Busy

And tomorrow is beginning to look a bit too busy, well first of all I have gotta meet Sara at Carmarthen Leisure Centre where we are gonna try to work out a series of exercises that I can do, then at 2pm Sarah OT is coming to see me and talk about my garden etc, then we have to go to Waverley Stores to buy my weeks shopping

Well

So I had an enormous chap looking after my needs today. We started slowly, him catching up on paperwork, then he explained how to set my telly to record programs. Talk about easier than 10 years ago, I needed no time/clock typing, I just got to a program, pressed record once to just record this weeks or press it twice to record the rest of the series. We went and looked at my recorded programs and I had recorded 140 episodes of one, whoops, by accident, but it must be huge this memory drive thingy.

Then in the afternoon we went out round town again, even tho I was exhausting him by insisting that I need to go uphill

Watches

And I found in a drawer another watch, a Casio F-91W, which I decided does everythin' I need that I would swap to that. I looked online to try to find out how to switch off the alarm and every website I found was saying how fashionable this watch is, how popular!! In the end I had to press buttons randomly until I figured out how to do it, there were no manuals in the 30 or so sites I looked at

Busy

So at 10 AM s'morning that Paul chap came round. For the first hour we were doing paper work etc. Then at 4 minutes to 10 (she was showing off by being early) the door knocked and it was Linda Smith the chiropidist to cut my toenails. It was fine, she advised me to get some Johnson's Baby Lotion to put on my feet as they looked a bit dry but healthy apart from that. Then we went out and took pictures of the entrances to Carmel park and on the way back stopped off at McD's for a milk shake and ice cream combination

B,B,C,C,B,B,W,W

So this evening that Freya came round to visit me. It was a bit strange, she wasn't at all unpleasant but somehow I feel that we missed each other.

But then after a couple of hours our old friend Moishe came to pick her up. She said she has just started work for CAVS and they need a volunteer who is hot on IT. So I said yes, pass on my details and we will see what comes of it

And Freya complained that her phone was broken but said she was gonna get a S/H one off Moishe

Gosh

And Paul took me to, miles away, Burry Port Folk Club and it was excellent

Ed

So Ed came in this morning, we waited until my washing sheets had finished then he put it away. Then we went into town, did the rest of my shopping at Morrisons then came home and put it away. Then we went in, had a look round town, trying to buy a money box with a hole in it, eventually we found one in Clinton Cards, but you must put in batteries and it counts your cash for you and displays it on the top

Later we went in and had a lunch in Waverley Stores. They served (an excellent) veggie shepherds pie. I really enjoyed it, I have never made veggie slop and mashed potatoes which this was, excellent. When we were leaving I went back to them and said "Shepherds Pie?? No, no, surely should be Lentil Farmer's Pie, they said they sometimes refer to it as Shepherds Pie, Without The Shepherd

AF2011 afterwards

And I came home today, It took from after breakfast to after dinner time tonight. Just WOW, I knew I looked up to Ixies before but I am certain now. Respect.

And it was a smidge odd waking up not in my normal bed. It is some years since I last managed that

Absent Friends 2011

And I went up and it was shocking. Lots of people praised me, said how they understood what I was struggling with in my head and just generally "WOW"

And it was a struggle to get in, walk across the thin bridge over the river from which I continued on foot inside and then waited for Paul to bring my wheelchair and a number of people commented on how much better my walking has got

Strange Seeing Tonight

And I was sat outside this evening so I took off my eye patch. It was really strange, looking at the pillar in front of me they seemed to be about 20° apart if I look at them straight. If I bend my head forward a bit and turn it a bit to the left then the pillars are nearly touching at the top. If I straighten my head up they move apart once more, back to 20°

Hecticosity

And we have been keeping busy all day, dunno what we did all day but we seem to have kept busy. Went out for lunch etc. Later this afternoon we went to Waverley stores and stocked up on food

No 'wimming

And Paul came round s'morning with his bag of swimming stuff, stepped over the bag I had filled with mine yesterday but listened to me when I said "My brain is elsewhere today, in Yorkshire" and agreed that we will re-start that next week instead of today.

Taller

Then today I had the taller of my staff looking out for me. He came s'morning did some paperwork then watched a QI with me on telly. Afterwards we went out for lunch, we arrived at Frankie And Benny's Restaurant where we eat perhaps once a fortnight or so. But being notorious the staff recognised me, said "Apple juice, Latte Coffee, Pizza Dip to start and what would you like as your main order this time?" which was correct. Then afterwards we walked round and round Carmarthen to see it.

We had to go into Boots and see a chap about the red hot swelling on my arm where an insect had bitten me, and I had some medicine and cream from there

And it is still swollen by now but the heat has gone, so I think it is getting better, slowly

Carly

Then Carly phoned me as her and my father were at a meeting about my claim, she said "Nowt more" but that this meeting had definitely the first of the last kind of thing. She is having another meeting in mid October with even higher up legal types (my barrister IIRC) and although she couldn't promise said that I should know more and hopefully have my claim by Christmas

Tea

Then at dinner time that Toby came round to see me, and get his birthday pressie as I won't see him 'til after his birthday

Jonathan

What a day. So Paul came round and took me out to meet Jonathan who may be doing more hours for me. It is a strange situation but it seems OK. This is his first "caring role" as he delivers bread locally now. I think he seemed OK, lets hope it went well. We took him to my dentist to see where my "agenda" was, she said "Just finished it, hadn't even put a stamp on the envelope" and gave it to me. They wan't how much, obviously I need a lotta work. Then we went to my Drs. to get my asthma medication then we went to the chemist to get my script. Then it was late already, they both went home

Freya

Then Freya came round to visit me. I was a bit worried because we hadn't parted well last time we met but it was as if we had never fallen out. It went well and strengthened my love for her

Dinner

And Sarah contacted me and said "We have lots to do today" but didn't include cooking on the list so I have made some tin tomato and tin RKB and veg and garlic stuff for me and Freya to have tonight

But she did show up with the ingredients but I was able to put them in the fridge and cook tomorrow or Thursday. But we looked around the garden trug and she said "Look, these are ready!!"

Then we made some Chilli Oil which I may use myself or give it away for Christmas

And after handling the chilli I washed my hands but got a little bit from under my fingernail into my right eye, which has been closed for the last hour or so. Just luckily it was my right eye

Gosh

Then me and Paul went out to a monthly Headway meeting which wasn't where I expected but a bit strange, the visitor was telling us so much about dead people etc

Ed-ding

And this morning Ed came round, did some clearing up etc then took me to the supermarket. Since then he has been here all day, we went out for a drive and had a walk around the new town centre in Carmarthen and bought some sweets earlier, then Oaul is coming later