Bathies

And I had another bath tonight. Good lord, can I be this clean?? All went well, with my new bath rack stopping me having to stretch to put soap down etc. All went well until I let the water out, pressed up, got about half way up and stopped going. I had to shout "Help" until Ed came and fixed it, luckily he managed and didn't have to lift me out but the whole thing was unsettling

Walking

So this morning I got up and walked into the kitchen pushing my new pushable chair, then pushed it into dining room etc. After lunch I thought "Enough walking" and sat in my wheelchair for the first time today

But it feels wrong wheeling anywhere so obviously my brain in getting better which it a first step....

More Dongling

And today we had to go to another shop in town to buy another Dongle for them to connect laptop email etc, but this time we gave the chappie the postcode here and he said "Ah you want one of these, then" so we bought it and the connection on that is nearly twice as fast as my dongle so we swapped over as they need next to no interweb connection

Shopping

Then we nipped into town for some bits for them, a dongle to connect their email etc then it occurred to me. Organic Tomato Purée, to make pizzas. Waverley Stores don't sell 'em, Morrison's don't sell 'em, Tesco's don't sell 'em, Lidl don't sell 'em etc...... we had tried every shop for miles around, apart from Aardvark. So we went there, some difficulty getting in but we managed, I asked and she supplied me. Bother, I used to work there but it is not very wheelchair friendly, so I haven't been there for months, but we did it

My First Night

Gosh, so I slept for my first night in the real world last night...... It was a but strange but that's just because I have got used to being somewhere else.... It was cool

'Puter Chair

So today I was able to look at the chair which arrived 2 days ago at Lon Ty Cwm and we finally transported it here today and just wow, it is comfortable to sit in, slightly mobile/turning around when seated in, and walkable behind and pushable, it has a grip on the back and I think I may well walk more rather than 'chairing it now

Napping

I seem to have moved!!!

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Buns

Buns. I am sitting here having a cuppa tea and a bun that our new neighbour dropped off earlier

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Quick Carrier

Good lord, this team to move me is eficient.

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MOS

And I am sitting outside s'morning and a member of Leonard Cheshire staff said "How u feelin'?" and I had to reply "Missing u already"

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From An Establishment To The Real World

Today I am moving out of here to a proper (posh) house in a posh street.

Once a month folkism

Then tonight we went to the once a month folk club (noisy) in Carmarthen with an extra MOS shadow shifting and he enjoyed it

Unhectic Nooneraft

Then we hung about here, getting bored, no more moving to do, not going out on principle, just.....

At least Ixion is fixed once more. It went off-air yesterday coincidentally after I disconnected broadband to test my new Dongle, when we reconnected email and web worked but there was no Ixion coming thru....

Hectic Morning #436

Lordy, so s'morning Ed The Tall Person came in, did my feet then started filling yet more boxes with stuff from my kitchen, and good lord, after a few trips it really is beginning to look like my new house

Hectic Day #34.9

So s'morning Tim and Dicky (who is shadow shifting ATM) came in here, they did my feet then we set off for High and Mighty, a shop in Cardiff that is designed for us fatties . It was full of fashionable clothes which were in a sale ATM so I spent £253.02 on a pair of trousers, 2 pairs of jeans, a couple of open necked shirts, a couple of tops to go over that and a coat to keep me dry. Just blinking flip but wow, it was impressive

Then we had a lunch at The Harvester in Cardiff, which was lovely, if I had a veggie burger and chips again

Then went to the PC shop and bought a Dongle in case my broadband isn't working straight away on Friday. Hopefully it will be but I had permission to JIC buy summat

After all this we had to find somewhere to cut a set of keys for Herbie and apparently I am getting a Keysafe in a coupler of days free off my social worker

Sleeping at Herbie

So yesterday I napped in the bed in the guest room at my new bungalow yesterday. As I was getting my MOS said "It's low, call me and I will help u get out". I napped then sat up, thought "It IS low innit, pulled my wheelchair closer so I could reach it with #both# hands and stood up, all by myself

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Scootering

So at my new bungalow today, when we left one of the neighbours kids, knee high to a grasshopper, was riding his scooter up and down the street outside. He wasn't in any danger and I thought "How lucky are you?". A kid, about 5 or 6, on a scooter in the street out the front of his house? Some of us are lucky to live somewhere that safe.....

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Dinner At New House

And today I was a bit concerned during our busyness with moving furniture, I was a bit nervous and said "I wanna go out and eat with Toby because my kitchen is such a mess" but Paul was a bit adamant so we took Toby to Tesco's and bought some stuff then we had the first meal at my new house. Cooked by my staff because I was in a right state but we ate there, thanks to them

Loo Seat

And I eventually got it together to spend a few quid on a new loo seat, one that I can stand up from etc without shouting "Help"

Dicky-ness

And Dicky my new MOS has started work as my assistant today. He is shadow shifting to find out how/why etc