Disgruntled

And as Alex said to me today "You can get drunk tomorrow as you can't today - ultrasound tomorrow morning" so I am more peed off than usual, staying sober for a night is no problem but being told I had to after finishing today's activities made me wanna cry. Then have a pint

Gym

And after that we headed to gym for my one class per week. As we went there I was trying to make various excuses about why I couldn't cycle afterwards and Alex said "OK then walk up the stairs instead" which I did. 10 minutes into class Sam told me that one of the other students had walked up after us and had commented to Sam about how I wouldn't have been carable of that 18 months ago, when he first met me

Aardvarking

So first thing s'morning (well second after the "handover")  me & Alex went to Aardvark and as usual bought loads of food.

I was brought down the street in my wheelchair, parked it outside and walked all the way round inside, like I can now. After we came back I carried on walking, walked from the car and put it all away from my on two feet

And waiting behind the counter was my bag of flapjacks left for me by the makers who had to deliver there yesterday. I praised them in an email so they dropped me off a few as a thank you

Fredumpkins

And as I hadn't seen Freya for a couple of weeks and I thought she was now in mid A-level I didn't try to contact her. So I was well pleased when she contacted me t'other day and said "Hello Daddy" so we headed out and had dinner @ Frankie and Bennys which was as lovely as a lovely thing tonight

And she announced that she is taking a year out before uni and heading to Canada!!!!

My Bath Was Crying

So today I climbed into (OK, I was lowered into) my bath for the first time since Monday, as I had been @ swimming pool and therefore showered last 2 days. I tried to cheer it up but it was hard

'Wimming

And I am so..... we went swimming s'morning and it was.... OK. So today I had to do my exercises AND "he" made me do 4 lengths too. All done and dusted, now relax once more

Change Of Routine

So as I was coming into t'living room s'morning I thought to myself "What t-shirt am I wearing. Is it decent enuf for swimming pool?" but then it occurred to me, "You no longer wear summat, your chest is no longer spotty!"

Oh yes....

A Morning Victory

And before I had even finished my coffee s'morning I won

Landlady

And when we returned from swimming today who was sitting in her car outside but the landlady. She said she had phoned the house but there was no answer so she had come herself to let in the plumber who she was now waiting for. Because part of the deal me buying the house involves a new boiler.

So it looks like the sale is going ahead

The plumber was just here to check the fitments etc on the boiler. He will be over next weekend to fit it, hopefully

Sigh

And because we had strange gymming instead of swimming yesterday then we are going to the pool today.

Hoo-fscking-ray

Sigh some more. So I went in without my t-shirt as my spotty chest has gone and today we had a "swimming but no exercise" day and did 10 lengths of backstroke wita floating aid today. So tomorrow we will have an "exercise but no (or 'less') swimming" day

But again I didn't sit in the shower chair in the changing room, I used it to lean on while walking but didn't sit in it

Docs

Then we went to the Drs to pick up another 'script for "rubbing on Neil's boobs" cream which is definitely making a difference

So as it was raining SPaul pushed me from the car park into the docs, I then stood up, walked over to the queue for scripts then walked back to me chair. He pushed me into the chemist, I stood up and walked etc

More Reasons

Then we went on a rescheduled trip to Morrisons where me and SmallPaul (Timmy had gone in his car after gym) got everything that was on my list

Strange Gymmy Morning

So we started today with me and Timmy taking SmallPaul to gym as I am using many more exercise machines than last time SP was there so he needed showing how to keep me safe etc, instead of swimming which I nearly cried for

Important Walkies

And we went out for a drive around then stopped for a brew tonight. I walked in and out, left my wheelchair in the car

Take It Down

And paranoia, one part of me thinks "Take it down" about my looking for houses piece but as we are in the process of buying this, we haven't signed anything yet I am too scared...

Good News, sort of

So s'morning Timmy said to me that we had better go gym instead of swimming tomorrow as he needs to get SmallPaul back up to speed with what I am doing etc. I thought "Hooray" but then he said "I have txted Alex and told him to bring his trunx on Tuesday" so it wasn't quite the news I thought it was at first

Camera Instructions

So today I was stuck, couldn't remember how to change the aperture on my camera. I looked at the text "they" had made, no answer, so I watched a .wmv video that "he" made of me and the instructor.

So then I was able to add a bit to the bottom of my text piece of paper, the instructions

Knee

And it does my head in. I have just recently learned that when I walk I need to put my right heel down first then move my right knee forwards about ¼ of an inch then carry on walking. This has made walking so much better, more upright, more balanced etc.

Now my left leg just knows to not put the knee too far back but somewhere along the process of being fscked my right knee has forgotten, I need to concentrate and make sure while walking whereas my left leg just knows. Oh fsck, fsck, fsck, why can't I remember how to walk?

Gymneroo

Then I went for my once a week session in a class @ gym and worked very hard but I can feel how much I am improving.

We went off leaving my wheelchair in the kitchen which is still a bit mind boggling but I can do it. And if we break down I will phone the RAC or a taxi to take me home so no worries

Aardvarking

And we were a smidge late setting off for Aardvark as Alex had his interview with Timmy s'morning, but we did it all, got veg etc and milk and eggs and still had finished about 50 mins before we need to head over to gym, for my weekly class

And while I was there Ann(e) who was the boss when I worked there was there. She gave me a hug and said how impressive it was to see me on my feet etc etc. She also commented on me still having a mohawk, she said one of her customers commented one day about how that chap that looked intimidating and scary was actually rather nice to deal with