Desk chairs
Just over a year ago when I had my knee surgery, the Scientist bought a cheap plastic garden chair for me to use in the shower. I only needed it for a few weeks and expected to move it outside afterwards. About the same time, the old desk chair that was handed down to Games Lover from me a few years ago finally broke in a way that couldn’t be repaired. I’d only recently replaced my own desk chair with one from a chain office supply store but gave that to Game Fanatic and used the garden chair as a temporary fix until we could buy another one for me. Months later I was still using the garden chair and had an accident where it tipped back while I was sitting down and I landed on it, causing some muscle pains that still recur regularly. I continued to use that garden chair and Game Fanatic started to wear down my old (new) chair. The truth was he was too heavy for it so it was bound to break. I need to sit on it last night to do something on his computer and realised the claims he was making of it breaking were getting quite serious.
Today we went out in search of a new chair for him. We started at the same chain store we bought my last chair from and found little of interest. He wanted a cloth upholstery and I wanted to avoid vinyl…They did have a leather chair but it was quite expensive. I recalled seeing an office furniture store somewhere nearby and finally visited it. We found several potential chairs and they were more reasonably priced than expected. Game Fanatic chose a chair and I tried it out. I liked it so well that I bought two, in different colors. The hope is for both chairs to last a few years instead of falling apart so easily as some of the recent ones. It feels weird to sit in a proper chair after all this time but I like the new feeling and I think my body will be happy for it too.
This afternoon I gave Game Fanatic a hair cut. I don’t think it’s been cut in over a year and it was quite long and straggly. While I’m no good at cutting hair, it does look a lot better now and the once hidden face can be seen. Our next goal is to persuade him to either shave or at least trim his facial hair as it’s making his face look rather top heavy after losing all the hair on his head.
And tonight I went to tai chi class and finished the last of the jade lady moves that plagued me several levels ago. We learned them the first time in level three and in level six we do them again in the opposite direction. I think I’m doing okay with them this time. This is the first of several moves that are mirrored from moves in earlier levels. I was rather nervous about doing them before but I think I’m feeling more confident now and now am getting nervous about moving to the advanced class next term…also a bit excited though. :D
