Gentle sounds of pitter pater of heavy feet trying their hardest to muffle the noise of walking. Old familiar odour of egg and bacon on the stove - what nices smells !!! Heavy clanking of dishes, trying to be washed quietly !! My eyes open - looking towards the window, which has become my body clock adviser ! It is light, through dazed eyes it appears to be a sunny day........ Yes, Yes, I have " slept in ". Can I believe it ? I buz for Jeeves, who bounces in, clearly happy that he no longer has to shuffle around to keep noise levels at a minimum !! Gyoou slept gin - he announces with his thick Latvian accent. Time I enquire ? 9:30 ( niign thirsty ) he replies ! His accent grating the hell outa me, but my attitude soon fades as I realise that at long last I have managed to have a long sleep - " Shell vi start da raagime, and start zi dagy " ? " Yes " I reply, curtly, and hating every second of not being able to jump out of bed, shower and get on with it !
The day starts...... Subs in, rolled onto my back and half an hour of excersises begin. Thorough concentration as to working with the mind and the physical movements of the excersises. I find it highly irritating that after three months this particular Jeeves still has to refer to the Physio's notes, and still needs coaching with the movements !! I consol myself with the fact that the care agency has a replacement - A huge chance I am going to take, having taken the reps word for it, unable to meet with the person until the day before they are to start, and it is a woman ! Sometimes, one has to follow ones gut feeling, and this is what I am doing ! Risky, but am believing that it is the right thing to do !.
It has taken a while, but we finally seem to have gotten a good team together. From now on, I will refer to the team by their names. Eugene one of the live in's is good ! Knows his spinal stuff, and is extremely thorough - Rumanian, slightly aloof, can be sulky, but I have the utmost faith in his capabilities. I will not bore you with the second live in, as he is to be replaced as per above.
The permanent double up Mon through Fri, is Andreas, an Italian guy, a little difficult to communicate with, but as thorough as Eugene. He is also as dedicated to my well being as Eugene - perhaps to out spoken, which annoys Eugene, but the two of them actually work well with each other. Given time and the hierarchy that I need to put in place they will be a formidable team.
My permanent double up on the weekend is Rameez. A Muslim guy, who again has dedicated his career to caring. Mon - Fri he works in a caring facility and has been there for a number of years ! In order to pay to further his studies, he works weekends for my care agency. I like him . He loves to break rules, and is always keen to get me out on any exploration that I might have found during the week.
So, as the universe tilts, slowly but surely my support system is falling into place. Hopefully the new live in will work, and then all will be in place.
I have a real busy week ahead - tomorrow my standing frame arrives, Heath and Safty require all carers to be present + care agency supervisor to be signed off. Will then have to do some more work on the Dragon computer program. Wheelchair Services paying a visit to change my wheels, diner with Jen and Tess on Wednesday, bloods on Thursday - thankfully got the doctor to give me the last appointment of the day so that I can at least get some work in !
With every intention of going to the Columbia Road flower market today, I had a call from a friend who said he was going early this morning. I placed my order ! So have my beautiful ' Star-gazers ' in their vases !! Flowers are a MUST !!! Beautiful smells, it is home again !!!
Go well, and love ya all !
G.
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