Didn't Drown

Well the Aqua Aerobics was a bit harder work than usual, they had a different series of exercises but I did as much as I could. There were a load of new clients today too

Busy Morning

So s'morning first of all we had to head to B&Q to fetch a strimmer as the two that had been donated to GGtGG the second one gave out loadsa smoke and sounded poorly so it couldn't be donated to me.

Then we popped to The Range in town to fetch 4 more cereal bowls, dunno where the existing ones disappeared to but they have nearly all gone

Then after lunch I got changed into my swimming trunks and tomorrows clothes then in a bit we are heading to Aqua Aerobics

Out To Play

And we are going out to play tonight

Ooooh. Well he was on stage, said "OK, Neil, what do you do?" so I replied "Rehab...", he said "Why?" and I told him how I was knocked off my bike years ago, I have been in a wheelchair until a couple of years ago..... etc.... and he said "Wow" and got the other 50 people who were there to clap me and I dunno what to say

And someone was sat at the next table to us, she said "Remember me?", I could but couldn't remember and she worked in the Leonards Cheshire centre I used to live in

Gyming

So we headed to the gym over lunchtime today. RoyGBiv said "20 mins on bike" but as I feel that my shoulders were a bit wonky I tried various pulling and pushing exercises b4 getting on the bike for "10" minutes. 15 minutes later I got off.

And I did notice that I no longer had to stop every 3 or 4 minutes to get my breath back, I am just so much fitter than I was. OK, I still have a long way to go but more fitter than I was

Demi Baguette

So then after dinner we popped to Farmfoods mainly so I could pick up a few more baguette pizza's and a few more frozen foods

Didn't We Do Well

<Sigh>

Well we did it, went swimming. We got in the pool and I did 8 lengths (the days target) straight away so I could just get into doing the rest without having a worry hanging over me.

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In The Morning

So as I am gonna have to take off my FES and change into tomorrows clothes before we head to the pool s'afternoon we headed out early to the Docs at the end of King St to fetch a 'script

Which we have done, got changed etc and ready and waiting to go to the leisure centre swimming pool

Walking About Town

So we headed into town today and popped up Merlin's Walk to Savers where I bought 4 cheap packets of tissues(27). From there we walked back to Lammas St then across and down thru town, towards the old Aardvark then back up to the car. We weren't really sightseeing but it is therapeutic for me just walking around town

(27) But GGtGG bought about 6 items

I also spent 3 quid on a pair of trousers from a charity shop, they said if it doesn't fit bring it back but if I do have to I will just tell them to keep the few quids, it is for a good cause

Well, I had my bath and got dressed s'afternoon and I am now wearing my new trews, (new pic) no belt but not too tight, a "perfect" fit he said somewhat luckily

Scrap

Then after lunch we took loadsa rubbish from the garage and my old mower to the tip. We had loadsa stuff for 2 reasons. 1) When I moved in here I said "Keep that" about everything, and 2) We didn't know if I was going to buy this house so we kept loadsa boxes etc in case we needed to move again

B&Qing

So s'morning me and GGtGG need to go to B&Q and pick up a new lawnmower and strimmer. Just a cheap electrical two, which I will have to pay for from my account, not Petty Cash. Then we will go and drop them off at a "renew accessories" place where hopefully they can give them a useful second life and we need to drop a pair of trews off at a "send them to a poor country" place, I had this on my list as "charity shop" but someone was a bit scathing and said "As you are out......"

Well we just popped to Oxfam to donate my stuff and then headed to B&Q. There we got a pre displayed mower that was half price, so quite good buying I think. GGtGG announced when we were half way there that he thinks he has 2 strimmers given to him by dead relatives so he will hopefully bring one in next time he is working, if he doesn't it's back to B&Q next weekend

Na'an Bread

And we had the usual Friday night dinner of na'an bread pizza and chips for tea and it was as wonderful as usual

And stress stress stress I do the washing up now but by lord it is as dull as.....

Proper Class

And I am off to the proper Stroke Class @ gym after an early lunch today, and Sam is hopefully back from her holiday today, she wasn't there last week

Bitter tears. Her return flight couldn't take off for ages so she was stuck, the class had to be taken by a chap that hasn't been involved in my therapy for about a year and a half but he was impressed with how much better I am nowadays.

According to chap her flight has landed on the way home but she was still travelling on way back. So we will see her next week

To Go Where

Then we headed out to The Warren, the place that I hadn't heard of until they accepted my delivery of organic veg last week. But ooh wasn't it busy and nice. We got the last seats at a table (on a Wednesday night!) and were surrounded by folk drinking and eating some delicious looking food. Timmy said "Me and my missus will come here to eat soon", it looked that good

We only had one drink there, after that we headed to my local and had a couple of pints there, we decided not to try Iechyd Da gig night

Out

And we went to the place that we went to to collect my veg last week and it was very busy (full of people playing games or eating loads) but after 1 drink there we headed to my local and had 2 or 3 pints there which was a bit special

FTPing

And the FTP program that I use to set up my webpage had a sulk today. It said "Connected" but just said "Uploading" for ages without actually doing owt. Eventually it did work and I was able to do a page very slowly then later I did another page and it was quicker by then. Hopefully next time I use it it will be properly fast again

Dun That

Well s'morning we popped and did the shopping things. Then over lunchtime we popped to the gym where I did various arm movement exercises then 1500 m on the rowing machine. I didn't feel that I was going so fast but it was still the quickest I have ever done that distance in

And for the first time in some time everything organic I had ordered arrived, their suppliers are obviously being well behaved this week

Thursday

So first thing s'morning me&Timmy need to pop to Iechyd Da to pick up my veg, to Morrisons (noisy link) to get the rest of the weeks shopping and to the gym to do...... gord nose what. Perhaps I need to try the upsteps thing again, without falling off it this week

Destroy The World

So after drinking out of my new cup just once I was getting the bowl out at bedtime to put my muesli into with milk overnight, when I picked it up and didn't grip it properly.

*SMASH*

GGtGG seems to have the extra job of sweeping up behind me, loadsa bits of broken crockery most of the time

Swimming

And we popped to the Aqua Aerobics class and it went an well as can be expected. I am definitely getting better, generally and specifically at the exercises there

A New One

And the posty brought a replacement for one of my broken things s'morning