monday post

eep, i've got roughly 25 mins to type my whole day out! PIG mum says she'll be forcing poor em to bed at 9:30, so just extra-quickly:
-today, em was hard at work plodding 5480 steps, and TEFT topic was work in jesus' name.
-em did a stinky unspeakable this morning, and had a crunchy choc chip museli bar for breakfast and a mug of warm milo.
-physio at UQ. i went to the loo first, then was left with a gossip mag as PIG mum flounced off to pay.
-a new student came for me! her name's georgia.
-anne was the supervisor here today. thankfully, i wasn't required to give birth anymore. :p just lotsa sit-to-stands and some stepping.
-PIG mum gleefully forced (3rd time) to walk up to genies for lunch.
-we got the two lunch specials, one a pork dish, one a pasta dish. we shared, and drank water (dunno why PIG mum refused to get me a shake; oh well. thursday.
-PIG mum took me to the loo once before she gleefully Forced (2nd time) to walk in and see edgar.
-basically, he just explained the report he had written from our day of testing to PIG mum and i. the recommendations were interesting; apparently, there's some kind of drug therapy?
-PIG mum tootled us back home, first ringing chrissy to let her know that we were gonna be late.
-i got changed for hydro, then PIG mum tootled us off - chrissy didn't have a car coz her boyfriend had dropped her off at work, see.
-hydro today: walking forwards and sideways, squatting, left arm exercises, floating and sculling, and i finally got my buoyant (sp?) bum on the ground, after three attempts! :P judith stuck the weightbelt on to 'sink me down'. :p
-lol, but dr. sharon's mean! :P we splashed water at each other as i walked past :P then, judith said i could ask her what options could i implement so i could finally get my bum to hit the floor. her answer? 'easy. just amputate your bum." :P o_O
-judith let me walk out, and chrissy wheeled me in for a nice hot shower - obviously, hairwash today.
-i got dried, creamed, redressed. chrissy wheeled me in for a tinkle, then Forced me to walk back out to the front door, where we both sat down and waited for PIG mum.
-so PIG mum tootled us home. inside, i watched seven's news, read out by rod young and kay mcgrath, sport by shane webcke and weather by john schluter. eep, i think it's only going to be 10 degrees tonight! :( em is freezing already. ><
-arvo tea; a mug of warm milo, plus a toasted cheese - poo poo, PIG mum only allowed me one slice, so it was ENTIRELY too thin. >< - ham and mayo - so this week is all satisfied, yup! - sandwhich, cut into four triangles.
-we watched today tonight until 6;45. chrissy Forced me to walk to the bathroom, Forced me to walk over to wash and dry my right hand, and Forced me to walk to the mouth of the stairs.
-PIG mum let chrissy leave - she'll be back on wednesday - and promptly took poor em on a forced march to her room and back down. actually, while i was up there, i sat down, flicked on the old comp, and browsed our caloundra photos from ... 2006?
-back down the stairs. dad joined in, wasn't happy with the way em walked, and promptly Forced her on a few more laps.
-dinner: yummy egg and ham fried rice and lotsa bok choy. dad said i could get as much as i wanted, but then PIG mum snapped no and that i could only take 1/3. whatever.
-PIG mum forced em on 5+mins of the exercises that human movement student - vincent? daniel? - taught us.
-i tootled online.
-phew, i finished! toms should be fun! physio at PA in the morning - i want morning tea, please! -, then lady's lunch to welcome in spring! what's that lady's name again? oh, i remered - margie morris. that's with the bookclub people. which reminds me - i gotta get cracking on reading that book club novel. hope everyone has a great day toms!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. i found and corrected 1 error in my post tonight.

sunday post

good afternoon! TWFT topic is lessons from lazarus (2), and no plodding total or spam count for the weekend from em yet, coz i think the parents are going to force poor em to go to baddy. >< ah well, i'll survive. somehow, i always do. anyways, what happened today?
-phew! thank goodness i thought to look over at the commode before i swung myself around to use it - PIG mum had forgotten to put the pot :P in there for me!so i called her down, and she kindly stuck it back in for me. dunno what time it was then, but i swung myself back to bed, cuddled my darling bear bear, and we snored our heads off together. :P
-this morning, both parents poked me to say, "ten more mins." PIG mum dug me up. i used the pot :p once more, she got me kitted, then she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the gobbling :P table for breakfast. and N.B today, mean PIG mum has forced poor em to walk everywhere today without sticky. :(
-hmm ...excuse me for a few mins while i go say hi to all my online MSN buddies :p
-breakfast was half a polo bun and a mug of warm milo. lol, turns out we - that is, PIG mum and dearest dad - all had polo bun for breakfast! :P
-time to go, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the car. off she tootled us off to church, listening to leslie cheung.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk all the way down. much thanks to aunty hilda who passed me a lolly, and letty who helped me open it.
-oh, poo poo. >< i need the loo. bbl.
-so PIG mum got to make (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk there. thanks to her who passed me a glass of water - which i was extremely careful to hold 'correctly' - then i did a stinky unspeakable, wiping myself too. PIG mum came to get me, forced me to pull my own pants back up, made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and dry my right hand, and made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back to my computer chair.
-service soon started. PIG mum forced poor em to stand up for three or four songs; i also sang the harmony to one or two.
-speaker today was shane mccarthy, and he gave us a sermon on what about you?
-no communion afterwards. so i sat and had a yak to lee - which reminds me, i'm going to send him an email now. bbl again~
-no time to send the email; i'll do it when i return tonight. parents are forcing poor em to go to badmington. >< time is now ... 3:30pm
-good evening! time is now ... 8:43pm, and em's final plodding total for sunday now stands at 5715. oh, and spam count for the week is 52. anyways, where was i?
-shanr gave us a sermon on 'what about you'.
-no communion afterwards, just PIG mum who made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the toilet, forced me to dak myself, made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and dry both hands, and made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk over for a seat in the morning tea area.
-morning tea: thanks to dad for a cup of water-tea, and PIG mum for a couple of crackers. i had a yak to charlsy and lee. also, i saw hairy and quiet daniel browsing the camp menu. i begged hairy to put bacon and egg muffins on our eating list. :P
-bible study time. PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to our bible study classroom.
-eep, but i was the only girl in the class. so thanks to wilfreddy who went and brought back janice to sit with me. :)
-we all took turns reading out bible verses, questions and answering the questions.
-PIG mum came to fetch me at the end. she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the toilet, made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and dry my right hand, and made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back to the car.
-after forcing me to buckle my own seatbelt, dad tootled us off to foodcourt for lunch.
-luckily, we found a carpark downstairs. parents made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me catch the escalator and walk all the way into cafe mi.
-argh, there goes my last chance of having a two piece feed from KFC. that means i've gone through TWO MONTHS without being allowed to devour a whole, single two piece feed. >< poor em.
-so i drank half a cup of cold milk tea, and had 1.5 bowls of the yummy western meal, pork chop with spaghetti.
-time to go, parents made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back down to the 4WD. dear dad tootled us home.
-at home, i tootled online briefly until parents decided that we'd be going to baddy. so they made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the 4WD.
-dad tootled us off to baddy, again listening to leslie cheung.
-parents gleefully forced (3rd time) me to walk in.
-i saw uncle barry there! he explained that he hadn't been to baddy for awhile, not because of tennis elbow, but tennis shoulder. :p
-so PIG mum forced poor em to get up three or four times, and iplayed eighty shots with the parents and mel mel. but eep, it's my turn to read a story to the little kids next week! must start practising toms!
-parents made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the car. dad tootled us home.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk into the laundry. first she forced me to dak myself, then she forced me to undress all of me.
-a nice warm shower - i washed my own hair tonight. PIG mum forced poor ela to scrub various parts of me 60+ times.
-i had a tinkle before PIG mum flipped the water off, one more as she went outside to fetch sth. i dried myself, creamed myself, kitted myself. PIG mum kindly helped with my socks and shoes, before she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk all the way out to the gobbling :p table.
-i read my book club novel for awhile as dearest dad whipped up dinner.
-dinner tonight, fried rice with egg, ham, broccoli and pineapple. of course, PIG mum forced poor ela to hang onto the bowl as i ate, oh well. dinner was washed down with a mug of yummy fruit and vegie juice, which i was very careful to hold 'correctly'. i'll get my one chance to hold it 'incorrectly' toms arvo when chrissy comes. lol, chrissy said to me last time she came, "em, you've been scratching!" to which i responded, "you must've been swearing in your sleep!" :p see our deal - she don't swear, i don't scratch.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the computer switch and forced me to bend awkwardly to flip on the computer switch, before she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back to the computer desk. i tootled online.
-first though, we rang leanne.
-phew, i finished! so i'll just check, then hopefully send an email off to lee. physio at UQ toms, PIG mum and i will have lunch at genies, and then we're seeing edgar at 2pm. hydro in the arvo. >< hope there'll be good set lunch on their menu toms!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. i found and corrected 1 error in my post tonight.

