. It's up the hill, past the pub but there is no problem, I can walk that far (and back) without any problem. Some bits are scarier than others as the pavement is well uneven, been dug up in parts but I could walk the whole way.

Having done that I can now say "There are no advertised *do's*"

Rugger

Well Wales are proving themselves better at rugby than Scotland s'afternoon. 27-0 in the first hour

34-0 and there are still 5 minutes to go

Well 34-7 it was in the end, Scotland scored at the very end

More Reasons To Shop At....

And we had to nip to Morrison's s'morning and pick up a bottle of org olive oil as I finished the last when cooking s'morning.

But I didn't take a basket with me as I had to resist the chocolate treats, I just carried the oil in my hand

Pubwards

So we went up to the pub tonight and drank some of their beer from a micro-brewery in the West Country, near Bristol and they are advertising a mega band next Friday but as I have to go to the Drs and have a jab in't morning I dunno if I am up for it

& Chips

So we had the na'an bread pizza and chips for dinner. We went back to smaller 2 na'an breads inna pack this week but it was good and big enough

Isn't She Wonderful

Well I have to go to see that Sam (noisy link) today.......

Gord, dunno what to say, I am getting better every week. Today I was doing the stand up and exercise with no stick and no chair to hold on to, using both arms and standing on both feet. Sam spoke to me at the end and suggested at some point taking a video of how much better I am at various exercises to send to someone else who was involved in my early care

Booking 2

And we have just booked the hotel for our stay in Belfast. We had looked at renting houses across the road from my Dad but in the end it was much the same price to book a hotel as we don't need a disabled room now

Rearranging

And Timmy had to phone the dentist and say "This appt in April, we will be in Belfast" so they just said "Come a week later, same time"

Won All Last Months

Hoo-fscking-ray (How sad?)

Bookings Were Made

And me and Timmy have just booked and paid for flights to Belfast about my Birthday so we can see my Dad and we are gonna book a house to rent across the road so all is said and done

 Aargh etc

Thursday Morning At 5 O'Clock

No, the reference I was trying for is Wednesday (noisy link) but we have the usual Thursday morning business. To Iechyd Da, MoreReasonsToShopAt.... then to gym then pant etc

Well first of all I was tapping my fingers while Timmy and GGtGG were spending much too much time doing the handover but eventually Timmy was free to put on my FES and drive me to town. We got stuck behind a delivery van on King St (he had to stop 3 times to make different deliveries) but that did mean there was a parking space clear. So Timmy carried my food back to the car and we headed off Morrison-wards. Again that went well and all was done (including organic tinned tomatoes, there were none in my org order).

 Then we came home and I put it away then we headed gym-wards and I got stuck into a rowing machine and did 3¼ km as usual. Then came home and had a late lunch and a late nap

Tonight

So tonight we are off to the Game For A Laugh meeting of lonely folk from around Carmarthen. Dunno, see how it goes....

OK, worth while. We played a game, chatted loads, just generally behaved like people. Yes, I will be there again. But one of the women noticed me. She said "So you are a charmer are you?" or words to that effect

A Swimming We Will Go.....

Unfortunately, we are on the Aqua Aerobics list in an hour or so......

And wasn't it fun. Afterwards when I went up to 'her' to complain about some issue of my illness that had been brought to my attention by her exercises she did comment that I am getting both better at the class and braver in my 'trying it out'

Mohawk

And I had to have a haircut today, as we had cut my mohawk so short last time it was beginning to be indistinguishable, and I won't need bath immediately as I will be in the swimming pool in a couple of hours

Hooray

And so I have another 8.5 miles to cycle before I can go home today....

BIG SIGH

Less than 7 miles now. HOORAY

Only 2.5 to go now

Well I dun it. I don't know what my time was today but again I did it all in one go, no stops for breath.

But the computer thingy on the bike wasn't working today. I entered the URL but nowt came up. (I had to take a pic with my Samsung Mobile Phone as my camera was out of reach in my bag on the floor, my phone had the timer in so I could reach that)

Newbie

And as I was about to go to sleep it said 'New Firefox for your phone' so some time was spent setting it up etc. I think I might like it, tell you in the morning

I do indeed like it now....

Hooray

So today there is no "Headway" meeting to get in the way and MightyMark's cold is better enuf so we will go to WaterWorks and have a drown s'afternoon

Oh wasn't it fun. For a start we were 3 minutes late at the start, I am blaming MM for that, but just everything else I am better at than last week. And we didn't do any of the exercise which caused me to nearly drown t'other week, which I was planning on not doing anyway just do some stretches or summat but I didn't need to

Hoovering

So I have just heard RoyG hoovering the whole house with the new hoover (Which actually is a Hoover) and judging by his comments afterwards the new hoover is a much better product than the nearly dead old one which we will give to GarethTheGit on Wednesday to drop at the tip on his way home

This evenings random thought

Was about this.....

