Hooray

So because we gymmed yesterday and tomorrow Alex said we can avoid it today (I brought the subject up, so hurrah) if we go out and have a long walk in town.

So a long long walk here we come....

As it's a nice day too, so wanna make the best of it....

Twice along Merlin's walk (there & back) plus a few yards at each end.

Then, after lunch we headed out to Farm Foods(1), walked in, took the long way round, as in went everywhere walking, finally found some Linda McCartney and bought sum, walked back out and finally sat down in't car

(1) Not that we needed anything, I just wanted to be out walking again somewhere

NOT Swimming

And we couldn't go swimming as Timmy had forgotten his stuff so we went to gym for a hard work session. Yes I did well, yes, I am surprised how much more I can do every week

Yes, I was knackered afterwards

My Stiffness

And my right shoulder is nearly better now, all freed up and able to move/look once more. Nearly

Multi Shopping

So we went to town s'morning with a mission and a shopping list for Morrison's

First of all we nipped to Argos and bought a hose and attachments for cleaning the car etc.

Then we nipped to Morrisons and got the small part of my weeks shopping

Fingers To Gareth

And nya nya nya to Gareth, me and Alex tried the crossword, I think he got one answer that I couldn't, had to give me the first letter of 3 or 4 more but we (mostly me) did it all, we only had to press CHEAT for one answer

Off Out

And we are heading off in a bit to the local pub to see a local (!) musician, (2nd down under todays date - Sat 21st) he plays geetar and sings

But I was thinking "Oh what do you call that pub?" then I just remembered. Spelt correctly too. So my memory is.....

Garlicky Dinner

And I made na'an bread pizza for dinner, as usual on a Friday, and GGtGG said "Well garlicky that was" but yes, I could taste that it was ripe with garlic

Well Recalled

And I am forever in debt to GGtGGs memory as he suggested "Dates" to me in Aardvark, yes I do enjoy them and buy some most weeks but I had been distracted today

Gym Class

Then I went to my weekly gym class and just impressed myself with how much better at certain parts of it I am. On the standy on and balance tools that I used to have to hold on with I managed, eventually, to balance for 12 secs. I told Sam about my sore neck from gym session t'other day and she just said "Yes, because you are getting better..." but actually by the end of the class it was easing off. So just gord nose but....

-ing

And we went to Aardvark for shopping s'morning, did my loads same as usual. But my phone had re-summated and I couldn't find my Aardvark shopping list. But the glamarous assistant was able to look at it and said "No, here" and I found it again.

Lookin' Better

And Ed is working today for the first time in a couple of weeks, he has been off training to be a nurse. So when I asked him to rub my cream on after my bath he said A) how much better the spots on my chest look and B) that my back seems fine so he thinks my strained neck was just from doing far too much at gym t'other day

Loads Exercise

So we went to gym today, I walked in, walked up the stairs, had 20 mins on the bike with 5 super fasty bits, got my breath back and walked back down the stairs, and walked all the way back to the car and got in

This being able to walk up and down stairs, after such an exercise session...

Half Term

And we had a conference s'morning and decided as it's half term that we won't aim to go on the exercise machines (and my shoulder still hurts from being so successful t'other day)  so I will just aim to use the bike machine

Strange New Purchase

So while I was in the dentist today I was looking at the "for sale" rack and got bitten by it, in the end I purchased a tongue cleaner device, to.... erm.... clean my tongue. It is part of the washing your teeth ritual, dunno if it is different/better than using my toothbrush but I have bought it now

It's Fixed

Wow. So we went into dentist at lunchtime. She poked, looked, x-rayed me and I waited. When the x-ray had come up she called me back in and said "It's close, but ultimately...", but basically said that on my next appointment she would have to take it out.

So blah, blah, blah we had another appointment already but there won't be enough time then to do scary stuff to my tooth so we have cancelled that and made another appointment to have my tooth out

So she has filled it with temporary white stuff that hopefully will last the few weeks 'til my next appointment. You can see how much of my tooth came out, there was only a small amount of tooth left but the whole root was there

No Swimming Today

And this morning I was chewing my muesli when there was a crunch and ⅔ of a molar tooth that "they" had to do loads of work on last year just fell out. So there is a scary rough bit where it used to be, Alex phoned and made an emergency appointment for this afternoon.

But why am I so pleased that there is no time for swimming

And about 20 minutes later they txted me and said "Appointment on.... at...." and it was a different time. So I panicked, said to SP he better phone them but he read the txt thru and said "No, different date, this is another appointment"...

Green Group

And me and Alex went along to the Green Party meeting, which was upstairs in the pub back room so I managed to walk up and down stairs many times (well twice) tonight. There were perhaps 25 Green activists there, me and Alex, Julia and Freya. Truly mind boggling

Didn't I Do Well

And I went to gym at lunchtime and managed everything, it wasn't too busy. But just how much better am I getting at loads of exercises. They seem easy now

Reading In Bed

So when I got in bed for my nap earlier I took my Kindle with me (I know) and tried to read it lying down. It was more difficult than upright reading but I managed, read for 15 mins before I shut my eyes and tried to nap properly

Double Sigh

So we went (quiet Neil)swimming(/qN) and it wasn't as bad as I expected. So I did loads of exercises and swam up and down, with GGtGG paying attention to his instructions and not helping me along at all

And I did 2 extra lengths, 6 in total so no doubt in future they will nag me to do more

And afterwards in the changing room I just pushed the showering chair over as a support, I didn't sit in it at all, purely showering on my own two feet