Tuesday 23rd June 2020

Mornin' all.

I've done 2 hours worth of lengths and about to do my third, so I'll BRB

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Back now, and Marie's taking me to get my blood pressure and weight checked tomorrow now.

Almost time for my fourth lengths of the day, so I'm gonna head out there now... BBS again.

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Up to 7 hours completed now, so I'm half way to getting a green semi circle again, for the second time this week.

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Just put a photo of the puppy dog up on my site and I'm gonna go and do this hours lengths now... BBS.

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9 hours out of the way and about to start on hour 10 of the 14.  It definitely helped to use my quad cane, 'cos it felt like I was only out there for a couple of minutes rather than the hours it felt like this morning and I feel more confident about using my quad cane now, which will really help when I take the puppy out for her first walk in 15 days, tomorrow, 'cos I had to self-isolate needlessly.

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I DID IT!!!  Didn't think about it until literally seconds before I did it, but I stepped down and then back up the entrance to the back yard❗❗❗  I've been using the frame of the door to clamber up and down for the last 14 days without even thinking about trying it without holding on to the frame, but I did it by leaning heavily on my quad cane and hoping that I didn't fall flat on my face❗  I'm gonna try and remember to do the same for the last four trips into the back yard, but it's done wonders for my confidence now.

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That's another hour done and dusted and I clambered down and up again, but nowhere near as confidently as an hour ago.  I wanna try and climb down and up the kerbs outside the house and at the doctors tomorrow, totally alone, but having someone there just in case will give me a confidence boost 'cos that's exactly what it is, lack of confidence causing my anxiety.

Being forced to self-isolate for the last two weeks has done wonders for my confidence, but tomorrow will be the real test of just how confident I feel 'cos I'll be leaving the house for the first time in 15 days and 4 hours.  If I don't fall over tomorrow I'll feel sooo good going to bed.

So that it's not a shock to either of us, I'm gonna walk the puppy in the evenings only until the weekend, then back to twice a day at the weekend, ready for 'marathon Monday' again.  If all that goes OK then we'll be back to normal again when our legs have got used to it again.

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That's another hours lengths done and dusted.  It's gonna be 6pm at the very earliest that I take the puppy out for her stroll tomorrow... it's just waaaay too hot out there to do it any earlier and not get too hot.  It's still reasonably light at 8pm, so it might even be then that I take her out.

Gotta remember the weekly virus scan starts tomorrow too, so I'll come down, turn my laptop on and get in the bath so that I don't stink Marie's car or the doctors surgery out too badly at lunchtime.

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Almost time for my last lengths of the day and I've got a book to read and review that I'll hopefully feel unexhausted enough to start on when I get home from walking the puppy at about this time tomorrow evening.  Need to remember to have a bath first thing though 🤣  Gonna be weird not doing any lengths, but I don't wanna risk not being well enough to walk to the doctors surgery door and finding the bell to ring to let me in.  If I don't feel up to walking the puppy tomorrow evening, then that's OK too, I just don't want my legs to give way on me and not being able to get back up is all.

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That's the last lengths of the day completed, pills taken and I'm completely exhausted now, so gonna do one last check of my email and Facebook then I'm heading to bed for a really early night.

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Off to bed now.  Nite nite orl 💤

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Monday 22nd June 2020

Morning all.

I woke up at 5am 🕔 again this morning and went back to sleep until almost 8am 🕗 but was almost wetting myself by then and Steve was in the bathroom when I came down so almost had to wee outside.  Thankfully Steve realised just how urgent it was and hurried up a bit, but I still had to push past him in the kitchen.

I remembered a bit late (and urgently needing the wee) to do the 15 active minutes at 7am and to start with at 8am, so I went out at 9.50am to do the missing 2x5 minutes and the 9am minutes as w, so I'm back on track now.

I've taken my morning pills and they were a PITA to swallow this morning, so I hope that's not an early indication of a bad day❗

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That's the 10am lengths done and I even managed to separate the strap on the fitness tracker on my wrist, for the very first time since it was delivered, to charge it up so I know I can do it now.

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Steve's just gone for his medical appointment and I'm gonna do my 11am lengths in about 15 minutes so that it's easier calculations for me to do when I get out there.

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Another hours lengths done and the fitness tracker charging again.  Blimey it's hot out there, so gonna try and remember to take my cardi off before I go out again.

