Nite nite orl

It's been a very long, very knackering day today, but I got through it without caffeine, so that's a positive.

It's already too light outside for me to be able to have early nights again, and I doubt I'll be able to sleep when I get upstairs too, so it could be the first of many sleepless nights tonight.

I've got a bag of 1kg of fresh carrots on tomorrow's groceries and they were only 4p so I'll be trying to use my new peeler for the first time on Wednesday <gulp>  I wanna try snacking on those instead of chocolate for a while to see what happens.

I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading to bed now.

I'll see you all at stupid o'clock in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Add more books to my TBR pile
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return - they've gotta be dropped off at a depot so I've asked my SIL to do it for me - she was going to do it yesterday, but someone had put rubbish in them so she wasn't willing to take them until that had been sorted which it was 5 minutes after she left, so I've just gotta keep my eyes peeled for any more rubbish that gets put in there now
• Sort out more of spare room
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
• Do morning crunches - 35 this week
• Bring emptied recycling box back in
• Put recycling box away
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion
• Give clothes to Anglo Doorstep Collection on 1st April
• Make lunch of sweet potato fries, frozen veggies and mayo/leftovers
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Charge up Inspire
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as choccie raisins too
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• And toasted giant corn in the drawers
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

I've decided that...

...Wednesday 1st April is gonna be my day of fresh starts.  I'm gonna:

• give away the last of Steve's clothes 😭
• re-start my chores 🧹
• put the next rim block in the toilet 🚽
• open a new jar of decaff coffee  🍵
• open a new tub of drinking chocolate  🍫
• start a new can of me-friendly cream  🍴
• and maybe change the bedding, depending on what my time slot is for the clothes collection  🛏

Second update to today's to-do list

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Add more books to my TBR pile
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return - they've gotta be dropped off at a depot so I've asked my SIL to do it for me - she was going to do it yesterday, but someone had put rubbish in them so she wasn't willing to take them until that had been sorted which it was 5 minutes after she left, so I've just gotta keep my eyes peeled for any more rubbish that gets put in there now
• Sort out more of spare room
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
• Do morning crunches - 35 this week
• Bring emptied recycling box back in
• Put recycling box away
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion
• Give clothes to Anglo Doorstep Collection on 1st April
• Make lunch of sweet potato fries, frozen veggies and mayo/leftovers
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Charge up Inspire
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as choccie raisins too
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• And toasted giant corn in the drawers
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

I've also, officially...

...used the toilet 300 times in 27 days (the rim block has officially run out as of just before I had my lunch), so that's pretty good going I reckon.

First update to today's to-do list

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Add more books to my TBR pile
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return - they've gotta be dropped off at a depot so I've asked my SIL to do it for me - she was going to do it yesterday, but someone had put rubbish in them so she wasn't willing to take them until that had been sorted which it was 5 minutes after she left, so I've just gotta keep my eyes peeled for any more rubbish that gets put in there now
• Sort out more of spare room
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
• Do morning crunches - 35 this week
• Bring emptied recycling box back in
• Put recycling box away
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion
• Give clothes to Anglo Doorstep Collection on 1st April
• Make lunch of sweet potato fries, frozen veggies and mayo/leftovers
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Charge up Inspire
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as choccie raisins too
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• And toasted giant corn in the drawers
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (30th March 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch, like most Monday's, was the leftover's from yesterday's Sunday roast, which this week was 2 servings of a vegetarian family roast, 1½ servings of crispy roast potatoes cooked in 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil and the last of the broccoli, washed down with a 500ml glass of water.

Here's today's lunch photo:

I've now, officially...

...been without a carer for 6 months and 1 hour and I'm doing better without them than I ever did with them!

Today's (30th March 2026) to-do list

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Come up with a tag line for my memoir - I've potentially come up with one at last
• Study at least one course
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Add more books to my TBR pile
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Contact the council about the recycling boxes return - they've gotta be dropped off at a depot so I've asked my SIL to do it for me - she was going to do it yesterday, but someone had put rubbish in them so she wasn't willing to take them until that had been sorted which it was 5 minutes after she left, so I've just gotta keep my eyes peeled for any more rubbish that gets put in there now
• Sort out more of spare room
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
• Do morning crunches - 35 this week
• Bring emptied recycling box back in
• Put recycling box away
• Send reviewers my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Keep an eye on Freegle to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion
• Give clothes to Anglo Doorstep Collection on 1st April
• Make lunch of sweet potato fries, frozen veggies and mayo
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall 
• Do crunches in hall
• Get ASHP and central heating serviced - it's been rescheduled to 10th April now
• Go through apps on my spam phone
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Log tea into FitBit app
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as choccie raisins too
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• And toasted giant corn in the drawers
• Study my courses (starting at the bottom of the page)
• Post about something I'm grateful for today
• Download, resize and save BP machine photos
• Put 6 days' worth of BP photos onto my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (30th March 2026) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast is potentially my only solid breakfast this week, if my OCD gets its way!  It was my usual 2 slices of wholemeal 'Toastie' toast with approx 20g of 'Buttery' spread and a freshly decanted 250ml bottle of Tropical juice.

Here's today's breakfast photo: