Fifth update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Do NOT open email programmes
• Run monthly virus scan - 26% at 6.36am - 30% at 8.20am - still at 30% at 10.05am - 31% at 11.41am - finished at about 1.30pm
• Put wools on to wash and dry
• Take wools out of machine
• Hang up wools
• Bring in deliveries
• Do NOT have a bath today 'cos there is too much going on
• Put drops in my ear
• Turn on air purifier
• Try to book flu jab and ear syringing - I'll try between carers today - I'm in touch with someone who is trying to help me via email so I hopefully won't have to phone for either of the jabs, just the syringing - I've got the two jabs booked now <gulp> so it's just the ear syringing to organise now, thankfully
• Fill kettle with water
• Boil water in preparation
• Have breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Put wools on to wash and dry
• Hang up wools
• Stop worrying about Monday
• Make sure I've got everything ready for NaNo
• Find out how to defrost the chest freezer
• Do the news
• Bring in delivery
• Read instructions for delivery
• Put delivery together
• Try on the delivery if everything is there
• Write to GP to see if he wants me to scan in the results
• Read my last Kindle Unlimited book - I've read the first chapter and I'm loving it so far!
• Sort out email addresses for my navigation site
• Ask if my webhosts can sort out the databases etc if I migrate SFC site
• Keep working on memorial site
• Find new Pagan forum - will I be approved on any of the 3 I've applied to today?
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do my laps
• Do the physio exercises
• Do NOT turn immersion heater on
• Do NOT have a bath
• Contact chosen plumber about bathroom
• Take bread out of freezer ready for tomorrow's breakfast
• Try on new posture corrector - maybe not such a wise idea in a thick jumper though lol - try again today with a thinner layer of clothes - just put it on and it's not doing anything at all for my posture, just making my neck and armpits sore from rubbing!
• Give posture corrector away to a Freegler - they were totally unreliable so I've contacted my backup to see if they still want it or not - another couple of people are interested in it now too - I've given my original backup until 6pm tomorrow to contact me about it before I give it to someone else - there's less than 12 hours to go before I give it to my second backup... - 5.5 hours now! - they haven't replied so I'm gonna offer it to a second backup tomorrow morning instead... will it be third time lucky? - They still want it and are coming for it "next week"
• Read and review 1 Kindle Unlimited book - content-wise it's definitely 5 stars so far
• Add more Kindle Unlimited books to my Kindle
• Study my courses
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Fourth update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Do NOT open email programmes
• Run monthly virus scan - 26% at 6.36am - 30% at 8.20am - still at 30% at 10.05am - 31% at 11.41am - finished at about 1.30pm
• Put wools on to wash and dry
• Take wools out of machine
• Hang up wools
• Bring in deliveries
• Do NOT have a bath today 'cos there is too much going on
• Put drops in my ear
• Turn on air purifier
• Try to book flu jab and ear syringing - I'll try between carers today - I'm in touch with someone who is trying to help me via email so I hopefully won't have to phone for either of the jabs, just the syringing - I've got the two jabs booked now <gulp> so it's just the ear syringing to organise now, thankfully
• Fill kettle with water
• Boil water in preparation
• Have breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Put wools on to wash and dry
• Hang up wools
• Stop worrying about Monday
• Make sure I've got everything ready for NaNo
• Find out how to defrost the chest freezer
• Do the news
• Bring in delivery
• Read instructions for delivery
• Put delivery together
• Try on the delivery if everything is there
• Write to GP to see if he wants me to scan in the results
• Read my last Kindle Unlimited book - I've read the first chapter and I'm loving it so far!
• Sort out email addresses for my navigation site
• Ask if my webhosts can sort out the databases etc if I migrate SFC site
• Keep working on memorial site
• Find new Pagan forum - will I be approved on any of the 3 I've applied to today?
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do my laps
• Do the physio exercises
• Do NOT turn immersion heater on
• Do NOT have a bath
• Contact chosen plumber about bathroom
• Take bread out of freezer ready for tomorrow's breakfast
• Try on new posture corrector - maybe not such a wise idea in a thick jumper though lol - try again today with a thinner layer of clothes - just put it on and it's not doing anything at all for my posture, just making my neck and armpits sore from rubbing!
• Give posture corrector away to a Freegler - they were totally unreliable so I've contacted my backup to see if they still want it or not - another couple of people are interested in it now too - I've given my original backup until 6pm tomorrow to contact me about it before I give it to someone else - there's less than 12 hours to go before I give it to my second backup... - 5.5 hours now! - they haven't replied so I'm gonna offer it to a second backup tomorrow morning instead... will it be third time lucky? - They still want it and are coming for it "next week"
• Read and review 1 Kindle Unlimited book - content-wise it's definitely 5 stars so far
• Add more Kindle Unlimited books to my Kindle
• Study my courses
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (28th October 2023) lunch photo

Today's lunchtime carer did the same as yesterday's in that she whacked the hob up to full blast and it was being brought in here by the time I came out of the bathroom again so that she had 14 minutes to spend talking to someone on her phone and she left after 20 minutes, even though I pay for half an hour twice a day.

