Boiler Fixers

And all day I had been thinking "Where are they?" as the hot water was still hot etc. S'afternoon I had my bath, went to bed, been in there for a few minutes when there was a knock at the door". MM answered, had a conversation and said "Tara". After my "sleep" I said "Who was that?", it turns out it was the boiler fixer and he had had a look at our outside gas fittings and didn't need to do owt. I think these 4 houses at the end were built later than the rest so we have more up to date gas fittings

(Sigh)

So me and MM headed to gym just before lunchtime. We did loadsa arm and chest exercises and not 5 minutes like I was acting up but 10 minutes (so I had to do another go of 5 mins) on the hand cycle machine. I feel a pain in my right shoulder (well just below my shoulder but just) but we finished it all.

Timmyless Breakfast

And Timmy was up and letting MM in before I was up s'morning as he had to go off early to sort out some family issues s'morning

S&E

Then Sam and Emma called in on their way back to England. Sam seems a bit hectic, nearly finishing his 4 year PhD..... They did kind of invite me up to meet Emma's parents later in the year which would be a bit odd as I could stay with her parents, they have a proper house with a downstairs bedroom and a downstairs loo so......

Visiting Again

And Sam and Emma are popping in s'afternoon, then when they leave here it is to head back to England

UberCycle

So we popped to gym s'morning and I got sat on a bicycle. Stopped, took off my FES, my fleece tc then went for it. On difficulty level 7 (dunno what that means apart from it is "that" hard) I did my 10km in 40 mins and about 19 seconds.

So yes, I think I am slightly faster every time I try

WTF

So I was putting some seed on the bird feeder s'morning when I glanced down. "No" I thought "Is that cat sh*t or a slug?". As I was too unstable walking on the grass to bend down for a closer look I had to shout "Timmy".

He came out and it was a slug. Happy chappy

Hank Boliday

And it has just occurred to me an hour or so ago, Ixion is quiet today 'cos it's a bank holiday, it might feel normal to me but it so isn't

Foreign Food

So Timmy said to me today "Want an omelette for tea, I have the ingredients", I replied "With chips or toast?", he thought some more then said "Spanish omelette", I said "WTF?".....

It was an omelette made with onions and mushrooms then when it was half cooked he added slices of parboiled spuds and stuck it under the grill.

Now it was delicious, I was glad he made it but it was not something I had come across before. Omelettes, yes, but this spanish variety was new to me

Back To Routine

So tomorrow it will be back to a normal routine, going to gym etc as the summer bank holiday will be finished

... To Buy A Fat Pig

Then s'afternoon we headed into Wilko's so I could buy from Petty Cash loadsa files etc so he can make up and lock away files on every MOS and their background and any training they have received while looking after me etc

Off To The Dump

And as when Timmy finished cutting the hedge the pile is much too big even for the 6 bags we have he had to pile it in the boot, now there is no wheelchair in there, and we will have to take it to the tip.

And on the way back we will call into Wilko's and buy some files for Timmy to put his reports about me into. Gord nose why or who they are for but it is his job

Hedge Cutting

So s'morning Timmy got stuck into cutting the back hedge, well the bit of it that comes into our garden. The top and the outside will be left for he council hedge cutter chappy that was supposed to be here last week but apparently he will come back next week or so.

But for now the back garden looks twice as big as it did s'morning

And WOW. He came in and got some gloves and a bag to clear up the stinky FOX sh*t he found in the garden!!!!!!

Second Coat

So my busy painter is busy again, second coating every-flippin'-thing

So my whole house looks less like a "wheelchair users house" now

Busy MOS

So when MightyMark came on duty s'morning he spent about 20 mins doing paperwork, then he came and rubbed on my medication, ever since he has been painting. OK, he stopped to have dinner, rub on my second dose of medication etc but he has been busy painting ever since. He is now doing the last chore and it is nearly half past 7 in the night.

He has even done the door which is mostly glass patches with thin wood in between, and he hasn't got paint over most of it

Hop-flipping-ray

Smug, bug rug. No, just can't believe it

Missing Her Already

And today was the last day of Sams holiday from gym that will affect me, hopefully she will be back next Friday

So me and GGtGG headed in and did loadsa work on various "leg" machines followed by 10 mins on a bike

Txt&Phone

So s'morning I had an exchange of txts and then a phone call with Sam, who is in the area ATM.

Basically we decided that Sam and Emma (his missus) and Freya will come over here s'afternoon then we will all (with GGtGG too) head out for dinner. We couldn't decide where to go but apparently we ate here last year with David and Nora and enjoyed it so we have booked a table for tonight

And didn't it go well. They were all 3 on good form and we did have a delicious dinner

Nooneraft

And we had a copy of excellent things on tonight

• And it was entertaining, at Iechyd Da for a folk come all ye and there were some entertaining newbies etc last night, a good crowd of musicians and a spoken word poet

Busy Morning

So because me&Timmy were a bit later getting on the road s'morning we went to Iechyd Da and picked up the veg first (and said "See you later" to the staff there as it is a Folk Night tonight) then we popped off to More Reasons to.... and got the rest of the weeks food

Then, after unpacking, we headed off to gym and did ages on the rowing machine and less time (but still too long) on a Cross Trainer