The Horrors

Published April 4, 2016 by helentastic67

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The Horrors!!!

It’s Friday! Yeah!!!

In my house it means, wash my hair (it’s all grown back now!) and go out with my Young Janice and we go shopping.

So I took down my hair while my Personal Care (PC) carer started her chores and got undressed. Turned on the hot water and…….

NO HOT WATER!!!!

I had a day off yesterday. As in no appointments so no need to leave the house. I had lots of laundry to do so I did 4 loads.

I had notice my hot water service in the backyard had been leaking (from the top) and it seemed to get worse as the day went on.

I had finally sent a text to a friend to rate how bad this was from bad to worse?

The suggested broken thermostat, maybe. Which sounds not as bad (expensive) as having to convince my Property Manger it’s my God given  right to have hot water and his job to take a yelling from my landlord if that’s what it took to have them part with the money.

I have those landlords who don’t want to maintain their properties, just want the money.

So, today my hair did not get washed and I had a bucket of water from the kettle and half shower.

Now, it’s the end of the day and a tradie ended up coming and he stated the Hot Water Service was Ka-put!

Glad he has to call my Property Manager, not me…

And the plumber is prepared to work on a Saturday morning because a weekend without a hot shower would just be a horror!

 

What is the Game?

Published April 1, 2016 by helentastic67

What is the Game

What is the game?

My favourite housemate ever and I used to have a game we used to love to play. Firstly, when I say ‘game’ don’t the wrong idea. And when I say ‘we’ loved to play, I mean I loved it and he dreaded it!

To give you some background this housemate, let’s call him “B”, and was very relaxed. He was a roadie and I considered him a pothead. He didn’t, but he smoked a spliff or 2 every night, but what do I know? I don’t smoke.

Ok, that’s the background out of the way.

Here’s how the game works. I would start at one end of the mantel piece in the lounge and touch a finger to the first ‘thing’ asking “What’s this and does it need to be here?”

“B” would pick up “this” item and we continued. Halfway along the mantle piece he would get ahead of me and remove all the things he knew didn’t belong there.

By the end of the game all that was left were the clean plates that sat in the middle and the Kuan Yin head.

My home is not always spotless, but I try to have a ‘home’ for everything. A tidy house is a tidy mind. I generally limit the amount of time I spend in environments that make me want to blow my brains out.

I can’t help trying to problem-solve and neaten things, because it gives me a migraine very easily.

More about my favourite housemate ever “B” another time.

CCU Alert! 11th Annual Barrow Traumatic Brain Injury Symposium

Published March 31, 2016 by helentastic67

So, I think that just about covers that……The End!

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Who: MDs, nurses, PTs, PTAs, OTs, COTAs, SLPs, psychologists

What: 11th Annual Barrow Traumatic Brain Injury Symposium: Acquired Brain Injury: Rehabilitation of Brain Injury and Beyond

When: April 22, 2016

Where: Barrow Neurological Institute, Goldman Auditorium. 350 West Thomas Road. Phoenix, Arizona.

Why: This interdisciplinary conference will focus on advancements in the field of Acquired Brain Injury care, including ongoing research, innovative service delivery models and the role of rehabilitation.

Objectives: 1. Describe rehabilitation practices as they relate to non-traumatic dysfunction of the brain and similarities and differences with TBI rehab.

2. Describe innovative technology and its role in neurorehabilitation

3. Define the continuum services for the benefit of patients receiving outpatient services and innovative service delivery models.

Pending AzPTA, APA CE approval. ASHA approved 6.7 CEUs and AOTA has approved 0.6 CEUs of intermediate level. Approved by Arizona Nurses Association.

How: $100-$150 depending on profession and employment status with the…

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Writer’s epitaph

Published March 25, 2016 by helentastic67

Wow! Saves me writing it……Nailed it!

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From: quotehd.com From: quotehd.com

When I die

no one will see

the books unborn

inside of me.

The infant pages

needing flow,

in drafted form

will never grow,

and books awaiting

editing,

in boxes languish

eyes unseen.

If nothing else

their fate is tied

to why I still

refuse to die.

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Decisions

Published March 23, 2016 by helentastic67

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Decision

To make a decision, I was given the mantra in my teenage years that if you couldn’t make a decision for yourself, the decision would be made for you and you may not always like the results.

The funny thing about being depressed is you might struggle to make even the most simplest of decisions.

Some people just on observation, get stuck in their own ‘shit’ so much they can’t make a decision to save themselves.

Start with small decisions, things you have to attend to everyday. Then build up to the bigger, harder stuff. If you have serious chronic Medical conditions, make a damn decision. If there are options to try to improve those conditions that will give you the possibility to return life to some form of normalcy try them!

Wait:     TRY THEM!!!

You don’t know, if you don’t try them.

Sometimes, making a decision can snowball and if you can fix the things that have held you back some of the other problems are easier to deal with.

Depression can lesson and life can be easier and happier.

The Worst

Published March 17, 2016 by helentastic67

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The Worst!

Think I worked it out!

Haven’t ‘unpacked’ my whole story for you yet, but people often need to compete “my disability is worse than yours……”

I may have mentioned or not, but I always say, all disabilities SUCK!

Just in different ways. And it’s not a competition, but today I found a young lady on the tram in “my seat” and she had a black Labrador tucked in between her legs.

So, the answer is ….. The worst disability is sitting opposite said cute black lab and knowing I can’t pat it!

If you don’t know, the rule is, if a guide dog has it collar on – it’s working and shouldn’t be touched.

And it’s the worst because they are so cute and I just want to hug them and squeeze them and love them!

And I’m a cat-person…

The end…