Sunday, 13 September 2009

Lately....

Am struggling a lot at the moment-still very slowly going through the move to the new residential centre,some think am want to rush but that is the last thing am want.
Someone had brought the bed from previous home over to new home already,which did not want as had smashed part of it some time before was forced out of there,and needed a new one.
Staff who were taking am for arranged visits to the new place asked in advanced if it could be removed before the visit as am going to get confused and end up wanting to keep the bed once have seen it.
That is exactly what happened as it wasn't removed,so now am not getting a new one.
The mattress had really needed to go-it is stained with piss and coke and its all lumpy and noisy from the springs being bad.

After the visits,am go to see travellers ponies nearby,am get a frappachino before the visit,and end up getting it all over self or the staff if they are lucky.

The new special window that was put in is good,every house should have them.

am like the place a lot,one of the managers has bought am a patch work quilt with a cat on each patch and put it on the bed-not even the cats protection league sell things as great as that.

Am checked out the sensory room for the first time,which is awesome though not as big or filled as Vicky Roads or Anglo [NAS day centres] but they fund raised for those.

The pet chickens were awesome,the pet pony isn't based there but is close by.

Am found out they do life skills classes there for us which is also awesome,as am was removed from the last one at a college.

am still have not got the motability car yet,though nothing to do with high rate mobility as won that a long time ago.


Am have been keeping certain biased sainsburys staff busy of late with the blue badge due to the new rules they have brought in against BB fakes,and this is not at all because they believe only severe physically disabled users get blue badges as there is no way to even spot that from being inside a car,it is because a few of the old staff are biased against younger people using BBs.
Am found this out when an old man in a shit looking red car parked next to us in the disabled bays-he didn't park straight-it was like this: / but worse.
So much so he was taking over another bay as well,which would affect another car user who needs to get support to get in/out or a wheel chair in there.

Another thing am noticed,there was no blue badge on it,grey sainsburys guy [as will call him] was stood there propped up on a sweeping brush,watching all of this,the man rushed inside,grey sainsburys guy came over and instead of ticketing the old mans car,he came to the car am was in [with a male and female support staff] ,and started shouting about needing a blue badge to park there,then he went on about there being a fine for doing this,the blue badge was perfectly in the right place-he could not miss it,staff grabbed hold of it stuck it out the window to show him and he asked to see the photo side,-there's a clear BB fraud going on in the next car and he's there assuming only old people get blue badges,idiot.

Am found out off other users am know on a forum [who all have BBs for physical reasons] that they get the same treatment as well,though they have worser luck than self with age biased parking staff.

And finally,horsey related-am have been improving in riding as have been doing some jumping if it can be called that-Jasmine is jumping high over trotting poles often instead of lifting over,this is with no stirrups and a saddle pad-so it's like bareback-not fallen off yet once which is awesome,not sure if can use stirrups with that custom saddle pad as would need to for jumping fences/crosses.
Also,they have just rescued a new pony [all of the horses and ponies there are rescues they have built up],she had been full of worms,hooves bad,teeth bad,fleas and ribs sticking out when they got her but the yard owner said she's improved a lot in just a week,am wanted to take her home of course as she is a very friendly pony,cant believe people are treating horses badly, especially when they expect them to carry them or drive traps for them.