good afternoon! no plodding total from me yet, coz it's not even quite 3pm! but TWFT topic was are you losing yourself? anyways, what happened today?
-oh, poo poo. first day of the month, and em woke up wet. twice. >< i think with the exception of the month may, i've been wet at least once every month. ><
-but much thanks to PIG mum, who gave me a little chunk of freddo frog with my half cuppa of milk last night, to 'say bye bye to winter'.
-this morning, PIG mum poked me awake with "ten more mins." i sang maybe 10% of my second-favourite song in my head before PIG mum dug me up? but, on the commode, i felt like doing a stinky unspeakable, so much thanks to PIG mum who wheeled me in, handed me a mug of water to drink - which i was very careful to hold 'correctly', - and helped me wipe afterwards. back inside my room, i got kitted for the day, also copping my tirade of the week from PIG mum. hmm ... and it's only the second day of the week ... i don't really fancy my chances at surviving through the rest of the wek rant free. >< PIG mum snapped my walkbelt on, then 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.
- i had two sips from the required glass of water. breakfast was a mug of warm milo and a crunchy choc chip museli bar. as with all the previous days, PIG mum forced poor ela to hold onto the bar, then ordered era to unwrap it.
-after breakfast, 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. after forcing me to buckle my own seatbelt, she tootled us off to the PA for physio, listening to ... lol, i can't remember. >< but it wasn't westlife. oh, it was leslie cheung!
-we found a park outside. 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 into the loo. no guesses as to who had to do the dakking and un-dakking. 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 both hands, 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 into the day hospital.
-thanks to PIG mum who got me a little cup of water and an OK! gossip mag to browse until dom dom arrived.
-physio with dom dom started at 9am. she Forced me to walk to a bed, then i did lotsa standing exercises with her, mainly.
-helen came with morning tea! so white and two for me, with a packet of bikkies. but i didn't get to have it until the end of the session, when she Forced me to walk up and down a little flight of steps, then Forced me to hobble/stagger/limp to a chair. it was a new thing actually, first time me walking without my sexy belt :P or sticky! so i just clung to myself for dear life, and tried my hardest not to fall to my death. o_O :p
-i asked to go to the loo once more before we left. so 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 loo, 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. i'd just hobbled/staggered/limped to the bar, ready to let PIG mum force me to walk back to the car, but no; she realised i hadn't washed ela! 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 back to the sink to wash and dry els, 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 back to the car.
-of course she forced poor em to buckle her own seatbelt, then we went home coz PIG mum had 'forgotten' sticky. i mean, i understand that it gives her immense pleasure to force her poor daughter to walk around everywhere without her walkbelt and/or sticky; on the rare ocassions (sp?) she does allow me, it's either the walkbelt. or sticky. but never both. which means that sorry, you're asking too much of me to be able to walk my right foot over my left foot. i mean, every time i haveta walk, i'm scared sh*tless of falling, how will refusing me my walkbelt and/or sticky encourage me to walk with my right foot over my left? ai, whatever. i'll survive. somehow, i always do.
-so once we were home, i rang CODA to see who would be coming in to help me out this arvo, megan/meghan gave me a name, but i've already forgotten it, sorry. but i think she looks asian? will ask her when i'm having my shower. i tried ringing dearest dad, but he was busy and cut the line off. but he rang us back and both PIG mum and i spoke to him!
-i changed the CD to westlife's face to face, and PIG mum tootled us off. funny ... when i have a westlife disc in the player, PIG mum always turns the volume to eight or lower, snapping that her poor, delicate and sensitive ears can't take their loud singing. on the other hand, when she's listening to her beloved andy hui, that nasally, out-of-tune wannabe singer, :p she always has the volume up at thirteen or higher. her justification is that asian CDs are somehow softer. fair enough. but i maintain that she's still biased, why? coz this morning, we were listening to leslie cheung, and PIG mum kept the volume to nine or less. but hey, he's an asian singer! why couldn't i listen to him at volume thirteen, like you do with your andy hui? oh well. whatever.
-eep, i PROMISE i didn't hit anything! where's my post gone?! ><
-of course, 'bunana' PIG mum got us lost. >< :p so i had to ring margie twice, PIG mum also pulled over twice and asked randoms for directions. but we made it there in the end. phew. :p
-PIG mum gleefully FORCED :(first time) me to walk inside. she took me to the loo once, then thanks to margie who got me a comfy chair to sit on and a nice soft cushion for ela to rest on, then took PIG mum around and introduced her to all the other book club ladies.
-we were the group that stayed outside for lunch. i told the ladies the sad story of god smiting me down, then the funny story of erika with eric's noodles. :p
-lunch: i had two or three yummy lettuce chicken wrap things, a few chunks of bread with lettuce and ham, and a few crackers with cheese. actually, erika introduced me to this kind of bread from germany - it was DARK BROWN! i found the taste not bad, but PIG mum didn't like it. sadly, PIG mum had to excuse ourselves coz home mods were coming to visit us. so i missed out on yummy dessert. so we said our thanks and byes, then margie walked us out.
