Nite nite orl

I've got a banging head/eye ache so I've popped my pills and I'm heading to bed now.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Pull switch in bathroom
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put towel in the bathroom
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Have bath
• Pull switch off
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Ask carer to change living room light bulb
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today (31st May 2025) I'm grateful for...

...my second hot lavender-scented bubble bath of the month this morning.  It was weird but felt sooo good to have water on my back again and wrinkly fingers and toes.  I was in there for an hour and it really set me up for the day.

Aaaand we're back to...

...telling me to update something without even asking about me and how I'm coping.  

I've done the update but the distance between us is even further now... this person hasn't changed despite me telling them bluntly how much I was hurting and grieving and that I needed their support for a very rare change - they just spent the entire email talking about themselves and what they've been through and asking me to make another update without giving me any information about where to find where they wanted the update to happen, any of the log-in details or even a please just a "I've been having a hard time recently and I've sent you loads of updates, but they haven't shown up so I hope you can put this one up for me" then attached the content  😡

Third update to today's to-do list

• Pull switch in bathroom
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put towel in the bathroom
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Have bath
• Pull switch off
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Ask carer to change living room light bulb
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (31st May 2025) lunch photo

Today's lunch was another simple meal of a pot of soya protein mango yoghurt.

Here's today's lunch photo:

It is, officially...

...time for me to break out my Summer clothes and put my cardigans and jumpers away until September kinda time.

I've taken all my wools upstairs after washing them yesterday afternoon and brought down three sets of Summer clothes, so it's the start of the cheap washing too 'cos I've got 14 sets of clothes that only need the 45 minute wash, so one wash a week and I'm sorted instead of doing a 3 hour wash every 9 days as well as the two sets of 45 minutes, which is a relief.

Second update to today's to-do list

• Pull switch in bathroom
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put towel in the bathroom
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Have bath
• Pull switch off
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Ask carer to change living room light bulb
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (31st May 2025) breakfast photo

I'm late with getting this post and photo up, but I was relaxing in my second bath of the month, so while I ate at 4.19am, I'm only getting it put up now, a couple of hours after I ate it.

Breakfast was a bowl of choccie Weetabix with plant protein soya milk.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Pull switch in bathroom
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put towel in the bathroom
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Have bath
• Pull switch off
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Ask carer to change living room light bulb
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Thaaaaat's better!

I've just had my second bath of the month and I feel amazing now!  Awake, relaxed, clean and ready to face the day!

I didn't realise quite how much I had missed the luxury of a lavendar-scented, really bubbly, very hot bath but I can take on the world now!

Today's (31st May 2025) to-do list

• Pull switch in bathroom
• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put towel in the bathroom
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Have bath
• Pull switch off
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Ask carer to change living room light bulb
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

Well, the good day that I had yesterday turned into a less-good day at bedtime 'cos I tried to turn the living room light on, only to discover that it didn't want to turn on!  I tried to change the bulb myself so that I could see to take my blood pressure this morning, but I was too wobbly to get any higher than the first step so I'm using my laptop in the dark atm!

Bearing in mind that I've got no light, so far this morning I've remembered to pull the switch in the bathroom (bath time at 5am), popped my morning pills, had my breakfast and run the daily virus scan which was still reassuringly clear.

Time to get today's to-do list together before I have my bath methinks.

Nite nite orl

Today has been a good, but highly anxious day that is now filled with relief and the knowledge that I can go to bed and not be cold.  I can also have my second bath of May tomorrow morning too which will be a shock to the system but I can't wait!

I've just popped my last two pills of the day so I'm gonna head 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

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced this morning
• Remember to ask about the anti-freeze - it's not needed apparently
• Remember to ask about if I can have a bath tomorrow morning - I can have a bath right away if I want to - I just need to remember to pull the switch again!
• Drag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last - I'll leave it in the kitchen until the heat pump is sorted now - back at the bottom of the stairs again
• Charge up FitBit
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Plan for tomorrow morning

1. Wake up
2. Come downstairs
3. Pull switch in bathroom
4. Take blood pressure
5. Pop morning pills
6. Make breakfast
7. Take photo of breakfast
8. Eat breakfast
9. Wash up
10. Boot up laptop
11. Run daily virus scan
12. Deal with any issues
13. Put blood pressure readings into spreadsheet
14. Download breakfast photo
15. Resize breakfast photo
16. Put breakfast photo on blog and insta
17. Download blood pressure photos
18. Resize blood pressure photos
19. Put blood pressure photos onto health site
20. Run my second bath of May
21. Put too much bubble bath in
22. Take FitBits off
23. Sink into too hot bath
24. Add some cold water
25. Catch my breath
26. Relax
27. Refill at least once
28. Get out and dried
29. Pull off switch
30. Get dressed
31. Carry on with my day

Second update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced this morning
• Remember to ask about the anti-freeze - it's not needed apparently
• Remember to ask about if I can have a bath tomorrow morning - I can have a bath right away if I want to - I just need to remember to pull the switch again!
• Drag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last - I'll leave it in the kitchen until the heat pump is sorted now - back at the bottom of the stairs again
• Charge up FitBit
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today (30th May 2025) I'm already grateful for...

