Brief Visit

Then we nipped to a school and picked up Freya. She was on a deadline tonight, going to see someone in a play so we got here, turned the oven on, cooked, ate food then took her straight away.

After we came back Timmy had to wash up

And Freya has agreed to come back and see me in a more relaxed fashion on Sunday

New Tyres

Then after Timmy phoned and asked permission we had to take the car into Kwikfit and have 2 new tryes fitted to the front. They said "That size we only have expensive tyres, we will have to phone and ask permission to fit them" and did.

They said it would take an hour so we nipped next door and had a cuppa and a lovely bun

Little Old Lady

So s'morning Sarah Bailey, the speech and language therapist came to see me. She listened to my throat as I was drinking a cuppa etc. She did say that the doctor hasn't got back to us about the appointment to have my swallowing assessed so she will have to phone him again!

Habits of a lifetime

So after my bath today I was getting dresses. Talk about changing the habits of a lifetime? Today I...... I didn't put my pants on first. Radical, habits of a lifetime etc

(sent from my phone)

Jim-jim-jeroo

And I had a good session at the gym today. Paul who hasn't been there for a few weeks took me today and he was commenting on how straight up my back is, not leaning over so much.

I think todays lesson was don't drink quite so much the night before a gym session, I had loads last night

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