Out Tonight

And in a bit we are picking up Freya and heading to Iechyd Da for their monthly do

And it was good if a bit few musicians but good lord, I couldn't cut my quiche or the spuds with my knife held "properly" but I mentioned this to Timmy and he said "Try holding it like this", just wow, what a difference that makes

Team Meeting

So "we" have a team meeting s'morning so everyone including Denyse should be here by half past 10

One of my members of staff was here early as his car has died and he had a lift from his wife and another MOS isn't here at all as his car is dead too

Parroting

And I am going out to The Blue Parrot, in Carmarthen, to one of their "sing a song" nights

And nobody but Clive sang a song, there was only about 6 in the audience, hooray

Gyming

Another hard session in the Mobility Gym, but Sam commented on how far I am progressing, so I suppose I should be positive. Yes, I am getting better so fast but I have got such a long way to go before I am seen as normal

But a new chap came in half way through, using 2 crutches, he really couldn't walk, having come this far he was falling over etc. Ed had to ask my permission then push him back out in my wheelchair. Dunno how he transported but he really was f*cked. The NHS say he's well enough to cope and he can't even walk

Yboting

That Toby chap, who is just back in Wales, came round for tea. I think he is talking more sense than before, I think he now knows how he needs to find work and stop dreaming.

I think

Fixed Bird Feeder

Today me and Dicky nipped to B&Q and bought a spike and some cable ties to mend the "falling over" bird feeder. It all seems OK, standing upright etc

Pair

And I had for pudding the pear that I bought 2 of last week, so it was the first pear I have eaten in at least 9.5 years and it was delicious

Buying

So I was looking for summat else on Amazon and came across some of these which I felt the need to, I had to buy some

More Reasons To Shop At....

Then we went to Morrison's (noisy link) and did our weeks shopping, then we came back home for some lunch

Gymming

Went to gym today and as usual worked really hard and spoke really hard too.

One of the other students said she hadn't been there for 3 weeks and she could really see the difference, in how much better I was

A "complete stranger" telling me she could see how much progress I had made and how quickly

Unrested

But it didn't feel like Monday today, I had had no quiet days over he weekend.

But tra la lah I got up and ½ changed my bed s'morning and put it on to wash before I had my breakfast

Freyaing

And we had the second half of our Freya visit today. She slept as only teenagers can, then made lunch for me and her, then we took her back to her Mums.

All in all, I think it went very well

And when we went back to Julia's to leave her back we picked my old woodburner from about 15 or 16 years ago when I lived in a bender in the woods

M&F

And I think it has gone well with Freya today. When we first met her we were busy at cinema etc, then we went and had dinner together then we came back here. I was catching up on my BLOG and reading Ixion for an hour or so while she got stuck into a Harry Potter novel off the shelf because she had forgotten to bring her book with her. She has gone to bed now with the novel and a lamp.

We will take her home about 2 or 3 tomorrow, after lunch, so we will possible be able to pick up my wood burner too

F&B

Then we nipped to F&Bs and had a delicious veggie burger and Freya had the same

Gosh What A Day

So then we went and picked up Freya and took her to see Nativity 2 which was actually rather good, all 3 of us sniggered the whole way through.

Even tho I had a climb up 10 stairs to get to our seat and down them to get back to my 'chair

Tum ti tum

Oh I feel nervous and useless etc. Because in a couple of hours we are going to get Freya and bring her out in Carmarthen, then back here where she is gonna spend the night. It's the first time she has ever done that so......

And she has just been telling her new little brother that she is going to stay with Daddy tonight, apparently...

Next Week

And I received some bumph about a night out next week which I think I will go to

Aardvarking

Then we nipped to Aardvark and bought loads of organic food

Pictures

Then we nipped into the cinema and bought 3 tickets for tomorrow, for me, Ed and Freya who is coming to stay with me tomorrow night for the first time ever. 9¾ years ago we lived together but ever since then she has gone home to Mummies, but not tomorrow

Little Old Lady

So Sarah Bailey (noisy link) came to see me today to discuss A)speaking more fluently and B)choking. She listened to me singing/talking/eating etc and in the end said "I will write a huge report with various exercises but first just bend your head forward when you swallow" which makes me say HOORAY etc as it seems to be the secret to me not choking, if I lean forward b4 swallowing it opens a tube while closing another or summat.

Re speaking she basically said "You know what to do, it's remembering it is the issue" and will write a report with loadsa exercises for me and the chaps to do every day