Right Hand

And I had to cut open two burger buns to have with dinner tonight. So I got them out, got the knife, board then cut the buns. With my right hand.

It went well, no problem so I can use my right hand better than I thought

More Feet

Then we went off to gym for another 20 mins on the bicycle. Again we went off with no wheelchair in the boot. Which was scary and intimidating but it turned out to be no prob, I can walk more than I think.

Busy(ish) Morning

So s'morning we went to Farm Foods to stock up on baking spuds etc. As we left Alex said "Bring wheelchair?", I said "Yes, paranoia, big shop" but then we got there and Alex pushed my wheelchair in but it was effectively a shopping trolley, I walked everywhere and all the way back to the car

On my own two feet!!

Busy Afternoon

So..... first of all we nipped down to the folk I bought the car from(1), to order another. At great length, after much checking he said "No, you can't have a free one, there has been so many going that they have taken it off the free list". Erm... OK, see yah. So we went to the Peugeot garage, explained and they said "Yep, sign here". We said "No, gotta check it with the boss" and came away and went to have a brew. We went from there to Argos  and there bought another electric razor as instructed by my Dad last weekend

But since we got back Timmy phoned Paul (who is in charge while Denyse is on holiday)  and he said "Contact someone and see if they will pay a deposit to us" so dunno...

(1) I didn't have an FES fitted as we were supposed to go to gym afterwards but this took so long....

Swimmingless

And because the Fixer was late we have missed out on today's swimming pool period, so no swimming today. As we can go gymming at any time we shall pop over there later but it is much more fun than swimming

Fixer

And after a long wait s'morning half an hour after he said the fixer chap came out, looked at my chair, said "Yes" so he has now gone off to order the parts, so in a couple of weeks he will come back and actually fix it

Shopping

Then because the "wheelchair fixer" chap is coming to see me here tomorrow morning I did my shop in Morrison's today

Bye Bye

So my parents came over here s'morning and chatted for a couple of hours before they went off towards an airport to return home

It wasn't as bad a visit as I had expected, it was all quite pleasant, even when they were here with Anthony

Posh, modern scales

So today my Mum said "Ooh, lemme try your scales", tried them read the instructions on the back and put them up in the bathroom instead of on the carpet in my bedroom, and weighed herself again. It said 2.5 ounces lighter, which would take me through the 17 stone landmark. So tomorrow I will have to weigh myself for the second day in a trot

Out with parents

They came over s'morning then went off, then after they came back we went out, picked up Freya and we all went for a peaceful family meal

Unusual poohing routine

So s'morning I got up, walked into kitchen, made a pot of coffee, made my cereal, ate my cereal and had to go for a pooh then drink my coffee

Busy

And since then we have gone Aardvarking, gone for a walk along the beach and just generally been together

Meeting S'morning

So then s'morning at about 11 my parents came over here with Anthony and we talked about my will. Anthony was putting himself down but he suggested an addition etc, I was quite impressed about his knowledge and suggestions.

Then after he left my parents had another cuppa then went off. They are gonna meet me in Aardvark later to do my shopping

AND I didn't even have my FES fitted s'morning and he still commented on how well I was walking. Sorry, lets hear it again for muscle memory

Sara-ing

Then Sara came over to do more balance exercises and walking with no stick etc, but first we chatted for 20 minutes then my parents arrived. And were astonished at how much better I am in the months since they saw me. I walked and opened the door to them even with no FES fitted. Then Sara did more exercises for me and we showed them the video of my getting up from the floor etc

Then my parents went off to book into hotel etc and eat dinner while I cook mine here

Then after dinner they came back and chatted for a couple of hours. So I will meet then in the morning when I meet Anthony

Gymming

And we went to gym s'morning and for the first time I did 20 minutes on the bike machine and then did other exercises too. Last time I was there was the first time I did 20 minutes cycling and I looked so knackered we came home, but not today

And more to the point I walked from house to car, leaving 'chair in bedroom, then exercised and returned. No wheelchair involved

Hooray

And tomorrow my parents are coming to stay and be nosy when I talk about my inheritance with chappy on Friday

FESing

And the new fitting for my boots arrived today. Gareth picked it up tonight and said "Shall I fit it?" but I said "No, not until I can wear it and try it" so we will try and make it proper tomorrow

Strawberries

And tonight I had the first of my strawberry crop from my trug, mmmmmmm

Out

And we are going back out tonight to have a first look at 2 houses

(Sigh) No, nowt doing...

Hooray

And fscking swimming again today....

And it was as much fun as ever, 4 lengths, many different exercises and balancing things.....

BUT balancing. So today as an experiment I stood on one leg not holding on with my hands. I was able to do it on my left leg, it looked a bit odd as I had to lean one way then the other to balance but I did it. Then I tried it on my right leg, I was much worse at it but still managed a load. According to Gareth I was doing better than loads of 'normal' people who can't balance in the swimming pool at all