I slept a little better last night, and awoke feeling quite rested. I decided to make an early change to my settings to see how my mood is affected, so switch straight to my Group ‘B’ settings, get dressed and get myself downstairs. I beat my wife downstairs (for a change) and put the kettle on. I make myself a pot of tea, and make a pot of coffee for my wife. This is promising – normally (on my Group ‘A’ settings) I’d have plonked myself down on the sofa and waited for my wife to do it! My wife is going to learn all about bookbinding today from a friend of ours, Sheila Robinson, so she is off out and I consider what I have to do today.
I need to confirm to our new boatyard that I will be taking our boat there this weekend. I need to talk to my pensions guy about my pension. I need to find us some accommodation for our holiday to Lanzarote. I need to book some parking in London for our visit to the NHNN next week. I need to find out who is playing at the Blues Bar next week when we go to London, and let my children know.
First things first. Walk the dog. Switch back to Group ‘A’ settings – dyskinesia has already reared it’s ugly head and, to be honest, tremor control is on the decline.
I spend some time researching parking places on Justpark.com, and manage to find something reasonably priced (for London) and get it booked. My son is desperate to visit the Blues Bar and has been nagging me for months to take him, so next week he is going to drive us (and my wife and daughter) into London for my appointment at the NHNN on condition that we afterwards go to the Blues Bar. It’s a deal! I check out the gig list on the Blues Bar website, and text the details to my son and daughter.
The next most appealing item on my list is to research accommodation options for our holiday to Lanzarote later this year. Matters are somewhat complicated by the fact that we have invited my wife’s brother to join us, and he hasn’t yet made his mind up whether or not he is coming, so we need to have accommodation with the flexibility to sleep an additional person if required!
It’s time for the dog’s afternoon walk and I still haven’t chosen accommodation – or tackled any of my other tasks. I feel as if I’m wading through treacle. Everything is such an effort, and I’m so very tired. I switch back to Group ‘B’ settings and take the dog out.
There’s no doubt about it, I definitely feel more “up” when I’m on Group ‘B’. The dyskinesia is a proper pain, though. It’s hard to know what to do, and so I find myself switching back and forth between the two groups of settings that are programmed into my device. Neither is great. Both have their plus points. Both have a downside.
After dinner, I sit down with a beer. The dyskinesia almost makes me throw the the beer over myself. Back to Group ‘A’ settings I go. My monosyllabic settings.