Washing and Drying

Well I had a shower today and as usual was struggling to wash my back. Afterwards I got dried, used my toe drier which was easier today but then I noticed ¾ of the way twixt my handle and the 'drying' sponge was another 'cleaning' bit. If I had noticed earlier I would have had to take off the 'drying sponge' temporarily then washed my back with the other brushy bit.

Och well, next time, but it did prove easier

Baldy

Someone cut my hair for me today but they insisted that I have a shave too

(Mouseable now)

Disabled Loo's

So this morning the posty brought me a) A change of my dental appointment, this one is sooner!!, and b) My key for disabled toilets around the country and a book telling me where they are

So

So I got up s'morning, put back on the socks I had only been wearing for a couple of hours last night, then breakfasted, then phoned the Taxi company and booked 2 for tomorrow. (sigh) tomorrow after lunch I need to take my new splint back and have the size readjusted then in the evening I am going to the Folk Club in Carmarthen.
Then I will brush my teeth for s'morning

Change~Of~Plan

"Someone" told me that Jackie is working tomorrow after all and she has permission to take me to the Folk Club in her car, so I phoned back and cancelled one taxi

(Grin)

Wow

And tonight, for the first time, I tried out my new "toe drier" And WOW it works. Tonight I had my shower, got dried, got dressed and was able to put boots on straight away, like I haven't been able to do for some years

Busy 3

After all that I had to try again putting a link from part of a picture and I managed it on Sarah. So you can now magnify part of the picture and see what it is

Busy 2

Then the lovely Sarah the OT came to see me. I still can't decide whether OT stands for Off Topic or Occupational Therapist. Anyway she assessed my memory and I was actually surprised at how well I did etc. Next week she is gonna get some extra ingredients for me and watch me cook Falafel for me and Freya next Tuesday afternoon

Busy 1

Well much earlier today, much earlier than usual but she is on a half term week, that beautiful Freya chick came over to see me. After some txt issues 'cos she was waiting for a bus that didn't come etc. Eventually she got here and paid me some attention and my technology some attention. But what can we say to each other, I am glad to see her getting bigger and she is pleased to see me getting better

"It's light better get up"

So I woke up, thought "It's light better get up" got up, got dressed &c, finally managed to look at my watch and it was only 7.30AM. This post-solstice light is still doing my head in a bit

Headway

And we went out to Headway for a monthly meeting but they had no guest speaker tonight so it was sort out lots of arrangements &c

Parcel

The postman came before I got up s'morning and delivered 2 letters. Later a MOS came up with 3 parcels that he had left in number 7. Dunno why, perhaps he realised my lights were still off. Anyway 1 parcel was my new wash AND DRY your toes device so hopefully I can dry my toes on my right foot now. 2 other parcels were new speakers and wire for my PC. Good lord, I hadn't realized how sh*t the sound had become but now I can listen to it happily.

Because a MOS fitted them for me, I couldn't

Walkies, HUGE

Well, in the past the furthest I have walked was once up and down the street without stopping, today I did it twice, from one end to the other and back and back and back again, the furthest I have walked in nearly 8 years.

(PROUD)

Shopping

Well I went shopping by taxi s'morning as I need to pay more on transport, got everything I need and some, then phoned a taxi, she said "It will be 20 minutes" I said "I'll wait". 2 more phone calls and it was in the end 47 minutes after I phoned my taxi that it finally arrived

Spelling Mistake

Just now I was reading my BLOG and I noticed a spelling mistake that I had made. BUT unusually this spelling mistake made another proper word, like mUst instead of mOst, so the flashing red light "You've made a mistake" thing wasn't flashing so I hadn't noticed it

Sh*t

Oh dear, my head is in bits. On one level everyone is telling me how well I am doing &c but on the other hand I feel trapped, unable to drive, walk very far &c.

Lunchtime

And we were taken out as a treat today. Mmmm it was nice.
And we went most of the way to Whitland to get there, I used to drive there to work, pick up a van then drive to Carmarthen on my way out

And in some respects it made me think.... by most peoples standards I am very unhealthy but compared to the other 3 residents who were out with us I am very well...

Apart from everything else I was the only person sitting on a proper chair the other 3 'clients' who were there in their wheel-chairs

Out To Play

And I went out to the pub last night....

Scar

Well my new Calendula creme seems to be making my neck better. But today I was putting some on with my hand, thought "What's that under-finger?" had to ask a MOS as I can't see, but he agreed with me, I have got a big scar on my shoulder. Which wasn't there before my crash.

Short Term Memory Gain

So s'morning I thought "Oh, add some sweets to my shopping list. Oh, what did you call those sweets I last bought 3 weeks ago?...... erm...... Ah, they were Morrisons own Chocolate Coated Raisins". So my memory is a bit f*cked but I can remember some newer stuff

Face Cloths

And one thing Denyse said it that my habit of washing my bum first in the shower was unhygienic so now I have two face cloths, 1 for "Bottom" etc and 1 for "The Rest Of Me"

HTH