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Friday, July 24, 2026

Writing a poem for a dear friend

 My Friday morning began at 10:40 a.m. by going into the main camp to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. At 10:48 I then had scrambled eggs with Brussel sprouts on top along with some bacon and one slice of cinnamon swirl toast. Once I had finished eating, at 11:30 I then returned to my camp to make my bed. After doing so, at 11:32 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:40 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 12:07 I then shaved. At 12:43 I began to do my back stretches. After doing so, I then wrote a poem for a friend. At 1:10 I began to do my constant therapy followed by my typing exercises. At 1;22 I began to do my stretches that I have doing since having my stroke. At 1:31 I had used my hand grips squeezing them five times for thirty seconds each. At 1:35 I grabbed my dumbbell's to do my arm exercises. At 1:38 I had strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 1:43 I then ended my workout with another set of back stretches. At 1:55 I then finished my workout and continued to work on the poem for my friend. At 2:40 I then did constant therapy. At 3:00 I continued with my typing exercises. At 3:18 I then did a work search. At 3:45 I had taken a shower to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:10 I then went into the main camp to eat dinner. At 4:50 I had returned to my camp to blog of my day. 

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Doing my typing exercises

 I began my Thursday morning at 6:00 a.m. by taking my seizure medication. After doing so, I then went back to sleep and slept until 11:00. Once I was dressed for the day, I then went into the main camp to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then at 11:00 had a bowl of cereal with banana along with a slice of cinnamon swirl toast. At 11:45 I then returned to my camp to brush my teeth before putting my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, At 11:57 I then made my bed before putting some clean laundry away. At 12:13 I began to do my typing exercises. At 12:25 I had continued with my constant therapy. At 1:10 I began to do my back stretches. At 1:20 I then preceded to do the stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 1:23 I then grabbed my dumbbells and began to work my upper body. At 1:26 I had strapped on my ankle weights and then did my leg exercises. At 1:37 I then grabbed my hand grips squeezing them five time for one minutes each. At 1:55 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:41. After taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening, I had gone into the main camp to eat an ear of corn and a slice of pizza for dinner. At 4:55 I then returned to my camp to get comfortable before pulling up my blog and typing of my day.   

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Road trip

 My Wednesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by making my bed. After doing so, I then went into the main camp to eat some fruit while drinking a cup of hot apple cider. At 6:43 I had eaten a bowl of cereal with banana along with a toasted english muffin with jam. Once I had finished eating At 6:57 I had returned to my camp to brush my teeth and shave before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the da, My parents and I left camp to go look at a place for me to live. Upon our arrival at 9:40 we Met some people and were given a tour. After the tour, we were given some papers to look at. At 10:45 We were then on our way. We then stopped off at a place where they sell orthotics, so that I could get my strapped fixed, they said that I would need a medical note from my primaire care doctor to do so. Along the way home we had mad another stop at a farm stand to pick up some to pick up some corn on the cob. At 2:45 we had arrived at camp. Once I was comfortable, I then filled my empty pill containers, did my constant therapy and some typing. I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.   

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Doing some serious talking during O.T.

 My Tuesday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 5:38 I then had a bowl of oatmeal with banana along with a toasted English muffin. Once I had finished eating, at 5:55 I then made my bed. At 5:55 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking in a shower. Once I was dressed for the day I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in tow puffs of air with my inhaler. After doing my back and stroke stretches, At 6:30 I then did my typing exercises. After doing my constant therapy, At 7:15 Calvin from United Wheelchair had arrived to take me to Neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 8:30 I had gone to the client lounge to do some mor typing exercises. At 9:00 I then had tech support group with Faith. Today she typed up instructions on how to delete my new e-mail account. She then printed me off a copy, so that I could put it my binder, that Laurie started me during my O.T. Session of other things that I step by step instructions. We then continued to work on the cover of the back of my book. At 10:00 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session with Dan. We began the session with a walk in the hallway. We then went into the gym so that I could ride the Nu Step on level two for fifteen minutes. Dan then had me in the parallel bars doing leg exercises. At 11:00 I then went to the arts and crafts room for painting group with Mindy. Today I continued to work on my painting in progress. At 12:00 I then went to Lauries office for my O.T. Session. Today we spoke about living situations for the near future. At 12:30 I then went to the lobby whee I met Calvin from United Wheelchair, so that he could take me back to camp. At 2:11 I arrived at camp After drinking a smoothy, I then lied down to rest and slept until 4:09. After taking a shower, I then went into the main camp to eat dinner. After an ear of corn and quarter of a tuna Italian sandwich, I had returned to my camp to blog of my day. 

Monday, July 20, 2026

A mix up on my transportation so no therapy

 My Monday morning began at 10:30 a.m. These reason being, there was a mix up in my thransportation to Neuro Restorative today for therapy, so I had to stay at camp. After eating my fruit and drinking a cup of tea, I then at 10:45 had a bowl of hot a banana sandwich on pigs fly bread with peanut-butter and Nutella. Once I had finished eating, At 11;00 I then went out onto the camp deck, so that my father could give me a hair cut. At 11:30 I then returned to my camp to brush my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then at 11:42 Had made my bed. At 12:00 I began to do my typing exercises. At 12:30 I then returned into the main camp I  had called Neuro Restorative to see if my transportation is set up for tomorrow. It was all set up. Pick up between 7:00-7:15.  At 12:30 I then did some more typing exercies. At 12:37 I then did my constant therapy. At 1:00 I began to do my back stretches. At 1:20 I then did the stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 1:30 I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. I then precededd to grab my dumbbells to work my upper body. At 1:37 I then ended my workout with another set of back stretches. At 1:37 I then I then finished my workout with another set of back stretches. At 1:48 I then filled my empty pill containers for the week ahead. At 2:08 I then drank a smoothy. After shaving I then took a shower so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:30 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day before eating dinner. 

Sunday, July 19, 2026

A windy day by the water

 My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by drinking my hot cocoa while eating my fruit. After doing so, I then had a bowl of oatmeal with an english muffin. At 6:40 I then had  brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 7:30 I then watched Sunday Mass on line. At 7:30 I then went back to bed and slept until 11:00. After making my bed, at 11:30 I then did my constant therapy. After doing my typing exercises, I then did my back stretches. At 12:10 I then preceded to do the stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 12:20 I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 12:20 I then grabbed my dumbbells and began to do my work my upper body. At 12:25 I then grabbed my hand grips and squeezed them five time each for thirty seconds. After doing so, At 12:56 I then filled my empty pill container for the weak ahead before I then began to do some more typing. At 1:35 My mother arrived home from church and gave me communion. Once I had finished shaving, at 1:50 I then watched a movie on Net Flix. At 3:10 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:00 I then went inside the main camp to eat dinner. At 4:40 I then returned to my camp to blog of my day.  

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Calling the pharmacy

My Saturday morning began at 10:40 a.m. by getting dressed fot the day and going into the main camp. Once inside, I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of apple cider. I then had four biscuits, and the other half of my omlet from yesterday. Once I had finished eating, at 11:25 I then returned to my camp to brush my teeth before putting in my eye nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, At 12:10 I began to do my typing exercises. I then called the pharmacy to order some medication. At 1:00 I then did my back stretches. After doing so, I began to do the stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 1:11 I had strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 1:18 I grabbed  my dumbbells then began to work my upper body. At 1:23 I then used my handgrips squeezing them five times for thirty seconds each. I then ended my workout by doing my back stretches once again. At 1:53 I had lie down to rest and slept until 4:00. After taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening, I had pulled up my blog and typed of my day.