Mornin' all

How's everyone doing this morning?

Me?

I'm bitterly cold, exhausted, in a great deal of pain and my mood is through the floor, but as long as I'm there for everyone else, that's OK right?

I haven't taken my Iron for the last 7 days so I'm wondering if that's why I've been struggling so much?

I've had my morning pills with my morning glass of water, so I'm all set until lunchtime now.

I can't put the heating on today 'cos my carers will open the door as wide as possible and I've got my first visit with a physio assistant so she'll want the door open too then by the time she's gone it'll be pointless putting it on because the room will only be starting to heat up by the time I go to bed.  It'll be the same tomorrow 'cos of my groceries, Wednesday has the potential to be OK depending on when the foodbank come, Thursday I've got a medical appointment so won't be able to put the heating on then either, which takes us to Friday which is the other day that the foodbank might be coming.  Saturday I'll have my weekly bath so it's pointless putting it on then and Sunday is pointless, so I've potentially got a week of being bitterly cold ahead of me.

The daily virus scan found an advanced issue, so I'd best get it resolved.

This first post of the day is way too long so I'm gonna publish it and make a start on putting together the first to-do list of the week.

Nite nite orl

I've had a busy week this week and it's gonna be another busy one next week, starting tomorrow and I've only got Wednesday and Friday free next week, although one of those days will be taken up with my donation to the foodbank again.

I've popped my last two pills of the week so I'm gonna crawl into bed now.

For the last time this week, it's nite nite orl and I'll see you in the morning.

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

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan 
• Put drops in my ear
• Turn on air purifier 
• Try to book ear syringing - I've emailed my SIL to see when she can take me, so I'll know when I can book it for when she replies - wanna try and get it booked in today - got an appointment at the end of this week so I'll be able to hear again before the weekend which will be a relief after almost 3 months! - It's happening on Friday <gulp> - it's been postponed for a week
• Try to book sight test - I've emailed my SIL about this too - I've emailed the optician to see if they can do a home visit - my optician doesn't offer home visits but they've pointed me to somewhere that does vision and hearing tests in people's homes, so things are moving forward ever so slowly now - as soon as I can hear again, I'll make an appointment for the vision and hearing test with these people that my optician recommended
• Boil water in preparation
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Refill kettle with water
• Have breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Take recycling box outside
• Take blue bag outside
• Tie up food waste bag
• Put food waste bag into caddy
• Take caddy outside
• Tie up rubbish bag
• Put rubbish bag into sack
• Take sack outside
• Charge up both phones
• Give chopping board away to Freegler
• Give out of date food to Freegler
• Give posture corrector to Freegler
• Do the news
• Keep working on memorial site
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do my laps
• Do the physio exercises
• Take bread out of freezer ready for tomorrow's breakfast
• Check day and time of ear syringing
• Send screenshot to Marie
• Update exercise spreadsheet
• Add more Kindle Unlimited books to my Kindle - just restarted the TBR pile with the next four books I wanna read and review
• Study my courses
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Product Review: Dole Peaches & Cre*m

First thought was that it needs to be bigger.

Second thought was that it's very sticky and almost jelly-like.

Third thought was that it smelt divine.

Fourth thought was "will the cream mess me up?"

I cautiously took my first tiny mouthful and it was absolutely incredible.  The freshness of the peaches was still very much there, they were soft, sticky and very moreish.

I cautiously took a sniff of the cre*m to see how my body would react - that's always the first test, to see if it's worth the risk.

I risked putting the tiniest bit right on the edge of my tongue... I'd know within seconds if I could keep eating it.

No reaction, so I risked licking the spoon.

So far so good.

Would I be able to get through an entire tub without an allergic reaction?

No, I got through two tubs and the only reaction was huuuge burps which could have been due to me not having had cream for over 2 decades.

I polished off the first tub and reached for a second before I could stop myself.

That went down in record time too and still no allergic reaction!

Have I found a me-friendly fruit-pot at long last??

I've put the other 2 pots in the fridge to see what they're like chilled, but I've potentially found a me-friendly, healthy fruit pot that I can chow down on when I need a sweet snack or reward!

Third update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan 
• Put drops in my ear
• Turn on air purifier 
• Try to book ear syringing - I've emailed my SIL to see when she can take me, so I'll know when I can book it for when she replies - wanna try and get it booked in today - got an appointment at the end of this week so I'll be able to hear again before the weekend which will be a relief after almost 3 months! - It's happening on Friday <gulp> - it's been postponed for a week
• Try to book sight test - I've emailed my SIL about this too - I've emailed the optician to see if they can do a home visit - my optician doesn't offer home visits but they've pointed me to somewhere that does vision and hearing tests in people's homes, so things are moving forward ever so slowly now - as soon as I can hear again, I'll make an appointment for the vision and hearing test with these people that my optician recommended
• Boil water in preparation
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Refill kettle with water
• Have breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Take recycling box outside
• Take blue bag outside
• Tie up food waste bag
• Put food waste bag into caddy
• Take caddy outside
• Tie up rubbish bag
• Put rubbish bag into sack
• Take sack outside
• Charge up both phones
• Give chopping board away to Freegler
• Give out of date food to Freegler
• Give posture corrector to Freegler
• Do the news
• Keep working on memorial site
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do my laps
• Do the physio exercises
• Take bread out of freezer ready for tomorrow's breakfast
• Check day and time of ear syringing
• Send screenshot to Marie
• Update exercise spreadsheet
• Add more Kindle Unlimited books to my Kindle - just restarted the TBR pile with the next four books I wanna read and review
• Study my courses
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Second update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan 
• Put drops in my ear
• Turn on air purifier 
• Try to book ear syringing - I've emailed my SIL to see when she can take me, so I'll know when I can book it for when she replies - wanna try and get it booked in today - got an appointment at the end of this week so I'll be able to hear again before the weekend which will be a relief after almost 3 months! - It's happening on Friday <gulp> - it's been postponed for a week
• Try to book sight test - I've emailed my SIL about this too - I've emailed the optician to see if they can do a home visit - my optician doesn't offer home visits but they've pointed me to somewhere that does vision and hearing tests in people's homes, so things are moving forward ever so slowly now - as soon as I can hear again, I'll make an appointment for the vision and hearing test with these people that my optician recommended
• Boil water in preparation
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Refill kettle with water
• Have breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Take recycling box outside
• Take blue bag outside
• Tie up food waste bag
• Put food waste bag into caddy
• Take caddy outside
• Tie up rubbish bag
• Put rubbish bag into sack
• Take sack outside
• Charge up both phones
• Give chopping board away to Freegler
• Give out of date food to Freegler
• Give posture corrector to Freegler
• Do the news
• Keep working on memorial site
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do my laps
• Do the physio exercises
• Take bread out of freezer ready for tomorrow's breakfast
• Add more Kindle Unlimited books to my Kindle - just restarted the TBR pile with the next four books I wanna read and review
• Study my courses
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Today's (26th November 2023) breakfast photo

