For a few moments earlier this evening I felt desperately alone and extremely vulnerable. It’s unusual for me to ever be on my own because I almost always have someone with me, but a mix-up this evening led to a gap in my care.…

Leftwing Idiot called earlier and said, ‘I’ve got a present you’d like.’ This didn’t make sense for a moment but he explained ‘My dad gave me a present and as soon as I saw it I thought you should have it instead of me.’…

I was on my own at the castle for a few hours this evening with Leftwing Idiot on call if I needed him – which I did.

I was sitting in the living room when I started to have a ‘ticcing fit’.…

Last night Fat Sister, King Russell and I headed out to a Mexican restaurant for a friend’s birthday. Though I was joining them at the last minute, Fat Sister assured me she’d checked out the wheelchair access for the place and that it was all on one level.…

Leftwing Idiot helped me down the stairs from his flat yesterday morning. To do this, my right arm goes under his and round his middle and he puts his left arm round my middle.

As we came down the stairs I was holding onto the banister with my left hand, while my right hand, round Leftwing Idiot, went on ticcing.…

A few days ago I wrote about collecting two different head injuries in one night – a carpet burn and a black eye. Both are healing well and yesterday as the pain and bruises began to fade, I resolved to take some action to prevent at least one of them happening again.…

Yesterday morning I was determined to get the post up about George Osborne parking his Chelsea tractor in a disabled parking bay before I went to work. My morning routine’s already pretty rushed so this meant even more pressure than usual.…

This morning I woke to the news that our beloved Chancellor George Osborne has been caught parking in a bay reserved for disabled people – my heart sank.

“What’s the harm in that?” you might ask, “we all do it from time to time.”…

This week is the first of a two-week Easter playscheme where I work. During previous Easter holidays we’ve had water-fights, needed only t-shirts, and everyone’s needed to constantly re-apply sun cream. But not this year. This year it’s been snow instead of sun!…

… to rub your face raw on the carpet.

Part 1

It’s been freezing today, and despite the heating being on in the castle this evening I was still chilly, so while my agency carer was in the kitchen I wobbled along to my bedroom to get another top.…