thursday post

hello again!
it's been less than 30mins since my last post, but:
-PIG mum and dearest dad opened their presents. who, phew, em's still alive! :P
-we cut cake; i got 1.5 slices. i wonder when dearest dad went to buy a cheesecake?
-thanks to PIG mum who also kindly poured me half a glass of milk to wash my slice of cake with.
-also thanks to the slams, uncle tyrone and aunty a who all bought my parents a present! lol, i didn't tell them to, i swear. i admit, i just wrote in my email to them:"what to bring - yourselves, obviously! and a silver wedding anniversary present for my parents if you're feeling caring. but i've bought them presents anyway." :p
-i printed out a camp form each for my parents.
-anyways, like i said in my previous post, hope to see everyone at church toms! and fingers crossed for some decent lunch toms? puh-leeeeeeease?! it's my last chance this month!
cheers,
em. ^^

saturday post

good evening! my final plodding total for saturday now stands at 2547. and, if possible, i'll be staying online till 10:16pm, if the parents allow me to. anyways, what's happened since my last post?
-chrissy Forced me to walk to the laundry for my shower. she forced me to undress all of me.
-a nice hot shower - hairwash today. actually, chrissy said my hair's actually quite clean, but she said to wash it anyway coz i was going out tonight.
-i had a tinkle before she flipped off the water, and one more when she went outside to get sth.
-i got dried, creamed, redressed. chrissy Forced me to walk out to the gobbling :P table.
-arvo tea was a yummy sausage bun and a cup of coloured water.
-i read my book club novel until chrissy ordered piano practice. so she Forced me to walk over to the piano.
-era supported ela in thunking out twinkle twinkle ten times, then played all the scales, christmas carols and soundtyracks herself. when PIG mum came downstairs, i told her that i was hungry!
-so chrissy Forced me to walk back to the gobbling table, fed me a crunchy pear and 3 round sao crackers.
-7's news was read out by lol, i can't remember who. sport either. >< but weather was by john schluter and beach by liz cantor.
-we watched sth else till 6:45, then chrissy Forced me to walk to the loo. thanks to her who passed me a glass of water, and i did a stinky unspeakable, wiping myself too. she came back, Forced me to walk over and wash and dry my right hand, and Forced me to walk to the 4WD.
-she left, will be back on mon? tues? but her and her boyfriend will be having either pizza or thai food for dinner tonight.
-parents tumbled into the 4WD also. dad tootled us off to the manor, listening to leslie cheung.
-dad dropped off PIG mum and i first. so she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk in. i told the guy i had a reservation for 7, he pointed us to a table inside where the slams where already waiting!
-uncle tyrone appeared soon, followed by aunty a.
-we ordered. i ordered peking duck!
-so i got two little serves of peking duck, some kai lan, a few chunks of beef, 2 small slices of oyster pancake (yup, it's yucky :P) and 1.5 bowls of rice.
-i also got 1.5 slices of yummy cake! much thanks to anna who bought a yummy black forest cake for my parents! with choc chips and strawberries too. yumyum.
-time to leave, parents made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back to the car. surprisingly, PIG mum kindly helped me to buckle on my seatbelt, then dearest dad tootled us home, still listening to leslie cheung.
-home, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk into the loo for 2 or 3 tinkles. she also patched up my belly, coz i'd scratched it bleeding. >< then she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and dry my right hand, and made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of thursday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to the computer.
-firstly, i printed out the camp form. actually, i need to remember to print out two more, one for each parent!
-righteo, i think i'm all done! cake and photo time soon, then my parents open their presents! lol, just to be on the safe side, i'd best type out my will again:
-all my books can go to leanne
-all my teddies can go to dearest dad
-my old school books? just burn them. :P unless you want them!
-janice teaches piano, right? she can have all my old piano books then.
-lol, i don't really own much, do i? anything else, just have a yak to my dad and see if you can take them.
-last of all, please remember to be nice to my dearest dad! coz i love him the most. forever. :)
-oh, i should prolly say be nice to PIG mum too, but she'll prolly be in jail for my murder. :P maybe you can go visit her? :P
hope to see everyone at church toms! and fingers crossed for some decent lunch toms, i mean, it's my last chance this month!
cheers,
em. ^^

saturday post

good afternoon! TWFT topic is lessons from lazarus (1) and no plodding total from em yet, coz after we come back from our celebration tonight, i've still got an hour left online, and PIG mum's PROMISED i could have that hour left online to type down my final plodding total. i hope she keeps her word! anyways, i declare today an 'event'! coz yup yup, it's my parents silver wedding anniversary today! yup, they've been toigether for a quarter of a century! how cool is that? :) righteo:
-PIG mum dug herself up for work. em swung herself around to use the pot :P once, then cuddled her darling bear bear and snored their respective heads off. i still maintain, he snores louder. :P so we continued our snoring until lisa arrived. dearest dad gave me ten more mins, then lisa dug me up. she forced me to get most of myself kitted, then Forced me to walk to the bathroom to brush my teeth. a sadness waited there: PIG mum must've been SNEAKY and told her, coz lisa wouldn't let me balance the toothbrush on the cup and squirt out the toothpaste like that! poor ela. >< well, maybe i can have the chance to do it once during the week. :9 doubt it, though. anyways, lisa Forced me to walk out to my dining chair. thanks to dearest dad for breakfast - some ham and egg. so i buttered the toast myself - poor ela was forced to hold the plate again. ><" but thanks to her who mixed me a yummy chocolate nesquik to wash down lunch with. surprisingly, she didn't force poor ela to hang onto the bowl as i ate ... maybe coz i'd already put ela up on our new/old :P table and pulled my thumb out? dunno. anyways, after lunch, dad Forced me to walk over to the computer table. i bent awkwardly to flick on the computer switch, then tootled online.
anyways, i'll be back after tonight (if i'm still alive, fingers crossed! :P) to quickly type out tonight's events. hope tonight is smashing!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. oh, duh! stupid em forgot to post about last night:
-after dinner and a warm milo, the carer took me to the loo once then tootled me off to UF. she Forced me to walk in without sticky :9 and i had a yak to joshels and letty until UF started. i just sang in my head tonight, but clapped along to one of the songs. some sharing, some praying, then we split up into our bible study groups to continue or bible study on daniel. we all took turns reading out bible passages, questions, and answering the questions. i also snacked or 3 or4 yummy sour snakes. after UF, pole helped me to hobble/stagger/limp to the room where we were practising our song for the church dedication. the harmony mikey wrote for us is quite nice! i get to practise my soprano skills too! :P then pole helped me hobble/stagger/limp back to our car, and dad tootled us back home. repeat the usual nightly routine - oh! nevermind about me being sad this morning that i couldn't balance the toothbrush on the cup and squirt the toothpaste out that way; i did it last night! okies, going with chrissy for a shower now. bbl tonight!
cheers,
em. ^^

friday post

good afternoon!
the spam count for this week is actually 122, TWFT topic is 'do you have what it takes?' and em was hard at work plodding 1973 steps today. hmm ... lisa should arrive here in 45 mins or so, let's get started into today's events!
-dearest dad got up for work. em swung herself around to use the pot :P once, then cuddled her darling bear bear and sang/counted herself back into some heavy-duty snoring. :P
-PIG mum dug em up, got her kitted, then made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of yesterday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) her walk out to the gobbling :P table.
-breakfast was a mug of warm milo and a crunchy choc chip museli bar. as with the previous few days, PIG mum forced poor ela to hold onto the bar then ordered era to unwrap it.
-time to go to your :P turn, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of yesterday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the car, of course forcing me to buckle my own seatbelt.off she tootledus off to my turn, listening to westlife's face to face.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of yesterday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk in, then rocked off to repark the car. jennie soon came for me. kindly lending me a stick, she Forced me to walk over to a plinth.
-PIG mum joined in, and forced em on a wide range of left hand/arm exercises, some sitting, some standing.
-i finished with a round on that electric exercise bike. i let it do 2 mins for me, then i did 2 mins myself, etc.
-PIG mum took me to the loo once before we plopped back into the 4WD.
-i rang aunty joanne, saying we were going to be a little late to our lunch date, sorry. she said it was fine and just to drive safely.
-PIG mum gleefully Forced(second time) me to walk in. we took a look at the menu, then ordered. PIG mum got some yucky curry vermicelli (she kindly shared with me a bowl - 'twas yucky, sorry :P), aunty joanns got some combinationho fan (she kindly shared with me 1 1/2 bowls - 'twas yummy, thanks!) and the lady recommended me a chicken chop rice. yum yum. and i ordered a cold horlicks - the glass was sth massive! so i slurped that down. aunty joanne took a slice of chicken chop in return for the ho fan she gave me; i also donated my icky tomato (2 slices) and equally icky cucumber (also two slices) to PIG mum.
-aunty joanne kindly shouted us, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of yesterday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back out to the 4WD, forced poor em to buckle her own seatbelt, switched the CD toleslie cheung (poor man committed suicide quite a few years ago, RIP) and tootled us back home.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of yesterday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back inside, forced me to bend awkwardly to flick on the computer switch, then made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of yesterday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk over to the computer.
-thanks to PIG mum who passed me a glass of water; i also rang dearest dad, who was at tarragindi.
-woo hoo, i finished! just in the nick of time too. so i'll just check, then catch a news article or two. CODA says the carer coming today is lisa ... is she new?
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S.tomorrow marks my parent's 25th wedding anniversary! so a few weeks ago, when karen took me out to garbo, we went present shopping! i hope they like their presents. but i have a real fear :P that PIG mum will KILL :P o_O poor em after she opens her present. anyways, i thought, just in case that happens, i'd better write out a will first:
-all my books can go to leanne
-all my teddies can go to dearest dad
-my old school books? just burn them. :P in case you want them!
-janice teaches piano, right? she can have all my old piano books then.
-lol, i don't really own much, do i? anything else, just have a yak to my dad and see if you can take them.
-last of all, please remember to be nice to my dearest dad! coz i love him the most. forever. :)
-oh, i should prolly say be nice to PIG mum too, but she'll prolly be in jail after she murders me. :P
-righteo, hope to see most of yous at UF tonight!

