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I stirred at 0300hrs, passed a trumpet-worth blast of wind that hurt the haemorrhoids, and fell back into a deep sleep. Returning to semi-life again at 0645hrs. I lay there, awaiting the brain’s activation. It obligingly did so within around ten minutes. I was sorry it did. For fears and worries about what the day would bring, greedily controlled my immediate thoughts on the prospects that theoretically lay ahead for me.
Would the nurse arrive to check the hand? (No)
Would things work out right with the double laundry we have to get done? (No – but help from Jenny, my Angel🤎, made it work), this time.
Must try to make my memory notes bigger. Failed!
Ask Ejaz to send an order for Catheter equipment using the Vyne email. Forgot to!
It was a Thursday with a difference because we had to do Wednesday’s laundry, cleaning, etc., as no Carer arrived yesterday. No information received as to why. Not that it mattered, really.
Onwards: Many things will be missed, and some out of chronological order. It was a confusing and hectic day. I didn’t get around to starting this blog until Friday morning. Meaning my Friday blog is already way behind before Friday arrived. Deep Depressing Darius ruled the day. High-Mood-Horis was cheering me up a smidgeon now and then, such as when Jenny saved situations with her usual polite aplomb. And the tumble I took was eventually eased when Ejaz returned to get me up.
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I removed the nocturnal Catheter pouch and made my way speedily, well hobbling steadily, to the wet room to utilise the Porcelain Throne before the enthusiastic buildup in the innards saw daylight.
The soggy, yet lumpy H-bomb shapes that were evacuated consisted of four bombs, each one breaking up on contact with the water. I don’t suppose you needed to know that. But with me having a regular, almost daily, different class of evacuation material, it is a curiosity to me. The Doctor is interested in this. She’s not concerned about my Peripheral Neuropathy, Pete, Sandra’s Seizures, Fractured-Knee-Frank, Lymphorrea- Leslie, Shuddering-Shoulder-Shirley, Back-Pain-Brenda, Cararact-Katie, Mechanical-Aorta-Alfred, Little-Inchys- Fungal Lesion, Harolds-Haemorrhoids-Bleeding, Memory-Mangling-Malcolm, Diabetes-David, Cartilage- Chloe, Colin-Cramps, Glaucoma-Gladys, or about Ingrowing toenail Unguis-Incarnate-Iris.
I took some kitchenette window snaps. The first one to the right, where tha rising sunshine from the back of the flats had not reached yet.
Then a photo to the left.
Or was that the other way around? Either way, they show a contrast of the views on offer.
Friday, doing this blog
Suddenly, I could not write anything on this blog. Then I got the Task Manager thingy come up. I couldn’t even write in Google to ask it for help. Panic-Mode was on the way. I knew this as my lips twitched when about to go into a seizure or panic. So the Carer said.
I turned everything off, losing work in Excel, CorelDraw and WordPress. Spirits dwindled. Especially as I thought I was doing alright.
Back to the usual cross-my-fingers, turn off the computer, give it ten minutes, and reboot.
Gotten Himmel, working again. Phew!
I immediately went on Google to search for help on this problem, copied them into CorelDraw and saved them for the next time this problem arises, in case one of them does not work.


You can tell with my mental problems, I pray I’ll never need to try these. Some look easy, but most of them leave a brain haze & fog in an instant.
Overjoyed, I opened the programs and started catching up by redoing the work I hadn’t been able to save.
Half an hour later, it started again, no writing, no saving work I nearly got caught up on… Shit!
I instinctively closed it down again, too nervous to try any of the advice from confusing Google. Not their fault, it’s me who panics with guidelines and instructions. When I do not know the meanings of the terms. This time, I had a job, or did something wrong, cause choosing ‘Power’ got an unfathomable load of, I think, code waffle. Panic increased; had I ruined everything? Had I pressed the wrong key option?
Had I had to unplug it to turn it off, surely this would have harmed the computer? Not as much as the computer has harmed me. Hehehe!
Why did I write that laugh?
Wunderbar! It came back on,
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Now I have to miss off loads of things, ’cause I’m sure it’s going to do it again. This blog is my lifeline to the herd of my followers. Both of them!