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Taken the cardigan off now so that I don't forget when I go out again 🙄  Been smothered in kisses by the puppy dog and brought the recycling box and blue bag through, so that's all sorted for another week now.

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Another set of lengths done and dusted... it's blisteringly hot out there now, so I'm even more grateful than I thought I would be that I took my cardigan off before I went out.  Might even ask Steve to open the window and turn on the big fan when he gets home.

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I was just finishing off my 1pm 🕐 lengths when Steve got home 🤣  Very nearly time for my 2pm 🕑 ones now.

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That's this hours lengths done, Calcium taken and daily photos of the pup uploaded, ready for my 11th hour of lengths in about 20 minutes time.

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Another hour is completed and I've just had a reminder from Moonpig that it's our anniversary next week, so I've just ordered Steve's anniversary gift from Amazon.  Almost time for the penultimate hours lengths, so I'm gonna put the blue curly things on the bottom of this, then make my way outside.

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That's the last hour finished and I know that an extra 5 minutes an hour doesn't sound like much but it's 70 minutes extra a day and I'm reeeeeally feeling it now.  As soon as my Fitbit has charged up, I'm off to bed and I'm guessing it won't take me long to fall asleep tonight.

Gonna start closing all the apps now, ready for when the Fitbit has done the final 5% charge.

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Can't wait any longer... I'm absolutely cream-crackered, so I'm gonna head to bed now.  Nite nite orl 💤

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Sunday 21st June 2020

Morning all.

Woke up at 5am then went back to sleep, so I won't be having the full 14 blobs today, but that's OK 'cos I've managed it once which is all I wanted.  I'd love to do it again but it's no biggie if I don't.  Already done the 7am and 8am blobs for today, so I just need to keep on keeping on now.

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The quickest (Smart) virus scan has finished and I'm still free of nasties thankfully.  Gonna check my emails for the first time today now.

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The puppy's just been out for her poo 💩 and I've cleared it up, given her a doggy biscuit and adjusted the Fitbit to start at 7am instead of 6am and just by starting the blobs an hour later, I've achieved the full 14 hours twice this week instead of once.  It goes from 7am to 8pm now which is a lot better and I don't know why I didn't adjust it sooner❗  Hopefully I'll get another green semi-circle just before I head to bed tonight again... keep your fingers crossed for me pretty please❓

It's almost 10am, so I'm gonna slowly make my way to the back door to do this hours laps then take me pills.  BBS.

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That's the hours laps done and my pills taken, so that's everything sorted until 11am now.  Steve's made me a hot drink to start the day off with and the OAB pills are already working, 'cos I went for a wee 3 or 4 times before I took them and I've drunk getting on for half a litre but it hasn't gone through me yet, even though it would have done within 10 minutes before I took it.

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Another hours worth of lengths as opposed to laps this time 'cos of taking the rubbish and recycling out before I did them, so my legs really weren't up to trying something so new.  I'll keep doing the lengths for the next couple of hours or so, then try doing the laps again.  I can do this, I just need to tell myself that I can and believe in my heart that I won't fall over.  I haven't done so far, so why should future laps be different❓❗

Time for lunch now... crisps, yoghurts, fruit and chocolate 😆

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That's the 5pm 🕔 laps done and I just need to do 10 minutes walking for each of the last 3 hours to have achieved the same as I did yesterday, then I've gotta do my nightly exercises too and I'm gonna aim for 15 active minutes for each of the 14 hours tomorrow, so that I can slowly start pushing myself ready for our first 'marathon Monday' in 3 weeks time, because of needlessly self-isolating for almost the last two weeks.

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6pm 🕕 laps done and dusted.  Only 3 more to go then that's the 14 hours completed again, but my legs are already starting to feel it, so I'm not intending on moving off the sofa for the next half an hour.

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Last two hours of the day completed and I've got another green semi-circle... just setting that hour later has made all the difference today, so I'm definitely gonna keep it at that now.

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Signing off for the day and heading to bed now.  Nite nite orl.

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Saturday 20th June 2020

Good morning all.  How are you doing today❓

I was awake early enough to get my 6am blob today, so that makes up for yesterday's missed blob and I've got the two blobs after it too, so I'm going well so far today.  I've taken my daily pills, including the Calcium because I don't take the FA at weekends, so I'm all sorted until this evening now.

