wednesday post

good evening!
TWFT topic was "today, encourage someone!' and em was hard at work plodding 2629 steps today. anyways, what happened?
-PIG mum dug em up. she used the pot :p got kitted, before PIG mum made(PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of saturday'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 table. without sticky. no walkbelt, either. :(
-breakfast was a mug of warm milo and a crunchy apricot museli bar. of course, PIG mum had to force my poor left hand to hold onto it as my right hand did the unwrapping.
-time to go to your :P turn, PIG mum made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of saturday'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 4WD, also forcing me to buckle my own seatbelt. off she tootled us off to my turn, listening to jacky cheung (and that's who we listened to all day, so i won't mention that again)
-PIG mum gleefully forced (3rd time) me to walk in, and the upper limb group soon started.
-i met a new girl, bridgette (sp?). PIG mum thinks she's younger than me, and the poor thing is in a wheelchair permanently. she said that at first, the doctors thought it was only a sinus problem? but then obviously, sth must've gone wrong.
-i also met an elderly lady, joy, and a gentleman whom i've forgotten the name of, sorry. but they both suffered strokes.
-PIG mum took me to the loo twice during the session, and i did tons of left hand exercises - mainly theraplaydough, but also some stretching. did you know, that yellow's not actually the softest colour and that blue's not actually the darkest colour? the softest colour is actually beige (lol, i don't even know what that colour is) and the darkest colour is actually black.
-yummy morning tea! white and 2 for me, plus 4 cream bikkies. i feel naughty now ... :p oink, oink. :P
-PIG mum tootled us home. she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of saturday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED vy PIG mum. ><) me walk in. i rang dearest dad, who said he was at keppara (sp?) and would be heading to everton park soon.
-lunch was a yummy beef, vegetables and pasta chunky soup, with two slices of bread that i buttered myself. of course, PIG mum wasn't happy until she got to force my poor left hand to hang onto the plate as i buttered. oh well.
-i read yesterday's paper for awhile, until ding dong! vincent arrived!
-this time, he did some sort of physical asessment on me. so i bent and straightened both arms, legs, etc. he also got me up and Forced me to stagger/hobble/limp a bit around the house. i even stood up and kicked a ball a few times!
-he Forced me to walk to the piano, and as promised, played a hans zimmer piece from the last samurai for me! i showed him what my left hand could do, thunking out twinkle twinkle once, and demonstrated to him that i really did have perfect pitch. wonder why he kept playing A flat for me to guess though ... dunno.
-some visitors from CODA came as he was arranging when to come see me next. he told me that if i kept practising the two exercises he left me, he'd play me another hans zimmer piece! wonder what other movies he scored ... i'll have to wiki him up when i get the time.
-it was evelyn (who's moved up into the office now? wonder what she's doing in terms of caring ...) and two other ladies, whom i've forgotten the names of, sorry. we had a short yak, then ding dong! chrissy, my carer for today, arrived!
-so she Forced me to walk to the laundry for my shower. PIG mum was a great big meaniepoo >< and forced me to undress all of me. oh well.
-but a nice hot shower - hairwash today. i drip dried, got creamed, rekitted. chrissy forced me to put my own tee and pyjama top on, then she got the rest of me kitted. Forced to walk back out to the gobbling table without sticky. ><
-arvo tea: a cup of water-tea (chrissy said only one teaspoon of sugar, and PIG mum refused to give me one more teaspoon when i asked her. ><) and 2 slices of raisin (sp?) toast with a slice of cheese in between! i've never tried that before; 'twas quite yummy indeed!
-i read the paper for awhile; chrissy forced me on approx. 20 mins of left arm exercises. just the theraplaydough :p today, and randomly waving my dumb/sick/crazy :P left arm around.
-chrissy Forced me to walk over for piano practise. so my right hand supported my left in thunking out twinkle twinkle ten times, then played all the scales, the christmas carols, and other random songs.
-at 6pm, chrissy Forced me to walk back to my TV chair, and we watched seven's news, read out by rod young and kay mcgrath, sport by shane webcke and weather by john schluter. i think brisbane's temperature will be 12 - 24 degrees toms.
-i asked at 6:30 if chrissy could please ask PIG mum for me whether i could pop online after going to the bathroom; PIG mum was a great big fat meaniepoo again and refused. so i watched today tonight until 6:45pm.
-chrissy Forced me to walk to the loo, 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 computer chair.
-i signed her off using my cool new giant pokemon pen! think she'll be back on saturday?
-after she left, PIG mum took poor em on a forced march upstairs. i flopped down on the parent's bed, as did PIG mum, who'd brought ashton to visit me! so i gave him a great big cuddle and he snuffled up to me. :)
-dearest dad came home too, and joined PIG mum and i in flopping down on the big bed. PIG mum tells me that, before i was sick, i used to snuggle up between the parents in their bed. sorry, but i can't remember that. :(
-PIG mum took me once to the loo before she THREW (ouch! again, just kidding. :P) me down the stairs.
-she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of saturday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me to walk over to that 'footstool' :p where she promptly forced poor em on 20+ mins of hand exercises. when dear dad called dinnertime, she made (PLEASE! GO NOW! to the top of saturday's post to see what i REALLY want to type, but have sadly been TOO HEAVILY CENSORED by PIG mum. ><) me walk over to the gobbling :P table.
-dinner: rice tonight, with lotsa normal lettuce, some yummy egg and tomato, plus a few chunks of beef. of course, PIG mum had to force my poor left hand to hang onto the bowl as iate. oh well, i'd already given my poor left thumb 4 hours of respite when chrissy was here, i can wait till 3pm toms to do it again. dinner was washed down with a yummy mug of fruit and vegie juice (as disgusting as that sounds, it's actually quite yummy!) of course, i was very careful to hold it 'correctly'. again, i can wait till 3pm toms to have a chance at holding it 'incorrectly'.
-phew, i finished! so i'll just check, then let PIG mum boot me to bed. toms should be interesting! in the morning, we're going to UQ for physio, then at 2pm, we'll be going to see tamara, a psychologist? can't quite remember why i need to see a shrink ... oh, thanks to PIG mum who reminded me that it's because i'm scared sh*tless of falling whenever i walk. >< well, i'm just glad that PIG mum thinks i'm not psychotic! :P and, karen's taking me out to garbo toms night! cool! PIG mum says i'm not allowed to borrow any books :( coz i haveta read my book club book, but oh well. i'm sure there's still heaps we can do! hope everyone has a smashing day toms!
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. just a reminder, toms/friday/whenever, i'm owed - lol, dunno how much time i'm owed, but i promise to get back EVERY SINGLE MINUTE OF IT!
P.P.S. i found and corrected 4 errors in my post tonight.