Go on a random day out
...has been completed!
I wasn't really sure what would constitute a random day out and was thinking about ticking that one off after my day out in London yesterday (went to the Tate Modern with Mum) which is something we were talking about on the train home. My mum reckoned as that was planned it shouldn't count and she suggested the day before was a better one as it was more spur of the moment. I wasn't convinced it counted as a "day out"as it was very in and out darting around different places. So then I suggested that maybe what I should do was ask her or one of my friends to plan a day out for us and not tell me anything about it - that would certainly be random. However she said if I asked her to do that she'd just take me to her house!
So anyway I think I will go with this being ticked off. And go with Tuesday.
Tuesday I was supposed to go out with a friend but she wasn't well and cancelled. I knew Mum was heading over to the next town which is somewhere I haven't been in a few years, so I called her and invited myself along. To be honest there isn't much there and I'd forgotten how bad the paths etc are. But I did wheel myself all the time either solo or with help. And we parked miles from town. Coming back I spotted a few spaces a bit closer and sat and waited for mum to bring the car there. I also ended up getting blisters on each of my thumbs, making my need for new wheelchair gloves even more definite. We also bumped into an old friend's mum (my mum is friends with her mum too) and chatted a bit as well whilst walking into town.
I had a bit of a wander around about two shops and then bumped back into mum sooner then planned. We sat on a bench while she had a snack and I had a drink. All I bought was my drink and some plasters to cover the blister like holes in my thumbs. I took photos of them but I won't share them. Then we went into two more shops where mum bought two books for herself and one for me as a treat (although the only reason she got two was they had a "buy two get this for 99p" and we both thought the second sounded good). Then we came home.
I pretty much transferred straight into my powerchair and went back out. I went down to the arts centre to book priority tickets for a few shows as the booking opened that day for member. I got tickets for Mitch Benn and The Distractions, Chris Addison and Alun Cochrane. I also took my netbook with me and sat in their cafe bar with some chips and a j2o and did some writing. I wrote 600 some odd words.
Popped into Sainsburys very briefly for three things (and came back with just those!) then came home and went sailing a bit later. Ended up as there was a spare boat and light conditions that instead of going out with his usual buddy one of my friends went by himself (as I do now) and his buddy also took a boat out. We randomly all ended up sailing around together like we were sailing in company. It was a lot of fun, especially when I overtook them both!
We ended up getting home a lot later than usual but that was fine. It was a good night - and a good day as a whole too.
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