I’ve updated all of my about me pages. At least now they’re not full of inaccuracies.

One of the things I was going to do after my lung surgery was look into volunteering. Weasel’s Mum works for a charity and I was going to see if I could help with anything there. I worked there before back in 1999/2000. Anyway, I thought it was a little beyond my physical ability being over a mile away. I have only been able to do an hour of walking a day and I usually get two miles for my efforts. My doctors are pleased by my abilities. I find them frustrating.

So today I decided to see if I could get to Mal’s offices. I can. I was knackered afterwards but I did it. It took 1.5 hours. To go 2.5 miles.

I’m trying to convince myself that this is very good and very impressive.

I also managed to scrub one wall of tiles in the bathroom. I sorted all our plastic bags [three piles: one to recycle, one to donate to the local health food shop and one to keep]. When I was doing that the cleaners arrived to assess us. Thanks to my benefit we can afford to pay people to come help me clean!! I’m sooo excited. They’re going to do four hours a month. I can do 80-90% of the work, it is the nooks and crannies I have trouble with. I’m going to have a list ready to go for them when they arrive each time and they’ll help us out. They’re coming for the first time on Monday, I’m so excited.

Just after they arrived the phone rang, it was the gardener! Thanks to my benefit we can afford to pay him again to keep the garden under control. This is such a relief to me. I hate not being able to care for my home like I want to.

Weasel also very kindly made some calls while I was out on my walk. I now have an appointment to get my hearing aid assessment on the 12th! Happily because I was already in their system [despite the cancellation] I could go ahead and book. I won’t be able to get an ENT appointment for 2-3 months so it is a relief to by-pass that. I’m delighted. I’m very anxious to see how my hearing can be improved.

I started … acquiring four new shows today, Reaper, Samantha Who?, Psych and Chuck. I also watched the season finale of Huff season two that I apparently never watched. I was disappointed with season two overall and my opinion didn’t change. I also decided to have a go at watching Brothers & Sisters again. I got so annoyed at the last episode I couldn’t bring myself to watch it. I’m glad I didn’t delete it, I’ll probably finish it off now.

I rearranged my desk on Sunday and I’m very pleased with it. I feel like I’m very slowly getting my house back into shape. Very slowly. I’m trying to focus on how good I’m doing, but I’m still so frustrated and I haven’t stopped wanting to do things like I used to. I’ll figure out eventually.

I tried to call Citizen’s Advice Bureau today to ask about what I do now since the company I worked for went into liquidation while I was off sick. Unfortunately, I called right when they closed. So will try again tomorrow.

BlanketGirl has devised a summer school like programme for her daughters and today when I called I got to hear their little voices asking about graphs and spelling. I loved it. It reminded me of playing school with my sisters growing up. It also highlighted yet again what a wonderful mother BlanketGirl is. She clearly adores her babies and she works so hard to ensure they get the best care. Even though she often feels like crap thanks to her illness. She is an inspiration to me and a rock when I’m losing touch with everything. I am so lucky to have her as a sister and I’m so thankful I realised how amazing she is now instead of 10 years from now.