...having my heating and hot water back at last.

It's been 3 weeks and 3 days since I last had hot tap water (as opposed to boiling the kettle) and I'd forgotten how good it felt!  Tomorrow I'm planning on pulling the bathroom switch as soon as I'm downstairs, then take my blood pressure, pop my morning pills, have breakfast, start up my laptop to do my morning admin (virus scan, putting photos up, adding my blood pressure to the spreadsheet, putting the last 6 days worth of photos onto my health site etc) then run myself a hopefully very hot, very lavendarey, very bubbly bath and I'm not gonna feel guilty for refilling it several times 'cos it'll be 4 weeks since I last had a bath.

Today has been a good day so far and I'm not gonna stop myself from pigging out on celebratory chocolate all afternoon.

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced this morning
• Remember to ask about the anti-freeze - it's not needed apparently
• Remember to ask about if I can have a bath tomorrow morning - I can have a bath right away if I want to - I just need to remember to pull the switch again!
• Drag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last - I'll leave it in the kitchen until the heat pump is sorted now - back at the bottom of the stairs again
• Charge up FitBit
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

They're here!

They've just turned up so I'm gonna shut down now in case they need to turn the electric off.

I'll be back as soon as I can!

Today's (30th May 2025) to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced this morning
• Remember to ask about the anti-freeze
• Remember to ask about if I can have a bath tomorrow morning
• Drag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last - I'll leave it in the kitchen until the heat pump is sorted now
• Charge up FitBit
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

Today has started off, as usual, with me taking my blood pressure (which was normal for me), popping my 9 morning pills with a glass of water and I've also set my original FitBit to charge up and set the virus scan going (which was clear too, reassuringly), so I'm just waiting for my carer to arrive now.

Gonna keep this first blog post short today and get today's to-do list together.

BBS

Nite nite orl

I've got a long, potentially very stressful day ahead of me tomorrow so I'm hoping I'll be zonked out as soon as my head hits the pillow tonight and I don't wake up at 1am in desperate need of a wee 'cos I'll be up for the day then!

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

I'll see you all briefly in the morning until the heat pump cylinder thing is replaced.

Nite nite orl

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

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced tomorrowDrag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last - I'll leave it in the kitchen until the heat pump is sorted now
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Start putting my memoir onto Draft2Digital - I'm not allowed to give it away for free so I'll just contact reviewers and ask them to read and review it for me
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Refill bottle with squash
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced tomorrowDrag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last - I'll leave it in the kitchen until the heat pump is sorted now
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Start putting my memoir onto Draft2Digital - I'm not allowed to give it away for free so I'll just contact reviewers and ask them to read and review it for me
• Come up with spreadsheet of potential reviewers
• Find reviewers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Find book review bloggers and add them to the spreadsheet
• Email each reviewer individually and ask for a review
• Send them my book if they agree
• Keep my fingers crossed they enjoy and positively review my memoir
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Refill bottle with squash
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th May 2025) lunch photo

My first meal since Tuesday lunchtime and my only meal today was a pot of soya protein mango yoghurt.

Here's today's lunch photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced tomorrowDrag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last - I'll leave it in the kitchen until the heat pump is sorted now
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Start putting my memoir onto Draft2Digital
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (29th May 2025) to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced tomorrowDrag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last - I'll leave it in the kitchen until the heat pump is sorted now
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

I've woken up with a headache and poppy-ears but my blood pressure was in my normal range and I managed to pop my morning pills without any problems.  The virus scan was clear and I've put in a repeat prescription request so hopefully they will be here at the start of next week.

It's a normal day today, but I'm not gonna have any breakfast 'cos the last 3 days were significantly into the red, I'm running out of coffee and I can put teabags down the waste disposal until a more reasonable time so it's water all morning, but that's OK right?

Nite nite orl

It's been a long day today and I'm exhausted and in a great deal of pain so I'm having a slightly early night.

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run monthly virus scan - finished @ 4.52am
• Do weekly backups - started @ 4.56am and finished @ 6.19am
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Read hardback memoir
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced this morning!!!!! - it's been re-scheduled to Friday morning now
• Drag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last - I'll leave it in the kitchen until the heat pump is sorted now
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today (28th May 2025) I'm grateful for...

...having a day off from everything after the heat pump repair didn't go ahead after all and I know that it's definitely happening on Friday morning instead... I even know that it'll be "around 10am-ish" so I'll be able to have breakfast on Friday and I'll have my lunch when they've gone.

