Got Up

And as I walked out of my bedroom s'morning I think we can say that Neil has learned to walk, I walked until I had my bath/nap, just gotta learn how to extend it

Dinner

& for dinner tonight I made my usual Saturday dinner of Roast Veg etc and it was nicer than I have managed before. It was neither raw or burned, it seems that 40 minutes on 220 followed by 20 mins at 200 (so we can cook the Linda McCartney sausages to accompany it<1>) was almost perfect for veg cut up like this

<1> 15 mins to cook, 5 mins beforehand to allow the oven to cool

Wales

And as we are in Wales today I can look out of the window and watch it rain

It has stopped raining now and while Ed cleaned inside the car I made some tea

Fredumpkins

Then Freya came over to see me, which was nice. We seemed to be in good form with each other although I left her alone for a bit to catch up on her coursework.

But cooking on a Friday?

Well in the oven tonight I had some sweet potato chips (cook for 35 minutes), some normal chips too (cook for 20 minutes), some Linda McCartney sausages for Gareth (cook 15 minutes) and 2 pizzas for me and Freya (cook 11 minutes). It was all delicious but what hassle putting it on, I was glad when the Pizzas went in and I could rest

Jeroo

Then we nipped into Gym for my class, gosh I can really see the difference, how much I am improving.

I am sick and tired of making the effort but the results are so worth it...

Aardvark-ing

And today I was wheelchaired to the door of Aardvark, as we didn't have time to walk, I parked outside and only came back when  had been everywhere and bought everything

Walking

I walked out of my bedroom again s'morning

Erm

And after my gym session my MOS said "You look fatigued" in a French accent.

So I wasn't sure if he meant "You look tired" or "You look like an obese homosexual" - "fatty-gay" is how I would spell his pronounciation

After lunch

Then at lunchtime the postman came with my new chip maker device, which I won't be using to make chips but we nipped to Morrisons later and bought a sweet potato that I will try tonight

And the f**king chip maker broke when we were first trying to make chips

Well the sweet potato chips were lovely once Paul had cut up the other half of the spud with a knife, lovely they were

Well they agreed to send me out a new blade and said "Sorry" when we phoned 'em s'morning. All helpful and nice, so.....

S'morning

So first thing today we had to go to the Dr with my sample of piss, the Diabetic Specialist. Basically she said all was looking good, my blood was cleaner than a month ago so now she is just putting me on a monitor list, no drugs

Homes

And we might have found another potential house to look at, I will show it to Paul tomorrow and then we can move forward on with viewing

ABI

It sucks, big style

Webcamming

And it occurred to me that I have a webcam on top of my PC but am clueless how/if it works and if the sound is audible. So "Timmy" came in with his laptop and did a bit of fettling then it worked. OK, dunno who I am gonna speak to but it is progress

'Wimming

And (hooray) we went swimming s'morning (after we had gone to the Docs to pick up my new asthma medication script). It was as much fun as usual but I did it, I managed

Out Walkies

And we are heading out now to meet Sara and go for a walk around the National Botanic Gardens

WOW. I am so much better. Sara said when she was first working with me I would walk a measured 10 yards outside my flat in the care center and would be exhausted and wheezing whereas today I walked the whole way up the hill at NBG

New One

And we headed into Carmarthen looking for new walking sticks (as everywhere is open again today). The old one is wearing out where we had to stick some gubbins over the metal parts on the end, but the new one is made of rubber so it works on all floors etc

Walkies - again

So muscle memory I walked again s'morning, haven't been in my wheelchair yet....

Farm Foods-ing

And we nipped down to Farm Foods to pick up more baking tatties and Linda McCartney. On reference I now know how much cheaper their oven chips are but I have a bag and a third here already, so next time.....

Walking - more

And s'morning I left my wheelchair by the bed, I haven't been driving it today. So I walked out with no FES fitted, just did it

Muscle memory is the best, cleverest function of my muscles

Muscle Memory

And I have been walking everywhere today with no FES on and my right foot isn't turning over. Gosh, isn't muscle memory a bit special?