Iechyd Da

Then tonight we were able to go to Iechyd Da Folk Club off king Street and they seem to be getting their heads together, so it seems that the next club will be next month as opposed to in two months so I think thay are getting it together with charging etc

Gymming

Then we went to't gym, good lord but it was hard again but I managed. There were a few extra members now and I was able to say "My.... was this f*cked when I started this" to some of them, I think I just gave them hope

Ding Ton

Then Ed was in s'morning, we were looking at each other and saying "What? Where?" most of the morning. After lunch 2day we need to go back to the beautiful gym. Which I dislike intently but I do like the outcome for me

Dinner

Then for dinner we went out again ('cos I need to) and had dinner in the Tafarn Tanerdy as I was going "Somewhere different, somewhere different". At a guess I have eaten in there only once before but not for ages and ages

Then on t'way way back we called into the Drovers Arms and had a pint.

OT

Then Sarah the OT came in and I stood up to help her cook the simple recipe that we had today so I can teach Toby how to cook that next week.

And I have got some ingredients to add to next weeks Monday shopping to cook on Tuesday

And she said that next week we can think about planting my pot

Bathroom Sink

Then I had to ask Tim for some help cleaning out the bathroom sink to make it drain quicker. He had to work on it for about an hour getting loads of black guck outa the tube. But I feel lucky that I have someone to help me, the rest of the residents don't, I think if they had complained about a blockage someone would book a plumber to come in which they would have to pay for

Timmying

So s'morning me and Tim drove to Morrison's to try to get more blueberries, couldn't get any so we jumped back in't car, drove to Tesco's and spent £1.75 on 'em there.

Luckily I am not paying for my own petrol, I think it must have cost about £4.50 for that journey

Air Conditioning

Gosh, well today we said in t'car "It's too hot". Then we shut the windows and switched on the Air Conditioning, I have never seen such a posh activity in a car, just WOW

Toby

And we went out with Toby. As Freya had to eat in the Harvester but Toby had not so we took him there for dinner. It was delicious, then we came "here" for a chat

Gymming

Then we went too t'gym s'morning. And I felt a bit left out as I am so much better than I was when I started there and the staff are paying attention to other clients that I feel a bit left out.

But having talked to one of the bosses and I realised that they are thinking about how to continue improving me, they are not just thinking "Do this exercise"

Walkies

So I got up s'morning, thought "I'd better get my wheelchair and make the bed/open the curtains etc" like I usually do, then I thought again "No Neil, u can walk" so I walked down past my bed without holding owt, opened the curtains, few steps back, make t'other side of the bed and walked the rest of the way back, without touching owt with my hands to steady me

And I ate my breakfast, stood up and walked to do the washing up, walked back thru and carried on walking, to the bathroom, had a pooh and then brushed my teeth and walked back out to my seat. It was hard work, especially the standing still for ages to brush, but I managed!!

Fun

So with (Oh God, Again...) Ed driving me I went shopping s'morning. What fun we had. I will need to go back after lunch to buy what I forgot, some herbal tea bags to replace my coffee with dinner to see if it improves my sleep. Normal tea I am not that keen on so some fruits numbers...

And we went back to t'shop bought some fruity tea and some Superglue which Ed used to mend my right boot. As he has fixed it it saves my a 120 mile journey to say "Help" again

And I have just drunk the first of my Pineapple And Grapefruit Green Tea instead of a cuppa coffee with my dinner and it was nice

And then we went out and had a good time in Burry Port Folk Club although we seemed short of numbers tonight

And I was using my right hand to play a shaker

No T shirt

I got dressed/changed tonight and it occurred to me that as it has been so warm to not put a T shirt on tomorrow. Now that seems like a sensible small decision for most of us but just deciding what to wear for me has become such a big decision process

But it was easy!!!

Privacy

Then today I decided to no longer put mailto links to MOS in my Blog, just spam prevention etc

Bowling

So me and Ed went to try out the Bowling Alley today to see if I would want to eg go there with my kids. It was a bit odd, there was more room for us wheelchair users than I remembered seeing b4, I was told I didn't need to change my shoes unlike Ed etc. It was strange, Ed said "I haven't done this for ages", I had never done it, but I WON!!!

Time

So last night I had to reset some of my clocks, most of them changed time automatically but some I needed to do, so I was up later than usual last night, and there was an hour less before....

The one clock of all that I couldn't sort was my radio alarm clock, I tried everything, to no avail. So s'morning I asked Ed for help, he looked at it for about 7 minuted then fixed it. He turned the radio on and switched it off again and it accessed the broadcast time signal and put the clock write

Wow

So then Ed came, pottered about for half an hour then we went to the Carmarthen Folk Festival. And wow what a good crowd was on, they were a variety of folkish performers. And I went into the Harvester next to the stage and had lunch, then came back out and listened to more.

And I only needed 1 piss outside between 11 AM and 4.30 when we came back, and I have been drinking extra water for a number of days too

And we are going back out tonight too

And enjoyable it was tonight too, with just 2 of the bands from earlier playing, in the Tangled Parrot which I needed to walk up one step while someone carried my 'chair behind me.

And I didn't need a piss all night, hours

Panic 2

Last night I got into bed and couldn't find my arm splint. This morning I looked around the bed, on't floor, on the shelves, still couldn't find it. I thought "There will be a MOS here soon, better find it", went into the bedroom again, still couldn't find it. Had a brew and thought "Look again", for the third time I went into the bedroom, looked all round, eventually glanced up at the top of the cupboard where I never set owt, Sara the physio had set it up here out of our way

Panic

So s'morning at 7.45AM I was just waking up when my phone rang. It was Freya, she said "Can u check on the back seat of your car and see if my purse with that cash I took out of the bank yesterday is in there? Because (panic) it's not here so it is either in your car or hopelessly lost (/p)". I couldn't have reached it myself if it was there so I waited 3 minutes before a member of Leonard Cheshire staff came past and I said "Help" and opened my car.

And she reached in and passed me Freya's purse.

(PROUD)
And I was still in mid breakfast before the door knocked and it was Freya, her Mum was giving her a lift into town and she called here to pick it up
(/P)

Coracle

So tomorrow we are having a day out, hopefully it will be exciting