The daily virus scan has finished and I'm still clear of nasties.  Had a couple of privacy issues that are fixed now, but don't know why they were picked up today and not yesterday❗

Almost time for my fourth blob of the day, so I'm gonna put the blue curly bits on this post, save it, check my email and go out the back for this hours blob.  BBS.

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That's the fourth blob achieved, time to put the nightly exercise spreadsheet on my site now... hold on and I'll do it now before I forget.

OK, that's done but I'm gonna ask Steve to help me put anchor tags into the page so that you don't have to scroll down to get to each of 'em each week.

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Done❗  It's all up on the page now and it's almost time for me to hopefully achieve the 5th blob of the morning.

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Blobbed up for 10am now, so time to try putting the back to the top of the page dooberry into the exercises and Fitbit pages now... BBS

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OK, that's sorted and a lot more visitor friendly instead of having to scroll back up and I did it all meself too❗  Yaaaaay❗❗

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That's this hour's blob done and dusted.  Steve's given me a 5 minute warning for lunch, so I'm gonna put my laptop on the floor now.

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Back now and I've managed to catch the puppy dog on film that's currently being uploaded to YouTube then I'll code and upload it after I get back from taking the plates out, then I'll go out into the back yard again.

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The video is up and I've done the now-standard backyard stroll and achieved the 1pm 🕐 blob, so I can relax now until 2pm 🕑.

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That's the 2pm 🕑 blob achieved... didn't remember until almost 2.30pm 🕝though❗  Oops❗  My memory is definitely worst between about 11am 🕚 and 4pm 🕓 for some reason.

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The 3pm 🕒 blob has just been earned and I'm 119 active minutes in and still got 4 hours to go, so I'm hoping I'll make it to 160 active minutes by the time I climb into bed, which will be totally awesome 'cos I'll hopefully have a totally blobbified semi-circle by then too.

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Another blob earned and I've had 130 active minutes in the last 11 hours.  Got 3 more hours to go which, in theory, is another 30 minutes at least which'll take me to my most active minutes since getting the Fitbit at the end of last year.  Feeling particularly proud of myself already 😁

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Steve said I "looked like a tiny blue Darlek when you were doing one of your laps earlier on" because I'm wearing a blue top and was concentrating on not falling over 😄

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I've given up trying to stand up for myself and get advice on things I don't fully understand, so as of right now, 6.55pm on 20th June 2020, I'll go back to constantly doing things for other people and being a pushover.  If someone asks me to do something for free then I'll do it immediately, without question or complaint, 'cos apparently my thoughts, feelings and opinions are worthless.  As of now, I come last in everything - Steve can take as long as he likes with the things I've asked him to do, I will do things for free with my own needs going right to the back of the queue until it's completed for the person who has requested it, I'll continue to pay for the groceries and I'll move every penny I have left over to the joint account to help with the other bills too.

As of now, I'm back to being worthless again 😢

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I've taken my last pills of the day and have decided that as far as the groceries go, we'll get what Steve wants each week and I'll survive on water if necessary.  If Steve wants sausage rolls and beef burgers and stuff like that then that's what we'll buy.  I've got no right to request anything any more.

I've got life insurance that will pay out the full amount when I've had it for a year, so I'll survive until then, then take an overdose of all my pills.  I've got 4 high-strength prescriptions as well as 6 months supply of 4 supplements and it's easy to buy more, so that's what I'll do.  Need to get a Will sorted before then though, to make sure Steve gets the life insurance money when I've kicked the bucket and I think the mortgage is paid off when one of us dies too, so that'll be one less bill for him to worry about.  I've just gotta keep going for another few months is all.

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That's all my prescriptions requested.  Got 3 weeks of the FA and 2 weeks of the other three so decided to put in the request for all of them at the same time.

I'm starting to yawn now, so I'm gonna head to beddy-byes.  Nite nite orl 💤

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Friday 19th June 2020

Mornin' all

I remembered to take my supplements this morning and I was still feeling the positive effects from yesterday afternoon.

I've taken my morning pills and been out in the back yard twice so far as well as clearing up the puppy's poo which was almost liquid 'cos it had been out in two heavy rain showers.  Steve had said he was going to help but this is the third day that they've been out there so I've taken it upon myself to do it instead.  Again.

I've asked him to fill up the bird seed for at least a week and he still hasn't done that either.  It's too high up for me to reach down so I haven't got a choice about relying on him for that.

