Today my wife has made a long list of things she wants to get sorted out before Christmas, which means that I really need to get out of her way! She has a couple of minor tasks earmarked for me, too. She wants me to advertise, and get rid of, a piece of furniture that we have no room for, and to put some latches and handles on the bedroom doors before my daughter comes to stay next weekend. So I start by taking various photos of the wooden “thingummyjig” (I haven’t a clue what it is, but I’ve had it for years) that we want to get rid of, and then formulating a witty (at least I think so) advertisement to post on the various local “For Sale” pages on Facebook.
While I’m busy doing the hard work, my wife organises the conservatory (again!), washes the tiled floor and clears a space in the dining room for the Christmas tree (which we haven’t got yet).
Within a few minutes of me posting my first advertisement, I have a message from someone who wants to buy the “thingummyjig”, so that’s good and my wife is pleased (so that’s extra good).
That just leaves the door handles and latches to fit. My wife has found the bag with all of the necessary bits and pieces in it – all of the handles and latches that I took off the doors when I was preparing to renovate them 5 years ago. Now the trick will be to match up the right latches and handles with the right door. That’s a job for tomorrow – I don’t want to overdo things!
I get the logs in from the garden, clean the woodburner – emptying the ash and getting the soot off the glass windows in the doors – and then lay the fire ready for lighting this evening.
Tremor is breaking through on both sides this afternoon. It was breaking through on the left hand side from the word go this morning, and I very nearly decided to increase the voltage on my neurostimulator, but resisted the temptation to do so in case it was just a passing phase. I am still tempted to do so, but resist again because I am worried about aggravating the dyskinesia (which is tolerable at the moment). If the dystonia in my right foot gets any worse, then it will be time for an increase! My voice remains quite weak at the moment, and my balance is a bit unpredictable, but generally I’m okay.