thursday post 2

good evening!
lol, i actually emptied out my spam box before i realised that today is actually thursday! :P so i'll just remember to add on 99 to whatever tomorrow's spam count is. :P
-anyways, em's final plodding total for thursday now stands at 3486.
-and thankee muchly and muchly to mariana for not one, but TWO comments! (and mariana, of course you can become a follower of my blog! just sorry if you don't know how to become a follower ... coz sorry ... i dunno either. >< :P) anyways, what happened in the arvo?
-karen Forced me to walk into the laundry for my shower. but it was nice to have someone that didn't mind the "let's undress emily together" way!
-a nice hot shower - no hairwash today.
-i had a tinkle before karen flipped the water off, one more when she went outside to fetch sth. then i got dried, creamed, rekitted. karen Forced me to walk back out to the gobbling :P table, where mum and mariana were STILL yakking! :P
-arvo tea was a cup of tea sweetened with two teaspoonfuls of sugar and 2 yummy sausage buns. of course, i ate all the bread first.
-karen took me once more to the loo, i rang dearest dad. then karen drove us out to garbo.
-when we arrived, karen parked then we listened to seven's news simulcast on 96.5FM first.
-then karen plopped me into sparkless and we wheeled me in.
-first, we went to the library. PIG mum said i could borrow one book, so i chose raymond e feist and janny wurts' mistress of the empire, then i sat down and read another feist novel for a few pages, tear of the gods.
-we wheeled me to foodcourt for dinner. i was ready to go order me a two piece feed for dinner, when karen cut in, said, "sorry em, your mum's already said you can't have a two piece feed from KFC for dinner." MEANIEPOO. >< i mean, i only ask for it once a week, and so far, i've been unable to get it all this MONTH. >< i mean, i've said that if i'm allowed to have an entire two piece feed (ie 2 slices of chicken, one potato and gravy, one bread roll, a regular chips and a regular drink), i'm perfectly happy to alternate it with a kebab or a burger meal from hungry jacks the next week. the only reason why i ask for it week after week after week is because i can never get it! so far, all the luck i've had this month is a slice of chicken, half a bread roll, half the potato and gravy and maybe about ten chips. >< argh, somebody, help me. >< well, this sunday is my last chance at getting it this month ... fingers crossed!
-but i drank a yummy low-fat shake, while karen got herself a chicken nanban and a pepsi max. actually, instead of a two piece feed, i got one slice of chicken and maybe 1/3 box of mashies! see, i saw the table next to ours, their little boy, he was eating a pack of mashies. i thought that looked yummy, coz i'd never had it before, so i told karen that was what i wanted to try. only, the lady sitting next to me - the kid's mum, i presume - heard, and said, "hey, do you want this? coz he doesn't like them. he'd rather popcorn chicken." so thanks! i shared a mashie with karen too, of course.
-we then wheeled me to stacks, where karen picked up a new toy for scruffy, and woolies, where she picked up some vegemite (apparently, there's this new kind, or sth?) and peanut butter for jamie. i acted as her shopping trolley. surprisingly:P/luckily, karen didn't break anything this time! last week, she smashed a bag of lollies that she was going to buy for a friend. we just quickly wheeled away and never came back. :p
-karen took me once more to the loo, then she tootled us home.
-i popped back online for my last hour.
-cool, i finished! so i'll just check, then get my weekly naruto fix! have a great day toms, everyone!
cheers,
em. ^^

thursday post

good afternoon! TWFT topic was stop putting yourself down, and no plodding total from em yet, coz after karen and i return home from garbo, i've still got at least an hour left online! so, i thought i'd just stick in what i normally type out every thursday:
--whenever i had to walk, i'd type that PIG mum gleefully FORCED :( me to. when she banned me from using all capitals, i used Forced until she somehow decided that the entire word offended her sensibilities, and banned it altogether. so i switched to the word contort, only it wasn't long before PIG mum decided that even this word somehow offended her and banned it also, saying that henceforth, i was only allowed to use the word made. anyways, i complied and used MADE. did it really surprise me when PIG mum stepped in and demanded that it had to be ALL in lowercase? so i complied again, only now i typed that PIG mum 'gleefully' made me walk. that was until charlsy left me a comment on this blog, saying that henceforth, i was only allowed to use made without any words before or after it. dunno really know why i listen to him, afterall, it's MY blog, but i guess i do coz i have heaps and heaps of respect for him as a friend. and, regarding last night:
1.PIG mum made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk from the computer desk to the kitchen benchtop to drink my nightly half cuppa of milk. *sigh* i've said before, how in the past she just used to bring me my milk, in her eagerness to boot me off to bed, but now it seems that she somehow derives FAR GREATER PLEASURE at being able to force her poor daughter to walk more. ah well, i'll survive.
2. after saying goodnight to dearest dad, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk to the bathroom for my nightly routine.
3.poor em was forced to stand to brush her teeth, and PIG mum also forced my poor left hand to do the three after-brush rinses with my right hand. i forgot to add, same with the kitchen benchtop, it is somehow a HUGE UNFORGIVEABLE SIN if you were to lean against the basin and rest your aching self.
4. after flossing and washing both hands, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to dry them.
5. PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to the toilet.
6. PIG mum forced me to dak myself for a tinkle or two.
7. when i stood back up, PIG mum forced me to pull my own trousers back up.
8. PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over and bend awkwardly to flush the loo. i reached over to wash and dry my right hand.
9. PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back to bed. remember, i'm not allowed to hobble/stagger/limp in and grasp the handrail that was installed up there FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE, because PIG mum has recently discovered that it somehow, again, gives her FAR GREATER PLEASURE to force her poor daughter to walk to the middle of the bed, turn around and bend awkwardly to finally sigh with relief that she has, indeed, endured through another day.
10. no pull-up pants. >< no teds, either. argh. i thought that maybe i could wear them once a week, every friday, just like how it gives PIG mum that much pleasure to restrict poor em to a truly miniscule bowl of icecream once a week, but apparently not. tough luck, em. >< actually, we both forgot about it last night! but thanks to PIG mum who promised me that she'd give me a make-up bowl tonight. i asked if i could please have a bigger bowl, coz it's the end of winter soon, and PIG mum's declared that she's gonna smack em to a diet come 1st september, the first day of spring.
-finally, if i don't mention any of this till next thursday, it just means that it's ALL the same as what i typed out today, okay? no difference. >< righteo, what happened today?
-dearest dad got up for work. em swung herself around to use the pot :P once, then cuddled her darling bear bear and sang/counted herself back into some heavy-duty snoring :P
-PIG mum came in, poked me awake, and told me, "ten more mins." lol, but i must've fallen asleep while i was counting down my ten mins, coz i could've sworn i still had 4 mins left of snoring to do!
-but PIG mum dug me up. i swung myself to use the pot :P once more, but felt like doing a stinky unspeakable, so much thanks to PIG mum who wheeled me in, gave me a glass of water to drink, and helped me wipe afterwards.
-back in my room, i got kitted. PIG mum made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk out to the gobbling :P table for breakfast.
-breakkie was a mug of warm milo and a crunchy milk choc chip museli bar. as with the two previous days, PIG mum forced poor ela to hang onto the bar then ordered era to unwrap it.
-time to go, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk out to the car. after forcing poor em to buckle her own seatbelt, PIG mum tootled us off to UQ for physio.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk in to the toilet on arrival. then she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and try both hands, before she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to take a seat in the waiting area.
-she left me with a who gossip mag, then flounced off to pay. ben soon came for me, walking pole at the ready.
-he Forced me to walk a couple of laps up and down the corridor first, then Forced me to walk in.
-tilt table first. >< eep, nasty physioterrorists trying to tear my limbs off. :P
-without sticking my AFO and shoes back on, kat and ben Forced me to walk over to a plinth (i think that's what they called the beds?)kat joined us, and i 'gave birth' to 3 more kids. :P this time, i just named them after other patients in the NAB clinic. then we did lotsa standing and weight shifting exercises, before PIG mum gave ben and kat blocks of chocolate each, asking them to give the last block to kat.
-ben Forced me to walk back down to the car. then he kindly returned with joe's email for me! i've said before, how there are already *500*!! joe wong's on facebook? :P
- letty joined us for lunch! so PIG mum gleefully Forced (second time) me to walk up to the genies cafe.
-she took me to the loo once, then we sat down and ordered. both PIG mum and i had the lunch special, the 'grilled medallion of pork atop a creamy cheese potato served with broccoli, carots and bacon and served with sage gravy'. letty had a ham/cheese burger with chips, and donated her bleeding beetroot to PIG mum. :P
-IG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk all the way back out to the 4WD. we said our thanks and byes to letty, then, after forcing poor em to buckle her own seatbelt again, PIG mum tootled us home, changing the CD to lesley (or leslie? anyone know?) cheung. she also threatened to DISEMBOWEL :Po_O poor em when i tried to turn down the volume a little. oh well.
-first though, PIG mum tootled us to the glen hotel to make a reservation for her and dearest dad, mr. and mrs. dent at the glen hotel on friday night, when i'll be at UF. i'm already predicting how much time PIG mum will spend dissing me, but hey, i'm used to it.
-back home, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk in, forced poor em to bend awkwardly to flick on the computer switch, then made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back to the computer.
-ding dong! marianna came for a visit! i think she said sth about getting me to meet this guy who'd be starting uni again or sth?
-karen's here too!"reading over my shoulder." quotes herself. :P so i'll head off for a shower, go to garbo, then come back tonight with my final plodding total ... cya then!
cheers,
em. ^^