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I've washed away the poo and put the bag of bird seed onto the side of the sink.  I'm giving Steve until he puts the pizza into the oven for lunch to reach it down for me or I'll do that myself too.  He's registered as my carer but does bugger all to earn or even deserve that title.

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That's four hours I've got the purple blob in the Fitbit app so I'm on track for achieving 13 of the 14 hours again, which is great going considering last weekend I was only getting maybe 3 or 4 blobs a day❗

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Five purple blobs now and I've officially given up with the bird seed now... I've tried to reach the feeder and even the longest bit is out of my reach, so there's no way I can even lift it down let alone put it back up.

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Missed the 2pm blob 😞  Knew there was something I was forgetting and that's what it was 😞  Only just managed the 3pm blob too, so gonna go out and do the 4pm wander while I remember, so that I don't miss 3 blobs today 😟

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Just managed to sneak in the 5pm one with 15 minutes to spare... just got 2 more blobs left to achieve for today now.

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That's the 6pm blob sorted and after coming out of the bathroom it's time for my pills and the final blob of the day.

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That's all the blobs blobbed for the day.  Missing 1 blob that I achieved yesterday, but it's not too bad.  103 active minutes and I'm gonna put my Fitbit on to charge now, while I'm waiting for my evening pills to kick in.

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Got a really short video of the puppy dog currently uploading to YouTube while my Fitbit is charging up, so I'll code and upload that while I'm waiting for the charging to finish, then head to bed for the night.

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Video is up and the Fitbit is at 87% so it's speeding along and I'll hopefully be in bed before 8.30pm with any luck tonight!  I'm feeling my disability and lack of supplements more this evening than I did yesterday for some bizarre reason so I'll hopefully fall asleep pretty much instantly after doing my sit-ups and leg raises!

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Gonna give my Fitbit another 14 minutes to fully charge, then I'm off to bed whether it's fully charged or not 'cos I'm absolutely cream-crackered.

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I've shut down all my other programmes, so I'm gonna publish this and head to bed now.  Nite nite orl.

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Thursday 18th June 2020

Mornin' again all.

Day two without the supplements and I'm already struggling more than I did yesterday so I really don't want to think about what I'll be like when I go for the procedure!  I've taken my morning prescription and done two sessions in the back yard so time to feed the puppy now.  BBS.

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The puppy 🐶 has been fed and poo'd 💩 and had had her morning medication, I've taken my morning pill and Steve said he's taken his too, so we're all set until this evening now.

Gonna go for another wee then head out to the back yard for the third time of the morning.

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That's third session out in the back yard and I've got a couple of books to read and review now, so I'll do that now while I remember 👌

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I've read and reviewed the first books and I've been out into the back yard 10 times so far today, I'm over 12,500 steps, 85 active minutes and I'm about to take my supplements for the first time in 3 days now... I wonder what'll work first❓ 😃

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I only missed 1 day, but I've just taken my supplements again (it's 4.30pm 🕟) and almost immediately my body went "what the...❓  Oooh❗"  My head is significantly clearer, everything is back to being in HD, I've got more energy, more motivation... even my achey arms and knees are starting to ease after only 4 minutes.  It's gonna take a while to get the levels back to being optimal, but it's already better than it was this morning so I'm obviously still low in the vitamins and minerals that I've been taking every day, if they have such an affect on me just missing a single day's dose of each of 'em.

7 minutes later and I'm feeling my body greedily taking what it needs from the supplements.  It's only every 5 years thankfully, but if I struggle so much after missing a single dose of each of 'em then I'm really gonna need support when I finally get the procedure appointment from the hospital.

11 minutes later and my body is ready and willing to do the next set of walking in the back yard again, whereas it was usually a struggle to even remember that I needed to do it each hour, so it'll be interesting to see how I feel after the 5pm 🕔 bits in the back yard.   

I'm still gonna self-isolate until I've been to the nurse next week, just in case, but as soon as I get back I'm gonna walk the puppy for the first time in 2 weeks... I just hope it's not too wet out there❗ 🤣

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Blimey our back door is bright❗  And the walls are sharp❗  In under an hour they've gone from dull and boring and almost blurry, all the way in the other direction to sharp and bright with all kinds of edges and details I missed an hour ago.  I reckon it's the B12 in either the vitamin B complex or the multivitamin that's working so quickly because I had a similar reaction to my first B12 injection too.

