Sigh

As I thought I would have a restful day today but GGtGG went "Come on" so I said "Wheelchair into gym, on machines then back in 'chair and I am not cycling today as my arse hurts when I move my leg"

And I went to gym and just did arm exercises. But by god, it is getting a lot easier, especially on the exercise that I found nearly impossible a month ago

Busy Morning

So first thing s'morning I headed over to the doctors and had my 3 monthly testosterone injection. I told the nurse that it was working as I was very pleased to see her. Then I got my 'script for Duac cream which does seem to be making my chest better. Then we went over to the chemist and they said "I haven't got 3 in, can we give you 2 now and deliver the rest on Tuesday?"

HNY

And today there is nothing on, nowhere is open etc

NYout

And we (me and Alex) are off in a bit to the local pub up the road

And no-one was celebrating new year, we were home by 11pm, we were there alone most of the night, a neighbour came in by himself at about 10 past 10 and had to leave with us about 17 minutes later as they threw us "all" out

'Wimming

So s'morning me and Alex went swimming, and did loads of exercises

(embarrassed)

NYD

So it is New Years Day today but the first item in my diary is nip to Cawdor Cars and have some modern computer tool updated so hopefully it will fix some of the random errors it is showing on the display

But as we were driving there I said "Oh, that thing with the code number on it, they looked in the office to no avail, is it in the manual here?", and he found it while sitting at traffic lights on the way there.

And the tyre pressure sensor appears to have stopped randomly saying "Help"

He Has His Uses

So last night that SmallPaul got stuck in with a screw driver and mended the bathroom door and the door to the airing cupboard so they both now close properly without having to push then so noisily and loudly

You might think "WTF?" but if I am gonna live here I want stuff to be right

Nearly Crying

And so me and SmallPaul went to the swimming pool today. We went in, that beautiful worker was sitting behind the counter and she said "No swimming today, it's broken"

Better Weather

After being forecast as freezing 'til midday and freezing again at 6 pm t'other day it is not forecast as freezing at all today, phew, much less cold (And my heating is fixed anyway...)

Heating

And as I sat on't loo s'morning I can feel the heat coming from the radiator next to me. It is fixed...

Dave

And I have just watched a program about Dave Allen being on telly in the 70's and just wow

Surprise Visitor

After lunch there was a knock on the door. It was Brian, Julia's father and Toby, my first born son who I didn't even know was in Wales, come to see me.

Plumbing

So s'morning we kind of hung about here waiting, no phone call from the landlord as he had promised. Eventually a strange van pulled up and someone knocked the door. It was two plumbers that the landlord had arranged to fix the heating. In about 2 minutes it was up and running but then he said "We promised to fix this bit last time, hang on", made a phone call, popped off and did a purchase then came back and fixed the flaw that they promised they would fix months ago.

I was nervous running my bath after they had been operating but it all worked well. So long may it continue etc...

It IS Over

So back to (closer to) normal shop opening times etc now

And yes, s'morning we headed to More Reasons To Shop At... (noisy link) and got my usual Sunday shop, then we popped into Wilko's and got some de icer for the car (I had to borrow some off SmallPaul s'morning) and some pens for the whiteboard in the hall, it had run out

Bye Bye

And my parents came round s'morning and stayed for a couple of hours and at about lunchtime they went off, back to Belfast

They did compliment me on being so much better too, which was nice. For them too, being able to

And they are currently having a getting home thru the snow crisis. They made it to the airport, checked in...then the airport said "We will take you to.... airport in a coach then try a try a plane" so they left the airport and were queuing for the coach when someone else from the airport said "Belfast flight, we will try it" so they had to queue through check in again

And they have just landed, some hours after they left here. I was just about to go to bed, they left at lunchtime

Its Over

Bring them...

Out For Dinner

So we are going out to Tafarn Tanerdy for tea then up to the local pub for a quiz

And the dinner was delicious, and the pub quiz was entertaining too, even if we did come last

Shopping (little)

So we went to Wilko s'morning and bought some new batteries for the FES as we are down to the last one. It should last weeks and weeks but I need to have a replacement within easy reach, as it is important

S'evening

And I carried both my christmas hats out of the car tonight and out them away. I am taking off my christmas jumper later and will be back to "proper" clothes and no hat's tomorrow

Xmas#2

And s'evening we headed back into the hotel and had a Christmas buffet, not a big meal like lunch but nice it was anyway