Well should I say wheelchair users don't do a skydive? You will arrive before everyone else yet be kept til last because apparently it's 'harder work' for the whole team? This 'harder work' consisted on my feet being gaffer taped to my diver's feet. Big mission! Waking up at 5am to be there for 8am and then jumping at 1pm really took it out of me. I didn't have a good sleep as it was so I made up for it last night, I don't really feel that awake now to be honest! I'll have to improve on this post when I feel more 'with it' sorry guys!

So in hopefully less than 24 hours I'll be doing my much talked about skydive! The weather is looking good (bit of an Indian Summer over here, though it's technically Autumn!) and I have thermal leggings ready! I am going to wrap up super warm, tights, socks, thermals, you name it I'll be trying to wear it!

I do have my video of my weekend away ready to go but don't wish to overload everyone. Best things come to those who wait! 3 and a half weeks til Thailand. I will be shutting my video and picture sets pages down for this period as I will not be here to send them.

I have to see the nurse at 4pm for my jabs for Thailand, I've ordered my indwelling catheters and leg bags. It's deceivingly sunny out yet a bit chilly. I have a fluffy blanket on. I was thinking about going to Sharm El Sheikh for a Scuba diving week in May with the same charity that I went to Exmoor with but its £845 and for that could get 2 weeks, 5 star hotel all inclusive in the same place for two people! Is that near the pyramids? I would love to dive and see the pyramids!

I did it ALL this weekend, how I'm still awake I don't know! I left for Devon at 11am Friday and arrived at just gone 3pm. As I parked up a people carrier with 2 wheelers and a walker pulled up and got out. One was a para, 26 years old, and the other a quad with some arm and hand movement - enough to propel a manual chair. The walker was a carer and he helped carry our cases to the conservatory of the centre and once we were allocated rooms took our bags into our rooms. I was paired with a walker, a mid 20's solicitor who was lovely. The majority of the group were male and my age but there was an older man. The only disabled women were members of staff.

On the first evening wee all got to know each other and played some games like throwing a ball and saying each other's names, we even got competitive with football style games split into teams. We all retired to our rooms by 11pm ready for Saturday and I did my Peristeen.

Half 7 Saturday morning I peeled myself out of bed and wheeled to the bathroom where I brushed my teeth and washed my face. I got undressed in my chair then got onto the toilet for a good wash with my sponge and shower gel. I put my towel on my chair and got back onto it to get back to my bed. I put my clothes on and make up and went for breakfast and we were split into groups for the activities. I was in the group to first use the pool and prepare for kayaking on Sunday. I was a bit daunted as I know how much I hate the water but I went over, transferred onto the ledge and lowered myself into the jacuzzi while we waited for each pair (one disabled, one not) to go in the Kayak and deliberately capsize. I was bricking it. I so did not want to do it. I got hoisted out of the jacuzzi and wheeled to the pool where I transferred into a crate with a cushion on then put a cushion over the edge of the kayak and placed my feet gently in the kayak. One move and I was in. My partner for the day followed and the kayak pulled into the pool. May I add that I was strapped into a buoyancy aid! We paddled in the small area til they asked us if we wanted to try capsizing. It was just in case we capsized in the lake so it was for our own good so we did it. I soon bobbed to the surface and was happy the buoyancy aid kept me afloat!

Our next activity was archery! The one lad is in a team and competes and we all had a go and tried to get the highest scores. In the evening we played games again and went to bed by about 11pm.

Sunday I put leggings on with thigh high socks and tracksuit bottoms, a thermal jumper, vest and jacket and waterproofs and headed to the lake. In our doubles we got into our kayaks and went around the very windy lake until they decided it was too rough and we had to gingerly creep around the edge of the lake. No one fell out, I was scared though (I had my life jacket on, don't fret), and we all went to the sports hall where we climbed a rope (with a harness on). Outside we abseiled (in a wheelchair haha!) and then we did this swing thing which gets pulled to the ceiling and let go. It was quite exciting! After all that we went to the woods and had a campfire.

All the early mornings have certainly got to me, I'm tired now and it's not even 3pm. I did get some footage of my weekend and I will be piecing it together soon so watch this space!

I just called the airfield and the weather is too bad to dive tomorrow. I have rebooked for the 16th xx

My lad and I went to a burlesque event this evening with his older sister and her husband. I 'liked' the company on Facebook after attending a burlesque event earlier in the year and they sent me an email advertising their event for tonight. I booked 4 tickets as my housemate was to come with his latest beau but he had a last minute call for work so had to pull out.

I had a look online and got some vouchers for a lovely chain restaurant named Zizzi, it is an Italian and we go there often as there are always money off vouchers online and it is nice food.

Last time we went to the burlesque people in the audience were dressed up so I picked out my pink gingham under bust corset and did it up at the front while my lad tightened the laces at the back. It was weird transferring as it is so rigid I can't move! It was weird wheeling too so I had my lad push me about (any excuse!). I also wore a pair on navy almost skin tight jeans, pink ankle socks to hide my still bandaged foot, pink ballet pumps and a white cardigan. Under the corset I wore a white tight vest with a frill detail on the bust which complimented the corset. I styled my hair and did my make up with false eyelashes and red glittery eyeliner.

The show was brilliant and I uploaded pictures of me in my outfit onto the wonderful Internet.

I'm really feeling winter fashion this year and I've bought myself some super cute winter style mini skirts and tight jumpers to go with my many tights, vests and over knee socks. I even bought a grey knitted poncho after checking it wasn't going to catch in my wheels! I wore one of my outfits yesterday - a brown fitted vest with a cream mini skirt with blue, brown and pink lines crossed through it which I teamed up with brown tights and pink ballet pumps to match the pink in the skirt and my pink handbag.

I start my volunteer work on Friday at 10am! I've also applied for volunteer work with newly injured people so fingers crossed!