Nite nite orl

I'm absolutely knackered so I've taken my last two pills of the day and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes.

I'll see you all 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
• Restart Charge 6
• Restart phone
• 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
• Bring OddBox in
• Open OddBox
• Put fruit away
• Collapse OddBox boxes
• Put collapsed OddBox boxes into container
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water/creamy drinking choccie
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into FitBit app
• Take mushrooms off tomorrow's grocery order
• Put in next order when slots become available
• Put fruit bowl together
• Put fruit into fruit bowl
• Sort out more of spare room
• Attempt to bring things down to Freegle?
• Take photos of Freegle things?
• Advertise things on Freegle?
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Give Butternut Squash to Olio-er?
• Bring in glass recycling box
• Put glass recycling box away
• Bring in general recycling box
• Put general recycling box away
• Bring in blue sack
• Put blue sack away
• Bring in waste food caddy
• Put waste food caddy away
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• 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 fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch of 2 freezer things/leftovers
• 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
• Refill bottle with squash
• 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
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And vegan snacks in the living room
• 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 photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today (23rd February 2026) I'm grateful for...

...being able to swallow my happy pill whole instead of chopping it in half like I usually do.

Caffeine

I wrote a letter to my doc surgery about my overactive bladder and the size of my usual mug and they've just texted me a reply.

Apparently I can have more caffeinated drinks because I use so much more water (my mug is 550ml) to make the drinks, but I still need to limit my caffeine, so I'm assuming I can have up to 5 caffeinated drinks a week now instead of the 2-3 I was told, which is reassuring.

I doubt I'll get anywhere near that amount, but I can, in theory at least, have a caffeinated drink most days of the week as long as I use my 550ml mug as opposed to a normal sized (250ml) mug.

I can see me having my first caffeinated drink of the week every other Monday morning when I bring my OddBox in so soon after going to bed on the Sunday, then I'll just have them when I'm particularly knackered or if I'm having a bad day with zippo energy.

I'm glad/relieved I asked now!

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
• Restart Charge 6
• Restart phone
• 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
• Bring OddBox in
• Open OddBox
• Put fruit away
• Collapse OddBox boxes
• Put collapsed OddBox boxes into container
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water/creamy drinking choccie
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into FitBit app
• Take mushrooms off tomorrow's grocery order
• Put in next order when slots become available
• Put fruit bowl together
• Put fruit into fruit bowl
• Sort out more of spare room
• Attempt to bring things down to Freegle?
• Take photos of Freegle things?
• Advertise things on Freegle?
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Give Butternut Squash to Olio-er?
• Bring in glass recycling box
• Put glass recycling box away
• Bring in general recycling box
• Put general recycling box away
• Bring in blue sack
• Put blue sack away
• Bring in waste food caddy
• Put waste food caddy away
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• 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 fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch of 2 freezer things/leftovers
• 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
• Refill bottle with squash
• 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
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And vegan snacks in the living room
• 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 photos on 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 (23rd February 2026) lunch photo

Today's lunch was the leftovers from yesterday, which today consisted of the last two servings of a vegetarian family roast, 4 brocolli florets and 1 serving of peas and sweetcorn, washed down with a 330ml can of a Sparkling Passion[fruit] pop which has left me feeling nicely full instead of empty or bloated.

Will I remember to have tea in a couple of hours or will I forget again??

Here's today's lunch photo:

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
• Restart Charge 6
• Restart phone
• 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
• Bring OddBox in
• Open OddBox
• Put fruit away
• Collapse OddBox boxes
• Put collapsed OddBox boxes into container
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water/creamy drinking choccie
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Weigh myself
• Log weight into FitBit app
• Take mushrooms off tomorrow's grocery order
• Put in next order when slots become available
• Put fruit bowl together
• Put fruit into fruit bowl
• Sort out more of spare room
• Attempt to bring things down to Freegle?
• Take photos of Freegle things?
• Advertise things on Freegle?
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Give Butternut Squash to Olio-er?
• Bring in glass recycling box
• Put glass recycling box away
• Bring in general recycling box
• Put general recycling box away
• Bring in blue sack
• Put blue sack away
• Bring in waste food caddy
• Put waste food caddy away
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• 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 fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch of 2 freezer things/leftovers
• 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
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And vegan snacks in the living room
• 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 photos on 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 (23rd February 2026) breakfast photos

I had two very liquidy breakfasts this morning lol

My first was my usual 500ml glass of water to take my mountain of morning pills with and my second was a 550ml mug of me-friendly creamy drinking chocolate and I got the cream everywhere this morning lol

Here are today's two breakfast photos:

Today's (23rd February 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
• Restart Charge 6
• Restart phone
• 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
• Bring OddBox in
• Open OddBox
• Put fruit away
• Collapse OddBox boxes
• Put collapsed OddBox boxes into container
• Plug Alexa in
• Ask Alexa to play Baroque music
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed
• Make breakfast of toast and juice/water/creamy drinking choccie
• Take photo of breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Wash up
• Weigh myself
• Take mushrooms off tomorrow's grocery order
• Put in next order when slots become available
• Log weight into FitBit app
• Put fruit bowl together
• Put fruit into fruit bowl
• Sort out more of spare room
• Attempt to bring things down to Freegle?
• Take photos of Freegle things?
• Advertise things on Freegle?
• Make honey drink
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups
• Do morning crunches
• Give Butternut Squash to Olio-er?
• Bring in glass recycling box
• Put glass recycling box away
• Bring in general recycling box
• Put general recycling box away
• Bring in blue sack
• Put blue sack away
• Bring in waste food caddy
• Put waste food caddy away
• Forget what I've written in my second memoir - totally gone now
• Wait to get the feedback from my best friend
• Put second memoir through its 4th edit
• 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 fake ivy or seat cushion
• Make lunch of 2 freezer things
• 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
• And treat-sized choccie on the side
• And loads of soft drinks
• And vegan snacks in the living room
• 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 photos on my health site
• Put blood pressure spreadsheet onto health site on the last day of each month
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Goooood morning all!

I'm seriously impressed with myself this morning 'cos I managed to take my happy pill without cutting it up this morning for the first time ever!  I've got no idea how I did it, I just put it into my mouth and took a glug of water while I was getting the pill cutter and it had gone!!  It wasn't quite as big as my bladder pill but I have to chop my B1 up into quarters and take it immediately after my bladder pill otherwise my throat closes up and my brain refuses to let me take it!

I've taken my blood pressure, popped all 10 (as opposed to 11 lol) pills this morning, got washed and dressed, sorted out my OddBox and made my breakfast of a me-friendly creamy hot chocolate.  I need to remember to take the mushrooms off tomorrow's groceries 'cos there were some in my OddBox and it's leftovers for lunch today and there's no more room in the fridge for them.  Need to remember to put my next order in too, as soon as the slots become available.  Need to rember to weigh myself and bring the recycling bits and bobs in when they've been emptied as well.

The first daily virus scan of the week was reassuringly clear, so that's a relief.

This first blog post of the day is getting a bit too long, so I'm gonna shut up now and get today's to-do list together.

BBS