I'm also grateful for finally getting the covers of my hardback and paperback memoir to have the title and my name on the front, so I can take them upstairs now - just gotta wait for the updates to be approved et voila.

I'm grateful that I discovered that there's another photo ID I can get instead of my provisional license, but the photo has to be on a white background and done in person at the Post Office, so I've just gotta sort that out now then I can stop worrying for another 10 years.

Third update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run monthly virus scan - finished @ 4.52am
• Do weekly backups - started @ 4.56am and finished @ 6.19am
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Read hardback memoir
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced this morning!!!!! - it's been re-scheduled to Friday morning now
• Drag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last - I'll leave it in the kitchen until the heat pump is sorted now
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Looks like...

...my central heating won't be repaired today after all 'cos the engineers have called in sick, so it's been rescheduled instead to Friday.

It's a bit of a disappointment but I knew that things were going too easily today lol

Second update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run monthly virus scan - finished @ 4.52am
• Do weekly backups - started @ 4.56am and finished @ 6.19am
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Read hardback memoir
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced this morning!!!!!
• Drag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run monthly virus scan - finished @ 4.52am
• Do weekly backups - started @ 4.56am
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Read hardback memoir
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced this morning!!!!!
• Drag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (28th May 2025) to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run monthly virus scan
• Do weekly backups
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Read hardback memoir
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced this morning!!!!!
• Drag clothes rail back through when the heat pump is sorted out at last
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

 

Mornin' all

Today's the day!  I'm incredibly nervous/anxious, but know that it'll be worth it when it's finally all sorted after exactly 3 weeks.

I've taken my blood pressure which was understandably slightly raised for me, but still in the low zone, popped my morning pills and started the monthly virus scan and it's not even 4am yet lol  Gotta remember to set the backups going when the virus scan has finished.

I'm not gonna have breakfast this morning otherwise it'll all come back up through nerves and I've been significantly into the red on my FitBit food graph so far this week, so one day in the blue might do me good.

Time to get today's to-do list together now methinks.

BBS

Nite nite orl

It's been a loooooong day today and tomorrow is gonna be even longer and more stressful 'cos as well as the monthly virus scan and back-ups I've got the heat pump being replaced in the morning too.

I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading to bed bang on time (or at least it will be by the time I've shut down lol).

I'll see you all in the morning.

Nite nite orl

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

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Read hardback memoir
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Drag clothes through to the kitchen on Tuesday
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced tomorrow morning!!!!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Put in new grocery order
• Charge up watch
• Charge up original FitBit
• Go through C's site giving him feedback - I'm about ¾ of the way through now - all done and dusted
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Book my smear test
• Book my blood test
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Clear browser cache's ready for tomorrow's monthly scan
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Tomorrow (28th May 2025) I've gotta remember...

...to:

1. start the monthly virus scan as soon as I've taken my blood pressure
2. have my breakfast in the kitchen again
3. stay on high alert for the engineers to come to the door
4. do my weekly backups as soon as the scan has finished
5. show the engineers up to the heat pump
6. try not to collapse...
7. ...or panic, but to...
8. ...ask them to show me how to monitor the anti-freeze
9. stay out of the way
10. show them the fuse box if necessary
11. ask them how long it'll be before I reliably get hot water again
12. have a celebratory hot chocolate and...
13. ...burst into huge relieved tears when they've gone

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Read hardback memoir
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Drag clothes through to the kitchen on Tuesday
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced tomorrow morning!!!!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Put in new grocery order
• Charge up watch
• Charge up original FitBit
• Go through C's site giving him feedback - I'm about ¾ of the way through now - all done and dusted
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Book my smear test
• Book my blood test
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• Clear browser cache's ready for tomorrow's monthly scan
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today (27th May 2025) I'm grateful for...

...achieving so much today (I've just posted about it in more detail, just before this blog post).

I've been able to cross off a lot of things on my to-do list and tomorrow morning I'll be able to cross off another thing and I remembered to ask about the anti-freeze and they are going to show me where to look and what to look for and stuff tomorrow, which will be a huge weight off my mind and I'm really hoping it'll stop this from happening again if I can catch the anti-freeze before it gets so low.

I'm grateful that all of my groceries were in stock and that I even got bananas that weren't totally green like last time.

I'm grateful that I've managed to cope with today and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I won't have to wait too long before I get hot water and heating again.

I'm also grateful that I've literally just remembered to clear my browser cache's ready for tomorrow's monthly virus scan and backups.

I'm gonna go and reward myself with another creamy hot choccie now then try and remember to ask about how to ripen bananas so that the skin is yellow instead of green lol

Today and tomorrow

I've had a very productive day today and I'm wiped out and in a lot of pain but I've achieved so much today and I'm all ready for tomorrow now too.