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I very nearly almost skipped into the kitchen but managed to stop myself in time 'cos I know I would have gone base over apex and completely shattered the smidgen of confidence I've been nuturing since the lockdown started.  I confidently walk the puppy between our neighbours now and I can walk up and down our tiny back yard without holding onto anything 98% of the time so I didn't want to ruin all that hard work to build it up with a single moment of sheer stupidity.

That first full day of walks with the puppy dog as well as carrying on with the back yard stuff is gonna completely wipe me out, so I might build up to it really slowly and sensibly, like a good girl 😉

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That's the final set of backyard wandering finito and I've earned myself another Fitbit badge for getting over 15,000 steps in a day too and it's even better that I increased the steps on the graph when I did 'cos I've already gone through the previous maximum and I haven't even taken my pills yet❗  Gonna do that now while I think of it though, then finish reading the final 10% of the book and review it on this blog, my homepage and Amazon - I've achieved so much today so I'm especially proud of myself right now❗ 👍

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Just finished reading it and most of it was very good... it's just the spelling and grammar mistakes in the last half of the book that has made me knock off that star... hold on while I put it on this blog, my site and Amazon... BBS.

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That's the review sorted and I've just taken some photos of the puppy dog, so I'm gonna resize, code and upload them to my homepage then head to bed for the night, I reckon.

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That's the photos resized and coded, just waiting for my FTP programme to load up now so that I can get them all uploaded and head to bed.

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Photos are up now, so I'm heading to bed... nite nite orl.

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Book Review: "Tragic Birth of The Freedom Sun" by Aman Soni

⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5

The first poem is good, but it really didn't need to be on a separate page for each verse... why not just put the three verses on the same page?

The second poem is good too, but it's on a new page for every verse again!

The third poem saved the first star being knocked off 'cos the whole poem was on the same page, as it should be, so we're still at 5 stars thankfully.

There have been a few spelling mistakes so I'm wondering if the author ran a spell-checker through his manuscript before it was published?

There are some amazingly powerful poems in this book and the author should be proud of 'em!

A few capitalisation errors have slipped through on the same page, so those and the previous minor errors are forcing me to reluctantly knock off a star, unfortunately.

More capitalisation and basic mistakes slipping through at 53% of the way through... it's almost like the author got to 50% with the editing and gave up unfortunately  :-(

A confusing spelling mistake this time... should it be halo or hello?  Is there such a word as "rejoicement" and "Alass" or are they spelling mistakes too?  "5 am in the morning"??  Surely it's either 5am or 5 o'clock in the morning, right?

The author has the same issue with spelling lose/loose as me lol  I've just checked with my hubby and it's definitely a single o (losing and lose) so that the line makes sense.  Glad I'm not the only one who struggles with that particular word!  lol

80% of the way through and there's a missing e in the first line before the poem starts.  Has the author stopped caring about their book by now or summat?  There were very few errors in the first half, but there have been loads of 'em in the last 30%!

Just finished reading it and I've really enjoyed most of it... the spelling and grammar issues, especially in the last half of the book really is the only reason I've removed that single star... a touch of editing to get them sorted and it would have been a solid 5 stars from me.  Definitely worth a read though, for sure!

Wednesday 17th June 2020

Mornin' all.

First day in a veeeery long time that I won't be taking any of my supplements so I'll see just how much they are helping me.  Gotta take 2 prescriptions this morning and two this evening, but that's it for a week and I'm reeeally not looking forward to it 👎

I've already done my laps of the back yard though, so can relax for the next hour.

Time to kick-start the weekly virus scan now, while I remember.

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Second hours laps completed.

Poo 💩 emptied into a carrier bag and because of the rain it was a lot less solid than normal, so there's a layer of semi-solid poo stuck to the scoop now which'll have to be washed off before I throw up every time I see it.

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Third hours laps sorted and the scoop washed off... looking like it did when it was new now❗  It's only a cheap, plastic thing, but it's earned its worth many times over already... couldn't be without it now.  Blimey❗  I bought it on Christmas Day 2013 so it's even better value for money now, 6½ years later❗ 

Let's do some quick maffs... 6x52+26=338 times, minimum, that I've used it, plus the clearing up several times a week when she's poo'd on her walk, takes it up to about 500 times I've used it, which, for less than £20 is incredible... it's been outside in all weathers too, but it's still as good as the day it was delivered and much better value than a more expensive metal version which would have rusted many times over by now... if you've got a dog and you live in the UK, I definitely recommend you get the arms length pooper scooper and use it at least weekly for the next 6 years so that you can see why I'm singing its praises so loudly.