Let's not get into another rant about it shall we?

Today's lunch was a 6 minute bowl of spaghetti made and dished up entirely by my carer, which I'm grateful for.

Here's today's lunch photo:

Another weekly caring total

Monday:  1 minute at lunchtime to dish up the leftover Sunday roast

Tuesday:  6 minutes - 1 minute in the morning to put a plaster on my back and 5 minutes to post a letter for me in a postbox that's less than a minute away from here.

Wednesday:  0 minutes - I hope I won't be charged for today, but I prolly will be, just like the other times in the past

Thursday:  0 minutes - she made a difficult job even worse by standing with her body right up against mine as I was getting washed and the rest of it is in the rant I've just posted.

Thurs Lunch:  8 minutes - not only did she do the cooking but she washed up too this afternoon!

Friday:  2 minutes - she helped me to put my bra on back to front twice

Fri Lunch:  6 minutes - she did the cooking at full heat so it had gone from the tin to the bowl in the time it took me to put my laptop on the floor and go for a wee.  She also did the washing up so I had a lot of care today!

Saturday: 3 minutes - to put my clothes on backwards and inside out so I had to get dressed again before I had my breakfast

Sat lunch:  6 minutes - same thing as yesterday lunchtime

Total care I'll be billed for so far this week:  6 hours

Total care I've actually received this week:  32 minutes

Third update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Do NOT open email programmes
• Run monthly virus scan - 26% at 6.36am - 30% at 8.20am - still at 30% at 10.05am - 31% at 11.41am
• Put wools on to wash and dry
• Take wools out of machine
• Hang up wools
• Bring in deliveries
• Do NOT have a bath today 'cos there is too much going on
• Put drops in my ear
• Turn on air purifier
• Try to book flu jab and ear syringing - I'll try between carers today - I'm in touch with someone who is trying to help me via email so I hopefully won't have to phone for either of the jabs, just the syringing - I've got the two jabs booked now <gulp> so it's just the ear syringing to organise now, thankfully
• Fill kettle with water
• Boil water in preparation
• Have breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Put wools on to wash and dry
• Hang up wools
• Stop worrying about Monday
• Make sure I've got everything ready for NaNo
• Find out how to defrost the chest freezer
• Do the news
• Bring in delivery
• Read instructions for delivery
• Put delivery together
• Try on the delivery if everything is there
• Write to GP to see if he wants me to scan in the results
• Read my last Kindle Unlimited book - I've read the first chapter and I'm loving it so far!
• Sort out email addresses for my navigation site
• Ask if my webhosts can sort out the databases etc if I migrate SFC site
• Keep working on memorial site
• Find new Pagan forum - will I be approved on any of the 3 I've applied to today?
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do my laps
• Do the physio exercises
• Do NOT turn immersion heater on
• Do NOT have a bath
• Contact chosen plumber about bathroom
• Take bread out of freezer ready for tomorrow's breakfast
• Try on new posture corrector - maybe not such a wise idea in a thick jumper though lol - try again today with a thinner layer of clothes - just put it on and it's not doing anything at all for my posture, just making my neck and armpits sore from rubbing!
• Give posture corrector away to a Freegler - they were totally unreliable so I've contacted my backup to see if they still want it or not - another couple of people are interested in it now too - I've given my original backup until 6pm tomorrow to contact me about it before I give it to someone else - there's less than 12 hours to go before I give it to my second backup... - 5.5 hours now! - they haven't replied so I'm gonna offer it to a second backup tomorrow morning instead... will it be third time lucky? - They still want it and are coming for it "next week"
• Read and review 1 Kindle Unlimited book - content-wise it's definitely 5 stars so far
• Add more Kindle Unlimited books to my Kindle
• Study my courses
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

I normally...

...dread those brownish envelopes from the Government or DWP so I wasn't looking forward to opening this one, but it contained good news for a change, so that's OK.  I won't stop dreading seeing the colour of the envelope or the logo printed on the front of it, but it's been a relief this time, rather than something to dread, which is a relief.

