Posts from ‘February, 2008’

I really need to wash my hair.  I didn’t bother this morning because I was supposed to be going swimming this afternoon and didn’t see the point.
But now… swimming is cancelled (because the pool is too cold?!?!) and I really can’t be bothered to get undressed and take a shower.  Originally I’d hoped to go [...]

I’m sick.
Sick of being lied to.
Sick of people promising me things and not following through.
Sick of being kept hanging on.
Sick of having to justify myself to others.
Sick of people talking about me in front of me but ignoring me.
Sick of people interfering in my business.
Sick of being ignored.
Sick of being used.
Sick of people making decisions [...]

I wrote here about the “society hates disability” experiences I had when I went to London three weeks ago.  And one of the things I briefly mentioned was the fact that the people sat behind me in the theatre complained that I/my wheelchair blocked their view.
I wrote a letter of complaint to the theatre about [...]

I’ve been out and about in my manual chair this afternoon.
I noted the time when I left home and when I got back in.  I left home at 14.31 and returned home at 15.16.  I picked a point that by my (very) rough estimate is 150 or 200 metres from my house - uphill on [...]

I signed up to do something that might be a little crazy earlier today.  Most people have asked me “are you crazy?!” or gone “bloody hell” or “is that a good idea” when I’ve told them (apart from one dear friend who went “when is it i might join you”).
I’m going to do the Race [...]

I made pizza from scratch this afternoon - another one to tick off the 101 in 1001 list.  It was good messy fun but not as messy as I thought it would be!
I couldn’t eat it though because the dough didn’t cook properly :(  but the couple of bites I had before I realised that [...]

I’ve written before about how I believe that having CP is what is right for me.  And about how if I didn’t have CP there are many experiences that would have been different.  Some good; some bad.
There are things which CP means I do differently to everyone else - a friend’s dad once told her [...]

A long time ago, on a Tuesday in February, I was diagnosed with depression.  And one week later on another Tuesday I received a phone call.
I was excited when I saw who was calling on the screen of my mobile.  But I should have known it wasn’t a good thing - because we were great [...]

I  am currently TRYING to spend less time online and/or in my wheelchair.  It is and it isn’t going well.  Yesterday would be an example of it not going well - the time tracker thingy i have in firefox shows I was actively using it for over four hours.  If I’d gotten some of my [...]

I met John Barrowman tonight!!!!!! He was signing copies of his autobiography in Borders and I met him!! Had to queue for about an hour and a quarter but well worth it*
He’s still very yummy in person but he looks different to how he does on TV.
He thanked me for coming and asked [...]