Second update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book - my main job for today - up to p94 - finished the day on P107 so start from p108 tomorrow
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Keep checking FB about languages
• Keep checking FB about editing
• Charge up FitBit
• Pay invoice
• Refill squash bottle
• Pull switch on in bathroom
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Get undressed
• Have bubble bath
• Pull switch off in bathroom
• Get dressed
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast - just a mug of decaff instant coffee this morning
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Finish off milk
• Pay invoice
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Put bags in front of the door
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something - someone else is interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book - my main job for today - up to p94 - finished the day on P107 so start from p108 tomorrow
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Keep checking FB about languages
• Keep checking FB about editing
• Charge up FitBit
• Pay invoice
• Refill squash bottle
• Pull switch on in bathroom
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Get undressed
• Have bubble bath
• Pull switch off in bathroom
• Get dressed
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Finish off milk
• Pay invoice
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Put bags in front of the door
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something - someone else is interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (21st December 2024) to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book - my main job for today - up to p94 - finished the day on P107 so start from p108 tomorrow
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Keep checking FB about languages
• Keep checking FB about editing
• Charge up FitBit
• Pay invoice
• Refill squash bottle
• Pull switch on in bathroom
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Get undressed
• Have bubble bath
• Pull switch off in bathroom
• Get dressed
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Finish off milk
• Pay invoice
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something - someone else is interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

Well, today is the day (all bar 12 hours) that I became a young widow and it's also the day that I stopped celebrating Yule and Lughnasadh became my new favourite Sabbat.

Steve has already given me a sign this morning, so I know I'm not alone in my grief today and Loki is looking out for me because today is gonna be absolute chaos.

I've taken my blood pressure, refilled the bottle with squash, popped my morning pills with my morning glass of water and run the virus scan so far this morning.  I'm not gonna get washed this morning 'cos I'll be having a bath as soon as my morning carer has gone and I don't think I'll have any breakfast either.  I've gotta put the bags down in front of the door when my lunchtime carer has gone, ready to bring in part 2 of my Christmas groceries then I can finally breathe again.

Time to get today's to-do list together then hopefully read a bit more of yesterday's book before my carer arrives.

BBS

Nite nite orl

I've had a pretty good day today and reading the book got me out of my head for a while, so that was good and I'll try and remember to keep reading tomorrow in between carer visits and part 2 of my Christmas shop arriving.  I've gotta pay the invoice tomorrow too so that I don't forget!

I've popped my last two pills of the day now so it's time for me to head on up to beddy-byes.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl.

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

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book - my main job for today - up to p94 - finished the day on P107 so start from p108 tomorrow
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Keep checking FB about languages
• Keep checking FB about editing
• Charge up FitBit
• Pay invoice
• Refill squash bottle
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Finish off milk
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something - someone else is interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today I'm grateful for...

...finally getting my nose stuck in a book... it's taken me all day to get to page 94 but that's 94 more pages than I read yesterday!

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Use blood pressure machine while my laptop is booting up
• Download, resize and save BP machine photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book - my main job for today - up to p94
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!!
• Get sponsorship for LPT
• Keep checking FB about languages
• Keep checking FB about editing
• Charge up FitBit
• Take bread out of the freezer
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Do morning laps
• Finish off milk
• Come up with blurb for book - Rob is going to help me
• Do the news
• Make lunch of mince pies
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room to eat
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Do afternoon laps - once a day again this week
• Collapse in a heap
• Arrange for my brother to collect the heirlooms
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• And chocolate raisins in the fridge
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread too
• There's 3 packets of broken biscuits too
• There's vegan cheese in the fridge
• As well as vegan Fruit Pastilles on the side
• Keep checking Freegle to see if anyone wants anything - someone is maybe interested in something - someone else is interested in something
• Study my courses
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Use BP machine
• Download, resize and save photo
• Put yesterday's and today's photos on my health site
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (20th December 2024) breakfast and lunch photos

You couldn't really get any simpler than my two meals today!

Breakfast was a pack of 8 chocolate biscuit breaks because the freezer was frozen shut so couldn't get the bread out and lunch was 6 mince pies and a 500ml glass of water so my carer spent the entire 15 minutes sitting down, lightly dozing, in preparation for the rest of her shift.

Here are today's breakfast and lunch photos:

That was...

...a huuuuge relief.

I got my first partly timed, partly fixed rate invoice for the support I received from the carers back in October and I've already saved myself over £200 for the month and two of the weeks were under £100 each which was even better!

My next invoice, in January, should be pretty much free as I didn't get carers because of my Covid jab from 28th October (I only had the morning carer) to 1st December so it'll hopefully only be about £20 then December's invoice in February will be my first fully timed one and will be about £300 rather than the £600 it has been up to now because it's only been one carer staying for the full 30 minutes and the others are around 15-20 minutes per visit, so about half the time that I've been paying for up to now!