Then we went to gym where I got stuck into cycling for 10km. I have got another 6 to go at presentNo, it's 6 now, a few minutes later
Well I have done 8 now, some minutes later
Well it went. The teacher lady said to the class at the beginning "Neil says 'Are you gonna be grumpy and scary today?' and I answered 'Yes'" which kind of sums up our relationship. But I did have to wait and say to her at the end "When you took the inclined stairs out I said 'I can't get out now' but at the end of the class I climbed up the vertical ladder, the one I didn't used to be able to manage" so it is doing me some good
I need to look again and again, perhaps find a photo album to put some in etc
Then we went home and had lunch.Then after lunch we went into town so GGtGG could take out of the bank some cash to use tonight, pay to get in.
Then I had bath and nap etcThen GGtGG did much scraping and spraying weed killer around the front garden so hopefully it will look better tomorrow
I also downloaded a recipe for harmless weed killer so once we have finished this packet we will try making someThen as it had taken so long doing stuff and we had a deadline for after dinner we didn't have time for baked spuds some had that "usual" veg and lentil stuff with pasta instead and it was actually rather pleasant. And I now now how to measure out 2 people's worth of pasta
Anyway the class was hard work but I did it
Lordy, so the chap who was supposed to come down with the PA "forgot" and after much crises and phone calls said "I will be in an hour" and wasn't at all. We had loadsa folk playing on a cheap "hear it" battery powered PA with no vocals but even so a couple of them were excellent
Then we went to gym where today I did a rowing machine. So that feels a bit odd too, yes my right arm is behaving much better than it used to but along side that is a new ache as I am using unfit muscles
Hopefully I will remember the fetching......
And it feels OK again having the FES on my leg. I think the swelling on my big toe must have been growing for ages
And I really want to complain about how my right arm is a bit fscked. Less fscked than last time we did upper body machines but it still doesn't work as well as my left arm
And I said to both of them "Didn't he do well?" to which she replied "I did quite well too"
Then afterwards before my bath I called GGtGG into the bedroom and tried some situps on the bed. I had to get him to hold my feet down but that is just a technique/practice thingy. I couldn't get my right arm to go behind my head but with one arm behind I did 10 situps. After the wedding that is gonna become a daily practice thingy. Hopefully in the end I will manage more a day too
And clarkin' bell, it feels a bit strange having it on for the first time in a week. Like good and special etc...
So I had to do the washing up just after lunchThen we popped to Weatherspoons and had another glass of wine
Then we got into the car and thought "Ah well, Morrisons petrol station" but on the way there I actually looked at my shopping list so before we got petrol we actually had to go to Morrisons and do more shopping.THEN we popped to gym and did a rowing machine and IIRC I did the distance in the quickest ever time.
We parked up before the tearoom and walked down past the lighthouse
By jasus, it was moving. One of the older folk hadn't spoken at all for a few years. First think said was "When are you coming back?"
And oh what fun we had. Actually today we were having so much fun that I didn't look at the clock to see how much was left until about 43 minutes into class
And it was nice, we came second in our team of 5 and they usually have a quiz every week but not next week as they are getting marriedAnd I thought "Oh, how well did we do and I suffered a brain injury some years ago so I am a bit stupid" but on reflection it was the rest of my team who answered most of them
Plan B was to borrow one off Timmy but this was me being independant
And I don't have a cold......But after about 6 o'clock at night I have stopped runny nose-ing
Dunno, it improved my walking with no FES today......
And while we were there Timmy shot across the road to the chemist and bought some treat legs cream which feels comfortable. I can't wear my FES until the cut skin has mended. AND she phoned the FES clinic and said "WTF" as I was the second person this week with bleedin' bits on well old FES marks so they are gonna send me some new pads
Shrug
But I did it, walking for nearly an hour, uphill and down
Then later we went down to the pub in Llansteffan and were able drink proper beer
The intermediate ones wouldn't let me choose from a selection of times, like "Normal nap" and "Brief nap after class that's running late" etc
I am not worthy....Well I have now had an early lunch so I can do sum digestion before going to class........