Yum Yum

So after napping I switched the saucepan of food back on (as I had remembered to switch it off when we went out today) and stuck a couple of spuds into bake so we had food much later and I must say it was delicious. So I have divided it up into a small saucepan for tomorrow and 3 packets to go in the freezer when it has cooled more but I am rather impressed, I hadn't tasted the food while it was cooking so I was rather pleased when it turned out to be delicious. (According to Roy, not me!!!)

After Lunch

So immediately after lunch me and RoyG popped out and looked in 3 stores for a new vacuum cleaner for the house. In the end we found one and Roy bought it.

THEN we popped to the Lyric Theater on King St and bought two tickets (Well I get mine free, my accompanier pays) to see the Dubliners in April which is nice

Peeling

Fark. So I have just peeled loadsa veg to make this weeks food and I did it all with my right hand. A few months ago I couldn't use my right hand, a few weeks ago I could use my right hand but it was slower, more difficult to do it.

Lordy, a big difference, I wouldn't even say it was more difficult using my right hand today. Today I just peeled the veg.

Just fark

Samming

And we need to go to my only Sam's class at gym in a bit.....

(Well inappropriate thoughts......)

And during the class MM was sat at the back of the room and said afterwards that 2 separate people had told him how impressively they thought I was doing.....

No Neil

And because you were drinking at Iechyd Da last night stop idly thinking to yourself "Oh, let's nip to the pub tonight"

Just no....

First Things First

So first things we popped to the Chiropractor on Lammas St and she cut loads off my toenails, as usual. We have another appointment in 7 weeks

More Iechyd Da-ing

So we went back to Iechyd Da in the evening and arrived too early as we do every month. We had (Veggie) Scotch Broth kind of unusual dinner as it was Burns night and by then some musos started to arrive. I was rather impressed, I thought there was a good range of talented folk and it was busy enough that they should make a profit but they weren't tonight, they were fundraising for those now homeless folk, selling food for them and having a collection

Ouch

And I did notice after getting off the rowing machine today that my FES was hurting more than usual (as always) but I just tried to not turn it down and after about half an hour it just felt normal again

Stressfull in't morning

So in't morning I have to take off my sockings and just put on "no FES" boots and head off into town early and go for a toenail chop

And in't morning Timmy has said he will phone my Dr and make an appt for my testosterone jab

Busy Morning

So we have a busy morning, to Iechyd Da to pick up my veg, to MoreReasonsToShopAt... to get the rest of my shopping then off to gym to do gord nose what (Ask Timmy!!)

And we will be back at Iechyd Da tonight for a folk night, a fundraiser as they are trying to help out some good cause whose alternative house burned down over Christmas

Well that went OK. The veg order was complete this week, so we didn't have to get any extra MoreReasonsTo.... goods but that went fine too. After coming here to put it away (and pay for the organic order) we headed over to gym and got stuck into the rowing machine. Again I feel that I am getting better every week but an old chap that has seen my in't gym for 3 or 4 years did comment to that effect today, which was nice

Then after lunch I did the washing up as we are heading back to Iechyd Da for a fundraiser folk night

Haven't Started Yet

And I haven't started reading the article I put online with the title Hmmmmm, dunno want to read it but will have to wait until I am in a more suitable mood

Savers

Then after my nap we headed out to Savers to fetch some 1lt size mouthwash as they are the only place I can find the big bottles in Carmarthen. While we were there I picked up more "healthy option" toothpaste

No, while being bored near my PC later I found that Boots sell it too. But the same sized container costs 61p more 

Aquatically

Well wasn't it fun he said sarcastically. She was doing some different exercises but I was still well too nervous to do "sitting on and moving sideways" exercises because it was doing one of these which caused me to try and drown last week

One of the women who rescued me was there too, I pointed out the enormous bruise that is still on my upper arm 10 days after the disaster but she said "I was grabbing your left arm, honest, it wasn't me"

Team Meeting

So there is a "Team Meeting" happening here s'morning, followed by Aqua Aerobics.

Just good lord....

Sigh. Well they did the meeting quick enough that I could go and have my early lunch and go to Aqua Fscking Aerobics. Bitter tears

Drier

And after pouring down with rain all morning it has brightened up now so I think we will head over to 'Mens-shed' tonight

OK it has not "brightened up" now as it's dark but I think we will head over

Oh and didn't it go well. There were a lot fewer of us which actually helped me when we were in the back having a brew. I did more sanding, I think I have done all that I can with the sander, it's just down to sandpaper now, which "they" supply. I think another week or 2 sanding then we get on to the coating. THEN the decorating and cutting the top to fit

To Buy A Fat Pig

Then we had to nip to Morrison's to buy some more milk as they didn't have any with a long enough best before date when I bought it last Thursday

When we had done that, and RoyGBiv bought more tea and coffee for the staffroom, we headed down to gym (surprise, surprise) and I did an enormously long 10km cycle, which I think I beat my 'fastest cycle' time 

Double Figures

Oooooh, it must be the first hint of spring, it was double figures temperature s'morning

Swimmless

And today I am heading to the Headway meeting, instead of going swimming

The shame....

