Dinner

And I explored in my cupboards then went shopping and bought veg so we are having a Pasta Lentil Bollock-Knees for dinner tonight

Ooooooh. Wasn't that delicious. I made noise eating it and Gareth also told me it was well worth the hassle. I had to remind myself how to cook it by looking at a very small webpage. And I did all the chopping with my right hand!!

Perhaps

So I am not sure. I said to Gareth s'morning "No swimming, half term....." he replied "Perhaps...." so I am getting all my FES on etc to go to gym and taking my trunx with me, we will see which is quietest and if we do go swimming I will have to take my FES off and wrap it up etc

So no, by the time we got there the pool was full of kids so we went upstairs to the gym instead. I got on a bike again but this time aimed for a quicker cycle. By the time I gave up I had gone half of the distance I covered t'other day but I only took a third of the time I took that day. Half the distance in a third of the time

Stirring Fry

And we are having a stir fry for tea tonight, which I used to cook once a week or so but haven't for ages. But as I can't remember what to do.......

And it was quite nice....... 

Gymming

And me and Alex headed to gym and did 4 exercises and 10 mins on the bike. Just good lord again, it is all easier than last time I tried, again

Out For Tea

And as I protested about cooking for 3 of us* we are heading out to The Tafarn Tanerdy tonight, for a petty cash dinner and I will pay for mine

Yes and very nice it was. The landlord said "We usually see you at the weekend. Monday??", I s'pose I am distinctive looking...

* This is the last night we will have 3 of us fir now, Mark is "fully qualified" to drive me about etc now

Flippers

And s'morning before we headed off to the pool the postman knocked the door and handed me some swimming aids

And good lord, what a difference they make. It is still difficult but I seem much more .......

Busy Morning

So first of all we have to nip to Morrison's and amongst other stuff try and pick up a stir fry pack with additions, I used to make these regularly but I haven't for a while....

Then after someone has taken off my sockings we need to head to the swimming pool

And we went shopping and did that, now we are back indoors for half an hour before swimming. Hooray

But when shopping I had on my list a stir fry ingredients and a sauce for it. I had no noodles on my list as I own some old ones here but I am looking forward to tomorrow....

Right Hand

And I have just peeled all the veg I am roasting for dinner with the peeler held in my right hand. 6 items, I didn't start with my right then give up half way thru, I just did it all

And then I chopped it all with my right hand too.....

Out In Carmarthen

So it had stopped raining about 11.30 s'morning so I said to Alex "Head to town" so we did, was a bit gobsmacked at how many shops were open/people were shopping, the god botherers must feel that they have lost

Time Will Tell

And waking up s'morning I had to set the time on my watch and the battery clocks in the front room and the bathroom but all others have changed themselves. My PC, my mobile phone, my iPad...

Eating An Apple

I haven't bought any apples for ages because my teeth couldn't do with biting them, once it was cut up it was fine but I couldn't do this biting thing....

So this week I bought 2 small apples, dunno why, they just cried out to me. So at lunchtime I got lunch, an apple and I brought a knife so I could cut it up. But because they are smallish apples and my teeth & mouth are better than they were last year I could just eat the whole apple without using the knife, I just bit it

My mouth and jaws are well 'better'

Half A Gadget

So one of my new purchases arrived s'morning. It is a "hold your Kindle upright, so you can read it comfortably" device, and just WOW.

It is like the "Prop your iPad" thingy I had been using but half the size, it fits and can be moved about comfortably. The iPad and device are in the background of the photo

Gym-credible

Then me and GGtGG went to gym and got stuck in to a class. But halfway thru I was doing a "get down and crawl" exercise when Sam approached me and said "Right, finish crawling and turn over to a sitting position". I said "No, I won't be able to stand back up" she said "Try it" and I did it, to sitting on the floor. Then I turned back over, crawled about 10 moves forward, grabbed the chair and was able to stand back up. WTF, really gobsmacked so I had to it again to prove to me that I can

That is just a wow, how much am I improving. So if I fall over anywhere I will probably be able to get myself upright, unasisted

Busy Day

Well there is the usual busy Friday day today....

So we managed the Aardvark shop first thing. As well as "normal" shopping I also headed upstairs (switch off your FES, walk up, switch it back on) and bought bog roll and toothpaste too. But I found everything that was on my list

Club Iechyd

Then we, all 3 of us, went off to a groovy "Gig" night, as opposed to the usual open door do at Caffi Iechyd Da. And it was rather nice, eat from their 100 veggie menu, drink some organic bitter beer and have a listen

Did The Washing Up

Then after lunch I did the washing up because we are going out to a bonus Iechyd Da night tonight as well as next Thursday

Team Handed

Right so we are going swimming today, me and Timmy and MightyMark and we are meeting another therapist, Sara(1), in't pool

But I mustn't get my stuff out of the cupboards first, MM has gotta learn what to take and where it lives

(1) SexySara?

Good lord, we did it. 1) Sara was well impressed with how much better I am than
a few months ago when she last saw me and 2) We managed to do a bit of
forward swimming with no aids, only a few meters but it is still an improvement

Mega Cycle

And today instead of swimming I have gotta go to gym and do another 10km cycle, which took me the best part of an hour last time I did it but it is supposed to be "slightly quicker" today

And "how sad can I be" but Google Maps tells me that is about the distance of my long cycle as a youth, from my house on Lisburn Rd to Steph's house in a nearby town, Lisburn

Well, against my will, I did that 10km, and I did it about 10 minutes quicker today

Wrong Day

So I am going swimming today instead of on Monday....... to confusing to....... dunno, can't think of an excuse but.....

Fried Dinner

And me and Timmy cooked a just fried veg and cheese omelette and some sweet potato oven chips for tea. It was very nice if a little complicated to cook