....ing

And I have walked a bit today and "YES, my foot has remembered left foot forward, it's for the first time in more than 8 years but I can still do it"

Showing off

Then we went out for a late lunch which I ate all of with both my cutlery, knife and fork in two hands

Hectic-er

Then we went off climbing which was WOW compared with last week, 3 or 4 times as high and it wasn't hurting the toes in my right foot so much

Bang bang, chop, c, b, b, w, w

So Ed came to visit me at 11 this morning as we had an appointment later. Anyway we were bored for a while at the beginning and he took me out on the A4o to where I lived first in Wales. We went off up B roads looking for the second house we lived in but couldn't find it

Fear

And we are going off climbing in a bit. It really hurt my right toes last time but he has been back to the centre, explained my difficulties and they got stuck in to fixing one part. So dunno, wait and see, later today I will know one way or the other

Poshness

And it occurs to me..... When I was driving older cars I would keep the window open. An inch if it was raining or cold, up to all the way. But my new car you can look like one of those strange weirdo's I have seen about with no windows down. I used to think they were just weirdo's but my new car has air conditioning, effectively it can blow cold air at you all the time that you want/need it. Windows, who needs to open them?

Walking, properly

So Paul came down at 1 minute past ten this morning. I tried to tell him off and send him away but he was having none of it.

Over lunchtime we went swimming in Carmarthen. Just WOW. For the past eight years, when I was able to walk at all, my right foot has gone forward then my left foor has come up parallel, along side, my right foot has then moved forward and on I walked. Today I was concentrating at first but then I was able to relax that as my feet learned how to walk properly. Right foot forward, left foot forward, right forward etc etc. I relearned how to properly walk, got out of swimming pool and tried it again and I remembered. Hopefully I relearned how to walk properly today

This afternoon I was feeling a bit scared so I waited until a MOS came past, I told 'em my story and said "Can you stay with me as I walk" as I was nervous, set off and immediately felt confident walking with both feet, properly, again. Obviously summat has been learned again!!!!

Geetaring

Then Freya came into see me, she seemed more pleasant today but who can tell. After we had a delicious curry that I cooked earlier today (It was delicious) Later it was doing my head in as Freya was playing my electric guitar, the one that I used to be able to play. I had to go outside as I was upset when Freya came out and said "You gave me your talent" which made me cry even more

AND as Freya said "Try this" I got my guitar back out and while I still can't play it by a long stretch I could actually play better than I have managed in some years tonight

OT

Then Sarah the OT came over. We were discussing curry when the door knocked again. It was Ruth. So we all 3 talked for 20 minutes then Ruth apologised and left.

Then me and Sarah got into making curry. We had a recipe for Green Thai Curry and good lord was it easy to make. Put 70% of the ingredients in the blender, chop the rest and it seems lovely.

THEN we tried to order online my veg trug but the website wouldn't work, so we phoned them up and ordered it over the phone

So aargh etc, bang bang chop chop busy......

Tooth

So my tooth seems to have got a lot better, now I have stopped doing that rinse after every meal, and it seems that I can chew a bit with that side of my gob now

She's (Not) Got Pink Hair

And Claire the Psychologist came to see me s'morning, we talked about Brain Injury and getting better etc, she decided that it would be good for me to see her again but waiting for funding now

But at one point when I was expressing how clever I felt I was/am she said that clever people do get better from BI, so (smug, smug, smug)

Busy

So I have none of "my team" coming but blinking busy anyway

Wiv Paul

So me and Paul went to Headway meeting which was more pointless than usual as there was no guest speaker tonight, we all left early so we headed off until we came to a pub in Pontargothi which a) was more accessible, b) open and c) sold whiskey mac's.

Edding

Well this morning me and Ed went 1st of all to Waverley Stores where we got most of our organic shopping,and then we went to Morrisons and got the rest of my shopping list

Aargh

Can't say much, me and Paul went to watch motorbike races today, which was both shitty and exciting

Puppy

And I met a woman's eight week old puppy tonight, it was by far the youngest dog I have ever stroked. Both my dogs were grown up b4 they got rescued and moved to a kind home, mine

Reminded

Now I am gonna cook pasta for tea tonight. It used to be one of my regular dishes but I haven't cooked it in a couple of years that I recall, possibly 8 years in total. Because I wasn't sure about whether to eg bring the water to the boil first etc, I had to check it and yes, I had remembered every stage correctly

But it was actually nicer than I expected but it felt a bit strange putting that little pasta on to boil, I think I am used to cooking for at least 3 or 4 people at a time, but it was nice anyway. What's an easy dinner with pasta? Grated cheese and salad?

New Phone

So my new phone was displaying time a XX:XXam then later YY:YYpm. I wanted 24hr clock but couldn't find it. Eventually when checking the format I realised it was already set to 24hr clock instead of 12hr. So I changed it to 12hr (no change) then put it back to 24hr and now it is expressing the time as ZZ:ZZ. No AM or PM. Obviously it was confused and befuddled but now I have had to say "No, like this"

Up

Still looking at my car out of the window...

And today I wanted some CD's to put in it, but all my CD's are full of MP3's which I don't know if it can play. So I burned 2 new CD's converted to "proper" format. I put them in the car along with one of my fuller MP3 CD's, so we can test next time I am away.

At 7AM tomorrow, when we are leaving to watch bike races.

Pauling

So first thing s'morning when Paul came here he took me off to the Vauxhall Garage in Carmarthen where after much signage and discussion we left in my new (45 miles on the clock) Vauxhall Zafira which is strange and wonderful.

Then he drove my new car to the swimming pool where again my mobility seems to be improving. Then he drove me back here in my new car, handed me the key and went off