We awake to a world of slush. It has snowed overnight, but the temperature is too warm for it to remain as snow, so now it’s just a grey, wet, slushy mess.
My wife takes the dog for a good long walk, while I drink the tea and Nutriblast that she has made for me. My son and his girlfriend are coming to stay for a couple of days, arriving tomorrow night, and my wife wants to make sure that we have enough food and drink in the house, so today we are going shopping again.
We drive to North Walsham and do a grocery shop in Lidl, followed by a (much) smaller grocery shop in Sainsbury’s (who are so much more expensive). We then drive to a garden centre in Overstrand to buy a sack of food for the dog, and some seed trays so that I can make a start on growing some vegetable seedlings to be planted out on the allotment this Spring – unfortunately, we have taken so long to do the grocery shopping that the garden centre has closed for the day – try again tomorrow!
Now that tremor, dystonia and dyskinesia are more under control. I have noticed that rigidity is becoming more of a problem these days – I struggle to get up from a seated position, and when I go to sit down, I only have control for the initiation process. I end up falling the rest of the way. Falling back onto the sofa at home isn’t really a problem, but falling into the passenger seat of my wife’s car is a bit hit and miss – and today I managed to bang my head on the way in… not recommended! I’m not sure if it is more of a problem because Parkinson’s is progressing, or if it’s that I notice it more because I’m less bothered by tremor, dystonia and dyskinesia. A question to ask the team at the NHNN next time I go there for device programming.
Back home, I get the logs in, vacuum downstairs and then light the fire, while my wife sorts the rest of the house out, does the laundry and prepares our dinner. Then we settle down in front of the fire (and TV) to watch a movie and drink a beer.