AS GOOD AS IT GETS PHASE DAY 304

DVT DAY 309

A.G.A.I.G 304

Thursday and a busy day, so a quick breakfast of meusli and coffee. Then its on to meeting preparation and checking my mail for admin to do. First meeting of the day is fairly rouitne and nothing challenging. The morning gone I start lunch during which I get a phone call. I am a winner, I have COVID jab dates. So next Wednesday I have the double delights of being jabbed and scaned. Now thats going to be an interesting days. I shall be the envy of my friends, the only man in the road with a jab.

So having adjusted my diary I move onto my Open Forum session where I talk and listen to service manager and how they are manageing the challenges of COVID. At the end I have the usual debrief chat with my co- host and then move on. I have house chores to do and get through them quickly so I can go and train. Its a rower day so I head for the garage.

  • Kilometres
  • Time & Calories
Not bad for a mid week session in 6 degrees.

Post session I take a bit of time out to consider the thorny issue of what to do on my civil partnersip anniversary on Sunday. I did not come up with any brillant ideas, yet. Tea, my favourite, tuna pasta, and then I clear the kitchen while my partner has her weekly singing lesson over the net. The goal is to get to Murder in Paradise with everything done including putting a fresh loaf into bake and the blog started.

I guess that right now its one of those times when nothing exciting is going on. In my world my “look forward ” moments are waiting for the large size finger picks I’ve ordered so I can learn the banjo. My other future joy is the box of bath bombs I have order for myself. Its a luxury I am growing more and more to like. I suppose at a casual glance it looks like life is normal and comfortable but the carbohydrate/sugarless diet and the exercise is all part of the battle with cancer, its a mundane everyday routine that is like taking medicine. Routine, repatative but hopefully restorative. With the scans being done and the blood test to come I will know at the start of February whether all this routine effort is having any effect. There are times I would kill for something sugary, mars bar ice cream top of the list.