Monday 18 March 2024

Nite nite orl

I'm absolutely knackered after doing 2 sets of laps at once instead of being able to have a break of several hours between them so I'm gonna head straight on up to beddy-byes now and hope it won't take too long before I'm snoring my head off  😉


I'll see you all again in the morning.


Nite nite orl.


Fourth and final update to today's to-do list

  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run daily virus scan
  • Turn on air purifier
  • Get washed and dressed with my carer
  • Take bread out of the freezer for my breakfast
  • Have breakfast 8.20am toast-time today
  • Log breakfast into FitBit app
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Weigh myself - I've put on 150g in the last week and I'm exactly where I want to be now, so that's a relief!
  • Log weight into FitBit app
  • Download last week's spreadsheet - I stupidly linked my FitBit account to my Google account when I was setting up one of my new phones and can't find a way to unlink them now, so it'll just be the graphic on a Tuesday from now on unfortunately
  • Code and upload the spreadsheet to my homepage
  • Put more elastic bands around my FitBit
  • Submit last week's plastic tally to Greenpeace
  • Do morning laps - completely forgot!  Oops!
  • Give out of date food to Freegler
  • Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Advertise Steve's guitar on Freegle
  • Advertise Wisden's on Freegle
  • Do the news
  • Keep working on memorial site
  • Have lunch
  • Log lunch into FitBit app
  • Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Ask carer to help me change the bedding - she didn't want to, which is fair enough
  • Come up with list of questions for my GP - I've got the first few written down, but there are bound to be more lol
  • Ask for help planning NaNo book from friends and family - ask for as much detail and accurate dates as possible
  • Plan out NaNo book
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Read and review a book on my TBR pile
  • Study my courses
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

It's taken 13 hours but...

...I'm finally at the same cost of electricity after 19 hours and lots of electricity usage and the central heating being on for 4 hours without a break, as well as semi-frequently throughout the day, as I was at 6am yesterday with just the daily standing charge and usual things that are always plugged in like the fridge-freezer and stuff lol


I've got...

...two people interested in Steve's guitar and it's been arranged with one of them that they will come and pick it up on Wednesday, so I've just got 3 more photos to take of Steve's last 3 books then that's everything sorted for in here and I can move on to sorting out the kitchen when all the advertised stuff has eventually been taken.

Well, the...

...solar panels are definitely connected up to my electricity account 'cos the icon on my smart meter has come on 5 times in the last hour and a half!


I was told it didn't need to be sunny for the solar panels to work, just light enough to be noticeable (so they don't work from sunset to sunrise or when there's a huge storm, although I think the installer said that as long as it wasn't so stormy that it was dark, they would still work even then) and that's been true so far this afternoon, which is a relief.


I think I've got my central heating settings spot on and an engineer is coming out on Friday morning to fit the panel which'll hopefully fix the message that is on the screen as soon as I turn the control panel on.  I've been nice and warm all day and I've only used £2.48 of electricity since midnight, which is less than I'd already used when the meter turned itself on at 6am yesterday, so that's even better!


Hopefully Friday's fix is the last thing that needs to be sorted and I can reward myself with my last Mocktail after s/he's gone, although it depends on how soon before lunch that is lol

 

