Last update to today's to-do list

• Wake up
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan
• Have breakfast
• Get washed and dressed with a carer
• Meet enabler for the first time
• Ask about taking Steve's chair back
• Ask about taking Steve's stool back
• Ask about a better deal for the water
• Ask about cancelling Steve's phone mid-contract
• Ask about help to pay the mortgage
• Ask about other benefits or grants I might be entitled to
• Ask about help to get up and down stairs
• Ask about digital reminders to wear around my neck
• Ask about safely living alone 
• Ask about helping to pay for the funeral
• Ask about getting the washer/drier fixed
• Ask about getting the emersion heater fixed
• Ask about getting a new microwave for safety reasons
  
• Have lunch
• Take lunchtime pill
• Give Steve's dressings to Helen
• Give Steve's pads to Ukraine - being picked up tomorrow
  
• Give Steve's dressings to Ukraine - being picked up tomorrow
  
• Give Steve's supplements to Ukraine?? - yep, the Ukrainians want these too
  
• Recover
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Three of Steve's four health aids are being picked up tomorrow and his other one is being sized up for potential specialist removal, so I've gotta clear the seat off after my morning carer has been tomorrow morning which will mean that there is so much more room to move around in the kitchen and I won't be fighting it for space whenever I need to bring the recycling boxes and bag in or out.  I'll be able to get to things without significantly stretching and I'll have 3 more cupboards and drawers to put things in too, so they won't be cluttering up the side any more.  There are loads of mugs in the cupboards so I'll add the other mugs that are already out to the stockpile and be able to put the plates and bowls away properly as soon as they are dry and I can use the drawers for less frequently used items like whisks and stuff.  Steve's mayonnaise is being picked up in the afternoon so I'll have access to all the shelves on the fridge door then too.

 

It's been an incredibly long and tiring week this week so I think I'll have earnt my J2O on Sunday when I get back from my in-laws.  Gotta remember to tell the lunchtime carer not to worry about coming on the Sunday - keep forgetting that!

 

I've taken my last two pills of the day and drained my decaff coffee, so I think I'm gonna log off soon and have an early night 'cos I haven't had 8 hours of sleep a night at all for the last few weeks and I've got huuuge dark circles under my eyes now and I'm a grumpy cow when I don't get enough sleep too lol