Interviewing

Well we interviewed my support worker to be this afternoon. It was mental being on this side of the bridge as it were. He laughed at my jokes, told me that he was trying to tell his wife a joke off my blog last night. Dunno yet, but he seems reasonably sound. If "everyone" else agrees we will offer him a job

Healthy, Wealthy, Wise

So I woke up, and went to the loo, at about 7 this morning. I went back to bed then, lay there thinking "What time is it now?" then gave up and got up about 7.50 (sigh)

Thickener

And I put all my lentils in my curry and it was still way too runny, so I had to ask a MOS what to use. She said "Cornflour" and coincidentally someone else was heading to Tesco's so I have given him instructions

But I solved it alone, leave the lid off and boil it for a couple of hours.

I have some Cornflour to use next time

Walkies

Then I walked up and down the road then up and downhill too. Probably the longest walk on tarmac in nearly 8 years

But afterwards I had to take my asthma inhaler, the first time I have used it in memory

Up Again

(excited)Got up s'morning and thought "What to do?" then it dawned on me, Dial-A-Ride is coming in a couple of hours......(/e)

And it came, took me to town for free and was cheerful. A new hobby

Patience

I have been thinking about making a bottle of Sloe Gin myself, but I think I may be well to impatient, drink some gin and watch the Sloes rot

Out

And I was outside looking a bit pissed off(0.7) and a MOS came up to me and said "Ralph wants a drink with you" so I went into number 2 to see Ralph, who can't do owt for himself, the MOS needs to pick up his cuppa with a straw in and give it to him etc. A "drink", I was expecting coffee but me and Ralph shared a bottle of beer to start. Then we moved on to homemade Sloe Gin, and Tonic, which I had a couple of

(0.7) Because I was thinking about the relatives who had just driven past me on their way home from 'across the road' who were too upset to smile at me and wave back. It occurred how stressful it must be to have "someone you love" being ill enough to be over there, if it was my kids or a loved one or my parents I would scream

Tea

So I had a coffee s'morning and fancied another drink about 11ish. I went to make it then thought "No, Neil, you are drinking too much of that strong proper coffee" so instead I took out an organic tea bag and had a brew. With lunch I will have another coffee but it has been ages since I drunk tea, my new habit(?)

It's lunchtime so I can have another cup of that dangerous harmfull stuff called Coffee ~ phew

Weirdness

So I woke up s'morning was sitting on the edge of my bed putting on socks and splint etc and I thought "Oh urgently, need a piss, shall I walk to the bathroom or wait 'til I can take my 'chair?" decided to wait put on my splint etc and left my bed. Since then I have been outside for a bit, back in etc still haven't gone to the loo, I seem to have forgotten that I was desperate for a piss

And I didn't do one until I was sitting on the loo an hour later to do a pooh, it wasn't urgent, it just came out

Dinner

So for dinner tonight I looked in the bag of veggie sausages, there were 3 left. I usually have 2 with my dinner but I thought..... then decided, "No, don't be silly, you are supposed to be on a diet", got the bread knife out and cut one sausage in half. So I had 1.5 sausages with cous cous for tea

Learned

I think that today's "partly clickable" page will be the last one I need to do to remind myself as I thing that I now know what to do

How lucky we are

T'other day I was wondering why it is still cold even under a blue sky in Winter time. Eventually I rethought it out properly, it's to do with us being half an earth thickness or less away from the sun in Winter and being closer in Summer.

So aren't we lucky that the earth is not a bit further away from, or closer to, the sun

More Walking

So I did another "twice the length of the road" walk today pushing my wheelchair in front of me.

Aargh

I woke up thinking it was Monday morning today and I had stuff on. Eventually I realised it was still the weekend

Walkies

So I was out the front walking up and down outside with my 'stick. At the top of the slope coincidentally a MOS came past. So I stopped him and told him about how without my 'stick my left foot wouldn't go forward of my right when I walked but it would when I was walking with my 'stick. But a few days ago I tried it without my stick and I seem to have learnt/remembered, but I was too scared to walk without my stick when I was concentrating on moving my left foot, so would he walk next to me and catch me if I feel over.
I didn't fall over and I can now say definitely my left leg is remembering where it is supposed to be going when I swing it forward when I am walking

Then later I walked up my road pushing my 'chair to the end, back down to the other end, then back before sitting down

Phew

Yesterday my big Sis phoned. She was trying to sort out Lloyds TSB after I tried to change my password (for security reasons) and since then it hasn't let me see my accounts etc. So she had gone to see them, I was shitting myself, but she told 'em what had happened and they said sorry and fixed it. OK, I still can't see my bank account but they have had to change my account number that I use to get in etc and this is being posted out.

... And At 'Em

So I got up about 8 AM s'morning, having been up needing a piss only once since I went to bed at midnight

Excited

And in less than an hour I can go out to Tai Chi followed by the Folk Club.

Wow, Tai Chi was really strange as I am much too ill to be trying it but just carried on, it was good. We just stayed for the first half as we were going off to catch the end of "The Folk Club"'s monthly meeting, it was very impressive too

And I did the first 3/4 of the Tai Chi class without sitting down, it was, I think, the longest I have stood up doing stuff for nearly 8 years

I am

My brain is getting better!!!!

Sigh

Well today is proving dull as ditchwater. Nothing good or exciting will happen 'til tonight when I am first of all going to Tai Chi then to the folk club for it's monthly do