And it actually wasn't as unpleasant as usual. Today when playing the fun games* I was sat with one of the women I had been sat eating with at the weekend and we just talked, we have some connection

* Sarcasm

Cold?

And apparently tonight was gonna be the coldest night for some years around here but it locally it was running at 6°, a really warm night.

Out In The Rain

So we popped out s'morning so GGtGG could get a bank statement from the petty cash account. It was raining heavily the whole time so I just sat in the car while he popped out to the bank to get it

Bored

And as the rest of the day since our groovy lunch has turned into a usual quiet Saturday GGtGG has agreed to drive my pubwards later. Dunno, we might see the business that we saw last week....

(All 2 of them)

Dunno again but I seem to be the only person who tries to keep them in business but.......

Oops

So I was in the kitchen stirring the food I have just made for the rest of the week when GGtGG said to me "Right, off in a bit to this Headway lunch"

Aargh, I had forgotten.....

We are on the way there now, I have remembered to switch off the cooking food....

And wasn't it actually rather good. The meal was OK but actually getting to talk to folk for more than a couple of minutes opened my eyes. I get the impression that most of the other clients are rather impressed with how much progress I have made and am still making

Sigh

So after lunch we need to go to The Beautiful Sam's Class to see how cruel she can be for an hour.......

Aargh, no, Sam wasn't there, one of the senior staff had lost his wife, she died of some disease when she was in her 30's and Sam was at her funeral. So the almost as beautiful Chrissy was taking the class today and again I am slightly better at it than last week. There were some Chrissy exercises that Sam doesn't do but again I did them all.

Well, dun it so far

So far I have done the whole half a month's daily puzzles

Gymming

Then we headed to gym and today I did loads of rowing on the rowing machines

Shopping

So phew, the wind and rain had stopped this morning, so Timmy&I were able first thing to pop to Iechyd Da and get the organic veg without getting soaked or blown over. Then we headed to Morrison's to fetch the rest of the shopping. By which stage the rain had come back but we were in the shop quickly

Windy Last Night

When we were heading to bed last night it was well windy, GGtGG asked me if I thought he should bring in the hanging chimes (which I said "No" to BTW......), it was well windy over the bins that we had put out. Except that s'morning the bins had disappeared, GGtGG had to go and look for them, luckily they had only blown about 20m before getting stuck against summat, but scary

And this morning the wind has dropped, even the chimes are hardly chiming.....

First

But first we headed into town, 3 times round Lammas St before we found a free car park space then walked to Wilko (which now costs £1.60 to park at) and got a new bulb as one blew t'other day. You can no longer buy the same kind but the much more expensive, much more eco friendly bulb of the same size was available

GGtGG bought some bleach to keep my house clean while we were there

Utterly Cheerful

Oh so happy. So me and GGtGG need to head to Aqua Aerobics at lunchtime, the second swimming session this week.........

OK, it wasn't so bad. Yes hard work but I didn't have to be rescued from drowning today, I did it

Buzzing

And last night my PC started buzzing loads when I approached it. GGtGG said he recalled summat about my phone interfering, I took my phone out of my pocket and placed it on the window sill behind me and the 'puter had stopped it's really loud annoying buzzing noise.

It is OK now, the phone is back in my pocket and I am sat at my PC - no buzzing noise

Pay For Parking

So we need to pay for parking at the Docs/Chemist s'morning as we need to go to the Docs and pick up a script

Which we did, picked up my script and left. Then, before we came home, we went to gym and this week I actually did 10km of cycling which was hard work but I did it. I tried to claim I was too knackered to continue after 5km but he was having none of it

Winner

And someone with a similar postcode to mine won the "what's your postcode" lottery today

Springtime

So it is about 6 degrees warmer today but the weather forecaster says it is gonna be freezing again over the next few days

Hooray

And as I can't find any excuses we are due to head to Waterworks in the pool s'afternoon

Just hoo-flippin'-ray

And wasn't it fun. But I did it. Although I did have to be rescued at one point, I was sitting on the woggle and fell over and I couldn't get my feet under me, so my head kept going under the water. I wasn't panicking, I was breathing in when my head was above surface but I needed to be grabbed and pulled on my feet by..... loadsa beautiful women, so I think I might get a reputation if I repeat my stunt too regularly

Cocoa

And I tried that Hot Chocolate that has been in my cupboard for a week and a half for the second time tonight and I was right last time, it is delicious

God Botherers Day

So I cooked s'morning for a couple of hours, then was able to switch the pan off and let it rest. So I have frozen some now and I think this will do "us" for the rest of the week