The Sea

So as the rest of the day was empty me and Dicky went out exploring, looking for the sea. We ended up at Burryport, and I was pushed along the harbour, it was well cool

Poorly Kids

And the member of staff who was supposed to be coming to see me today, Sarah the OT, emailed me first thing and said "My kid is poorly, can I come next week instead?"

Out&About

So we went out to a pub in Carmarthen tonight. It was nice if a bit quiet. We went to The Drovers Arms in Carmarthen

Jiminy

Sigh. So I am back off to gym in a bit

And it fills me with such joy every time I go but I got stuck in again. More "other clients" were commenting on how much better I seem, which was nice, and today again I parked my 'chair at one side and walked to everywhere else in't gym

Cabbage and Potatoes

Well today, for the first time in nearly 10 years I used my couple of day old grill pan to make some Cheese On Toast for lunch and it was delicious

Shopping

So today, after my cheese on toast for lunch we are nipping to More Reasons To Shop... (noisy) to get my weeks shopping

Then we are coming back for my too early haircut as Ed is Going Away To Start His Training for 4 weeks next week and he won't be commuting here just to cut my hair in a couple of weeks

Dullness

I have had such an exciting Saturday......

Mistletoe and Wine

And for dinner tonight we had the now usual Friday dinner of naan-bread pizza's.

And it was yum

Aardvarking

Then we nipped out to Aardvark to do the weeks shopping, I was a bit more stuck in my wheelchair as I felt so exhausted after s'morning but I did walk some

Clarkin' Bell

This afternoon SmallPaul told me that his neice had sold her story to the BBC and was a)in their TOTP mag and was b) gonna be in a TV program about her. Basically she is 14 now and 7 years ago caught from god knows where a swelling of the brain and while she has pretty much got better she now suffers from "face blindness" so she can't recognise people, even her Mum, it's only when she speaks that she knows who she is. She is working with some charity, perhaps this one, and the payment from the BBC will go to them, helping sufferers

Teatowel

So we went up and down the aisles in Tesco looking to no avail. So we went to the desk and said "My right hand doesn't work so I take a pot out of the oven, try to lift the goods with my left hand, but I need some way of keeping the pan still". She said "Ah, follow me" went out to where we had been looking but couldn't find 'it' whatever she had been looking for. She saw another member of staff and said "Where is the...". The other member of staff said "Put on the side a tea towel COVERED IN WATER and your pot won't move". I thanked her for saving money and knowing that

(sent from my phone)

Physio-ing

So Sara with no H, the physio came to see me. First of all she booked an appointment for me to have my Bioness appointment which hopefully will be the day they fit me with extra electrical stimulation so that hopefully I will eventually be able to ditch my wheelchair. Hopefully.

Then she acupunctured me in my now nearly healed fully left arm.

THEN we went for a walk up and down the street with no wheelchair

I think I am much to nervous to head out without my 'chair but I managed it today

But gord I feel knackered now, soon to nap

Dinner-ing

And we had a veggie lasagne and oven chips for tea tonight and it was lovely. But I baked it, lifted it out of the oven and Ed had to portion it and lift it. I could lift it with one hand but not keep the tray still with the other.

I will have to ask Denyse if there is summat available to hold the dishes while I lift the food out of them

Thinnest

And as they measure my leg twice a day to check if it is getting much bigger thru infections, they measured it s'afternoon and it was the narrowest it has been since they started this measuring

Dentist

And I had an appointment with the dental hygenist s'afternoon and she was quite impressed with how clean my teeth and gums look, she said there were no "crisis bits" this visit

Sarah Bailey

And I am awaiting a therapist who is coming to see me s'morning . Her name is Sarah Bailey and every time I think that I think "Sarah Bailey, little old lady".

Sorry, she isn't but I think this anyway

Still waiting, she is ¾ of an hour late....

Double Sigh. She had changed this to a next week appointment last week, I had the new appt in my diary but still with the old one too

Network Crisis

And I nipped to bed for my nap today, I thought "Oh, I'll listen to that podcast", turned on my back bedroom laptop, clicked "Connect" and it said "No, connection dead". I panicked but when I came out of there I had to press "Reset" on the router and it all works again

Jiminy

The only "going out" thing on my diary for today was gym. We went along and it is shocking to me how much better I am now than I was 6 months ago

Dinner

And Ed brought in some "make pancakes" stuff which we had for a dinner that he made tonight. It was rather lovely but I couldn't remember what I used to like on my pancakes

Honey, sugar and lemon, according to Julia.

And blackcurrant jam! Apparently

It's too dangerous

Having seen Stu on his motorised bicycle and talked a bit about my accident all I can say is it's much too dangerous