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That's the fourth set of laps of the day completed and I've asked Steve to put his shoes on so that we can fill up the bird seed again.  It's waaaay too high for likkle me, even at full stretch, to reach otherwise I'd do it myself.

Charging up my wrist fitness tracker now and after only 2 hours my body is already begging for my supplements that it's obviously come to rely on.  If I'm struggling after 26 hours then I'm already dreading the next 5 days 😔😞.

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Done two sets of laps since the last post, the virus scan has finished and Steve's making my zoop for me while I'm doing the backups... hopefully 🤞 it'll all be done first time this week 'cos otherwise it'll be more stressful than it needs to be.

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Time to do my next set of laps now that I've finished the soup and the backups are underway.  BBS.

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It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring.  He went to bed and bumped his head, so couldn't get up in the morning.

Just done this hours laps and it started raining at ⅓ of the way through, so I carried on walking.  If it's raining before I start then I miss that hour, like yesterday evening, but if it starts when I'm already out there then I keep going.  It's got half an hour before I decide what I'm gonna do at 2pm 🕑.

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That's one of the backups finished, just waiting for my documents to finish off now... it's at 72% and Steve's just looked out of the window and said that it seems to have stopped raining, so I'm thinking that I'll go out for this hour's trip to the back yard and hopefully 🤞 the backups will be totally finished by the time I come in again.  If they are, I'll put the external hard drive away and get this morning's photos of the puppy up on my homepage.

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80% of the way through and it's 2pm now, so I'm gonna go and do this hours laps as long as it's not totally hosing it down out there.  BBS again.

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That's this hours laps done again.  Dribbling with rain throughout, but that's OK to walk in... it's just when it's hosing it down that I won't walk in it if it's raining heavily before I even step out into the yard.

The backups have done 3% in the 18 minutes I was out there 😄 so it's a good job I didn't wait.  It's done 5% in the time it took me to write that sentence though.  We're at 91% now, so hopefully it'll be the last few percents by the time I've put in the final full stop and those curls at the end of this sentence, in preparation for the next section.  Let's see shall we❓

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As predicted up there ⮙⮙ just now, we are currently at 97% of the way through, so it's achieved 6% in under 2 minutes 🙄.  I bet it'll be finished by the time I put in these curly bits...

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Oooh, not quite... it went from 15 seconds to 18 minutes.  We're at 99% though, so it won't be too much longer now I wouldn't've thought.

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I almost fell over twice on the last laps, so my body is already struggling without the supplements... I just hope my body can hold out for the rest of this week, all weekend and on Monday so that I can take them again as soon as I get out of the hospital.

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Finished for another week now, so time to put it all away and check my email for the first time today.

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That was too close for comfort... if I hadn't looked at the fitness tracker on my wrist when I did, I would have missed out my 3pm 🕒 laps of the back yard which I really wouldn't have been happy about.  They're done now though and I can relax for 6 minutes before I do the 4pm 🕓 laps.

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I've given myself 10 minutes break and it's time for the next laps already, so that I don't forget again 🙄

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Just heard from the hospital I was going to have the procedure at.  The anaesthetist (sp??) isn't happy with me having the anaesthetic at the hospital because of my Neurological illness so it's all off after all.  They are going to get in touch with the original hospital to try and still squeeze me in for the Covid and MRSA screening at the same time (1.30pm 🕜) on Saturday, but until I've had those done it's all back up in the air.  Hopefully that means I can go back to taking my supplements now though... still not gonna take them until I've heard from the local hospital 'cos apparently I need to stop them for 14 days before the procedure, but the last 10 hours without them is all the proof I need that my body really does need the extra 4 pills I take every day.

My memory has been worse than it normally is, I've had no energy, no motivation, I'm more exhausted and my bones have been crying out for the Calcium.  TBH, I'd prefer to wait until the Covid thing is totally cleared up and everyone's blood pressure is back to normal and routines and stress levels on wards are back to normal.  It's not an urgent procedure (or is it??) so I honestly don't mind waiting if that's better for the hospital.

