Unaided

And today I went to Farm Foods and picked up some spuds today. I even carried the basket and walked

Off In A Bit

And in a while we are heading off and meeting Sara in the foyer of the gym and then she is gonna be........ to me while I exercise

And she was 13 minutes late!!! So she looked at me exercising on machines, got me actually on and using one which has been on my key for ages but I couldn't work it, got me on another which I had to get Sam to add to my key, just an exhausting session

And she made another appointment there after she comes back from holiday

Socking-less

So last night I had no Sockings on....

'Wimming

So we took ourselves off to the pool s'morning and did my swimming and exercises stuff

Crisis Averted

So we went shopping to Morrison's s'morning and on the way there I explained how dissatisfied I had been with the incompetent person on Customer Service in Tesco's t'other night who had said "No" to me saying "Sweet potato oven chips, please?" So we went back and had another look and in a different place there they were.

So guess what's for dinner tonight?

And while we were in't shop today Alex said "Ah, sweet potato oven chips are here" to attract my attention and a stranger was walking past and said "Sweet potato oven chips? Ooh, I'll try some of those"

Lie In

And I went to bed last night, eventually shut my eyes, and didn't wake until half past nine s'morning

Cooking

So when I was cooking I looked at my watch, it said 18:49 which for some reason made me think of this (noisy link)

Right Handedness

And I ate my yoghurt with my right hand again this lunchtime.

I am having to relearn muscle memory...

Right Wrist

And eating tonight's dinner I was able, for the second time, took hold my knife properly and use it properly. For the first time in 11 years I did it yesterday, today was even better, more difficult to cut dinner and I manged it all

Lets hear it for BoTox

Looking Better

And Alex did my new staff ritual of putting TCP on my back after my bath and even he said that the spots on my back are looking better after a weeks TCPing

Proper Gym

Then s'morning we first of all we to Aardvaark to do my weeks shopping.

Then we pottered over to my first proper gym class for a fortnight, I missed last weeks, I was on my way to Yorkshire. I worked very hard and did everything as requested. I am getting better

Then we had to nip back to Aardvark and buy the one item on my shopping list that both me and Alex (who also read my shopping list) had forgoten

But First

But before all that fun I had to go back to the (swear, swear) gym. We got stuck in, but of the first exercises, the shoulder press, was too difficult and after my first go which was nearly perfect I couldn't do any more and had to go on summat different. But the cycling is easier every time I try it, and I did more than 4km in my 20 min. stint

Missing Them Already

So we are going to the second last folk night at Iechyd Da (noisy link) in Carmarthen tonight. There is gonna be this months, next months then they are stopping.

(Bitter tears, weeping)

And it was excellent, loads of folk etc. I was talking to the landlady, she said she was pregnant now, and moving to Portugal next year so just wow etc. AND I did some work with my right hand today, which hasn't worked for some years

Cold

Not that it was cold last night but, even with my turned down central heating thermostat, I noticed that the bathroom radiator was switched on when I was sat next to it (having my p**h) s'morning

'Wimming

And I am back to a proper timetable today so I need to go swimming again. This is a whole weeks swimming in 2 days

And oh what fun we had, but we did it, 4 lengths and all my exercises etc

Cut

But today we were able to remove the dressing on the cut on my leg and not put it back on after swimming, it looks completely healed. So after a month of not quite getting better a week of iodine dressings etc and it is better

Quiet Day

And after that we had a quiet day, nowt on

SwimGym

And because we nipped to gym yesterday they had moved the swimming session to today. It was as much fun as it usually was but so was getting dried and dressed after my shower. So now it is on my timetable to go swimming tomorrow too.

Hoo-fscking-ray

Busy Shopping

So today we were too busy going to Aardvark and More Reason's To Shop At.... to go to swimming pool (Oh woe is me)  but Timmy, in his wisdom, said "Just gym today, swim tomorrow" so I went to gym and cycled for 25 mins, very far, so I was exhausted afterwards

AF

So we went up to see those Ixion Dudes at AF. Gosh but it took a long time to get there, the motorway was at a standstill, But when we got there it was good to see folks, many og whom commented on how much more mobile I was than last year

Then on the way home we SatNaved into Wolverhampton and saw Julie (my ex bast mate but she moved to England years ago) and that Toby chap who is her neighbour now. We gave Toby a birthday card etc

And when we were out exploring on Sat afternoon suddenly we saw a chap standing by the road flagging us down. We stopped he said "This chap was walking with us when he came over all unhealthy, can u give him a lift back to the hotel?" so we had to go about 10 miles round trip from middle of nowhere to small town.

But on the way there I was waiting 4 hours between saying "Stop, need a piss" which is just so much better than every 15 minutes like it was 3 or 4 years ago