-of course, 'bunana' PIG mum got us lost again. :P we made it home before the home mods people got here, though. just. :p
-anyways, 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 loo, of course forcing me to yank my own daks down. 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 got me, 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, then 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.
-i tootled briefly online as the home mod lady - catherine - and the builder - dave, not bob :P - had a yak to PIG mum and explored our house. i think they might be planning to turn the downstairs laundry into a bathroom for me, or sth?
-ding dong! my new carer today is dorothy. she's born in new zealand but grew up in samoa. 'fafetai' is how you say thank-you in samoan, and 'malo' is how you say thank-you in tongan. just once, though. i was saying 'malo malo malo' and she was like, "just once, you ninny." :P i mean, she didn't actually call me that. :P
-so PIG mum showed her around, 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 to the bathroom, of course forcing me to dak myself. then she left us to it.
-but PIG mum's a great big MEANIEPOO. dorothy forced me to undress all of myself today. when i asked her why we couldn't do it together, she replied, "your mum instructed me not to." ><
-but a nice hot shower - i washed my own hair today. and my nose and chin are still too persistently spotty. >< :P
- i dried myself, creamed myself, rekitted myself. well, what i could manage, anyway. dorothy finished up, she handed me sticky, then Forced me to walk back outside. PIG mum was having a yak to mariana, so i had a chat to her also. i think she's taking me out on thursday after UQ physio?
-arvo tea was a toasted cheese - yay, 2 slices! coz there was no ham left. wonder if PIG mum'll buy me some more toms? and a cup of green tea, sweetened with 1.5 teaspoons of honey/sugar. i'd asked dorothy please for two teaspoonfuls, but she only gave me one, saying PIG mum had only ordered one. so i asked PIG mum please for one more after she got off the phone to mariana. for some unknown reason, she snapped no to one more teaspoon of honey, but gave me a little more sugar. dunno.
-PIG mum rocked off upstairs to pig land :P so dorothy and i began our cooking! yummy pasta in campbell's cream of chicken soup. so i grated carrot as dorothy cut up the spam (we didn't have any chicken in the house, see) then i poured everything into the bowl and mixed it all around. dorothy stuck that in the oven. then i read my book club novel for awhile.
-at 6pm, dorothy Forced me to walk to my TV chair and flicked on the TV to channel seven. first, we watched some lucky lady win, like, $14 000 on deal or no deal, then at 6pm we watched seven's evening news, read out by rod young and kay mcgrath. sport was by shane webcke, and weather by john schluter. yay, telstra shares were up a couple of cents (and i mean that quite literally :P) and i think dam levels are at 76%.
-thanks to dorothy who quartered me a pear and also mixed me a yummy warm chocolate nesquik.
-at 6:30, i watched today tonight for 15mins, and asked dorothy to please give ela a massage/rub.
-at 6:45, dorothy Forced me to walk to the toilet, Forced me to walk over and wash my right hand - but kindly helped me dry it, thanks - and Forced me to walk back to my dining chair.
-i signed her off, said my thanks and byes. she lives only behind coles - says she might run here next time she works. and she's having pumpkin soup for dinner tonight. the add hot water and stir in a packet one. actually, today's only her second day at work for staffing options!
-PIG mum galloped :P back to force poor em to do those soccer exercises that daniel had taught me, then 40+mins of arm exercises, culminating in a forced march up to PIG mum's room and back down. actually, i went to her loo, so of course she forced me to dak myself. 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 my hands, 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 dry them, then THREW (ouch! just kidding. :P) poor em down the stairs.
-dinner tonight: my yummy pasta cooking! of course, PIG mum forced poor ela to hang onto the bowl as i ate, oh well. thanks also to dearest dad who provided a small but yummy chunk of crumbed fish with a squirt of mayo on top. of course, no thanks to PIG mum who forced poor ela to hang onto the bowl as i munched my yummy fish, even though i had just skewered the fish on my fork. my bowl was EMPTY. >< whatever. dinner was washed down with a yummy mug of fruit and vegie juice, which i was very careful to hold 'correctly'.
-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 back to the computer, and i tootled online.
-yay, i finished! so i'll just check, then send an email to aunty nga and cassie amos if there's time. if not, i'll just haveta keep pushing it back till i do have time. lol, it's the story of my life, really. >< :P
-toms, PIG mum's forcing poor em to go to a torture session :P with vincent the physio. >< ah well, should survive. i just wonder, where will we go for breaakie/lunch afterwards? and it'll be chrissy coming toms arvo! lol, i prolly shouldn't type here that i now know how to swear in german. actually, i only remember the first half of the word, not the second ... must remember to ask chrissy what that is toms.
cheers,
em. ^^
P.S. i found and corrected 5 errors in my post tonight.
P.P.S. i almost forgot my final plodding total for today! o_O :P so yeah, today, em was hard at work plodding 2587 steps.