wednesday post

good evening! TWFT topic was handling your anger the right way, and em was hard at work plodding 2240 steps today. anyways, all about today:
-dearest dad got up for work. em swung herself over to use the pot :P once, then cuddled her darling bear bear and sang/counted herself back into some heavy-duty snoring. :P
-PIG mum dug em up. she used the pot :P once more. then PIG mum got me kitted, before she made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and dry both hands, before she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the gobbling :P table.
-breakfast was a mug of warm milo and a crunchy choc chip museli bar. same as with yesterday, PIG mum wasn't happy until she forced poor ela to hold onto it and ordered era to unwrap the museli bar.
-time to go to my torture session :P with vincent the physio >< PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the 4WD, of course forcing me to buckle my seatbelt (and that's what she forced poor em to do all day, so i won't bother mentioning that again). off she tootled us to unique physiotherapy.
-she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk in, then handed me over to vincent the physio.
-i did: right and left arm reachy exercises, neck and head exercises, left ankle exercises. whatever. >< i survived.
-he Forced me to walk back out, and handed me over to PIG mum, who made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk back out to the car.
-but she really did tootle us off to maccas for breakfast! she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk in, i settled down with the day's newspaper, and she rocked off to buy us brekkie.
-we had a bacon and egg mcmuffin meal with an orange juice each. yum yum! most of all, much thanks to PIG mum who consented to buy me a yummy chicken caesar salad for lunch!
-PIG mum took me to the loo once before she tootled us back home. i settled down to read my book club novel as aunty wendy arrived.
-so i kept reading till lunchtime. much thanks to aunty wendy who mixed me a yummy chocolate nesquik, then gave ela a massage.
-aunty wendy took me once to the loo before she got to rock off an hour early, coz i had an appointment at the behavioural optom's.
-so PIG mum tootled us off to browns plains, then gleefully Forced (2nd time) poor em to walk inside.
-we both settled down with a gossip mag until it was my turn.
-so em was Forced to walk around and around with the eggy :P glasses, then i took a seat as PIG mum and the optoms went hunting for a suitable pair of frames for me. thanks to the lady who got mea mug of water, coz i was thirsty.
-as PIG mum was tootling us home, her mobile rang. chrissy said she was stuck in traffic and would be like 10 mins late.
-but she was like, 45 mins late!
-anyways, she forced me to dak all of myself, then gave me a nice hot shower - hairwash today.
-i had a tinkle before she flipped off the water, one more as she went outside to fetch sth. then i got dried, creamed, rekitted. lucky i remembered my AFO, coz silly chrissy forgot again!
-arvo tea was a cup of coloured water - i only have to call it water-tea with PIG mum - and a toasted cheese - sadly, only one slice, so it was ENTIRELY too thin >< - and ham sandwhich, cut into 2 rectangles.
-by the time i finished eating,it was already 6pm. so chrissy Forced me to walk over to my TV chair, and flicked on the TV. seven's news tonight was read out by rod young and kay mcgrath, sport by shane webcke and weather by john schluter. i asked chrissy to please give ela a hand massage, and also thanks to her who passed me two or three round sao crackers.
-we watched today tonight, hosted by matt white, till 6:45. then chrissy Forced me to walk to the loo, Forced me to walk over and wash my right hand - but kindly helped me dry it - and Forced me back to the stairs, coz PIG mum intercepted her. so we said our byes and thanks to chrissy - who's going to a sleepover shift now, will be back on saturday and will have pumpkin soup for dinner - then PIG mum took poor em on a forced march up the stairs and back down.
-then she forced em on those exercises that daniel taught us, as well as 15+ mins of hand exercises.
-dear dad called dinner, so PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to our new old :P gobbling :P table.
-rice tonight, with lotsa wombok, some yummy chicken, a glob of sea cucumber (it's really aquishy; i'm not sure if i like it, really :P) and some vermicelli stuff (coz i dunno what it's really called, sorry!). dinner was washed down with a yummy mug of fruit and vegie juice, which i was very careful to hold 'correctly'. of course, PIG mum forced poor ela to hold onto the bowl as i ate. oh well. :(
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back to the computer desk.
-uncle calvin and uncle yuk tai popped over for a visit tonight!
-phew, i finished! so i'll just check, then let PIG mum force poor em off to bed. just physio at UQ toms - hope i won't need to 'give birth' again! :P also, it's ben's last session toms! i wonder if it's katherine's last time too? also, maybe we can have lunch with letty toms, and mariana's taking me out for the arvo! but when we come back, must boot PIG mum upstairs so karen and i can wrap two more anniversary presents! then we'll be going out to garbo tonight, yeah! dunno what PIG mum will allow/ban me to eat, but i definitely want a low-fat shake!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. i found and corrected 4 errors in my post tonight.

tuesday post

good evening! TWFT topic was 'tall cedars', and em was hard at work plodding 3274 steps today. righteo, just gimmee a few mins to say hello to all my online MSN buddies, and i'll be right back with you with today's events!
-TWFT topic was 'tall cedars'.
-PIG mum dug em up this morning. she used the pot:P, got kitted, then PIG mum made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)her walk out to the gobbling :P table. like, i've said i remember the good ol' days, when even going to UQ for physiotherapy at 11am, PIG mum would just let me sleep, then i'd get up, drink a mug of milo, eat a museli bar, then just head out for UQ. fair enough, the UQ appointment is really late in the morning, so fair enough, if PIG mum decides that she'd much rather dig me up and force me to walk to the gobbling :p table for breakfast before forcing me to walk to the car, who am i to deny her that happiness? i mean, i've recently come to realise that almost everything i do is for PIG mum's pleasure. that's okay. at least she gets to be happy. but for a 9am hospital appointment, would it really be that much of a SIN to sleep an extra 10-20 mins, drink a mug of milo, chomp a museli bar, then head out straight to the car for your appointment? sadly, PIG mum apparently belives so. oh well, at least one person gets to be happy. :(
-so brekkie was a mug of warm milo and a crunchy choc chip museli bar. of course, PIG mum forced poor ela to hang onto the bar and ordered era (who prefers to becalled 'eeeera', BTW, not 'error' :P)to do the unwrapping.
-after popping me my drugs :P - a fish oil, a garlic, 2 cranberry and a bilberry - PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the car.
-she forced poor em to buckle her own seatbelt, then tootled us off to the PA, listening to westlife's face to face. hey, 8 months have almost passed! why has not westlife come out with a new album STILL?! o_O
-luckily, we found a park outside. PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk all the way in. still no sticky. :( luckily, em hasn't fallen to her death yet.
-physio with dom dom started at 9am. mainly lotsa standing and weightshifting to the left work. (heaven forbid if i were EVER to weight shift to the right! the moon would be blue, surely, then the sky would fall down, of that i'm sure. :P) michael came to help us out. he sounds like a nice, gentle softspoken man. :)
-helen came with morning tea! so white and two for me (lol, she asked me, "two sugars or two equal?" to which i replied, "your choice. two sugars or two equal, either one'll do.") and a pack of bikkies, a nice and a milk arrowroot. wonder what happened to the scotch fingers? i liked them!
-dom dom handed me back to PIG mum at 10am, reminding me to be quiet as i walked back outside. i told PIG mum i wanted to use the bathroom, so she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the loo, forced me to dak myself, forced me to pull up my own pants after a long tinkle, made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and dry both hands, then made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back to the car.
-after forcing poor em to buckle her own seatbelt again, she tootled us back home, kindly pulling over on warrigal road to buy me the paper.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk all the way back into the couch, where i collapsed with a sigh of relief in my TV chair. but uh oh. >< PIG mum somehow took offence with the way i sat and promptly forced poor em to practise that again. twice. ><
-only then did i watch nine's morning news hour.
-i was ready for my yummy chunky soup lunch at midday, but for whatever reason that so pleased her, PIG mum decided to force poor em off to bed. actually, i went to the loo once first, no guesses as to who forced who to do the dakking and un-dakking.
-i was still awake after ten minutes, but fell asleep before i got to the twenty minute mark. and wow, i'm such a pig! :P i slept all the way till 4:30!
-PIG mum welcomed in the new carer from staffing options, aisling (pronounced 'ashling'). i used the pot :P once more, they got me kitted, then PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the laundry for my shower, of course forcing me to dak myself.
-PIG mum's definitely a great big MEANIEPOO>< she must've told aisling to force poor em to dak all of myself. oh well, i'll get the help when i can. other than that, i'll survive.:(
-so i washed my own hair, scrubbed all of me bar my right arm and my back. guess aisling must've realised that short of supporting ela, i couldn't possibly wash my right upper arm.
-i had a tinkle before aisling flipped the water off, and one more when she went outside to fetch sth. i dried myself, creamed myself, rekitted myself. thanks to aisling who helped me with my shoelaces. then she Forced me to walk back out to the gobbling :P table.
-arvo tea was my stockpot chunky soup and two slices of toast, which i buttered myself. poor ela - looks like aisling's just like PIG mum, it isn't enough that i already stick it up on the table. well, at least she's nice enough; PIG mum prolly approves of any carer who forces me to do everything.
-at 6pm, aisling Forced me to walk over to my TV chair and she flicked on seven's news, read out by rod young and kay mcgrath, sport by shane webcke and weather by john schluter. thanks to whoever who fed me two or three round sao crackers.
-we watched today tonight, hosted by matt white, till 6:45pm. aisling Forced me to walk to the toilet, also forcing me to dak myself. i asked her please for a glass of water, then did a stinky unspeakable, wiping myself too.
-PIG mum came to get me, of course forcing poor em to pull up her own pants. then she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and dry my right hand, before she took poor em on a forced march up the stairs, to my room, and back down. actually, i decided i was too tired to do it all at once, and so plopped my weary bum down on the carpet. after i'd finally made it down, PIG mum forced me to do those exercises that human movement student, daniel, taught me to do.
-at last, i was allowed to tootle online for my PISSY two hour time restriction that so pleases PIG mum to restrict me to. after bending down awkwardly to flip on the bottom three switches, i tootled online.
-phew, i finished! so i'll just check, then, if i've the time left, will send an email to a few people. doubt i've got enough time for any news articles, but oh well. toms, PIG mum's booked poor em in for a torture session with vincent the physio. >< argh, i'll survive. somehow, i always do. even better, she's promised to take me to maccas, so we can use the offer where if you buy a drink, you can get a bacon and egg mcmuffin for only a buck extra. from the drive-thru. i wonder if she'll consent to buying me a yummy chicken caesar salad for lunch? dunno, but everything's crossed! hope everyone has a great day toms!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. i found and corrected 3 errors in my post tonight.