Then we called down to gym and I did my 20 minute cycle, at normal speed for 4½ minutes then flat out for 30 seconds repeated for 20 minutes. Puff puff pant etc but I can do it* WTF's going on, you don't need to queue up any more, just went to a "Paying in" machine, put my card in, didn't need to enter my PIN, put the cash in the slot at the bottom, it clicks and hums then says "You paid in £x?" you click "Yep" and it pays it into your account!!!
And I went back out to have a look tonight and it already looks better, more upright plants etc etc
For future rediscovery you just have to press the small video camera picture button next to main button on top of my camera. Then "up" arrow to play it back
Oh, it was a different route but still as much fun as ever
Woop dee doop, hooray etc etcThen she approached me again and said "Second thoughts. If we get the council to put handrails there, they will do it for free, then you can use it by yourself. DO NOT use it until then"
Then a couple of hours later I was thinking "Where is he?" and he just pulled up, outside, no phone call etc. He did a couple of hours work then fscked off. I turned the tap on and it ran hot for about a second then ran cold.So MM had to phone him again, we had a direct number, he came back, did about 20 seconds work with a screwdriver and it all works now. The hot bath is happening again and we didn't have time to go to the gym first.
Well "someone" said to me today that when the bill arrives "they" will pay half from Staff PC and I can pay the other half
It is the minor right turn just after we have driven off to town but I went up it, uphill it is. Soon we were level with the roof of our house
So Timmy phoned them at 11am, they said they had ordered the spring and the wrong one had arrived, so he had to order the full expensive part (that we had been waiting for a week to avoid) and hopefully will be in touch tomorrow. So instead of heading off to Headway in Swansea we are heading to Aqua Fit @ gym, luckily Timmy had brought trunx just in case, then shower @ pool
Then we turned down the steep downhill at the end of King St., Little Water Street. My right hand went up in the air and stayed there until I had walked the five yards through the very steep uneven bit when it went back to my side
And I was sh*tting myself about carrying it to the sink to drain but it just worked, my own two feet with the pan in two hands
And she did say that even from her not very close neighbour position she can tell how much better I am getting week after week. Like, she said, "I used to be in a wheelchair"
And as one assumes he won't be doing business on a Sunday we will have to shower there tomorrow too....Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t
And it was rather delicious when finished. So I have frozen the rest and taken a portion of last weeks that we still hadn't finished out of the freezer for tomorrow
BUT first of all we walked for ages along the beach and back along LlansteffaAnd I stood at the bar for the first 2 2/3 pints
So first things first GGtGG arrived to work and said that the plumber had phones, he had finally found the spring and had ordered it, and was expecting it to arrive thru the post today or tomorrow, in which case he would come here and fix it. He hasn't contacted us again today so fingers crossed for tomorrow. Well we wen't down to the showers @ gym after the class today and did igt there again. What fscking funThen still early we popped over to Sports Direct and looked at more Velcro trainers but tried on a pair of just tie proper laces ones which I could manage now (Unlike how ill I was when we bought the last pair 3 or 4 years ago) so we bought a pair of slipper/trainers to use in the house
Then we popped across the car park to Home Bargains where GGtGG bought much cleaning products for the staff to use here. He also bought me a few flowery plants, a Bush Lobelia which hopefully will fill the bed with flowers
Shrug
What total fun
OK despite all this exer-fscking-cising we popped to Caffi Iechyd Da first thing and fetched the veg then went to Morrisons and fetched the usual shop plus a packet of kitchen roll which we were about to run of. Then later in the afternoon I was in the kitchen cooking and I ran out of kitchen roll!
And we put the rest of the veg out growing in a compost thingy too
And we had a lovely night. We had food first then got stuck into playing card games which I could have done without but we did have a nice night. Chatting to a newbie egAnd we did win the game!!!!!
GGtGG had said "Neil will probably be tight fisted, I will confirm but unless you hear from me assume we will wait a few days"So hoo fscking ray a few more days in the pool shower but it is worth it to save a hundred quid
Then we said tara and went upstairs to get stuck into a 10Km cycle. Which I still have two thirds of to goWhich I finished. It took me ages because I had accidentally pressed the button to make it harder 6 or 7 times but I still managed it in under an hour. Just
Tonight I just pressed the on button and it came on!!!!
We will have to go back later to have a swim (which is what they call using the shower) as it is gonna take some time for the boiler to be fixed