My last breakfast of the week was the same as yesterday - 2 slices of wholemeal toast with dairy-free spread and a bottle of orange juice.

I'm bitterly cold 'cos I've just taken the rubbish and recycling outside, so I've just made myself a decaff mocha too, but there's no photo of that.

Here's my last photo of the week:

First update to today's to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan 
• Put drops in my ear
• Turn on air purifier 
• Try to book ear syringing - I've emailed my SIL to see when she can take me, so I'll know when I can book it for when she replies - wanna try and get it booked in today - got an appointment at the end of this week so I'll be able to hear again before the weekend which will be a relief after almost 3 months! - It's happening on Friday <gulp> - it's been postponed for a week
• Try to book sight test - I've emailed my SIL about this too - I've emailed the optician to see if they can do a home visit - my optician doesn't offer home visits but they've pointed me to somewhere that does vision and hearing tests in people's homes, so things are moving forward ever so slowly now - as soon as I can hear again, I'll make an appointment for the vision and hearing test with these people that my optician recommended
• Boil water in preparation
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Refill kettle with water
• Have breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Take recycling box outside
• Take blue bag outside
• Tie up food waste bag
• Put food waste bag into caddy
• Take caddy outside
• Tie up rubbish bag
• Put rubbish bag into sack
• Take sack outside
• Charge up both phones
• Give chopping board away to Freegler
• Give out of date food to Freegler
• Give posture corrector to Freegler
• Do the news
• Keep working on memorial site
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do my laps
• Do the physio exercises
• Take bread out of freezer ready for tomorrow's breakfast
• Add more Kindle Unlimited books to my Kindle - just restarted the TBR pile with the next four books I wanna read and review
• Study my courses
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed

Final caring total of the week

Monday am - 1 minute - put plaster on my back
Monday pm - 2 minutes - put lunch onto plate

Tuesday am - 1 minute - put a sock onto my foot
Tuesday pm - 1 minute - did the washing up

Wednesday am - 0 minutes
Wednesday pm - 1 minute - stirred the mug twice and brought it in

Thursday am - 4 minutes - helped me to get dressed
Thursday pm - 3 minutes - made & brought in soup then washed up

Friday am - 0 minutes - more interested in the plaster on my back
Friday pm - 0 minutes - more interested in phoning people

Saturday am - 4 minutes - helped me to get dressed
Saturday pm - 2 minutes - stirred the soup and brought it in

Sunday am - 4 minutes - helped me to get dressed

Final caring total of the week:  23 minutes

Caring total I'll be charged for:  6 hours and 30 minutes

Difference in totals:  6 hours and 7 minutes

Today's (26th November 2023) to-do list

• Drink glass of water
• Take morning pills
• Run daily virus scan 
• Put drops in my ear
• Turn on air purifier 
• Try to book ear syringing - I've emailed my SIL to see when she can take me, so I'll know when I can book it for when she replies - wanna try and get it booked in today - got an appointment at the end of this week so I'll be able to hear again before the weekend which will be a relief after almost 3 months! - It's happening on Friday <gulp> - it's been postponed for a week
• Try to book sight test - I've emailed my SIL about this too - I've emailed the optician to see if they can do a home visit - my optician doesn't offer home visits but they've pointed me to somewhere that does vision and hearing tests in people's homes, so things are moving forward ever so slowly now - as soon as I can hear again, I'll make an appointment for the vision and hearing test with these people that my optician recommended
• Boil water in preparation
• Get washed and dressed with my carer
• Refill kettle with water
• Have breakfast
• Put photo of breakfast on here and Instagram
• Take recycling box outside
• Take blue bag outside
• Tie up food waste bag
• Put food waste bag into caddy
• Take caddy outside
• Tie up rubbish bag
• Put rubbish bag into sack
• Take sack outside
• Charge up both phones
• Give chopping board away to Freegler
• Give out of date food to Freegler
• Give posture corrector to Freegler
• Do the news
• Keep working on memorial site
• Have lunch
• Log lunch into FitBit app
• Put photo of my lunch up on here and Instagram
• Take lunchtime pill
• Refill dosette box
• Do my laps
• Do the physio exercises
• Take bread out of freezer ready for tomorrow's breakfast
• Add more Kindle Unlimited books to my Kindle - just restarted the TBR pile with the next four books I wanna read and review
• Study my courses
• Take evening pills
• Go to bed