monday post

good afternoon! no plodding total from em yet; PIG mum's being a big MEANIEPOO >< and forcing poor em to go to hydro. i mean, fair enough, it's getting warmer now, so i'm not as afeared of catching a cold, but sorry, em still HATES getting wet. >< ah well, i'll survive. at least i know i won't drown anymore!
-TWFT topic was fire cedars
-anyways, cherame's here, so i'll bbl after 7pm, okay? and i'm coming back for an 1.5hrs, okay? time is now ... 3:07pm.
-good evening! time is now ... 8;21pm, and my final plodding total, including hydro, now stands at 3865. anyways, what happened today?
-dearest dad got up for work this morning. em awung herself around to use the pot :P once, then cuddled her darling bear bear and sang/counted herself back to some heavy-duty snoring. :P
-PIG mum came to dig em up. em used the pot :P once more, then got kitted. PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the bathroom to wash and dry both hands, then she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the gobbling :p table.
-breakfast was a mug of warm milo and a crunchy apricot museli bar. of course, PIG mum wasn't happy until she got to force poor ela to hang onto the museli bar, then ordered era to upwrap it.
-thanks to PIG mum who popped me my drugs :P afterwards. i was very careful to hold the cup 'correctly', BTW.
-time to go, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the car, also forcing me to buckle my own seatbelt. off she tootled us to UQ for physio, listening to westlife's face to face. oh yeah, when i get the time, i wanna look up westlife's "amazing" and "hit you with the real thing" on youtube!
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk up and into the too for a tinkle. then she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and dry both hands, before she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to take a seat in the waiting area.
-off she flounced off to pay, leaving me with a new idea magazine. ben soon came for me, the walking pole at the ready.
-he Forced me to walk 2 laps of the hallway first, then Forced me to walk inside.
-katherine joined us, and i did like, 30 sit-to stand exercises, also reaching ones.
-before i left, ben Forced me on 6 laps of walking up and down the hallway first.
-PIG mum tootled us home, of course unsurprisingly snapping a no to my polite requests to go out for lunch. but she did very nicely pull up at the newsagents to buy me the paper.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk all the way in back to the house. i rang dearest dad, who said he'd arrive home for lunch shortly. :)
-lunch was 4 yummy cocktail fish. thanks to PIG mum for a small smear of mayo. not as much as i'd like, of course, but hey. beggars can't be choosers. :(
-so i read the paper until it was time to go to aunty anna's for a haircut. first, though, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the loo, forced me to dak myself, forced me to pull them back up after a tinkle, made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk over to wash and dry my right hand, and made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk to the 4WD.
-after forcing em to buckle her own seatbelt, off she tootled off to aunty anna's.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk all the way in. there was some older lady sitting there, having her hair done also. we exchanged pleasantries - she's got this really cool ringtone on her phone! it's a nokia - then aunty anna gave em a 'high class mushroom' haircut. :P
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the car, forced me to buckle my own seatbelt, then tootled us back home.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back in, forced me to bend awkwardly down to turn on the computer switch, then made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to the computer table.
-after again bending awkwardly down to flick on the remaining three switches, i tootled online for roughly half an hour until ding dong! cherame arrived!
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to my dining chair. arvo tea was a yummy chicken bun plus a cup of tea sweetened with two teaspoons of sugar.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the bathroom. i sat down and had two tinkles as cherame changed me. then she Forced me to walk over to wash my right hand - but kindly helped me dry it, thanks - and Forced me to walk to her car.
-i waved goodbye to PIG mum then cherame tootled us off to hydro, listening to NOVA.
-she parked, then Forced me to walk in.
-judy stuck ela in KAB, then plopped me into the lukewarm water.
-hydro today: walking forwards and sideways, left arm work, left leg work, both legs work, some sculling, and FOUR of my favourite head dunks in the end! :P but my bum is still too buoyant(sp?) coz for the life of me, i couldn't get it down to the floor! >< lol, judy tried to coach me into how to do it, but no avail. :( :P lol, judy said that next time, i might need to wear the weight belt, see if that helps. :P
-i chose to walk out, then cherame rolled me in for a nice hot shower - obviously, hairwash today. i met another lady that takes herself to hydro too, her name is judith, also!
-i got dried, creamed, rekitted. cherame rolled me in for a tinkle, which turned out to be a stinky unspeakable, so much thanks to cherame who helped me wipe.
-cherame got me redressed. judy came in, and said seeing as it's so late, we could go out the fire exit way. phew, thank-you.
-cherame tootled us home, still listening to NOVA.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk all the way back into my TV chair. thanks to her for my last bit of chicken chippies, and cherame who mixed me a warm milo.
-i watched the second half of 7's evening news, read out by rod young and kay mcgrath, sport by shane webcke and weather by john schluter. brisbane's gonna be hot toms! i think, like 33 degrees? and officially, it's still winter! come summer, you might find em as a melted puddle. o_O :P
-then we watched the first 15 mins of today tonight, before cherame Forced me to walk to the loo and Forced me to walk over and wash my right hand. but she kindly helped me dry it, thanks. oh, and she and dave will be having mac and cheese for dinner tonight, while judith and brian will be having veal sausages and mash. yumyum!
-PIG mum intercepted us walking back to my gobbling :p chair. she said bye to cherame, then hauled poor em on a forced march up the stairs to my room and back down. then she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to that 'footstool' :P thing, and promptly forced poor em on 10+ mins of left hand exercises, before making (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have unfortunately been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to the gobbling table for dinner.
-ding dong! uncle colbert popped over! so i munched my dinner: rice tonight, with lotsa wombok and chunks of beef. of course, PIG mum forced poor ela to hang onto the bowl as i ate. dinner was washed down bya yummy mug of fruit and vegetable juice. i asked uncle colbert if there's really a 'correct' and 'incorrect' way to hold a mug, but i've already forgotten, sorry.
-argh. >< uncle colbert reminded me of his purpose of visit. >< so he Forced poor em to hike upstairs once and Forced her to walk back downstairs. at least this time, i remembered the correct order of feet! then he Forced me to walk over to the switches, where i had to bend awkwardly to flick on the computer switch, before he Forced me to walk back to my computer chair, where i tootled online, after bending awkwardly again to flick the last three switches.
-one last thing i forgot to mention! at UQ this morning, ben stuck my arms on the gym bal, and told me to "PUSH!" i told him rather indignantly, "ben, i'm not in labour! :P" steph and katherine wandered over to observe my hard work at 'giving birth', and in the end, i gave birth to not one, not two, but SIX! kids! i named them "ben, katherine, steph, kat, joe, and ann/anne" lol, steph asked, "emily, why didn't you name one after yourself?" to which i squwaked, "steph, i've just given birth to SIX! if you think i want SEVEN, then i haveta say, your mum must've dropped you on the head too many times when you were a baby." :P so yeah, that's the long and sad tale of my experience at motherhood. :p
-one last thing: i was extremely happy to chat to dearest grandma on the phone last night! and she prayed with me, too. :) but that baby mickey's growing to be quite a brat! from what grandma tells me, he sits down and has a bite of his dinner, then gets up and runs around until he's caught. he eats another bite, then gets up and runs around again. repeat process. brat. :p
-righteo, just physio at PA toms - hope it goes well! and that someone will come with morning tea! goodnite!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. i found and corrected 2 errors in my post tonight.