Third update to today's to-do list

  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run daily virus scan
  • Turn on air purifier
  • Get washed and dressed with my carer
  • Take bread out of the freezer for my breakfast
  • Have breakfast 8.20am toast-time today
  • Log breakfast into FitBit app
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Weigh myself - I've put on 150g in the last week and I'm exactly where I want to be now, so that's a relief!
  • Log weight into FitBit app
  • Download last week's spreadsheet - I stupidly linked my FitBit account to my Google account when I was setting up one of my new phones and can't find a way to unlink them now, so it'll just be the graphic on a Tuesday from now on unfortunately
  • Code and upload the spreadsheet to my homepage
  • Put more elastic bands around my FitBit
  • Submit last week's plastic tally to Greenpeace
  • Do morning laps - completely forgot!  Oops!
  • Give out of date food to Freegler
  • Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Advertise Steve's guitar on Freegle
  • Advertise Wisden's on Freegle
  • Do the news
  • Keep working on memorial site
  • Have lunch
  • Log lunch into FitBit app
  • Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Ask carer to help me change the bedding - she didn't want to, which is fair enough
  • Come up with list of questions for my GP - I've got the first few written down, but there are bound to be more lol
  • Ask for help planning NaNo book from friends and family - ask for as much detail and accurate dates as possible
  • Plan out NaNo book
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Read and review a book on my TBR pile
  • Study my courses
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run daily virus scan
  • Turn on air purifier
  • Get washed and dressed with my carer
  • Take bread out of the freezer for my breakfast
  • Have breakfast 8.20am toast-time today
  • Log breakfast into FitBit app
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Weigh myself - I've put on 150g in the last week and I'm exactly where I want to be now, so that's a relief!
  • Log weight into FitBit app
  • Download last week's spreadsheet - I stupidly linked my FitBit account to my Google account when I was setting up one of my new phones and can't find a way to unlink them now, so it'll just be the graphic on a Tuesday from now on unfortunately
  • Code and upload the spreadsheet to my homepage
  • Put more elastic bands around my FitBit
  • Submit last week's plastic tally to Greenpeace
  • Do morning laps - completely forgot!  Oops!
  • Give out of date food to Freegler
  • Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Advertise Steve's guitar on Freegle
  • Advertise Wisden's on Freegle
  • Do the news
  • Keep working on memorial site
  • Have lunch
  • Log lunch into FitBit app
  • Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Ask carer to help me change the bedding - she didn't want to, which is fair enough
  • Come up with list of questions for my GP - I've got the first few written down, but there are bound to be more lol
  • Ask for help planning NaNo book from friends and family - ask for as much detail and accurate dates as possible
  • Plan out NaNo book
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Read and review a book on my TBR pile
  • Study my courses
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (18th March 2024) lunch photo

Today's lunch was just my usual instant vegetable Cup Soup made by me again and my carer explained that the only reason they stay for 18 minutes instead of the 30 that I pay for is "so [that] you no make [me] late for [my] next client" so basically I'm paying for 10-12 minutes of travelling time after they've left here and before they arrive at their next client.


Literally the only support I've had from my carers today is the minute that it took today's carer to wash up the mug.  The rest of the time she was putting her PPE on, writing her notes then taking her PPE off before she signed out.


Here's today's lunch photo:


First update to today's to-do list

  • Drink glass of water
  • Take morning pills
  • Run daily virus scan
  • Turn on air purifier
  • Get washed and dressed with my carer
  • Take bread out of the freezer for my breakfast
  • Have breakfast 8.20am toast-time today
  • Log breakfast into FitBit app
  • Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
  • Weigh myself - I've put on 150g in the last week and I'm exactly where I want to be now, so that's a relief!
  • Log weight into FitBit app
  • Download last week's spreadsheet - I stupidly linked my FitBit account to my Google account when I was setting up one of my new phones and can't find a way to unlink them now, so it'll just be the graphic on a Tuesday from now on unfortunately
  • Code and upload the spreadsheet to my homepage
  • Put more elastic bands around my FitBit
  • Submit last week's plastic tally to Greenpeace
  • Do morning laps
  • Give out of date food to Freegler
  • Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
  • Advertise Steve's guitar on Freegle
  • Advertise Wisden's on Freegle
  • Do the news
  • Keep working on memorial site
  • Have lunch
  • Log lunch into FitBit app
  • Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
  • Take lunchtime pill
  • Ask carer to help me change the bedding
  • Come up with list of questions for my GP - I've got the first few written down, but there are bound to be more lol
  • Ask for help planning NaNo book from friends and family - ask for as much detail and accurate dates as possible
  • Plan out NaNo book
  • Do afternoon laps
  • Read and review a book on my TBR pile
  • Study my courses
  • Take evening pills
  • Go to bed

Today's (18th March 2024) breakfast photo

I christened my new phone this morning and that was by taking this photo of my breakfast!


It was just my usual 2 slices of wholemeal toast with dairy-free spread, 2 packs of apple and grapes as well as my normal bottle of orange juice.


Here's today's breakfast photo: