Remainder Of Day

And me & Timmy started piling stuff that I am gonna need to take away tomorrow on the settee and writing a list of the rest of it. So tomorrow AM will be spent packing it all away etc, then heading off

Many Staff

And there are 5 MOS here and Denyse The Boss here ATM for a team meeting

And they are still sat in the kitchen, muttering, giggling.......

And they were pretty positive about me when they left......

Fredumpkins

And we picked her up and she was nice, a civilised grownup who it was nice to spend a couple of hours with

And she did mention how much less objectionable I am nowadays as opposed to shortly after my accident.....

Aqua

Then later today "we" had an acqa aerobics class. Again it is incredible how much my balance has got better etc

The instructor woman was getting us to do sum exercises on the wall, I explained that my right toes were complaining and I was rather impressed how much she listened and said "Class do this, Neil do this instead" for much of the rest of the class

 So there is only "Pick up Freya" to do

Dentist

And I went to the scary dentist s'morning, seeing both the hygienist and the dentist, but they both seemed pleased with my oral hygiene, no fillings or owt needed.

Then I came back, had a quick lunch then off to pool for an aqua aerobics session

Then over to Freya's to pick her up for a visit

Pictures

So David sent over Nora's pictures from the weekend, which was nice.

But as he was involved in Onedrive he found another load of his old photo's which he sent me too. They were from when he had to come over to Lon Ty Cwm just before I moved there and fit it out with furniture etc for me to move there from a care home. It is a bit tearful looking at the photos but also proof of how well I am doing. That was a big step for me, but I moved well beyond that a couple of years ago. The past

Not Yet

So Alex hasn't started the greenhouse yet because he "had" to take me to the gym where I did various machines. On the bike machine (20 min exercise) I only stopped once, to blow my nose, I think if my nose hadn't run I would have been able to do it all and in the past I had to stop every three and a half minutes, or so

Well afterwards he got stuck in, putting the frame together and has stopped now while I have my bath etc then he is fairly confident that it will go back together and be unknockable over this time

REgreenhouse-ing

So tomorrow Alex the handy chap is back here so he will put back together the greenhouse and protect it with extra tape etc so hopefully this time we can plant, grow and actually get some veg in the end

Armpits

And my armpits seem so much better. The left is almost completely better and the right is perhaps 90% better, so hopefully in a couple of days they will both be mended

Walkies, more

Today I made lunch etc, sat down to eat it, then thought "Aargh, no salad creme", stood up, walked to the fridge with no walking stick, got it out and walked back

Cash4Tiles

And Timmy said "Cheque your bank account" s'morning as Anthony has paid into petty cash the cash for the floor tiles for the kitchen/dining area. We are not gonna buy then 'til after Thursday when Denyse is here for the team meeting and can check it all out etc. So at a guess Thursday afternoon "we" will be back at the tile shop buying....

Hooray

So today I think I will be seen as healthy enough to nip into the swimming pool for a couple of lengths etc.

Hooray

In order to lessen chances of infection etc I have got a new Woggle

And we did it, did various exercises (which I am much better at already) and 6 lengths. And I had been thinking that Timmy better clean the Woggle in the shower in the staff room but it occurred to my while we were under the showers at t'pool to just get it under there and wash it with Neil's decongestant soap stuff

And the Woggle name stayed on, I don't need to find a better pen and renew it

Blew Down

And Alex said to me today "Your greenhouse has blown over", went to put it in the garage for now. Came back saying not damaged etc, will put it back up next week when the wind is down and try to reinforce it with loadsa tape etc

Visitors

And D&N came over before lunchtime, talked for a bit the went off to have lunch, leaving me to eat here then nap/bath, then they will come back in a bit.

So they came over and had a brew here then we headed off to their hotel where we had a very nice meal. They are off early in't morning so we won't see them again. Until we meet up in Belfast in about 6 weeks

Walking

And now I can walk a short distance without my stick. It is slower and I have got to concentrate harder but it works, I can do it

A couple of years ago that would just have been an "impossible" but progress is being made

OK, progress. A few months ago I couldn't take my right arm out of the sleeve of my jacket, I had to take out left then reach across with my left arm to do it... A few weeks ago I eventually could pake out my right arm/sleeve if I had already taken my left out, yesterday, for the first time in fscking years, I can take my right arm out first. And I could still do it s'morning, it wasn't good luck, it was a skill that I have relearned

It might seem like a small thing but a combination of all the small things that are becoming possible makes my life so much better/easier

Big Bruv

And today, later on, my brother and his (beautiful) wife are coming over from Belfast to visit me for today and my birthday (tomorrow) then they are flying out so early on Monday morning that they won't see me after Sunday night

And I have just spoken to Nora, they are just in Carmarthen. So I will give them time to unpack in the hotel etc, have my bath & nap then see them in an hour or so

Then we did meet them later, picked 'em up and tonight we tried somewhere new, the Railway Inn in Nant Garedig and wow wasn't it delicious. We will be back

Yum?

Let's hope tonight's regular Friday dinner is as nice as it has been recently

And it was. Yum yum yum

NO Neil

And today's practice is "No Neil, you can't be untoward to Sam" as I am going to her gym class today for my one trip a week

And 'tis done now. Again I am astonished every week at how much fitter etc I am becoming, I must have been a fat sitting still all day kind of guy in the past

Testing

And just out of force of habit I tried a broadband speed test tonight and it isn't bad, not too slow downloading

Labels

And I went out by myself after dinner, walked to the greenhouse, watered it and stuck the labels that I made yesterday for the pots on. The tomatoes aren't coming up yet but everything else is growing along nicely