Second update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Do NOT open email programmes
• Run monthly virus scan - 26% at 6.36am - 30% at 8.20am - still at 30% at 10.05am
• Put wools on to wash and dry
• Take wools out of machine
• Hang up wools
• Bring in deliveries
• Do NOT have a bath today 'cos there is too much going on
• Put drops in my ear
• Turn on air purifier
• Try to book flu jab and ear syringing - I'll try between carers today - I'm in touch with someone who is trying to help me via email so I hopefully won't have to phone for either of the jabs, just the syringing - I've got the two jabs booked now <gulp> so it's just the ear syringing to organise now, thankfully
• Fill kettle with water
• Boil water in preparation
• Have breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Put wools on to wash and dry
• Hang up wools
• Stop worrying about Monday
• Make sure I've got everything ready for NaNo
• Find out how to defrost the chest freezer
• Do the news
• Bring in delivery
• Read instructions for delivery
• Put delivery together
• Try on the delivery if everything is there
• Write to GP to see if he wants me to scan in the results
• Read my last Kindle Unlimited book
• Sort out email addresses for my navigation site
• Ask if my webhosts can sort out the databases etc if I migrate SFC site
• Keep working on memorial site
• Find new Pagan forum - will I be approved on any of the 3 I've applied to today?
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do my laps
• Do the physio exercises
• Do NOT turn immersion heater on
• Do NOT have a bath
• Contact chosen plumber about bathroom
• Take bread out of freezer ready for tomorrow's breakfast
• Try on new posture corrector - maybe not such a wise idea in a thick jumper though lol - try again today with a thinner layer of clothes - just put it on and it's not doing anything at all for my posture, just making my neck and armpits sore from rubbing!
• Give posture corrector away to a Freegler - they were totally unreliable so I've contacted my backup to see if they still want it or not - another couple of people are interested in it now too - I've given my original backup until 6pm tomorrow to contact me about it before I give it to someone else - there's less than 12 hours to go before I give it to my second backup... - 5.5 hours now! - they haven't replied so I'm gonna offer it to a second backup tomorrow morning instead... will it be third time lucky? - They still want it and are coming for it "next week"
• Read and review 1 Kindle Unlimited book
• Add more Kindle Unlimited books to my Kindle
• Study my courses
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (28th October 2023) breakfast photo

Just my usual breakfast of 2 slices of wholemeal toast with me-friendly (aka dairy-free) spread and the gorgeous hazelnut chocolate spread, followed by, of course, a 250ml bottle of orange juice and I've got a decaff instant coffee on the go now too, to try and warm me up a bit.

Here's today's breakfast photo:

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Do NOT open email programmes
• Run monthly virus scan - 26% at 6.36am - 30% at 8.20am
• Put wools on to wash and dry
• Take wools out of machine
• Hang up wools
• Bring in deliveries
• Do NOT have a bath today 'cos there is too much going on
• Put drops in my ear
• Turn on air purifier
• Try to book flu jab and ear syringing - I'll try between carers today - I'm in touch with someone who is trying to help me via email so I hopefully won't have to phone for either of the jabs, just the syringing - I've got the two jabs booked now <gulp> so it's just the ear syringing to organise now, thankfully
• Fill kettle with water
• Boil water in preparation
• Have breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Put wools on to wash and dry
• Hang up wools
• Stop worrying about Monday
• Make sure I've got everything ready for NaNo
• Find out how to defrost the chest freezer
• Do the news
• Bring in delivery
• Read instructions for delivery
• Put delivery together
• Try on the delivery if everything is there
• Write to GP to see if he wants me to scan in the results
• Read my last Kindle Unlimited book
• Sort out email addresses for my navigation site
• Ask if my webhosts can sort out the databases etc if I migrate SFC site
• Keep working on memorial site
• Find new Pagan forum - will I be approved on any of the 3 I've applied to today?
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Do my laps
• Do the physio exercises
• Do NOT turn immersion heater on
• Do NOT have a bath
• Contact chosen plumber about bathroom
• Take bread out of freezer ready for tomorrow's breakfast
• Try on new posture corrector - maybe not such a wise idea in a thick jumper though lol - try again today with a thinner layer of clothes - just put it on and it's not doing anything at all for my posture, just making my neck and armpits sore from rubbing!
• Give posture corrector away to a Freegler - they were totally unreliable so I've contacted my backup to see if they still want it or not - another couple of people are interested in it now too - I've given my original backup until 6pm tomorrow to contact me about it before I give it to someone else - there's less than 12 hours to go before I give it to my second backup... - 5.5 hours now! - they haven't replied so I'm gonna offer it to a second backup tomorrow morning instead... will it be third time lucky? - They still want it and are coming for it "next week"
• Read and review 1 Kindle Unlimited book
• Add more Kindle Unlimited books to my Kindle
• Study my courses
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Rant about this morning's carer

I'm sure she's great with her other clients, but this morning's carer's idea of support is filling up the kitchen sink half way with cold water and leaving the cold tap running at full blast so that even with a full kettle of boiling water, it was barely tepid, then talking to someone she lives with on her phone twice while I was getting washed and I know that because the person she was talking to both times was looking for something and my carer told them twice that it was "in my room, on television cabinet, next to CD rack".  

To give credit where credit is due, she got the towel for me when she finished the first call and helped me to get dressed by putting my bra on back to front the first time, then inside out the second time, but it was third time lucky for that.  She put my knickers on both inside out and back to front and pulled the socks up so high that the heel is now half way up my calf so when I've stopped shaking I'll have to get dressed for the second time this morning before I have my breakfast.

What started off as being a good day very rapidly changed to being a bad day, purely thanks to my carer.