friday post 107b

heylo again! em's new plodding total for friday now stands @ 5275 (score, i'm more than half a normal person today XD) and joni's devotional topic's "jake's story". righteo, continuing today's events?
-once PIG mum left the driveway, i closed both eyes and had a mostly silent chat to percy the saint/angel, asking him to please help me with the patience, perseverance, strength and endurance i needed to get through the day, giving all the pleasure, all the satisfaction to PIG mum and just suffering for her whenever she decided that only she could be happy and/or satisfied. opening both eyes somewhere along coronation drive, era helped ela stretch for five minutes then she opened and closed her palm @ least fifty times, holding each for a count of five.
-at UQ, PIG mum took me once to the loo then kindly left me with the national geographic mag from about 1.5 years ago before going back downstairs to pay margit.
-jay came for me, Forced me to walk into the gym. physio today: about twenty-five sit-to-stands in five minutes, a standing calf stretch for just over five, twenty laps walking along the parallel bars, ten laps walking along the hallway and cone work for ela to finish with.
-PIG mum took me once more to the loo before we left, then tootled me straight to the princess alexandra for my MRI follow up! (i may write a special blog post about my MRI this year, depending on time). while she drove, i munched half a footlong chicken classic sub PIG mum had bought for our lunch.
-there weren't any available parking spots when we arrived, so PIG mum just dropped me off then went to repark the 4WD. there were a bunch of QUT nursing students listening to their teacher give them instructions, and an elderly man in a wheelchair being fed by this lady.
-suddenly, this very familiar-looking nurse wanders in! "umm ... kesley?" i wonder. she looks @ me, squeals "emily!" and races over for a hug! i'm very impressed that she remembers my name; after all, i've been outta the hospital for more than four years now!
-so we chat briefly, i tell her i'm here for my MRI followup. when she goes, kesley laughs, "see you next year!" XD
-PIG mum comes back and gleefully FORCES :( me to walk all the way to the main building. i take a seat, she goes to notify someone that i've arrived, then we take turns reading another national geographic mag and some section from the sunday mail.
-the same lady that saw me last year (gemma; PIG mum recognised her), called me in, but as i was walking towards her room, who should appear but dr. olson! so we yak for a few seconds~
-phew, guess i'll live to die another day, after all. Xd i also asked gemma about that not-sitting-up-until-the-shunt-gets-reset-or-will-i-die-question, but gemma says nothing should happen, or, if in really extreme/rare cases, i may get a small headache. phew. XD
-afterwards, PIG mum takes me once more to the loo, then gleefully FORCES :( me to walk all the way back down to just outside the main building, where i sit and she goes to bring back the 4WD. while she's gone, i sing about 11% of my shorter second-favourite song out aloud, closing my left eye for all the important numbers.
-PIG mum tootles us home, refusing to lemme eat a bowl of mini udon for arvo tea (see, a six-inch isn't really quite filling enough anymore; maybe it was more than one decade ago) but stopping @ the warrigal square sushi train to buy me some sushi for arvo tea with aunty lucia. while she's gone, suddenly, i notice someone frantically waving to me through the window; it's kyoko! i wave back. :)
-back home, i plop online until aunty lucia arrives around 5pm for my nice hot shower - hairwash today. also thanks to aunty lucia who rinsed out my hair for me, thus freeing era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
-i had one tinkle before aunty lucia flipped the nice hot water off, she dried me, i had another tinkle, then i got creamed. i had two more tinkles while aunty lucia spread aloe vera over me, then she rekitted me. i had one last tinkle when she was repinning pedro back onto my pants.
-aunty lucia Forced me to walk back outside to the gobbling :P table, where PIG mum gave me my yummy sushi roll with an even smaller amount of soya sauce than you get with the fish from sushi paradise! XD
-usually, aunty lucia takes me once more to the loo before she leaves; today, PIG mum sent me to go by myself while she gossiped with aunty lucia. that's alright, i took myself safely and slowly there, rising above god's hatred and not letting him push me over, staying there for two tinkles.
-when aunty lucia left, PIG mum brought me over another mug of water, which i've been taking frequent sips from.
-and dearest dad's just arrived home. :) arrived home and immediately criticized my posture, i might add! XD 
-again, fingers crossed i can bbl after dinner, else tessa's coming to mind me from 10am till 1pm toms, before dominique comes to shower me @ 4pm. toms night, the slams and prolly aunty a are coming over for dinner. oh, when dominique's here in the arvo, i must remember to complete the bible study stuff that thomas so kindly translated for me~
cheers,
em. ^^