Out, walking in

Then because we had a late lunch today we went out at 5pm for a cuppa. We ended up driving past Timmy's house on the way to a very far away brew stop. There we parked a bit up the road and I got out of the car and walked all the way to my brew, left my wheelchair in't boot

Gym

And I went to gym s'morning and amazed myself with how much I have improved. We left 'chair here and just drove down and walked from t'car. I was in a conversation with another client about how much I am improving and she commented about how much more my right hand moves. We did that stretching up with both hands exercise and my right arm nearly equaled the left although it was much more difficult to do

AND on the way out I tried to open doors, which I have only been able to do for a month or so, I tried with my right hand. And I succeeded

Aardvarking

So we went into Aardvark s'morning. Parked on the double yellow across the road and walked from the car. So my wheelchair stayed in't boot.

We had to bring it in case we had to park far away but as it happened....

Yet More Walkies

Then today I needed to go to Morrison's for burger buns (guess what's for tea?). So I walked out of the house, left my wheelchair behind, walked into shop, all the way to the bread rolls at the far away bit, walked to till, walked back out, walked home from my car when we got there.

It is easier

Up and Down

So s'morning Sara  came round and did the exercises that I was sh*tting myself about, getting down and up again from the floor. But good lord, it was a lot easier than last time, I am so much better at it, I am getting better etc (noisy link)

AND she mentioned walking onto the beach, paddling etc. So (hopefully) we will head out in a fortnight and walk down the beach barefoot

On My Own....

So the bin men came today and emptied the waste food bin and set it down. I walked out, on my own two feet, picked it up with my right hand and carried it around the side of the house where it lives. Then walked back in my front door

Misapprehension

And today I can walk. Big style, no problem, as there hasn't been for a couple of weeks. But that 'couple of weeks' - it is gonna take me longer to just feel walking is no problem, no apprehension.

"Just walk, it's easy" he shouted at himself

Gymmy

Well, went to gym over lunchtime as we walked instead of gymming yesterday. I was struggling with one of the lifting machines, I managed to lift both arms up, which I didn't used to be able to do, but my right arm was going up so much slower than my left arm
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But when we finished I walked into my house and thought "Lunchtime", I walked into the hall, saw my wheelchair sitting there and was tempted to jump onboard but thought "No, recover..." and walked past it into the kitchen

Walkies

So s'morning we went to the Doctors to pick up another script for TestoGel. So I walked out of the house and got into the car, we left the wheelchair in the bedroom. When we got there I was able to walk ito the Docs, including one step upwards, then I walked out of the Docs, across the way and down the last hilly bit to the chemist

Then after lunch me and Alex talked about gym and he agreed to go for a walk at the beach instead. This time we went to Burry Port which is a lot more walkable. So I was able to walk about 0.5 of a KM away then I sat in my chair and said "Take me back"

On the way back home I said "Take me to Farm Foods" and I bought some more spuds etc. And he pushed my wheelchair and I didn't touch it while shopping

A Reputation

Well, good lord, Timmy actually liked the food I made tonight. That's two or three times in a row he has liked what I prepared

Charity Shop

And we (me and Timmy) went to Barnardo's Charity Shop in Carmarthen to drop off a couple of bags of my old clothes.

We parked outside(1), I got out of the car and walked in
(1) There is a "loading bay" there

Farking 'Wimming

And we are off swimming in a bit

Hooray etc etc

(Yes, sarcasm=....)

And it actually wasn't too bad, I did it. Even tho the disabled shower still doesn't work properly we managed

Roast It

So I am cooking my usual Saturday night dinner tonight, roast veg. But today, for the first time, we have some raw beetroot in amongst the veg so we will see how it goes

Mmmmm, it was very lovely. Potato, carrot, sweet potato, beetroot and other stuff. Yum yum

More Reasons To Shop At....

So s'morning I was in a bit of a conundrum. Last week, on Sunday, Morrison's (noisy link) seemed to be well short of bread products, especially ones with long enough sell-by dates but I thought "Lets try it, I can always come back in't morning" but everything was in stock and fresh enuf this week

And more to the point I walked into the store, all round the store and back out, no wheelchair was involved (apart from carrying my shopping)

Aargh

So I took my phone out of my pocket to set it next to my bed as I was bath/napping.

Meanwhile I thought "No Ruth hasn't phoned, she mustn't be coming"

Then I glanced at my phone, it was still set to "Nighttime mode" and had 2 missed calls from Ruth and a txt saying "No, gotta go now, see you some other time"

Oh fsck fsck fsck

Clear It

So today we were getting my wardrobes ready to move. So tomorrow morning 2 MOS will move one of my wardrobes into the spare room and the chest of drawers from there into my bedroom. So we had an enormous sorting session and filled 2 bin bags with clothes that I have never worn/will never wear so now one wardrobe is empty, ready to be moved

Later

Then later we went out to the local pub and it was nice

More to t'point we drove up, parked in't car park, got out and walked to the entrance, climbed up the steps (left, right...) and went in't pub with no wheelchair.

And I got back out afterwards.....

Jeroo

Then later we went to gym. Paul hasn't been for a couple of weeks and he was astonished at how much better I am. So he took a load of photos to show the difference in my performance

2 Feet

So s'morning I walked into and around Aardvark, as is usual now then we nipped to Wilkinson's and I again walked into and around shop, paid standing up etc.

One of women who works there and knows me by site said 'Ooh walking, well done'. I replied that as I get better at walking soon I will be able to chase her, she said 'Oh, I would let you catch me'

But in Aardvark I walked left, right, left, right both up and down the stairs

Drains

So I went to the loo after breakfast like I do most mornings. Like most mornings I had my usual enormous poo. Like most mornings I flushed the loo and it went away.

Think about it, so I poo, flush and it has gone, where? Just about every building in the country has one (or more) of these flushing devices. What enormous infrastructure of drains and sewers must exist under every-f**king-where?

So at a guess I am thankful to the Victorians who started this building thingy....