New Routine

So today, for the 4th or 5th Sunday in a row, we are gonna be learning about Neil's new routine. Nowadays Neil goes Supermarket Shopping(1) on a Sunday rather than a Monday when I am usually going swimming. OK tomorrow I won't be, Sara Davies is coming to see me at shopping time but I will go today as eg I need to have a nap in the afternoon and other business

(1) Which is minimal but they don't sell eg bread rolls in Aardvark

Better

Gosh, well I am getting better even if it is sometimes difficult to express in words. OK I just had a bath. Got out, standing in the bathroom. First of all I was bending over to dry both shins/calves without having to hold on for balance, summat I couldn't do a month or 6 weeks ago. THEN I was able to dry my right leg with my right hand, summat I haven't been able to do for nearly 12 years

Shopping

And we went out today and tried to find the shop on the corner of the market where I bought eye patches in the past but couldn't find it anywhere. We looked all around town and couldn't find any pirate eye patches

Dinner

And I made our usual Friday night dinner and had naan bread pizza and chips. Just yum yum in the extreme

Gym

And went back to an actual Gym class today and it was run by Sam. And when I was there she got me to do that getting down to the floorband then back up thing and even I am astonished at how much easier it is now. And she commented on how much thinner I am which was nice. Even the stepping up and over thing is so much easier now.

I was torn, I really like the benefits of gym but doing the actual exercises is mind boggling dull

Aardvarking

So we went to Aardvark and did most of my weeks shopping. Will go to supermarket on Sunday and get the rest

Biting Nails

So after breakfast I got stuck into a session of biting my nails. But it hasn't been a 'bad habit' for some years now, I looked at my hands, thought "Them" and bit 3 of my finger nails, so now they are all of acceptable length

And now I won't bite them again until they need it

Short Term Memory Improving

So I got up  s'morning and left my bedroom, I thought "On the way to kitchen got my iPod thingy from where it has been plugged in in't living room", got it and then opened the door into the kitchen

• So my short term memory is better about some stuff some of the time

Gym

Then after lunch we went to gym. Oh such fun, but I did my exercises and cycling

Bungalowing

So s'morning we had nowt to do so we went over exploring an empty house which actually seems to fit all my criteria, including price. And while we were parked out the front we met one of the neighbours and it seemed pleasant

Multi Shopping

When we were on our way back from the house we called into 2 shops, first of all to Tesco for some more sweet potato oven chips then to Farmfoods to pick up more Linda McCartney and there we discovered big tubs of Thorntons Ice Cream for next to nothing so I had to buy a couple of those.

I have just had my first half a tub and it was delicious 

House

And we popped up to look at this new house tonight, it looks nice but it is miles away from anywhere. Dunno if that would be a problem for me, I don't see any friends here, but dunno, I am a bit scared to invest in somewhere even more isolating

Got It

And we went and got my new car s'morning. It is good, slightly bigger than the old one, ultra filtered Diesel, and I can get in and out no problem

• It is nice

Gym-ing

And about lunchtime we decided to take on a busy gym and it was OK. First of all we got Sam (yes, she is still back) to add some other machines to my key that is supposed to measure how much I do, then went off and did 3 machines then 20 minutes cycling.

Right Hand

So earlier I was walking with my walky-stick in my right hand. Which I am a bit gob smacked about, yes it is slower etc but I just couldn't manage it a few weeks ago, a few months ago, a few years ago or even 15 years ago

PIN

And Denyse emailed me today with my PIN for the car. Not too excited but...... I feel a bit strange. I was given a car 3 years ago, given, and I have used and abused it, now I will give it back and be given another

Bankers

And we had to go to Lloyd's TSB and tell 'em that my petty cash card had stopped working. She looked at it in a machine and said "Yes, will order u a new one, confirm your address?" but there was no confusion with Anthony's address and name etc, so I should get it in a few days. So I will have to transfer cash to my account to cover the deposit for my car and pay it on my card but that's fine

Hooray

And we went swimming today. (*****). Oh it was such fun being in a way too busy swimming pool with loads of kids. But we did it, 4 lengths and loads of stretches and balances which even impress me

Out

And we went out tonight in SmallPaul's new van as I don't have enough diesel in't car and am too tight fisted to fill it up, it goes back in 2 days and I will get a new car then. Anyway we headed to Haverford West which is where SP lives as he had seen a closed down shop where the C had come off the sign, leaving it a bit more appropriate for me

Shopping

So me and SmallPaul went shopping s'morning as it seems a bit better on Sunday. But the fresh naan bread would be off but as we had already looked in the frozen section we had that instead