Together Again

And my parents are still here today. They brought me loadsa stuff for my kitchen when they came today. In a bit we are going out for lunch then to M&S to get more non-elastic socks

Then we went out over lunchtime to my parents hotel where we had a very nice lunch. So I will just have salad for dinner tonight

AND I have finally fixed it so that "my parents" link is pointing here not here. There was a "#" in the wrong place, it wasn't missing but in the wrong place

Well they've gone now. This evening they drive to Cardiff and stay in a hotel by the airport then first thing tomorrow they go back to Belfast.

It was the first time in 9 years where my Mother didn't cry when she was leaving

Leccy

And new bulbs are annoying me a bit tonight. I go into the kitchen and switch on the light to get some supper. As I leave the kitchen my hand wobbles over the light switch but I know that with these modern lo energy bulbs you mustn't switch it off then on again within 15 minutes, by which time I will have eaten my supper and want to put the plate away in the kitchen

ANOTHER "What A Day!"

So first of all s'morning we went into M&S and bought some "non-elastic" easy grip socks and just WOW for how it feels on my leg, much better, no rashy squeezed bit.

THEN we nipped over to the furniture shops at Cross Hands. In one shop they told me that the chair we ordered 3 weeks ago should actually be delivered on Wednesday or Thursday of this week. In another furniture shop nearby my parents bought me some furniture for the spare room, next to the bed. My mother is already referring to it as "her room".

Then we went off and bought a stir fry and different pasta which I actually prefered this time. Luckily Freya got better enuf to get a lift over hear today, so she cooked the stir fry and there would have been much too much it we didn't have an extra mouth to feed.

Visitors

Then afterwards my parents arrived in town, we picked 'em up at their hotel and brought them first back here. Triple good lordy, they have been so worried about me for so long and now I am living in a beautiful bungalow in the real world. Then we went out to Pizza Express in Carmarthen and it was nice, and they had to pay

Walkies

So I got up s'morning, didn't sit in my wheelchair but walked out, across the hall, into the kitchen and made my (posh) coffee and my breakfast standing up. Then walked the VERY LONG way to the table, sat in a proper chair and am exhaustedly nibbling breakfast there now


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Lordy 56.5

Well s'morning me and Dicky had a bit of a chat for about an hour or so then we went off to Cardiff to the splint menders. For a start they fixed the tape across the top which was wearing, then I complained a bit about it being much too hot to wear in the summer. They took it away for 20 minutes, brought it back with new tape and more to the point had simply cut the back off the splint. It is strange, it doesn't feel any weaker but much cooler, ventilated. They also measured my foot, how far it bends and actually said that it was worth my going back in a fortnight and getting another splint made, with the heel and the toes in a more natural position.

Then we met up with Denyse for a cuppa and she gave me some advice about walking more etc etc.

And Denyse said that "someone" had been discussing my broken hand splint with her and they decided that as my hand is so much better there is no need for a splint ATM

It Works Again

So the broadband is working again now which means that if I am looking at a rude sight my 'puter no longer says "No, too vulgar, prove you are 18..."

Donovan

So the chap who is singing at the Folk Club ATM said this a song by Donovan. Ed said "Who, Jason Donovan?"


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Folk Clubbing

I am off out in a bit to a Folk Club soon, busy waiting for my broadband to kick in

Not Walkies

So as I am wearing my splint as little as poss because it was making my foot wonky I am stuck in my wheelchair.

Tomorrow we will be at the splint fixers so wait and see if he can improve it and/or give me a smaller bootless splint too

Broadband

Waiting for the BT fixer to come here and install Broadband today..... I had to get up early in case he came and I am still waiting....

He's been, done some beeping in the socket now he has gone off to fiddle in the main outdoors phone socket, say's he will be back in half an hour

Well so he did "stuff", came back, did some more beeping then my BT landline works now. Hooray etc. BUT the broadband still doesn't work, apparently after the setup it will take up to 24 hours but it will just start automatically

18.19 Still not connected...

Lordy, what a performance, so "someone" had to phone BT s'morning, no avail, about 10 minutes into the phone call he realised that there was still an adaptor on the phone/broadband plug, took it off and the blue light lit up, hooray, no dongle, quicker etc etc

Little Girl

So me and Toby (and Dicky) were sitting in a restaurant tonight, as I was too much in bits to cook for Toby, when a little girl walked past. She saw my eye and stopped and said "Your eyepatch looks cool"

Gym

And Gym s'morning was as excellent as usual but after we had a discussion about Splint fixing etc afterwards we agreed that as the only appointment I could make was for Thursday afternoon I will have to have my splint mended and miss Gym on Thursday

Dicky-de-dooh-dah

So Dicky is now in for his first unaccompanied work session with me. So far today we have been out shopping to 2 places and eaten, but all goes well so far Well the afternoon went OK too.

After lunch I had a shower then went to bed with no trews on (evaporation saves the world), then Dicky redid my cream and put my boots back on. Good enuf

Then we have a Folk Club tonight

Less Swelling

And s'morning Ed had to cream my feet and measure my left leg.

Apparently it is now less swollen then it has been for ages

Logging On Crisis

Last night I thought my Dongle was working very well, now this morning I am trying to upload website and it says "Unable to connect"

All day I have been unable to FTP and send email [at 16.23]

Lordy, so I complained to Ed, he unplugged and replugged the Dongle and it works now!!! I am not gonna try downloading music from Amazon again in case it won't work again (they refunded me today as it wouldn't finish) but.... [at 16.49]

Back

Phew, what a day back has proved. 1) I got the hang of all my 'puter stuff straight away, was able to upload, Blog and reopen my Ixion subscription straight away, so it's still working and I can still work it. 2) Still don't have broadband, apparently it will be fixed next Wednesday, ½ a week away. 3) I have just had a bath, the first one I was able to do in nearly a week. I have been washing my bits and pits every night but it is not the same

Graduation

So we have just sat thru Sam's graduation. Just WOW. And Julia shook my hand in kind of "Didn't we do well" way, which was well cool, we are beginning to make our relationship friendship which is cool


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Totty

So I had to go out with a prune last night.

"Why?"

Because I couldn't find a date

HTH

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Wow

That Mcr seems rebuilt etc, I can't find anywhere I useda live etc


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