independence
last night i drove on my own for the first time in my life. it was only round the corner to t’chippy (gives you a hint of how my diet is going at the moment), but still it was a big step. i think carl was nervous about it. got that impression when i got back and he greeted me with a “yey, you’re back!”, more enthusiastically than normal. it was weird though. i thought “woo, i can do whatever i want now”, but then thought doing doughnuts across the estate was a bad idea and just drove normally anyway.
the whole aim of me driving again was so i could go to asda on my own and do the shopping. not very exciting really, but being able to do the shopping without worrying that carl might kill someone in a bout of trolley rage at any second is incentive enough for me. i think i might do my first solo shopping trip tonight. bit nervous about parking though, since i am poo at it (bet that’s a real surprise for all the men).
work is all busy again now. so far i have 12 people interested in volunteering for me, which is great since i was aiming for 10 people over the next year. got the grilling of my life this morning about my project. wasn’t from the scary physics people or the psychologists or anyone like that, it was from a group of people with aphasia. they have given me more to think about than any academic has in the last 2 years. feel a bit drained now though. good to be made to see things from a different perspective though.
carl is coming to pick me up now though, so i can go home and sleep. nice things.
