Nite nite orl

I've gotta remember to bag and box up my rubbish and recycling tomorrow and I've also gotta refill my dosette box after lunch too, as well as potentially doing my laps and exercises and of course getting washed and changed in the morning and putting up next week's menu and putting the OddBox container outside after lunch too, so lots of things to remember and I bet I'll forget something 🙄

Considering I've had my bath and done my laps and exercises today, I'm still just about under my Pace Points budget and it's still working so far, so that's a big relief.

I've taken my last two pills of the day and the side effects are rapidly kicking in, so I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.

See you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
• Pull water heating switch in bathroom - bathtime @ 6am
• Put towel in bathroom
• Charge up watch
• 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/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water/bananas
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Put breakfast into NutraCheck
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Contact bank about Steve's statements for last year of his life
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
• Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
• Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
• Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
• Advertise spare room things on Freegle
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Do 75 twists
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Put menu up on blog every weekend
• 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion or oranges
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of salad
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put lunch into NutraCheck
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• Put photo of tea on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Put tea into NutraCheck
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as choccie raisins too
• And loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• 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'm definitely about to jinx it, but...

...since my bath this morning, things have definitely noticably improved.  I've still got a bit of pain in the side of my neck and the top of my back, but it's nowhere near as bad as the last couple of days!  I'm guessing that if I'd been able to sink far enough down into the bath then they would have been healed too, but that wouldn't have been safe 'cos I would have had to go under up to almost my nose, so I decided against risking it.

I also think it's at least partly to do with my posture 'cos when I was doing my laps, I felt less pain when I was with a straight back instead of my usual slouched posture, so maybe it's a combination of the cream and the bad posture??

Second update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
• Pull water heating switch in bathroom - bathtime @ 6am
• Put towel in bathroom
• Charge up watch
• 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/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water/bananas
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Contact bank about Steve's statements for last year of his life
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
• Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
• Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
• Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
• Advertise spare room things on Freegle
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Do 75 twists
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Put menu up on blog every weekend
• 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion or oranges
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of salad
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• 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 loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• 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 (16th May 2026) lunch photo

Only three hours late getting this photo of my lunch up! Today's lunch was about 100g of raw spinach, 15 cherry tomatoes, 3 cucumber chunks, 1 vegan cheese, 2 pickled eggs, approx 20g of vegan mayonnaise and a 330ml can of a Sparkling Mango pop to wash it all down with.

Here's today's lunch photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
• Pull water heating switch in bathroom - bathtime @ 6am
• Put towel in bathroom
• Charge up watch
• 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/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water/bananas
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Contact bank about Steve's statements for last year of his life
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
• Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
• Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
• Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
• Advertise spare room things on Freegle
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Do 75 twists
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Put menu up on blog every weekend
• 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion or oranges
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of salad
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• 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 loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• 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 (16th May 2026) breakfast photo

I'm a couple of hours late getting this photo up, but I was in the bath for about an hour and there didn't seem much point doing it before I got in, just in case I forgot to have my weekly bath after all.

Today's breakfast was a healthy 500ml glass of water to take my morning pills with and the last 3 bananas in the bunch, before they got any spottier.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

That's me...

...bathed and shaved for another week.

I wore my Visible during the bath and it doesn't seem to be broken yet, which is reassuring - it's used up 9 pace points though, so I've gotta take things really easy until everything is back to where it should be.  I won't be lapping and exercising this morning and possibly not this afternoon either - it'll be interesting to see what my pace points are like at bedtime!

This could be a very expensive mistake to make but...

I'm gonna wear my 4 day old Visible in the bath to see if it truly is waterproof! 😟

Today's (16th May 2026) to-do list

• Take Visible reading - 3 out of 5 today
• Pull water heating switch in bathroom - bathtime @ 6am
• Put towel in bathroom
• Charge up watch
• 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/the radio
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of Weetabix, soya milk and juice/water/bananas
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Have caffeinated coffee
• Contact bank about Steve's statements for last year of his life
• Get Steve's bank statements for all of 2022
• Keep an eye on emails about the digital switchover
• Find out about most secure locks from insurers - I've emailed so just waiting for their reply now - they don't advise apparently so I've just gotta do my own research - it's gonna be a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock
• Request quotes for 2 new outside doors on Check A Trade (front door MUST be wood and have a letter box with a BS3621 5-lever mortice deadlock)
• Ask M to bring box of stuff to Freegle downstairs so that I can...
• Take photos of unwanted things in the spare room
• Advertise spare room things on Freegle
• Weigh myself every Monday
• Do morning laps
• Do 75 morning sit-ups
• Do 35 morning crunches
• Do 75 twists
• Housework - Monday - change bedding & bring in rubbish/recycling
• Housework - Tuesday - tidy living room & groceries & clear caches
• Housework - Wednesday - clean bathroom
• Housework - Thursday - sweep carpets
• Housework - Friday - tidy bedrooms
• Housework - Saturday - clean kitchen
• Housework - Sunday - rubbish and recycling/refill dosette box
• Put menu up on blog every weekend
• 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 anything
• Keep an eye on Olio to see if anyone wants the radiator or seat cushion or oranges
• Keep an eye on Freecycle to see if anyone wants anything
• Make lunch of salad
• Take photo of lunch
• Put photo of lunch on here and Instagram
• Do washing up
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box every Sunday
• Do afternoon laps
• Do sit-ups in hall
• Do crunches in hall
• Put OddBox container in front of the door on Sunday
• Wait for service certificate for ASHP - I've just emailed them to chase it up - I heard from them this morning and they have forwarded my message onto the most appropriate department, so I've just gotta be patient now
• Email service certificate to home insurers
• Make tea of soup
• Take photo of tea
• Bring tea through to the living room
• 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 loads of soft drinks
• And dried fruit and nuts in the tubs
• 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