Wow

So I went along to the Men's Club tonight thinking I was gonna have to do some cutting with a saw etc. Just by gord, one of the assistants was helping me most of the night and I used power saws, power drills, nail gun etc and made my bird box almost completely. It needs to be treated with some treater and some hinges put on for the top.

But just by god, I thought I wouldn't be able to do much as I am "a cripple".....

As If By Magic

And MagicMark cleaned all the dust off all the windows today. Lordy, it looks loads better, they got really dirty yesterday afternoon

Chaps Club

Then when we pop to Men's Club later I have got a design of summat to make which we will take along and see whether there is enuf spare bits of wood to cut this out or whether we need to buy some and bring it next week

The design I am taking is for a bird box, potentially if that goes well there is also a design for a bat box

Docs

So off to the docs first of all to pick up a 'script for me then off to gym and, I suspect, do another mega-cycle

Ho hum. So we went to the Docs first, picked up the 'scripts, into the chemist on the way out and picked up the goods. Some of which I am in charge of and some of which I gave to MM to put "away" for future use

Then we popped to the gym and mega-cycled. Again my head is a bit disconcerted about how much better at this I am compared with a few weeks ago

Traffic

Aargh, the "light traffic" app has come back on my phone by itself, I was looking for it for a couple of days, couldn't find it, and it came back when I was in bed asleep last night

Windy Day Today

The hurricane is getting closer.... (noisy link)

And as the wind gets stronger and stronger (it is well noisier than when I recorded it s'morning) I think that we can't go outdoors and walk from the car, go swimming. But GGtGG says "No, carry on"

Well it seems to have calmed down now, 7.30pm and it is still noisy but less noisy

Yes, it's 9.30 now and much quieter still.... Phew

Yes, in t'morning we were able to put the hanging decorations back up......

《Sigh》

Well off to the fscking swimming pool today.....

Hooray....

We did it. In, some walking back and forward, walking backwards, walking sideways then eight lengths. I tried to stop at six but he was a grumpy sod who had the key to the locker in his pocket so I had to continue

Crisis

And MagicMark who is s'posed to be working tomorrow has just phoned Timmy and cried off. His car is broken and it is a bit of a journey from Swansea, where he lives, to here

Well in the end GGtGG phoned him and said he would swap tomorrow for the Wednesday he was s'posed to be working

Stickless

And tonight I walked from the kitchen to the loo with no walking stick. I will have to get some advice about whether this is sensible but the very fact that I can....

And My Advisor said "Yep, indoors that's fine, but outside you need your stick, for a variety of reasons"

Getting Better At It

And I noticed today that some chap was working on summat outside the shop and I went over and got involved in a conversation with him in passing. He responded, obviously he understood my point.

This is so much better than last year......

Unexpected

So then s'morning Timmy said "What wanna do?" then we headed off to The Range (noisy link) shop where we bought more bread- and chopping-knifes and utensils as the set I had were cheap and blunt/getting dirty etc

And I did do that "lifting my walking stick offground" exercise for some of the distance within the shop

Oops

So s'morning I made the food for the week, then at lunchtime I opened the fridge and what was looking me in the eye? 250g of Curly Kale. Aargh, panic, eat lunch then chop it up and try to stir it into the already prepared and thickened dinner. Double Aargh, add more water to let it all cook together then if it is too runny I will thicken it up again

Well it looked a bit odd when I first tried to stir it in but over time it looks better

Well as far as my wonky taste buds are concerned it was a bit delicious. I will know for sure on Monday when I give MagicMark some to eat

Out To Feel Clever (?)

So me and Timmy are going out to a community quiz night in the village hall tonight. To either feel smug about how clever we are or feel daft.

Aaaaaaaa. Feel nearly as clever. There were 3 teams playing. One came in 6 points behind the winner, and we were one point behind. One point!!!

Shock Horror

So s'morning when MM and Timmy were having their handover chat I went to the kitchen and started cooking the pan of dinner that needs to cook slowly until tonight. But there was no-one looking after me, I could have cut myself or died or anything. They *must* keep an eye on my cooking. So whose "fault" was this? Mine for cooking when I had decided it was time or theirs for now having their handover meeting in the kitchen to keep an eye on me?

This is why Neil is a bit disgruntled with them "having to" keep an eye on me. WTF's the point. I cut myself once, ages ago, and because of that this new plan is in place

Oddness

So the FES feels a bit wrong when it is electricing my leg. So I nearly said to MM "Help" but then it occurred to me, my right leg is behaving as it did before my accident. So it's a get used to it feeling odd/painful as it is working so well

Seeing Clive

And we are popping out tonight to have dinner at Caffi Iechyd Da and see the band that's playing.

There will be Clive in his wheelchair and a few other members

Very good, very entertaining. They played loads old light "rock" songs, I am a fan

Gymming

So we popped to gym for my once a week class and what can I say. I used my walking stick to get there and for some between the exercises motion but for nothing else, I did all the exercises on my feet, no stick.

Including the balance on just your right foot exercises

Strange Memory

So MM said summat "slowly" and I responded like this.

Very strange memory I have, I can't remember who sang songs but other nonsense is well remembered

Warning.....

Oops (fixed now on the 15th)

Smug Better

And it occurs to me today how much my quality of life has improved since my cream on my legs has been reduced to just the afternoon, not in the morning too