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Very nearly forgot to do the hourly laps for the second time today.  They've all been done until 7pm 🕖 now though, and I'm gonna be sooo glad to finally put my legs up into the bed tonight... I've really felt the lack of supplements today and I appreciate their magic more than ever now.

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I've done 13 hours worth of laps today and only missed the 6am one 'cos I wasn't up in time lol

Gonna take my pills and head to bed as soon as they start kicking in.

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Not tired yet, but it's gone 8pm 🕗 so I'm gonna shut down and head upstairs now.  Gonna read one of my zillions of magazines and listen to the radio until I can't keep my eyes open... publishing this and heading to bed now though.  Nite nite orl 💤

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Tuesday 16th June 2020

Mornin' all.

Remembered to do my laps as soon as I came downstairs... didn't manage to get them done in time to get the 6am blob, but got the 7am one within 9 minutes which is a good start to the day.  Hoping to do 10 of the 14 blobs today, so keep your fingers crossed 🤞 for me please❓❗

I've taken my morning pills, including the Calcium, so I'm all set for the day now.

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Smart virus scan has finished and I'm still free of nasties, so I'm gonna celebrate with a double chocochino.

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Still waiting on my software and webpage, so I've now told Steve that he's got until the end of this month (June) to get one finished and next month (July) to finish the other... if he doesn't, I really am going to Trading Standards about it 'cos it's waaaay over time and budget now and I'm fed up of waiting.  I'm gonna put that in an email to him so that he can't deny I've told him.

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A day late, but the Fitbit spreadsheet for last week is up on my site (here) now.  Just waiting for the Fitbit email then that's it sorted for another week.

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That's the 9am laps done and I seem to be doing a lot more steps than I was thinking... I'm aiming for 250 steps an hour yet they've all been just over 1,000 steps for the three hours I've done so far, so I'm thinking it's counting my turn shuffles as steps too, which is awesome❗  I'm gonna see what the next ones are like, but if they are over 1,000 each then I'm gonna have to adjust the spreadsheet to allow for the extra steps I'll hopefully be doing today 🤣  It goes up to 11,000 steps atm, but if I hit the 1,000 steps for the 10 hours I'm aiming for, then the nightly exercises too, then it won't count them all.  I'll give it until just after lunch, then if I'm still doing 1,000 steps per hour I'll try and work out how to adjust the spreadsheet so that I don't get stressed out about it tonight when the graph stays still... not gonna worry about that until after lunch though.

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I've done it!!! 

I emailed the spreadsheet to myself on my laptop, updated the appropriate axis, emailed it back to myself on my phone and Steve talked me through how to get it sorted.  I've done it once now, I just need to keep on keeping on trying to do it alone until it sticks in my head, like the axis thingy did!  I'm feeling really good about myself now and gonna take myself out for the next few laps now.

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Not quite 1,000 steps this time, but still more than triple what I was aiming for, which I'm feeling really proud of.  Almost double my minimum daily steps already too.  I'm thinking I'll still keep aiming for the 14 blobs (250 steps an hour) when I've recovered from the anaesthetic, but I'll do them in addition to the steps I do with the puppy and I'm thinking I'll have to put the steps up to 20,000 so that 'marathon Mondays" are still shown on there - this self-isolation thing has really inspired me to get those blobs filled in, instead of just 3 a day like it was this time last week.

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Not quite 1,000 again, but that's OK... I might have been taking smaller steps initially or something like that❓  I'm currently just over double my daily target and I've only been walking for 5 hours, so I'm feeling pretty good about that.

I'm having the last lasagne for lunch and Steve's having sausages and chips which is fine by me.

Also, Marie is taking me to have the Covid swab on Saturday and for the procedure on the Tuesday, assuming the swab is clear.  Apparently they're a bit nervous about Steve's dad driving so early in the morning, which is fair enoughski... I just hope I don't have to walk too far to the ward is all 'cos my legs just won't be up to it and they'll collapse beneath me.

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Just done this hours laps and I managed 1072 steps this time, so I think I must just have been taking bigger steps the last couple of times.

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Just had me lunch and gone out for a soggy stroll around the back yard again... wracked up 1,110 steps this time - it needs to rain while I'm out there more often 'cos that's the most so far today by pretty much 100 steps 👍 🤣

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That's the spreadsheet and image up for last weeks Fitbit stuff, just in time to do my next few laps of the back yard.