The biggest things I can cross off my achievements list are:

1. Breakfast for the first time in exactly a week
2. Drinking choccie rewards
3. Made good progress on giving C feedback
4. Choccie bar rewards
5. Lunch
6. FitBit image sorted for another week
7. Finished off the feedback for C
8. Booked both medical appointments
9. Brought my groceries in
10. Put my groceries away
11. Moved clothes into kitchen ready for tomorrow

I think I deserve another hot choccie as a reward and I won't be moving my arse off the sofa for the rest of the day then!

Third update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Read hardback memoir
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Drag clothes through to the kitchen on Tuesday
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced tomorrow morning!!!!
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Put in new grocery order
• Charge up watch
• Charge up original FitBit
• Go through C's site giving him feedback - I'm about ¾ of the way through now - all done and dusted
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Book my smear test
• Book my blood test
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Read hardback memoir
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Drag clothes through to the kitchen on Tuesday
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced on 28th
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Put in new grocery order
• Charge up watch
• Charge up original FitBit
• Go through C's site giving him feedback - I'm about ¾ of the way through now
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Book my smear test
• Book my blood test
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Put FitBit image together
• Code and upload FitBit image to my homepage
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (27th May 2025) lunch photo

Today's lunch was 2 x Greek style Raspberry Strawberry soya yoghurts and after breakfast as well today I'm just nicely full now, without being bloated.

Here's today's lunch photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Read hardback memoir
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Drag clothes through to the kitchen on Tuesday
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced on 28th
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Put in new grocery order
• Charge up watch
• Charge up original FitBit
• Go through C's site giving him feedback
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Book my smear test
• Book my blood test
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (27th May 2025) breakfast photo

For my first and potentially only meal today, I had a bowl of choccie Weetabix with Plant Protein soya milk.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

Today's (27th May 2025) to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Read hardback memoir
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Drag clothes through to the kitchen on Tuesday
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced on 28th
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Put in new grocery order
• Charge up watch
• Charge up original FitBit
• Go through C's site giving him feedback
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Make breakfast
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Book my smear test
• Book my blood test
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• Put bags in front of the door
• Bring groceries in
• Put groceries away
• Hang bags back up
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Mornin' all

Well, I've woken up feeling bloated again, so I'm not gonna have breakfast again after all.

I've taken my blood pressure which was in my normal range, popped my 10 morning pills, run the daily virus scan which was clear, put the bags in front of the door and started charging up my watch.  Other tasks for today are to charge up my original FitBit, bring my groceries in and put them away then collapse in a nervous heap ready for tomorrow.

Not sure what else to say so I'll get today's to-do list put up now.

BBIAB

Nite nite orl

I've had a long day today, but I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes.

I'll see you all in the morning when I've gotta remember to put the bags in front of the door ready for my groceries.

Nite nite orl

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

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Use blood pressure machine
• Put details onto spreadsheet
• Put BP machine away
• Run daily virus scan
• Listen to podcasts
• Listen to playlists
• Turn on air purifier
• Read and review a book
• Read hardback memoir
• Get sponsorship for MacMillan - my postie said that he was going to sponsor me even though he barely knows me!! - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me too! - my youngest nephew has sponsored me through my brother!  Thank you G and J!
• Get sponsorship for LPT - my mum and brother are gonna sponsor me!
• Drag clothes through to the kitchen on Tuesday
• Remember that my heat pump is being replaced on 28th
• Check forum
• Announce birthdays if necessary - none today
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put more elastic bands around FitBit
• Bring rubbish sack in
• Bring glass recycling container in
• Bring 'everything else' recycling container in
• Make breakfast - not today 'cos it's leftovers for lunch
• Take photo of my breakfast
• Have breakfast
• Do washing up
• Resize and put photo on here and Instagram
• Log breakfast into FitBit app
• Book my smear test
• Book my blood test on Monday - I've just tried but they are closed until tomorrow because of the Bank Holiday so I'll try tomorrow instead
• Find out how to fix photo file names - first fix attempt is to charge it up - that didn't work so I posted on Facebook about it to see if anyone can give me any other ideas
• Do morning laps - not this week
• Check Olio to see if anyone wants the bread or sweets
• Check Freegle to see if anyone wants anything
• Ask carer to help me change bedding
• Bring bedding downstairs - my carer did it for me
• Put bedding on to wash and dry - I'll have to do it later when my lunch has settled a bit - just put it on
• Take photo of lunch
• Bring lunch through to the living room
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Post about how much carer helped me
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do washing up
• Put bedding on stairs to air
• Take bedding upstairs
• Put bedding away
• Do afternoon laps - not this week
• There's chocolate multipacks in the fridge
• As well as the snacks in the tubs on the side
• There's plenty of broken/mis-shaped chocolate in the drawers too
• If I can wait for half an hour then there's fruit bread as well
• Study my courses
• 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
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed