Slow

So t'other day I was bathing with a potentially under charged battery in my 'getting out of the bath' devices (1) and I was paranoid that it was taking ages to lift me out of the bath but today it was fixed and it took just as long

(1) The plug had been knocked out at some point in the night, it was recharging

Change Of Name

So Alex has changed his name to Timmy. Or the other way round. Or summat. It said on my diary that Alex should be here at 10 s'morning, but at 4 minutes to 10 Timmy pulled up in his car

First Coat

And GGtGG got stuck in today, prepared the paintwork then gave both doors a first coat with the new paint that I had to buy t'other day.

He will give 'em a second (and hopefully final) coat on Sunday when he is working next

(Another view on Saturday)

Dinner

And I made my usual Friday night tea of Na'an Bread Pizza and Chips and it was lovely as a very......

Proteiny Lunch

Then I had my new baby bel cheese with lunch, as instructed by Denyse

Gym Class

Then I had my 1 gym class. It was surprisingly easy even without my FES on. Because of that I was pushed in on my 'chair but I stood up for the rest of class

But the muscle memory that my FES has created is incredible, frankly

Friday Feeling

So start the day with trip to Aardvark then my weekly gym class

And I went to Aardvark and spent loads. But as it stopped working yesterday I had no FES on, but I just walked everywhere no problem. I feel tired now but I still know I can walk to (and around in) gym

Fredumpkins

Then Freya came down later and was well cool. She ate that pasta and stuff that I had cooked and complimented me on it's loveliness

Odd Shop

So after fixing the internet me and Timmy nipped to Morrison's, then to Tesco's as they had run out there.... So t'other day Timmy was discussing my diet with Denyse and she was a but insistent "More protein" so we were looking for a selection of mini cheese treats which we did find in Tesco. So 2 mouthfuls and it's gone but I need it every day, apparently

Hectic Day

So today we have a technician coming to fix my 'chair, to put some "prevent it falling backwards" equipment.

Concurrently Timmy will be fitting the new wire on the internet, so it will be even faster...

 So the 'chair fixer arrived at 9 s'morning, fiddled about said "Nah" and arranged to try again next week

Then

Then we went to swimming pool. I had as much fun as usual but it is incredible how much progress is being made in this getting better malarkey

Out

So s'morning we started by going to the doctors and picking up my script, then walking across the way and down to the chemist. Waited 20 mins then left, with a bagfull of medicine. IIRC it is the first time that I didn't use my 'chair for any part of the journey, I walked all of it.

Then we drove to Aardvark where again I walked from car to shop and just picked up some pasta sauce, as Freya is coming tomorrow when Timmy will be here who doesn't eat my food, and I cooked some last week and put half the chopped up veg into the freezer, so everything else is here, ready

Force Of Habit

So I am travelling about in my wheelchair as it's evening. So I zoom about with my right foot stuck out in front and propel with my left foot. But NO, my right foot works now, I should be using it. But force of habit....

That's What It Is

And while we were out we were passing loads and loads of a flower that I asked Timmy(?) if he recognised it t'other day and he said "No", but tonight as I was with Alex, and he said "Horses like it, it's called Hedge Parsley (1)" (as he feeds his wife's horses so knows about that). According to the interweb it can also be called Cow Parsley so they must like a nibble of it too

(1) Amongst other things e.g. Queen Anne's Lace

Oot For A Drive

And we nipped out for a drive. Turned off the main road, turned off again, I have no idea where we were but it looked good. And the rain stopped there too

What A Morning

So first of all we went to the hospital and drove round and round the car park and couldn't find a space.

So we drove off to gym. And got there too early so it was full of schoolkids having lessons. But pushing between them I managed 4 weight machines and a 20 min cycle

Then we tried hospital again, it was much quieter by now so we managed a parking spot and went in to cue for the blood sampler. Eventually he saw me, had some trouble finding a vein again, but succeeded in taking my samples which will be sent off to the testosterone Dr.

The Internet

Megaweb, suddenly out of the blue tonight

Hooray

And we are nipping to t'pool today.......

And strangely enuf, I did various exercises first then Timmy said "Breast stroke action, like we did last week", I was puzzled but in the end with a weight/float in each hand and my legs just doing a front crawl action, with a support round my chest I did not one, not two but 3 lengths trying to make my arms move strangely sideways (noisy link)

Maps

Just been looking at Google Maps around Carmarthen and it is just WOW, how posh can computer software be, holds so much information....

Dinner Tonight

So we are having my usual Saturday dinner tonight, roasted veg, as we had the first pasta I have had in years last night

Fark, I love that dinner, it was delicious.....