Mind of my Stroked Brain

I have been asked by many earlier to start practicing writing with my left hand. I think the last time I tried it was a year ago. I realised writing was far, I couldn't even hold the pencil. That was the when I had stopped. I was asked again a few days back - this time by my SLP therapist. I would have ignored it again, but I was given additional logic that it will help the balance of functioning of both sides of the brain and help recovery. The skeptic in me spoke to me pointing out that there was nothing wrong with my brain (both sides) and it was far below in the brain stem. I finally thought - what is there to lose, some more entertainment during the day sometime. So I ignored the skeptic. The poor experience of the attempt last year was not completely forgotten. I decided to take baby steps before running. I ordered a "join the dots" book. It was advertised as "for ages 3-4 years". I thought - sounds right. I am 3½ years into the stroke. I got it yesterday...

My TV is not working again. Well, its playing stuff alright, but the TV is not connecting to the Wi-Fi. So the smart TV has overnight become a dumb display. I can still watch everything as before as I have an external Chromecast attached and I cast what I want from my phone. My phone battery is quite bad. I need to charge it a few times during the day. I normally do it when i am unable to have the phone with me - during physio, during change, during afternoon exercises, bath etc. That way I don't really miss it. The battery performance would have been a concern but I don't really care as I don't have to go anywhere with it. However, this new development is irritating. Sometimes it is close to running out of juice and I have to charge it other times. It's not my phone only anymore, it is also the remote for the TV. It's absolutely frustrating when something is playing on the TV and we don't have the remote to change what is playing. Even if dont have to change an...