Friday.. and the crowd roared for more???

Generator…in which case the crowd must be pretty bored! However thank you for the accolade, and apologies for the delay – I seem to have been very busy this week! However as way of appeasement, here is a photo of the other side of the generator, with the connection panel above it. The plugs at the end of the blue lead plug into the generator and the house, with an RCCB (left) and a padlocked isolator (right). This means that It requires a deliberate act (removing the padlock) to use the cable, so reducing the chances of an accidents with one plug put into a live socket, making the pins at the other end live.

It has been a busy week, with several visitors, mostly local friends. In between visitors I have been making room for the generator in the garage, and sorting out some rubbish. It was a slow process because of my condition, and it still isn’t complete, but I have made a start. The problem is that after a couple of hours of sorting things, I need another two hours rest – still, I console myself with the thought that it is building up my strength. Over the last couple of days I have been building a new computer for Felicity. Building the hardware is the easy and quick bit – the time consuming bit is loading and configuring the software, but it keeps the brain cell(s) ticking over. It is more or less complete now, I just need to copy over the data.

By the time Wednesday arrived, I was ready to conduct a test to see what the generator would power in the house. It passed the acceptance criteria of powering the two fridges, two freezers, central heating and essential lights, and in addition it was also powering (via UPS) two computers. It then went on to power the microwave as well, although by that time it was struggling, and the lights were dimming. In practice the computers wouldn’t be a priority (although after the comments, maybe the blog hosting computer might be…).

We spent Valentine’s Day in, and I had the first steak for some months – delicious – eaten with a red wine and mushroom sauce, side salad and chips! I enjoyed a glass of red wine too – again the first for some months.

I was supposed to go to Guy’s on Thursday, but as nothing much has happened health wise, I postponed it until next Thursday. However we did have a visit from Helen, a MacMillan nurse. This was arranged about 3 weeks ago, when things were looking bleaker, but it was a useful chat. This morning I had another visitor from Andrew, another friend of ours.

Olivia & VickiAlthough I said that nothing much is happening on the health front, in the last 24 hours I have noticed that my mouth seems to have become a little more sensitive. We had a mild chilli – so mild that Felicity said she couldn’t taste it, but my mouth could sense it! The same was true with worcester sauce on cheese on toast. I have also noticed that my hands seem to have become very dry. Now that could be because I have been outside a lot, or it could possibly be the start of a hint of GvHd – although it is only two weeks since the DLI, so it is a bit early. I shall be examining my palms daily!

Olivia asleepAnd to finish off, a couple of recent photos of Olivia! I haven’t taken any more video yet, mainly because at the moment she is either sleeping or a bit squawky, but I will do some more at an opportune moment!

So to conclude, thank you for your comments and concern, and … Onwards and Upwards!

9 Responses to “Friday.. and the crowd roared for more???”

  1. Richard on 16 Feb 2007 at 4:55 pm #

    More More.

    Just a few comments……..busy you apparently haven’t plastered the walls for the generator.

    Having hairs on the palms of your hands is supposed to be an indicator of mild madness…….looking for them is a sure sign. :0

    Let’s keep our stuff crossed that the changes are the first indicators that the little beasties are starting their work.

    Oh yes. You didn’t mention watercress, unless it was in the salad.

    Have a good weekend and I would say get plastered but perhaps it is a little early for that.

    RicharX

  2. Neil G on 16 Feb 2007 at 6:05 pm #

    That’s better mo4re photos of the generator and Olivia
    Soon it’ll be time for photos of the grass growing and the plants sprouting all the flowers.

    O&U

  3. Richard on 16 Feb 2007 at 6:42 pm #

    If you do some painting, Peter, we could have videos of it drying make sure it is well lit otherwise it would be boring.
    Baby sleeping could be good to remind you how nice it is.

  4. Elspeth on 17 Feb 2007 at 12:33 am #

    Thank you for the updates and the photos of the star Olivia – always a pleasure to see. Delighted at the increase in activity -and maybe a hint of GvHD……
    I don’t understand the chat about generators any more than the chat about computer things – I’ll just stick to German at the ‘Later Life Learning College’!
    O and U, L’n’Hs as always, OOXXOO, Elspeth

  5. Richard on 19 Feb 2007 at 7:43 am #

    Good news!! Its official !!!!! Dark chocolate is good for you. Waitrose do a good line in their own………all veg fat and reasonable price too. Although the double bars have not been on offer for years, every now and again they used to have a promotion which was great.
    We limit ourselves to 4 squares a day……..even in Lent (hush my mouth). well it is like medicine and you should not have to go without that should you?

    Richard
    (phoning the builder to have the doors widened 🙂

  6. Gillian on 19 Feb 2007 at 10:27 am #

    Green & Blacks is yummy (although I must confess the buttescotch one is particularly nice – but it’s not dark chocolate)

    Will go to Waitrose for supplies immediately

    chocolate kisses today XX

    Gillian

  7. Peter on 19 Feb 2007 at 3:50 pm #

    Delicious – Green & Blacks is about the only chocolate that I enjoy at the moment – all the others are too sweet and cloying!

  8. Richard on 19 Feb 2007 at 10:42 pm #

    Sounds like a brand that should have always been with us but only started in 1991 or so………great marketing and product…..

    Xum

  9. Richard on 20 Feb 2007 at 9:52 am #

    I used to like the EU but they are moving close to NICE

    cf:-

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/article1409776.ece

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