Walkies

OK, so I now have a (re)new(ed) habit. I got up s'morning and walked into the kitchen, I didn't sit in my wheelchair until after lunch

Whiskey Mac

And I have been looking for Stones Ginger Wine in Morrisons every week for ages to no avail, last week visitors came and gave me a bottle for Christmas which, apparently, they had bought in Morrisons in Llanelli, so I knew they should have some but I couldn't find it, so today I was there and I asked for some help, he said "Dunno, hang on" went and asked someone else so I was able to spend far too much money on Whiskey and Ginger Wine

Made Me Think

And while I was at the supermarket this morning I saw a three wheeled motorcycle parked there, it was the first that I have seen in the flesh and it got me thinking, perhaps in the future.....

Found It

So tonight I wrote a "Thank you for the Christmas card" letter to Steph. Then I thought "I do have some stamps somewhere, I remember". So I looked in all 3 drawers in the desk. To no avail. Then I, beginning to panic, looked in other drawers. Still nowt. Then I looked much more carefully through all 3 of the desk drawers, taking loadsa stuff out etc. Still no. I was just about to press the buzzer and shout "HELP" when I thought "I know they are not in the main pockets in my bum bag, but what about that obscure pocket that I haven't used for months?". Yes, how sad, they were there, so I didn't need to ask for help at all

Walkies

So for some months (or years) when I have been walking my right foot moves forward properly but my left foot stops on a level with my other foot, because there is an issue with my right foot bending to allow it forward. But today if I can put up with feeling scared etc both my feet move forward properly. If I am walking on a level surface. If it is uphill I can do it sometimes but it is much harder, if it is downhill it won't go at all. But still progress, better walking than a few days ago

AND a (beautiful) MOS said "Try it with your 'stick", which I objected to as I am trying to learn to walk without my 'stick but it made such a difference. So I was able to walk up and downhill with both my legs moving forward etc

But as I did it I realised that when my right leg moves forward my left foot is flat on the ground but when my left leg moves forward my right heel leaves the ground slightly

& At 'Em

Yes.....

Very Strange

This was an odd event today

Well Done

Just now I was trying to put a book on the top shelf of my bookshelf. I had to stand up and, more to the point, hold the books out of the way with my left hand while I used my right hand to lift up the book.

Happy

Happy New Year (Noisy)

Dinner

And tonight I was invited down to no 7 for a dinner, there was loads of roasted veggie stuff, hummus, salad, it was delicious, and I took a hip flask full of Whiskey Mac with me, even nicer

Aardvark

I asked a MOS s'morning if anyone was going to town. He said "Yes AJ is going to Aardvark". Which made me very happy on two fronts, 1) It's just around the corner from Sheffield House which is where I was gonna try and send a MOS if they were going into Carmarthen at all, and 2) I said to her that I used to work there ages ago so please say "If anyone remembers him that Neil says hello"

And she did, so I was able to stick up various calendars and pics of Freya and the kids. Then I figured out how to make 4 or 5 pictures into an animated gif which looks impressive on a web page

Gosh

Gosh I have been "out" since just after lunch, to No. 7. I only went 'cos I had heard about a cake (which was nice) then I had a glass of Baileys which was very good

Mile

So just now I went outside and was walking up and down without my 'stick on this path. I had up and downed a few times when a MOS walked past, I asked him "How many KM in a mile?", he got out his diary, while I carried on walking, when I got back he said "1.60summat" so I carried on walking until at last I had walked without holding anything 1.625 kilometers. So I walked a mile without my walking stick

Visitors

Then later this morning more visitors came to see me, Brian and Rita, Julia's parents. It was a bit strange but well OK, they were talking about how I was when I first had the accident and when I first came out of hospital and how I am now etc which was a bit upsetting but reassuring too.

And for a Xmas present from them first of all I opened a half bottle of whiskey, thought "Oh.... erm... thanks" opened my second present and it was a bottle of Ginger Wine. So combine the 2 together and it will make a Whiskey Mac. VBG

I commented how I used to think Julia was very beautiful but looking at Rita I can see where she got it from!!

Up

And at 'em again, 8.30ish AM

See me

Then later today all my kids came and had dinner, all of them. It was the most I have had sat this dining table, ever

Post Mortem

It occurred to me while at my sisters summat came on't telly saying "post mortem" and I thought "What a sh*t job, looking at bodies" etc

Gossip

While I was staying at Carly's I felt that her loo was much too low, if you are sitting down to pooh it proved really difficult to stand back up, I had to pull on the sink and the door handle but I managed in the end.

But on the way up I went to the loo before leaving then didn't need to go again until we were 3 countries away, so obviously summat is getting better

Slept

Well I slept last night so at a guess I am a bit better today. This afternoon my 3 kids are coming together and I will try to cook us all food etc.

Weary

Gosh I am worn out/knackered. Today we travelled back in another aeroplane this time to Cardiff, then an hour and a half rest of the way back. So far I have eaten my dinner and put pics together in web pages, I hope they are lovely but I am now too tired to do owt else 'til tomorrow