sunday post

good afternoon!
well, it's just past 3pm, and i don't think any carer will be coming, coz PIG mum and dad have sent them away the past two or three weeks when they've arrived. ><" so i guess that means it'll be PIG mum helping em with her shower today. i guess that means she'll force me to undress all of myself, i'll get a barely lukewarm shower, and she'll force poor ela to scrub various parts of me 50+ times. oh well ... i'll survive. anyways, lemme quickly just go say hello to all my online MSN buddies, and i'll be right back with today's events, okay?
-hmm ... there's like, nobody online! is BLT still on, or sth? if so, wow, that's a long camp!
-argh, dad's hellbent on forcing poor em to go to baddy - but i don't wanna go! >< i mean, if you don't want me online, fine, i'm perfectly happy to sit in my dining chair and read my book club novel! but ai ... if the parents get so much happiness in forcing their poor daughter to go, who am i to deny them that pleasure? ah well, i'll survive. somehow, i always do. anyways, what happened today?
-PIG mum dug me up, got me kitted, then made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the gobbling :P table. without sticky. :( poor em's actually been forced to walk the whole day without sticky - luckily, she hasn't fallen to her death yet! :P o_O
-argh, parent's forcing poor em to go to baddy now. will come back tonight with my final plodding total for today and spam count for the weekend, okay? time is now ... 3:20pm.
-good evening! time is now ... 7:39pm, and em's final plodding total for sunday now stands at 3810. anyways, where was i?
-PIG mum forced poor em to stand for one or two songs, and i sang the descant with clo for one of the psalms we were singing.
-speaker today was uncle/pastor chong, and he gave us a sermon on my will versus god's will.
-communion afterwards. then PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the loo, forced me to dak myself, made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and dry both hands, then made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to take a seat in the morning tea area.
-thanks to dad for a cup of water-tea, and to PIG mum for a bikkie or two.
-i had a yak to lee and leanne. actually, they wanted to see me walking without a stick, so PIG mum gleefully dragged me up and made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me stagger to a nearby chair for them, which i collapsed into for a few mins, then she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back to my original chair.
-turns out there was no bible study! i guess coz everyone was at BLT+
-thanks to joey who helped me stagger/hobble/limp back to the car. PIG mum has been a great big MEANIEPOO all day >< poor em hasn't been able to use sticky at all today! i mean, walking's hard enough for me as it is, do you really need to make it MORE difficult?! >< ai, whatever. i'll survive.
-so PIG mum tootled us home, listening to jacky cheung (and that's who we listened to all day). dear dad hopped into the car and tootled us off to plaza at lunch.
-no parking downstairs. >< no disabled parking upstairs, either. >< so dad parked further away, then the parents made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) poor em catch the elevator down and walk all the way to cafe mi. actually, i'd plonked my weary butt down on a chair, only for dad to come back and say he'd found a seat right at the end of cafi mi. so the parents made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) poor em walk all the way in.
-PIG mum kindly got em a chocolate with pearl (which both parents took slurps out of), and then we all shared a western meal and an asian meal - chicken chop with spaghetti and lotsa diced vegies, and curry beef with rice.
-oh dear. >< uncle tyrone said that i had gained weight! "you look pudgier around the face," was his comment. >< eep, come first of september/spring, i think PIG mum's declared that she's putting me on a diet! well, i've already gone from a yellow walkbelt to a red one.
-time to go, parents made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me catch the elevator back up and make the long walk back to our 4WD. uncle slam accompanied us.
-after forcing me to buckle my own seatbelt, dad tootled us home.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back inside. i went to the loo, so of course she forced me to dak myself. but thanks to her who passed me a mug of water - which i was very careful to hold 'correctly' - then i did a stinky unspeakable, wiping myself too. PIG mum came to get me, making (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and dry my right hand, before making (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over and forcing me to bend awkwardly to flick on the computer switch, before finally making (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the computer desk.
-i tootled online for a little while, until parents decided to force poor em to go play baddy. >< so they made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the car. dad forced me to buckle my seatbelt then tootled us off to baddy.
-parents gleefully Forced (second time) me to walk inside.
-i took a seat, getting dragged up several times by the parents and forced to make 80 successful shots or so. mel mel played a bit with me too.
-during my rests, i managed to sing the entirety of both my favourite and second-favourite songs in my head.
-we paid, said our byes, then the parents made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk all the way back to the car.
-first, we drove joey home. she'd come to baddy with quiet dan, also playing with this girl named elise who's nineteen and a YFer. joey has uni on monday, tuesday and friday, BTW. lucky thing - she gets two weekends!
-so dad tootled us home. PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) poor em walk all the way in for her shower, of course forcing her to undress all of herself. she also forced poor ela to scrub various parts of my body like, 80 times! but surprisingly, it was almost a nice hot shower!
-i had a tinkle before PIG mum flipped off the water and one more when she went outside to get sth. so i dried and creamed myself, got rekitted. PIG mum/dad kindly spread the towel over the entrance so i could dry my shoes, then she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the dining table.
-dinner tonight: rice, lotsa lettuce and a couple of spoonfuls of dad's yummy pork mince with tomato. of course, PIG mum forced poor ela to hang onto the bowl as i ate, oh well. :( dinner was washed down with a cup of yummy fruit and vegie juice.
-PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to the computer switch, and forced me to bend awkwardly to flick it on. then she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back to the computer chair.
-but oh dear. >< em needed the bathroom while she was typing her blog! so PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk to the loo, forced me to yank my daks down, made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and dry my right hand, and made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of friday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back to the computer table.
-phew, i finished! so i'll check, then read a few news articles. just physio at UQ toms, then hydro in the arvo. >< ah well, i'll survive. hope everyone has a smashing week! cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. oh yeah, almost forgot! my final plodding total for sunday now stands at 3975.and grandma said i could ring her tonight, yay!
P.P.S. i found and corrected 2 errors in my post tonight.

