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
• Bring clothes downstairs
• Run daily virus scan
• Fill in DVLA form
• Post DVLA form
• Pull water heating switch on
• Take towel into bathroom
• Take towel off grab rail
• Start monthly virus scan
• Refill squash bottle
• Have weekly bath @ 7.35am
• 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
• Sort out bag ready for tomorrow
• 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
• Sort out more of spare room
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
• Do morning crunches - 35 this week
• 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
• 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
• Put all clocks forward an hour
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (28th March 2026) breakfast photo

Today's breakfast couldn't have been simpler - a 500ml glass of water.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Today's (28th March 2026) to-do list

• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Bring clothes downstairs
• Run daily virus scan
• Fill in DVLA form
• Post DVLA form
• Pull water heating switch on
• Take towel into bathroom
• Take towel off grab rail
• Start monthly virus scan
• Refill squash bottle
• Have weekly bath @ 7.35am
• 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
• Sort out more of spare room
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
• Do morning crunches - 35 this week
• 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
• 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
• Put all clocks forward an hour
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Goooood morning all!

I'm in a pretty positive mood this morning - I feel lousy, but I've already brought my new clothes downstairs, taken my blood pressure, popped my 10 morning pills, filled in the DVLA paperwork, refilled my squash bottle and pulled the water heating switch on, so it's bathtime at 7.35am this week, put the towel in the bathroom, taken the towel off the grab rail and I've just started the monthly virus scan too.

I'm hoping that the bath won't be agony 'cos I've got a deeper than normal cut on my finger that the plaster keeps falling off of.

I've decided against using today to catch up on Monday's missed exercises, so it's just 4 days this week, but that's better than nothing, right?

Time to get today's to-do list together while I wait for the time for my bath to tick away.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a long, exhausting, stressful day today and I've got another form to fill in for the DVLA which I'll have to do tomorrow as well as remembering to pull the water heating switch in the bathroom an hour before my weekly bath and it's the monthly virus scan too... basically, tomorrow morning, I'm gonna be run off my feet!  I might leave the bath till the afternoon if I'm as pooped as I have been for the last few weeks... hope I don't forget!

My last two pills of the day have been popped and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.

I'll see you all at some point tomorrow.

Nite nite orl

Fourth 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
• Fill in DVLA form
• Post DVLA form
• 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
• Sort out more of spare room
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
• Do morning crunches - 35 this week
• Phone pharmacy about prescription - it'll be here today apparently
• 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
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's monthly virus scan
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• 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 (27th March 2026) I'm grateful for...

...staying within my calorie budget today.  This morning was a serious struggle not to snack constantly, but I've managed to get through the day without going over budget, which is a relief.

What have I done...

...in the last few weeks that has totally fucked me up?  It would have been something that lasted several hours and was very physically demanding for me but it was a necessary thing that only happens a couple of times a year, if that.  It wouldn't have been housework or sorting out the wardrobe or hauling the heartbreaking bag downstairs or anything like that, but it's totally zapped my energy for the last few weeks and I'm still screwed up even now.

There's a very small chance that it was my sight test, but it feels more physical than just moving a couple of things around the kitchen.

I've given a couple of clothes rails away recently, but it was before that I think, possibly at the start of the year.

I just can't work out what it was, but it's well and truly fucked me up and I don't think even sleeping for a week would help!

Third 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
• Sort out more of spare room
• Do morning laps
• Do morning sit-ups - 75 this week
• Do morning crunches - 35 this week
• Phone pharmacy about prescription - it'll be here today apparently
• 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
• Clear browser caches ready for tomorrow's monthly virus scan
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• 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 (27th March 2026) tea photo

I'm definitely a morning snacky person 'cos I haven't thought about food since I had my lunch and it's only because I happened to spot my lunch photo that I remembered that I needed to have my tea too, but it was a constant struggle not to eat everything I could get my hands on and mouth around this morning.

My last meal of the day was the last sachet of instant Minestrone Cup Soup.

Here's today's tea photo: