Strange Day

So today firstly we need to have an early lunch then head off to the Drs to fetch my 'script then head to Headway where they are having a strange "Meet folk with brain injury" kind of day where amongst the folk with brain injury will be me

That was a very strange day. It was somewhat busier than usual but not by a lot. I entered raffle and various competitions to show I wasn't tight fisted but I didn't win a fscking thing. I played Connect Four with a chap who makes me realise that I wasn't the illest person ever. But I lost to him twice and MM also lost 2 matches to him. Yes, he is a bit fscked but he is very good at Connect Four

Walkies, again

So we popped into town today and parked on Lammas St. From there we walked down to St Catherines Walk and went shopping there.  We went into Debenhams and seemed to get stuck in the Ladieswear section so we had to leave abruptly. From there we popped into Tiger a sells-everything junk shop but we didn't even spend in there

I did find it hard on the way there just on old fashioned pavements, there is more dug up bits and general unevenness 

Recall

And s'morning I just remembered that I am due to change my bed. Just woke up, and recalled before I had even sat up in bed

Some of my memory is improving, I used to have to leave notes to myself stuck to the back of the door

First Of All

Well, first, on the way to town we called into gym and got my freebie, that they emailed me about, new methods of telling the machines who you are etc.

More Big Walkies

And today after lunch we headed into town and first of all walked the length of Merlins Walk which was well busy, at the end we got the lift down and walked thru the bus station back towards town, then walked past the old Town Hall, uphill on Guildhall Square, across and back downhill by Iechyd Da then back to where we were parked on Lammas St

What Day?

But it doesn't feel like a Friday today having not been to the gym, more to the point having not been to Sam's Class in the gym

Walkies

So in a bit we are going into town and have a walk about, dunno where, we shall see what is attractive when we are there.

I have done exercises this week so just a stamina workout......

And we did a big walk around town. About an hour and a half we were walking (and looking in various charity shops) for. So we parked half way along King St, walked all the way up to the library to make it a long walk, then turned back and walked the whole length of King St, carried on over the pedestrian bit at the end, then downhill past the old Town Hall, then along a bit and back uphill past Iechyd Da to the car

Busy

And the beautiful Sam is away today and so is her assistant so there will be no gym class today. I think I should skive but no doubt my MOS will go "Come on, lets use machines".....

Sweet Lucy Was A Dancer

And none of us would chance her. The lyrics were in my head today.

(NOISY)

Gymerooney

And we popped to gym s'morning and did upper body exercise machines. And 5 minutes to finish on a recumbent bike which I had switched much too high but I thought "Only 2 minutes left" and just finished instead of turning it down

And as for the signing myself onto machines with the app on my phone?? Yes, quite, someone noted how well I was doing with pen&ink

Get It

And we popped into Iechyd Da to pick up the veg s'morning. And on the way there we popped into Oxfam to give them a belt which is now much too large for me, a fat persons belt

Walkies, Stickless

And it occurred to me tonight how far away from my walking stick I am walking, as long as it is in the same room as me I feel confident enuf

Aerobics

And we are off to AquaAerobics in a couple of hours, oh what fun we have

Well t'is dun. It is definitely getting easier some aspects of it, I don't think it is because my fitness is improving (Although obv. yes, that too), but that I am much better at moving/freer etc than even a few weeks ago

Found The Oven Glove

Right, the oven glove, the only one I possess that doesn't have another attached to it which gets in the way as I only use 1 hand, went missing t'other day. Me and a MOS looked everywhere, 2 nights later I said "Still can't find it" and we both looked again. No, nowt. Then last night I asked a different MOS, he looked for about 25 seconds and found it.

In the cupboard beneath the sink.

Why it had been put there I (and the chap that put it there) have no idea.

So I had already bought another, will be delivered today or tomorrow, apparently

And he put the old one away properly tonight, in the right place.....

Late Night Shopping

Then tonight we popped into Farmfoods quite late on to pick up some more frozen food etc. As we came in the front door afterwards the phone rang. So as my hands were too busy I walked towards the freezer in the kitchen with the bag of shopping in my left hand and the phone in my right hand. Walking stick leaning against the wall.

And RoyGBiv said after the conversation how well my legs were moving during that walk, I just looked like a proper person walking, with no walking stick

Not At Gym

And we were not at gym today as instead we had to head over to Sara the physio at Pyle (or Pil depending on the language)  and did another load of walking forwards, sideways and backwards on the treadmill

I think it is not fun but we will just have to repeat it again and again in the near future

Forgotten

And I had forgotten that VAT had gone up recently as I have not been involved in discussing the prices of goods/services at all, just buying. I recall it at 15%

Feed Me

Then today I need to have an early lunch because at lunchtime we (me and RoyGBiv) will be travelling to Pil to see that Sara the physio instructor who, last time, had me walking backwards and sideways on the treadmill

And yes, after discussion, last week when the A48 was closed we went a more longwinded route and stopped for lunch on the way but as the quicker way is back open we will have an early lunch then go off about lunchtime

For Dinner

And for dinner tonight we had summat with Sweet Potato Oven Chips because as I was away at the weekend I didn't get a delivery of veg, so no boiled potato for half a week so far

Question From Freya

And Freya said yesterday that her first memory on me was when she was about 4, we were in town, she had no coat on and was chilly. So I gave her my much too big for her jumper to wear. She did wear it and said "Aren't you cold?". I said little-uns are more important, us big chaps are warm enough.

I said "Gosh, half remembering, was that on Merlin's Walk?" she said "YES". WTF, my memories are in there, just access is the problem, when reminded..... I have no conscious memories of Merlin's Walk before my accident but it is obviously in my memory somewhere