Some entries from the diary I keep when I can be bothered :
28/07/12
Took a fancy to keep a diary, probably 'cause it's easier than tidying up or studying. Washing-machine sprung a leak - damn - but at least it cleaned the kitchen floor.
No "off" period in afternoon - whee ! Also, could walk when I got up - first time in a fortnight. Didn't go "off" till after midnight. Stayed up till 4am - why?
Sunday 27/07/12 - Three hours sleep - ugh ! Washing-machine much worse, oh good, repair bills ! But kitchen floor nice and clean as leak has washed off all the food my shaky hands drop.
Monday 30.07/12 Just passed a side-road with the delightful name of "Tumbling Bay" - there's no bay, tumbling or otherwise.....
Bought a new sleeve for my laptop, 14 inches, forgot mine was a 15 inch - oops!
Sat 4th August 2012 Whee! Off to Sidmouth Folk Festival (can't afford it but came anyway). Five hours' driving - stopped at "Little Chef" to use their loo and found I'd squashed a traffic cone - think there's still bits stuck to the undercarriage - left briskly before anyone started to yell.
Sunday 5/08/12 Sitting in Sidmouth listening to great ceilidh music and
I WANT TO DANCE
I WANT TO DANCE
I WANT TO DANCE
I WANT TO DANCE
I WANT TO DANCE
Fuck Parkinson's....
Tuesday 7/08/12 tried busking - one snicker, one sniff from stray dog, no money. Then bunch of Morris dancers started up a few yards away and drowned me out.
Saturday 11/08/12 End of holiday - more depressing due to police closing A30 (so they got home quicker \?) - had to take major detour to get home - 6 1.2 hours.
Monday 20/08/12 Woke up, found I could walk normally (yippee), so dashed down hall, drew living-room curtains, made coffee in kitchen, back to bedroom, into bathroom - and froze !
Thursday 23/08/12 My morning to volunteer at the IT centre in \Engelfield Green - very frustrated as morning pills just would not take effect - getting downstairs in stiff mode is exhausting as left leg has to be forced every inch.
September 2012 Passed a builder's yard offering "distressed railway sleepers" for sale. They didn't look upset to me, just a bit battered and worn. Strange term - wonder what it means ?
I bought a second-hand laptop on ebay for £56 to replace the one that lost an argument with a glass of water. A bargain, though no cd drive. Not the latest model of course, but so what, quite adequate.