It gives me freedom of a sort.
Morning car park shot
More space in the balcony now that Jenny
has made use of the wheelchair.
Work was lost when the computer went down. Sob!
Ejaz came to do the belated Laundry & cleaning visit.
Jenny helped by asking us to ring her when the laundry went in, and saying she would move it into the dryer and gather it. Ejaz can collect it, or she will bring it up to the flat for me. Bless her, she’s so kind to me.
I thought that when Ejaz went down, I’d crack on with the computer. I was concentrating on this, and realised that Ejaz was not here. He was back from putting the laundry, and had been mopping the kitchen floor. I thought he was in the wetroom, and went to check…
I’ve no idea how or why, one minute I was between the bed and the non-working recliner on my way to the door… then found myself face down on the floor. I’m certain I felt hitting the bed, then the chair, then the floor. So it was not a seizure; otherwise, I would not have remembered it. I could not manoeuvre myself out to get to the recliner to drag myself up. I felt something in my pocket as I fumbled about trying to move; it was my mobile. So I rang Ejaz, but there was no answer.
Then rang Jenny, no answer. But didn’t worry cause wherever Ejaz was, he’d be back soon. And he was.
He hauled me up on my feet, which was no mean feat.
Injuries? Very slight. I’d cracked the scab on the hand injury and scratched the leathery lymphorrhea skin on the right leg. I think the ideal place to take a tumble was between the bed and the chair!
Biscoff bickies, hard, but I can manage them when they have been dunked in a mug of strong Glengettie or Cooperative 99 tea. Soft mini-roll cakes, Polish chicken sausages. Cheesey nibbles, Ketchup, & potato soup. Mouthwash, hot dogs, grapefruit drink, seaweed crispies, no-butter butter, and soft goats cheese.
Teatime photo
A poor photo of the potato & onion soup.
I added some liquid smoke and vegetable crispies, which were nice and soft after being warmed up.
It took me three attempts to get a decent photo in the very windy, rainy conditions outside.
The first two still looked a little artistic.

TTFN
It’s good that Ejaz got you on your feet, Gerry, and that he got the laundry in after not having a carer on Wednesday. You sure took some nice photos. I hope you’re having a good Friday. 💖🙏
Thank you kindly, Sir.
I pray for all the best for you, taketh care.🙏🏻👍🏻🕊
That was an epic indeed, mon ami. Worra collision of events. Each occurrence read like a battle. Well, you actually do fight your way throughout each waking hour. No wonder that you have such vivid dreams. Ever spellbinding.
Thanks for the helpful tips and advice on resetting a computer, as well. Those are highly thorough.
And, just as you thought the onslaught was decreasing … wowsers. Fireworks erupted. Distress occurs redoubled. Enough to cause whiplash. Ouch!
Lately, I have been watching a YouTube series cast in the 1950s and shot in Chicago. Had I already mentioned that?
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=m+squad+starring+lee+marvin
It’s like stepping into a time machine.
Cheers!
Bless you Billum, a battle it is. I do remember that series, Mate. The difference to todays gun-nowness, is the did seem more like the real thing. Jenny’s Frank in the flats here recall it too.
I used to watch Utube, but nowadays everything taskes that much longer, don’t get to watch TV. Sorryh about writing, just had a seizure, though I’d recovered. Gettin g tires anre eyes get worse late in the day. A battle – that I try to win. Thankls Billium. All the bestest.
Craig wants to subscribe to your blog, but there is no option on your blog to subscribe.
Isn’t there. I thought there was. I’ll see if I can get one on. Sad that. I may have to get back ot you for help[ with it. Cheers, Tim.
I’ve tried to get it on, byt, I can’t follow the intsructions. I set anyone and subscriber then udated, but n othing showing. I used to have one one? Arghh! Not copiong very well mate. I’ll ask the Carers if they can help. Cheers.
I sent you an email with instructions. But you have to be careful not to mess up your layout. It might be easiest to add Craig to your manual list. I included his email in the email.
Thanks. Where is the manual list please?
Cheers for the email. I’ll see if I can someone with some computer savvy to help with it. Bless you.