saturday post

good afternoon! no plodding total from em yet, coz it's not even 3pm! anyways, i'm just gonna type out what i aim to do every thursday but wasn't given enough time (that's the story of my life, lol. how poor em never has enough time online. ai, whatever, i'll survive. i hope! :P) so:
-whenever i had to walk, i'd type that PIG mum gleefully FORCED :( me to. when she banned me from using all capitals, i used Forced until she somehow decided that the entire word offended her sensibilities, and banned it altogether. so i switched to the word contort, only it wasn't long before PIG mum decided that even this word somehow offended her and banned it also, saying that henceforth, i was only allowed to use the word made. anyways, i complied and used MADE. did it really surprise me when PIG mum stepped in and demanded that it had to be ALL in lowercase? so i complied again, only now i typed that PIG mum 'gleefully' made me walk. that was until charlsy left me a comment on this blog, saying that henceforth, i was only allowed to use made without any words before or after it. dunno really know why i listen to him, afterall, it's MY blog, but i guess i do coz i have heaps and heaps of respect for him as a friend. and, regarding last night:
1.PIG mum made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk from the computer desk to the kitchen benchtop to drink my nightly half cuppa of milk. *sigh* i've said before, how in the past she just used to bring me my milk, in her eagerness to boot me off to bed, but now it seems that she somehow derives FAR GREATER PLEASURE at being able to force her poor daughter to walk more. ah well, i'll survive.
2. after saying goodnight to dearest dad, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk to the bathroom for my nightly routine.
3.poor em was forced to stand to brush her teeth, and PIG mum also forced my poor left hand to do the three after-brush rinses with my right hand. i forgot to add, same with the kitchen benchtop, it is somehow a HUGE UNFORGIVEABLE SIN if you were to lean against the basin and rest your aching self.
4. after flossing and washing both hands, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to dry them.
5. PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to the toilet.
6. PIG mum forced me to dak myself for a tinkle or two.
7. when i stood back up, PIG mum forced me to pull my own trousers back up.
8. PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over and bend awkwardly to flush the loo. i reached over to wash and dry my right hand.
9. PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back to bed. remember, i'm not allowed to hobble/stagger/limp in and grasp the handrail that was installed up there FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE, because PIG mum has recently discovered that it somehow, again, gives her FAR GREATER PLEASURE to force her poor daughter to walk to the middle of the bed, turn around and bend awkwardly to finally sigh with relief that she has, indeed, endured through another day.
10. no pull-up pants. >< no teds, either. argh. i thought that maybe i could wear them once a week, every friday, just like how it gives PIG mum that much pleasure to restrict poor em to a truly miniscule bowl of icecream once a week, but apparently not. tough luck, em. ><
-finally, if i don't mention any of this till next thursday, it just means that it's ALL the same as what i typed out today, okay? no difference. ><
-lol, my carer for the afternoon should arrive in a couple of mins or so, so i won't even bother to say hi to my online MSN buddies until tonight. let's just get straight into today's events!
-TWFT topic was little cedars.
-also, go em! who managed to swing herself over to use the pot :P once last night, without falling to her death. :P
-PIG mum dug herself up to go to work. em swung herself around to use the pot :P once more, then cuddled her darling bear bear and had a contest to see who could snore louder. (he does, BTW. :P)
-dear dad came in, poked me awake, and told me ten more mins of snooze time. so i took myself around to use the pot :P once more.
-this morning wasn't megan, it was my favourite baby elephant! even better, she says she'll invite me to her wedding in october!
-crap, where is carer? she's already 5 mins late, and em needs to pee. ><
-anyways, i must remember to send her an email and ask, is it true that for indian weddings, you're not allowed to wear shoes? and if that's the case, would i be able to attend in sparkless and take off my shoes?
-so dolly got me kitted. unable to find sticky (goodness knows where mean PIG mum has hidden it. ><) she Forced me to walk out to the gobbling :P table.
-hallelujah! the doorbell rang; my carer is here!bbl after 7pm, okay? time is now ... 3:09pm
-well, dear dad'-evening! time is now 3:10 - having a yak with her, so i'll type out a few more sentences. i think today is chrissy?
-breakfast was a mug of warm milo, and 2 slices of toast, which i buttered and jammed :P myself.
-righteo, showertime! bbl after 7pm, okies? time is now ... 3:13pm
-good evening! time is now 7:16pm, but still no plodding total from em coz she hasn't had dinner yet! dearest dad's just whipping dinner up right now. anyways, where was i?
-breakfast was a mug of warm milo and 2 slices of toast, which i buttered and jammed :P myself. much thanks to dolly who held the plate/toast for me; unlike PIG mum, she doesn't force my poor left hand to hang onto the plate as i spread. i did stick ela (that's my left hand's name, remember?) up onto the table, though.
-so dolly gave ela a massage as i read my book club novel. dolly also Forced me to walk to the loo once, Forced me to walk over to wash my right hand - but kindly helped me dry it; thanks - and Forced me to walk back to my dining chair.
-ding dong! vincent the physio came. >< first session:PT. he forced me to do left arm exercises, head and neck exercises, and both arms reachy exercises. he also forced me to walk a few laps; the last of which was a hobble from my TV chair to my dining chair, without sticky and without his arm to hang onto either. sorry, but needless to say i was scared sh*tless that i would fall. >< but i survived.
-when he left, lunch was rice, lotsa lettuce (PIG mum ordered me to pick them up with a pair of chopsticks; i complied), a chunk of sweet carrot, a chunk of potato, and a tiny but yummy chunk of BBQ pork. lunch was washed down with a yummy mug of hot chocolate! thanks to lynette (sp?) for the pack of chocolate powder! she's peter's carer, that coffee shop they frequent actually has drive-thru!
-after lunch, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk over and forced me to bend awkwardly to flick on the computer switch. then she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to the computer table, where again i had to bend awkwardly to flick on the last three switches before i tootled online.
-first up, i did my bible study homework. is it just me, or does this topic seem to be a bit shorter than the previous topic we covered?
-i finished and printed the bible study homework aroundabouts 3pm, just as ding dong! chrissy arrived!
-so she Forced me to walk to the laundry for my shower. sadly, PIG mum must've told her, coz she forced poor em to undress all of herself. :(
-then a nice warm shower - hairwash today. i had a tinkle before chrissy flipped the water off, one more as she went outside to fetch something. then i drip dried, got creamed and rekitted. chrissy handed me sticky and Forced me to walk out. i had just exited the laundry when i squwaked, "chrissy, why does my left ankle hurt so much?!" "oh, sh*t!" was her answer, "i forgot to put your splint on!" she offered toput me down on the piano stool and stick my splint back on; i chose instead to hobble/stagger/limp to my dining chair and collapse with an "ouch!" onto it. then thanks to chrissy who stuck my splint back on.
-arvo tea was a toasted cheese - thanks chrissy for two slices! - and ham sandwhich, cut into 4 squares. i also drank a cup of coloured water. i'd asked chrissy please for 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar, she'd replied that PIG mum had only ordered one, so then i tried to ask please PIG mum for two teaspoons. MEANIEPOO.>< so i just drank a cup of coloured water
-i read my bookclub novel for awhile, then chrissy insisted on forcing poor em to do some hand exercises. i tried to beg off - come on, it's the weekend! - but she was adamant and forced poor em on roughly 20mins of lefct arm exercises, like, theraplaydough :P randomly waving ela around, :P etc.
-chrissy Forced me to walk to the piano. era supported ela in thunking out twinkle twinkle roughly 10x (i think it was more like 12 or 13, actually) then played scales and christmas carols herself.
-at 6pm, she Forced me to walk back to my TV chair, and kindly cut me up a pear, refusing my offer of a slice. thanks also to PIG mum for the tiniest plastic container of yummy BBQ chippies.
-7's news tonight was read out by sharyn ghidella, sport by ben davis or rohan welsh, weather by john schluter and beach by liz cantor. hey, it's still winter - why is it already do damn hot? *sweatdrop?* :P
-i asked at 6:30 if chrissy could take me once more to the loo, then if i could please pop online? PIG mum snapped a refusal, let chrissy take me to the loo, then forced poor em to walk up the stairs and THREW (ouch! just joking, i promise! :P) poor em back down.
-i signed chrissy off, said my thanks and byes. i think she's coming back on wednesday? her boyfriend and her are having steak and salad for dinner tonight lol, i reckon it's pretty creepy that she takes her steaks bleeding :P - well, very rare - considering that she was vegetarian for like, ten years!
-PIG mum galloped :P back to force poor em on 10+mins of left arm exercises. then she made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of today's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk back online.
-oh! almost forgot! reckon i should write about my night at UF first!
-rachel (i can never remember if her surname is 'duffy' or 'doffy', sorry!)whipped me up a dinner of a pear and a crossaint(sp?). then she took me to the loo once before she tootled me off to UF. she's really smart with directions! i mean, she drove me once last week to UF with her GPS, and this time, she already remembered the way to church!
-ai. >< we got to church (thanks to uncle kelvin cham w ho moved aside the traffic cones so we could zoom all the way down!) before rachel discovered how MEAN and SNEAKY PIG mum was - she hadn't put sticky in rachel's car for me! ><
-so thanks to joey who helped me hobble/stagger/limp in. i said my byes and thanks to rachel.
-there was like no one at UF tonight! oh, coz they're all either at BLT+ or on track.
-anyways, wilfreddy took worship. there were so few of us present that he just asked us what song's we'd like to sing! uncle/pastor chong chose refiner's fire, so i sang the harmony to that.
-thanks to letty, joey and uncle/pastor chong who helped me hobble/stagger/limp into the room. uncle/pastor chong told me that he'd had a dinner of just vegetables tonight, and that he'd haveta leave early tonight to pick up aunty sooi pheng from work. she's an RN, just like PIG mum!
-games night! so much thanks to letty/jacinta/janice who poured me two cups of lipton's lychee tea (lemon is better! :P) and we snacked on lollies and doritos with tomato dip! we played pictionary first - i was on a team with letty and uncle chong. but a funny thing: after i correctly guessed "harry potter!" as what letty was drawing, i pointed to her drawing. "ummm ... letty," i wondered, "why does harry potter have a triangle on his head?" "argh, you dumb bum," was her reply, "that's his wizard's hat!" em:" o_O"
-dinnertime! bbl! time is now ... 8:23pm
-*burp* i'm back! time is now ... 8:42pm. now, lemmee go say heylo to my online MSN buddies, then i'll be right back, okay?
-lol, not many ppl online in my contacts list tonight! duh, em, they're all at BLT+! *smacks self in head*ow, am 200 braincells dumber now ... maybe i shouldn't do that again... ^^" anyways, where was i?
-right. letty didn't actually call me a dumb bum, but you get my meaning. :P
-then we played this random categories game, with playdough, drawing with eyes closed, etc.
-pole, janice, christy jie and others all came for a visit! i think they were attending some 'on track' workshop? sth like that, anyways. then after we said our byes, goodnites and see you on sundays, pole helped me hobble/stagger/limp back to the 4WD. dear dad tootled us home, and after sitting down for my yummy if sadly truly tiny bowl of frozen yoghurt (my 'icecream' for the week), the usual nightly routine hasppened, before i cuddled up with my darling bear bear and we snored our respective heads off. :p
-oh yeah - aunty nga rang us tonight! so i spoke with her and dearest grandma too; even better, she said i could ring her toms night! yeah!^^
-dinner tonight: rice, umm ... lol, i forgot what else. >< um, maybe lettuce and beef? or was it pork? lol, i've honestly forgotten. >< perhaps i hit myself too hard on the head and lost 2000, not 200, braincells. >< :Panyways, PIG mum wasn't happy until she got to force poor ela to hang onto the bowl; oh well. :( dinner was washed down with a yummy mug of fruit and vegie juice, which i was very careful to hold 'correctly'; afterall (is that supposed to be one word or two?), i already had the luxury of holding it 'incorrectly' when chrissy was here this arvo!
-anyways, i hope to see everyone at church toms! also, fingers crossed for some decent lunch - it was already denied to me on thursday, surely that won't happen again toms? :( finally, i hope the parents won't force poor em to go to baddy, especially since she doesn't want to go! dad can enjoy himself there, as for me, i'm perfectly happy just sitting there and reading my bookclub novel! speaking of that, today/tonight i rang and RSVP'd a lunch to welcome in the coming of spring! the invite was from a lady at the bookclub, she was super-nice and said "of course!" when i asked if PIG mum could attend also.
-sweet, i've got exactly an hour left online till PIG mum forces me off to bed. oh yeah, that's one reason why i wish that a carer could come in on a sunday! i could ask them to do an hour's worth of exercises with me, then i'd get that time back on sunday night! *sigh?* that's prolly why PIG mum told mariana to cut time off the sunday; it gives her so much pleasure to restrict her poor daughter to a PISSY two hour time limit, when she herself has the luxury of staying online till 3am if it so pleases her. *?sigh* whatever. i'll survive.
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. almost forgot! TWFT topic was 'little cedars'.
P.P.S. i forgot another thing! today em was hard at work plodding 2265 steps today. goodnite!

