Today is my mother’s birthday. Happy birthday mum.

I went over to the parental house for dinner. My leg is almost back to normal. And my back is doing okay. I walked all the way to my parents’, and back, with almost no pain. A couple of weeks ago, before I started the back exercises, I definitely would not have been able to do that. So that’s jolly good.

I could also see the vegetables and meat fairly well during dinner. Makes eating easier. And I could see the Tour de France reasonably well on the telly from far away. So all in all that was a positive trip. It’s the little improvements that count. For now. Also, mmmm birthday cake. I wish it was my birthday every day of the year so I could justify eating cake. Because we all know that diabetes does not strike on birthdays.

I had a carpenter visiting today. Had a little problem with one of my window/doors. So he came around to have a look. Didn’t take long to fix it. He saw my computer and asked if I played games. I didn’t even think about it, I just said “yes”. Force of habit. And then I had to say that actually, I kind of didn’t. Not anymore. Because of my eyesight. He noticed my big, high-contrast keyobard as well. He was quite friendly and talkative.

Just like me!

Not so much going on at the moment. The waiting game. I wish I could speed up time so the 2-3 months could pass and I could get the laser treatment for the secondary cataract. And see if things will be clear again.

Meanwhile, I have spent some time with goats. Surprisingly. So let’s take a coupla videos.

youtube.com/watch?v=ScxnKcqKLLE. A little Hans baah.

youtube.com/watch?v=9VBY-JzXj-Y. A little Magnethe. Trying to bully me, but I take horrible revenge.

youtube.com/watch?v=cwTozrlJw-8. A Grethe video. To celebrate that she will be staying at the playground. She actually jumped up on my back again. I really should not let her do that now that they’re so big. But I couldn’t help it, I missed it. I think Grethe missed it too, because once she had done it that first time she kept trying to do it again. She’s still a little jumper.

But no, it’s really not a good idea when you consider all the back problems I have been having. But on the plus side, I have found some back exercises that seem to be helping. Although I think have overdone it and hurt my leg through it, but we’ll see how that goes. My back is better at least. The last couple of times I have walked home from the playground I have had a lot less back ache than usual. Usually I’d be hurting when I was halfway home and it would be really killing me by the time I was all the way back. But now I can go all the way home without it getting to the “killing me” stage. After a week or so of exercise. So now I just need the leg to get better again.

But it’s nice to be able to walk home from the playground, instead of having to take the bus. And I can walk without a cane. And I don’t have to fear for my life when I’m crossing the road, I now feel pretty confident that I can tell whether there’s a car coming or not. Quite nice. It’s good to feel improvement like that.

But now back to twiddling thumbs.