Day 114 - Planning for George, and shopping

07:30 I am very sleepy, but I need to get into an early morning routine.
I ate only an egg for breakfast. First step in my weight loss program.

12:30
I just woke up from a nap. I went back to bed, and slept another 4 hours. All I seem to do is sleep.
We just had lunch.
We read about places to go while we are in George.

I read about robots being used to aid the elderly. Also about an interesting concept:
http://www.opensurgery.net/
These people are promoting DIY robots using open source software that do the job of current robotic surgery robots. So maybe you can build a robot to do your appendix removal in the comfort of your own home. :-)

At 15:30 I was asleep again.
Maddie left to visit some friends.

At 17:00 I awoke and went for a crutch. only .4km. Then I read my book and then Maddie came home.

My life is boring. Even I am bored by telling about it. I have not done anything enjoyable, or exciting in weeks.

My life is either pain, or sleep.

We have deviated from the pill formula that gave a good nights sleep, so we are going back to it tonight.  I want a good nights sleep, but also, an awake day "after" the good nights sleep.

22:00
We just watched a movie..."Spin Boris". About the American spin artists that went to Russia to make Boris Yeltsin win the 1996 election.

Tomorrow I want to get up early and crutch to the blood test laboratory, then crutch back home. It should be almost 2km total.

How do I  push a super market trolley with just one leg?
How do I get food off the top shelf at the store?
How do I carry groceries to the car?
Maybe a big bag around my neck?

If I had my own wheelchair, I would outfit it to carry crutches, and maybe a basket, and maybe a grabber. Those would make me more independent.

Lots to do this week, getting ready for George. I am pretty sure that I will just take the fore arm crutches with, and rent a wheelchair in George.

We need to figure out how I will do the suitcase, and hand bag also. Maybe we will throw money at it and get a porter to do all the hard work.

We also need to get transport to and from the airports.

We need to sell the beetle. We started it this evening. It started straight away.

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