Everything is kapai!

Kia ora ano

I turned 50 last Sunday, 7th September which also just happens to be "Fathers Day". My family and I had discussed for some time leading up to "my big day" what I wanted to do. Finally decided to have a bbq breakfast at home, which was the easiest for me.....just a quiet one....YEAH RIGHT...

Got up that morning around 7.30ish and on my doorstep was one of my oldest mates with a whole rump steak and a 18pk of cans in his hands. 1/2 hour later 3 brothers who were all raised in the "house next door" to mine and who I consider my brothers too showed up and they all had the same idea as the first mate who arrived. Then came another 2 mates, by the time 10am rolled around things were getting pretty noisy.....I have to admit that this time with my mates was really quite special for me, before everyone else arrived you know......we hadn't all been together at the same place at once for almost 2 years.

Then everyone else started arriving, my neighbours (who just happen to be my cousins) and my wifes girlfriends to mention just a few. Needless to say, a few bottles were consumed, a few sausages were bbq'd and I had a bloody good time. I thought I was doing ok until I drove my wheelchair into the fence (lol) that must have looked pretty stupid. Have to admit I was never very good in a car either after I had had a few drinks.......not that I ever did anything stupid like DRIVE under the influence aye........mmmmmm.

There was my wife again working her butt off getting everything ready. She had been on at our sons for the past 3 weeks, don't forget it's your dads birthday on fathers day, I need you all here to help put the marquee up and do the cooking etc etc etc.......the only one who had an excuse for the day was Timoti he was playing rep rugby in Hamilton. Yes mum, we know mum, where else would we be mum................So they put the frame for the marquee up on Saturday which was good, and then we didn't see the lil rats until Sunday afternoon, Erin had to rely on our neighbour (cousins husband) and their son to put the cover over the marquee and they even cooked the bbq. Never mind , we got through ok and I had a good time.

As far as my disease goes, had a slight mishap a few weeks back on my powered wheelchair was coming down from my garage which is at the top of a slight incline to the house. My weak leg got caught under the chair and I slouched forward onto the control stick and couldn't get myself off it needless to say I had a graze or 2 but nothing worth worrying about now, it's actually quite funny thinking about it even if it hurt at the time.
I am feeling weaker but am not really sure if it's because now that I have the power chair, I am not using my walker anywhere near as much, nor am I using the manual wheelchair. I think this may be half the trouble, I'm getting lazy. I should be using the other aids more to keep my strength up....trouble is, I get really tired quick when I use them at least on the power chair I last a bit longer "strength wise" so I'm not so tired at the end of the day....I don't know, Im damned if I do & damned if I don't......BUT IM STILL POSITIVE......
Catch up again soon!