Feeling Better!

Hi all,


I am feeling a lot better than I was for my last post. Although I am still not where I was before I caught that cold. Again, the freezing cold is a huge issue for me. I guess because of my inactivity I can't keep warm, at the moment I spend my days rapped in a blanket sitting on my chair with the sky remote in hand but it is school holidays so I can't get near that darn remote at the moment.
Motivating myself to do more than just sit here is just a wee bit difficult right now, but I realize that I've got to keep myself moving.
Received my new electric wheelchair on Monday.....woooohoooo thats a blast. Certainly got me going places I haven't been in a while, like my garage for example......what a mess that is. Even went for a trial run down the road, certainly makes life alot easier. Only problem is, that without the proper vehicle I can only use it around home, but thats ok, the manual wheelchair and/or the walking frame will be ok for when we go out and about and I can always call a mobility taxi if I really need to go anywhere.
Went for a drive to Auckland (about 2hrs - 2 half hrs one way) on Monday to drop my mother in-law off at the airport. She flew over to Aussie to visit my brother in-law and his family. Sitting in the car for that long was a bit uncomfortable I have to say, but went to keep my wife company, she drove back from Auckland. I think she will have to take one of the boys with her when she goes to pick her mum up off the plane next week, don't think I can face another trip just now.
Have decided for the time being to eat what I want, when I want. You know how it is, they tell you to change your diet for the better, and all that healthy living stuff, but truth is while it may work for other people, I''m a "meat and spuds" kinda guy, always have been and while I don't begrudge other people doing what they think is best for themselves and their body, putting food I like to eat in my stomach is really important to me right now....there may come a day in the not too distant future when I'll be fed through a peg and until then mates, I have decided to eat what I want to eat.
Woke up yesterday with one heck of a sore throat, thought it might be the onset of yet another bout of the flu. But there was no cough or runny nose. Erin made a hot lemon drink to see if that would ease it and sure enough it did. That was a relief, but this morning she gets up and asks me how my throat is today, it was ok, so she's starting to take notes about when things happen no matter how trivial they may seem, but we've learnt that there is nothing trivial about "small" things anymore.
Anyway, I'm ok for now, family is muddling on through and roll on school........love my kids but dang these school holidays are hard....don't know how my wife did it all these years while I went to work and she was at home.