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1066 steps for this hour.  That's 8 hours that I've hit the 250 steps an hour pretty easily which is good going, considering I only started doing the laps on Sunday.  My legs are feeling it but it'll be worth it to crack the 10,000 steps by the time I head to bed and it not being 'marathon Monday' either.  I can so do this - it's gonna be tough going but I'm determined to not let my legs sieze up ready for going in to hospital next week then taking the puppy out for her walkies again next week.  If anything, being forced to self-isolate for the last week has made me more determined than ever to re-gain my health 👌

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1022 steps for this hour and our Iceland shop is due for delivery for delivery by 4.30pm 🕟 so I'll wait until that's been and gone before I do the next set of laps and I will, in theory, be well into the 10,000 steps by the time I come back in.  I'm hoping to crack 15,000 steps today, but 12,500 is my more realistic aim 👍

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1052 steps and the shopping has been and gone, so I'm gonna go and help put it away now... BBS again.

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It's absolutely hosing it down out there now, so I'm not gonna do any more laps of the back yard today and I've already almost hit the 11,000 steps mark, so maybe it's the Green Man's (one of me Deities) way of telling me to leave it be for the day❓  No matter what the reason, I'm not gonna go out again until the morning now... I'm happy with what I've achieved today so I'm not gonna push myself unnecessarily.  I'll try again tomorrow, but take my lead from my body and the weather again.  I know it's possible now, which I wasn't sure of yesterday.

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Just taken my pills and want an early night, so I'm gonna publish this, shut down and head to bed now.  Goodnight all.  See you tomorrow at some point. 

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Monday 15th June 2020

Mornin' all.

The rubbish has been taken already and it's not even 8am 🕗 yet❗  There seems to have been another update to the blogger site overnight and I now can't move the icons dialogue box over so I'll have to click on the smiley face every time I want to put an icon in a blog post now 😞 - so that's 3 times in this paragraph alone already... not happy, blogger❗❗

Time to take my pills now...

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OK, pills taken and I forgot to refil the box yesterday so I had to do it while I was taking my pills this morning.  TBH, I think I prefer it like that though 'cos it means I can keep better track of which pills have gone in and which haven't, so might try it like that again next week just in case this morning's refilling was just a fluke.

Taken a few photos of the sleepy puppy so time to put them up on my site now.

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Even more photos of the puppy dog that I'll put up after I've had my zoop.

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OK, zoop drunk, photos up on my site so time for a stroll around the back yard now... wanna try and do 30 laps an hour so that I can hit the 250 steps an hour.

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Laps done and I hit this hour's 250 steps so I can relax for the rest of the hour now.

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Just hit another 250 steps, just before the end of the hour, so got a few minutes to recover before I attempt them again.  I'm just trying to prepare myself for the hospital thing next week is all... I'd prefer to prepare unnecessarily than not prepare and severely regret it when I get there.

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OK, it's 5pm 🕔 so time for this hour's steps now.

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Why on earth didn't I start doing this last week❓❓  I'm completely wiped out now and my legs are killing me... why didn't I wait for a little bit between the two sessions to let my body recover from the first session before starting on the second❓  Gonna go out again at 6pm 🕕 and for the final time of the day at 7pm 🕖 then head upstairs to do the sit-ups and leg raises then hopefully it won't take me long to fall asleep tonight.

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That's the 6pm stroll sorted... that's every hour for the last four hours now, which is fantastic going by me.  Might struggle with the 7pm one, and I'm hoping to do 30 laps every hour from the time I come down here tomorrow until the last one at 7pm again... it's just the getting motivated to do it that's the biggest problem, but when I've found that motivation I'm good to go.  Done just over half the amount of steps I did last Monday, but tomorrow lunchtime will be 7 days of self-isolation and only 7 left to go... I can do this, now that I'm almost over the hump and since doing laps of our yard, I've built up a small amount of confidence in my walking abilities too.

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That's my pills taken, so time for the final stroll of the day now.

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That's me all walked out for the day now.  I even did my best to keep my head up instead of staring at the ground 👌

I've got a third of me mug of tea left so I'm gonna drink that then head to bed I reckon.

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That's the mug finished so time for beddy-byes now.  See you all tomorrow at some point.

Nite nite orl 💤

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