If Only

If only I believed I would say a prayer for the kids who were shot at their school today

Fredumpkins

Then we went and picked that Freya up from school. We came here had Linda McCartney sausages, oven chips and I fried 3 eggs to go with that, we had one each.

My egg frying technique needs some practice

'Wimming

So we went swimming at lunchtime again. It is getting to be less unpleasant now I am getting more physically able in so many ways but I still don't enjoy it. Possibly on principle

The new laminated instructions makes it much better too.  I spoke to a swimming instructor today about how much I should be bending my knee from her point of view. She said "Almost no bend at all" but for therapeutic reasons I need to kick from a bendy knee. But I did try "proper" kicking for a few yards today

Noisy Bike

Later I was just about to get in the bath when the doorbell rang and a few mins later Alex called me and said "visitor" so I wrapped myself in a towel and came out. It was that Stuart chappy so I got dressed and left the bath for later. He was full of praise for how much better I am etc but had to leave early 'cos he didn't want to be riding his bike on icy roads.

But it was good to see him again

Then

Then after lunch we headed off to gym. Alex was softer than usual and said because I had been out walking so much earlier that I could not cycle today so it seemed like no time before I had finished the 'exercise' exercises

Early To Alex

So Alex came in at 8am s'morning, did his handover, waited for me to finish my pooh and then set off to Swansea to see the wheelchair fixer. And we found it, found a parking space and were still 5 minutes early. He looked at my 'chair, measured me etc and ordered me a new one. And he did say "I think so" when I asked "Can I have a pink one?"....

He said it should be delivered about February, they will contact me closer to the time.

Then we nipped to the Docs and picked up my script, then walked the hundred yards to the chemist and got my two 'scripts

Not Runny

And I don't have diarrhoea which was predicted as a possible side effect of the cream for my chest

'Wimming

So we went swimming today and it was the first time we were able to take the newly printer and laminated instructions and it did help me be a bit more positive about the whole session.

ObAnd we had loads of creams and soap substitutes with us to keep my routine as close to usual as possible

Next Week

So I looked at my diary online and clicked on "next week" and there is Christmas, OMG it's that soon......

Two Chocolates

And I was preoccupied yesterday morning and didn't eat my advent calendar so today I had two chocolates after breakfast

Another Week

So I am starting another week tomorrow. Sigh but wow too

Shopping

We nipped to Wilko's to get some lights for the Xmas tree s'morning, then we went to Morrison's and bought food.

Then after lunch we went back to Wilko's (and somewhere else too) until eventually we didn't find any Christmas headgear with antlers but we found some antlers which we were able to add to my Santa hat

Out

And an excellent evening was had in The Friends Arms just down the road

Less Spotty

And my chest seems to be much better, altogether less spots today. Dunno why but it's good......

Pizza & Chips

For dinner tonight. And I remembered to put garlic on the pizza tonight....

Jimming

So we went to the gym at lunchtime, me and Alex. It was as hard work as usual but I got stuck in. What really amazed me today was just how far I can bend my right knee. For a couple of activities I concentrated and it is just wow, so much better than it used to be

And I wore my antlers today...

Aardvarking

And I went and did my shopping at Aardvark again. It is getting so much easier to shop on my own two feet. Today we parked across the road and I just got out, walked a bit up to the crossing, crossed and went in. And back, my wheelchair stayed in the boot

Pepper Pots

So because my battery powered pepper shaker has broken I bought another, very expensive but it should be delivered in the next couple of days.  But because that is broken I had to get out an old manual grinder which had to be replaced because I couldn't work it. But tonight I tried the manual one, which I havent used for a year or 18 months, and it just works. So obviously some aspect of my hands and arms is better, but I have already spent way too much on a new battery version

Late Gym

And we waited until after five tonight and went to the gym then. It was busy but not too much. So when I got on the bike I went at 40 for 9 minutes then at 75 for one minute. Well 75 for the first 30 seconds then about 65 for the last. So we decided that for my second lot of faster I should just do 30 seconds but do it twice. So thats what I did and I went faster for both sessions

Sad

And today we headed into town and tried 2 shops in the end we found a Christmas Jumper In Store 21