Author: Danni

Woke up this morning in the hotel, feeling a bit out of sorts because it wasn’t my normal bed. Our train was due to leave at 12.48pm, so we left the hotel about 11.30am, bought some breakfast and lunch and went to the station. After eating our breakfast (me) and lunch (Johan), we went and told the assistance people that we were there. A nice man with a ramp took us to the right platform, and we waited for a train, people watching while one train being delayed had an effect on another train.

I missed the timing on this photo- a second before it was showing the train as having arrived, when there was a distinct lack of train (it came a minute later). We got on and travelled back to Newcastle. Unfortunately, for some reason our assistance wasn’t booked at Newcastle, so Johan had to go find someone to get a ramp and help me off the train. We got the bus home, then spent the rest of the day relaxing and eating Graze boxes 🙂

Today was the day of Johan’s uncle’s 50th birthday party in York, and we went. This involved getting a train, then walking to the hotel, then taxis to and from the pub it was held in. The ramp at the train station is apparently not for public use, but I was allowed on it anyway (I guess I’m not a member of the public? :P).

The assistance for the train was excellent. Even though it wasn’t fully booked (we left it quite late) they were really helpful. We had booked the wheelchair space on the train, and it had a plug socket so I could use my laptop on it 🙂 Getting off at York was also easy.

I have also discovered that if you’re disabled and want to use a taxi, you better not be tall 😛 I had to duck quite a lot to get in the taxis in my wheelchair, and I’m not particularly tall for a human (though at 5’10”, I’m tall for a girl, plus it’s mostly legs). Luckily the drivers were helpful.

The pub was not disabled accessible at all, but the first taxi driver used his ramp to help me get in. Using the toilets meant Johan having to come into the ladies, which he was a bit uncomfortable about, and me having to go from my chair to the floor then to the toilet as my chair didn’t fit into the cubicles. It worked, but it hurt my arms a lot trying to pull myself off the floor.

Overall today has been good, though it was too loud at the party, and it was nice to meet Johan’s family. Tomorrow we travel home.

(I realise this wasn’t posted when it says it was. This is because I forgot to copy it over from Facebook, then posted the more recent one before it. It would bug me if it were out of order on my blog though, so I’ve changed the date so it’s in the right place.)

Was a better day than yesterday, in that I could sit up without throwing up. Still nauseous, but not as bad. Spent time getting random achievements in World of Warcraft (exalted with the Argent Dawn, and Well Read). Also played a bit of Rock Band, but that didn’t go so well because my hands were too jerky.

Mostly a relaxing day 🙂

Got up this morning feeling okay, went on my computer for a bit, took meds and then became really nauseous and sick 🙁 Have had to stay in bed the rest of the day as every time I try and sit up the nausea comes back.

The picture is of my purple violin. I’m currently listening to my guild in World of Warcraft raiding, and the raid leader was mentioning the boss putting blue vials in, and red vials in, then pointed out he wasn’t talking about violins. I found this funny, hence the picture of my purple violin 🙂 I’ve not been able to play it for a long time as I don’t have the strength to hold it, but I know it’s there waiting for me to get better 🙂

I’ve been feeling really rotten today. Hayfever mostly, as I’ve been sneezing and had a blocked nose and a sore throat (more sore than is usual).

I was meant to go sort out train tickets and things, but was too ill to go out. I’ll have to do it tomorrow.