FRIDAY POST

good afternoon! TWFT topic was 'heeding the signs'! and em was hard at work plodding 2631 steps. and the spam count for the week is exactly 100. anyways, em didn't actually plop online till 2:40pm, but i don't really fancy my chances at being allowed to stay online till 4:40pm ... >< oh well, will just have to note the time PIG mum boots me off and get back EVERY SINGLE MINUTE THAT I'M OWED on sunday! anyways, what happened today?
-dearest dad got himself up to head for work. em swung herself around to use the pot :P once, then cuddled her darling bear bear and sang/counted herself back into some heavy-duty snoring. :P
-PIG mum dug me up, got me kitted, then made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of saturday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to wash and dry both hands, before she made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of saturday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the gobbling :P table. she was still mean, and wouldn't give poor em sticky, either. or my walkbelt. :(
-breakfast was a mug of warm milo and a crunchy apricot museli bar. of course, PIG mum wasn't happy until she got to force my poor left hand to grasp onto the museli bar, and my right hand did the unpeeling of the wrapper.
-thanks to PIG mum who popped me my drugs :P afterwards: a fish oil, a garlic, one bilberry and two cranberry.
-time to go, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of saturday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk out to the 4WD, also forcing me to buckle my own seatbelt. off she tootled us off to your :P turn, listening to jacky cheung. ( and i'll not mention that again coz that's who we listened to all day).
-PIG mum parked, then MADE (4th time) me walk in. i took a seat; she went to repark the car properly.
-mainly, i did lotsa left hand/arm activities. no newspaper page turning today, but lotsa other random activities. i chatted to marion, also to a few others i met at the previous session.
-morning tea was a nice cuppa, white and two, and a few yummy bikkies with yellow cream. thanks to whoever left me three or four yummy seedless green grapes; PIG mum grabbed a bikkie for herself also, loudly whinging/whining just how tired she was.
-i went to the bathroom twice during the session, also browsing a woman's day magazine as PIG mum went to fetch the 4WD.
-i think PIG mum signed me up for some session next friday? dunno. anyways, she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of saturday's post to see what i REALLY want to write, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><)me walk out to the car, and tootled us back home. i kept my foot straight this time, coz i'd already left it on its side, like charlie chaplin, i think PIG mum told me? for the trip to your :P turn.
-we picked up aunty melody and PIG mum tootled us off to the glen hotel!
-she FORCED :(first time) me to walk in. no walkbelt, but at least i had sticky!
-we sat and ordered. we all drank water (i'd asked PIG mum for a drinks menu, but she told me that the restaurant only sold alcohol), aunty melody got some fish and chips, while PIG mum and i shared a bacon cabonara and a caesar salad.
-ai, PIG mum's booting me offline now. so sorry for any mistakes, andhope to see everyone at UF tonight!
cheers,
em. ^^

thursday post

good evening! sorry, my final plodding total for today actually now stands at 3207. anyways, what happened this arvo/tonight?
-karen gave me a nice hot shower - hairwash today. maybe she's possibly the only one left willing to do it, but i'm glad we could both undress me together!
-i got dried, creamed, rekitted. karen handed me sticky and Forced me to walk out.
-arvo tea: a cup of tea sweetened with 2 teaspoonfuls of sugar, and 2 slices of raisin(sp?) toast with a slice of cheese. karen made herself a cup of coffee and munched on a few crackers.
-karen took me once to the loo before we tootled off to garbo. once we got there, we parked, then just stayed inside her car and listened to 7's news, which is simulcast on 97.5FM.
-karen plopped me into sparkless and we wheeled me in.
-first, we stopped off at the library to return our books, then we wheeled me to foodcourt for dinner. too be honest, i was still honestly mega-peeved at PIG mum for denying me a simple 2 piece feed for dinner - like ice cream, i only ask for it once a week, not everyday, sheesh! but karen suggested we both get a yummy chicken katsudon. okay, fine with me. then she kindly popped over to michel's paterissie (sp?) to buy us drinks. she came back with a low-fat chocolate milkshake for me, and a low-fat chocolate iced chocolate for herself. hmm ... i wonder, if next week, PIG mum'll consent to me drinking a chocolate thickshake? lol, one can only hope.
-after dinner, we wheeled me to quite a few different shops, e.g. big w, stacks (we needed more wrapping paper coz i found one more anniversary present each for dearest dad and PIG mum). at angus and robertson, i picked up a single present each more for the parents; karen says we can wrap it next thursday, when she's coming back. i also picked up a bday card for little mickey - he's turning 2! - and one more for old old grandma - come on, NINETY's quite an achievement, doncha reckon? i mean, my other grandma's only 75! we also picked up an audio book for little mickey; i want to read it to him if/when we return to hong kong end of 2009/beginning of 2010.
-lol, PIG mum just ambled over to tear/pull/wrench my poor left thumb out of it's loosely clenched fist, and now she's flounced off to wash the dishes. that's okay, thursday's a special treat for me, i get to tuck the poor thing in for 6 hours, not 4, and toms night i'll prolly get the chance to again coz of UF. sweet.
-karen took me once more to the loo, then she tootled us home. i asked her if i could please get an icecream cone, but she said sorry, no, PIG mum's already forbidden her that. MEANIEPOO. >< but it means that i'll get my tiny bowl of frozen yoghurt tonight. i promise i'll remember! lol, dunno if PIG mum'll try to make me forget ... i'll report back toms. :)
-so, back online now. toms should be fun - going to your :P turn for the last upper limb group. hope there's morning tea! then, even better - lunch at the glen! dunno what i can eat there, but surely i'll find sth yummy!
anyways, just hope that everyone has a great day toms, and hope to see all of you at UF tonight!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. yay, there's still time! me off for my naruto fix now, then. :P

thursday post

good afternoon! TWFT topic was god encounters, and em was hard at work plodding 2944 steps today.
now, em's only gonna have 30 mins to quickly type out what happened today, meaning she'll be owed 2 hrs 30 mins tonight, the leftover to be saved for toms/sat/sun.
-breakfast this morning was a mug of hot milo and a crunchy apricot museli bar.
-physio at UQ! TODAY'S WAS JOE'S LAST DAY, HE SAID I HAD IMPROVED LOTS SINCE HE FIRST MET ME, AND THAT I COULD LOOK HIM UP ON FACEBOOK.
-LOL, pig MUM'S JUST GIVEN KAREN A WOMBOK!
-sorry, shrieking. ><
-lunch at red roosters. PIG mum FORCED :(first time) poor em to walk in there. she took me to the loo once, then i ordered a real bacon burger me al with an orange juice pop top. PIG mum just helped herself to whatever she felt like. actually, i asked the guy working there if i could please have some tomato sauce, but he told me that it costs 30 cents.
-PIG mum drove us to the hyperdome medical centre. the building we were going to was relationships australia. she FORCED :(second first) poor em to walk in and up the flight of stairs.
-i settled down with a woman's day magazine, then PIG mum and i both filled out this survey thing.
-tamara met us; we had a chat. she told PIG mum to go to the stinky body shop and buy me sth smelly so i can have a hand massage. most importantly, my arms have a new name now! no more just 'good arm' and 'dumb/sick/crazy' arm, but 'ERA' and 'ELA'! that stands for "emily's left arm" and "emily's right arm." at the end, PIG mum and tamara PUSHED/THREW(ouch! just joking! :P i walked) me down the stairs. that session cost a$35.
-PIG mum tootled us home, and i'm now tootling online for 30 mins as karen and PIG mum are having a chat!
-righteo, be back tonight! PIG mum's already being a big fat MEANIEPOO >< and told karen i can't have a two piece for dinner. oh well.
cheers,
em. ^^