Wow

Just now there was a MOS in my room chatting. First of all I shouted at him "Look, it's just me expressing myself - ignore me" and spoke after that "Tell all staff, 'Neil shouts occasionally, just ignore it, don't be upset'"
Then we were talking about the chap in No 1 who had to wear a padded helmet as he is severely epileptic. According to the MOS he was in a wheelchair until he was 14 years of age!!! There is hope for us determined f**kers

Right OT

Well, WOW what nice Falafel Burgers we were able to have for tea in the end. First I ground chick peas, then.... then Freya had to help putting them in Pitta Bread with loadsa extra things, then we are them together and we both rather enjoyed them

And I am told that they sell ready-to-eat Falafel at Morrisons, I will have a look next Monday

O(ff) T(opic)

Then Sarah the OT came to see me. And WOW, what can I say. Well basically we made some Falafel Burgers for tea, gosh it was a right performance but we managed. So I had to open a tin of Chick Peas, put them into my new Food Processor, ground them, added spices etc, loads of other ingredients and fried them. Then we mixed up hummus and tahini and some different spices for a dressing, put away some lettuce and Pitta Bread to wrap them up in for Tea tonight with Freya. I couldn't do all of it but I managed most of it alone, and Sarah was talking about how asking for help can be helpful sometimes, yes my independence is the only reason I have come so far, as she realised, but help makes the final part of getting better more likely

Up and At 'Em

So I woke up "much too early" s'morning, lay there trying to go back to sleep and failing that for half an hour then gave up and got up. Oh great, it's five to flippin' seven....

Hapus Dydd Gŵyl Dewi

By accident I realised that tomorrow is a holiday in Wales, St David's Day

Just One

And blinkin' flip, but hooray. It has been doing my head in for ages that I recieved 1 copy of most mail that I send but 2 copies of every mail I send to Ixion. So tonight I had another bit of trying to rearrange and I didn't say "No mail" but a few down it sez "Receive your own posts to the list" which today I realised means an extra posting to me, so I changed it to NO and now I just get every post once.

Sloe Gin

Well.... I have ordered delivery of a bottle of Sloe Gin which I am expecting tomorrow. So in the shops today I bought a bottle of Tonic water to go with it. Fairy nuff. Now tonight a MOS came round and said "Ralph next door said you would want this" and handed me a bottle of home-made Sloe Gin that they made last summer

And on reflection it is delicious straight.

No Neil, calm down....

Ta, Well Taught

So I got my shopping from this morning out and set it on the table. There was a new jar of Pickles which was too tight to open. So I got out my opening jars device but the lid of the pickle was too big to go in. I thought "Oh" and was just about to shout for help when I recalled whay a MOS had shown my t'other week. So I got a knife out, kind of half pushed it under the sealed lid then took it out and tried again. Wow, what a difference, I could now open it easily

Morrisons

(Sigh) Did my shopping s'morning...... now awaiting Sarah the OT to come and cook with me tomorrow

Washed My Back

And I have just had a shower and washed my back with that new device, better than last time and then dried off my toes with a different bit of it.
VERY VERY HAPPY CHAPPY

My Neck

And a MOS was just in my room for a bit, as she was leaving she said "Lemme look at your neck". So as I can't see it I was nervous, hoped the Calendula Creme will have worked, she looked and said "Wow, it's completely better"

Eugh

And I got up s'morning, had to go back to sitting on my bed to tighten my splint, then I was glancing at The Observer before I had my breakfast and then went "Eugh" rather loudly

Sloe Gin

I was just having a look on Amazon and unexpectedly I found some Sloe Gin. So waiting now..... And it's Organic too.

VBG

Books

So I had been reading more short stories, as I couldn't cope with my 3 volume SF tale, but a few days ago another book arrived, one which had been recommended by IXION, a tale of the RAF flying miles to make the Falklands stay British and I am enjoying it a great deal, I think it is now "my current book"

Biggest, longest, walk in nearly 8 years

Now up 'til today the furthest that I had walked had been 2 up and down our street. Today I walked 3 times full length there and back

I am still a bit proud...

Fixed it

So on my webpage I had 2 photos next to each other, so when you scrolled down it looked like there was just one pic for ages. Then after much humming and hawing I was just about to buzz for help and say I don't suppose there is a web designer on the premises today, but in the last few minutes before I did that I discovered what I needed to do to move the picture upwards and it looks a bit more sensible now

So 'vspace="xxx"' was the new command that I have learnt about today

Excited

So I am gonna have a shower tonight and this time I am gonna try out my back washer, try and scrub myself with the big brush

And big WOW, it f**king works, it is the first time my shoulders have been washed since I stopped needing help to wash.I can wash the top half of my back with "it" and reach the rest of my back freehand.

VBG

DVLA

So even tho the DVLA have said that I can't drive for now I did an official DVLA practice theory test. I did it in about 1/3 of the time allocated and score 100%. Obviously some part of my brain still works

But I failed the second test, only 41 out of 50

Woe is me (again)

And I began to realise how fu*ked my eyes must be

But I started another game, with twisting my head/neck around from the first go and it worked this time

I WON

Stories

So I am bored trying to read the (new) long story that I have so I started reading another book of short stories. The first story impressed me so much that I had to scan it and make it available for all you lot to read