The thing we learnt in the program was, even if you were totally unwell, going to the toilet could be considered as a mobile exercise, you know, they just didn't want you to stay in bed, even, you know, to go to the toilet, they would encourage you to do some kind...
So you just go and there are days where you can't grip your razor and you don't shave, so if you don't shave that instantly sort of adds a minus to you going out, because people look at you and say, “What an untidy fellow, he hasn't even shaved this morning”, you know so... and its gone to where you don't want to explain yourself, so that dictates your day.
If you can't hold the razor and if you can't, I mean I have trouble, most of my like shaving foam, and tablet things are left half open because, there's no young kids now, so I can't unscrew things and I can't, some of the foam caps are quite tight, so you sort of, you can't hold it in your hand and press the... wee things like that, the button for the foam, so you leave it on the shelf and then press it and then try and get the shaving foam on you.
But if you're not in the mood then you just, you know, even the toothbrush is electric because you can't go manual. So you do that, you have a shower everything, you just… Showers at my height, even if other people go in they put it back to my height and my direction because I can't unscrew or do that, so you just press a button, the shower comes on, its set to my temperature as well, they know what temperature I like because its got all markings and things, and then you have that and then you take your time and again.
Another thing, like all my towels are big and fluffy because I can't really dry myself that thoroughly, it takes all that time, so even that is kind of separate, they know which is my towels and all that, you do that and then you just gradually slowly get dressed, and if you haven't shaved and if you haven't had anything to do, you just put your slippers on and not your shoes, and then you waddle down, and then the kettle's always sort of half full or a quarter full because I can't tip a full kettle. |
