Going to Hanger to pick up my new A.F.O. and new pair of sneakers

 My Thursday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by making my bed. I then shaved and took my shower before going into the kitchen so as to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. I then had a toasted english muffin Once I had finished eating, returned to my bedroom at 6:40 so as to brush my teeth. I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. I then got ready to leave for Hanger orthotics with my father. I then sat and waited. We had left the house at 8:00 a.m. My appointment was for 10:00 and Hanger is in Waterville. Upon arrival we called before going, just like any other medical appointment. Once inside, I had meet with Jeramy. He had showed me my new orthotic and made the adjustments that he had to make to fits it to my foot. Jeremy then showed me how to strap it on with the straps. He then showed me the new pair of sneakers that went with the package. They are actually just like the ones I wear now. Once everything was all said and done, I was finally walking as good as could be. No hiper extension. At 10:40 we then left Hanger. Along the way home we had to make a stop at the grocery store to pick up a few things. We arrived home at 11:50. Once I had a bite to eat, I then returned to my bedroom at 12:00, brushed my teeth, and lied down to rest. I had slept until 3:30 before waking. I then took a shower, before eating. dinner. I then went to my bedroom to blog of my day. 

Thinking of some Questions to ask my new physical therapist

 My Wednesday morning began ta 7:30 a.m. by making my bed. after doing so, at 7:36 I then shaved before washing my face and hair. At 8:00 I then drank my hot cocoa in my bedroom while sitting at my desk while writing out some notes to talk about during my counseling session today with Frank. At 8:09 I then went into the kitchen so as to eat my fruit. I then had a piece of toasted blueberry bread with peanut butter. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 8:27 so as to brush my teeth. I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 8:40 I then tried my new slippers on again but still, there was not enough support in the sole of the slipper to prevent my ankle from rolling to the side. At 8:45 I then put some clean laundry away before filling my empty pill containers. At 9:30 I then cleaned my bathroom while for my counseling session with Frank. At 10:00 I then connected with tela health session with Frank. Today we spoke about online tutorials to help me learn something new. I then let hime know that I would be getting my A.F.O. tomorrow. We then spoke about my A.F.O  pros. He then gave me homework for the week. Think of some goals for the new year. What I might want to do. One thing I had mentioned right off, was being able o get out more, and safely doing it. Going for walks for example. We then spoke about except and shift. Some more homework is to ask my new PT. where do you come from? How long have you been a P.T. Where have you worked before? At 10:50 I then ended my counseling session with Frank. At 11:00 I then preceded to do my stroke stretches. At 11:15 I began to do my back stretches. I then continued with the new stretches that I am learning at P.T. now. At 11:30 I then made my move in words with friends. before going into the kitchen at 12:00 noon to have a bite to eat. At 12:45 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 12:45-4:00 before waking. Once I had taken a shower, I then ate dinner with my parents. I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Making my bed with new sheets and blanket that I had received for Christmas

 My Tuesday morning began at 8:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. After doing so, I then had two toasted blueberry muffins with jam. At 8:45 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth and get ready for my day ahead. At 9:30 I had called the pharmacy to see if my medication was ready. It was my clobazam a third seizure medication that I take and I have not done so in three days waiting for the approval of my doctor to call it in and insurance. It is is the least major seizure medication out of three, so I did not have any seizures over the holidays. At 10:00 I then had my conference call with Nurse Sally. She first began by saying starting next week we will be meeting on Tuesday's at 10:00 a.m. instead of Monday's. 1/5/21. We finally ended our tela health call at  10:33. At 10:47 I then cycled for twenty minutes before returning to my bedroom to make my bed. with clean new sheets and new electric blanket that I had received for Christmas. At 11:30 I then had a bite to eat for lunch. Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth. At 12:10 I then dusted the furniture in my bedroom. After doing so I then vacuumed. At 12:28 I then began to do my stretches that I have been doing since my last stroke. At 12:40I then did my back stretches. At 12:47 I then began to to my new P.T.  streches. At 1:00 I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 3:50 before waking. Once I had taken a shower, I then had eaten my dinner. I then returned to my bedroom at 5:00 and blog of my day.   

Holding my squats for five seconds during P.T.

 My Monday morning began at 8:00 a.m. I had gone into the kitchen so as to my fruit and drink my hot cocoa. After doing so, I then toasted myself an english muffin and put peanut butter and honey on it. I then I then eaten my breakfast with a glass of orange juice. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom at 8:30 to shave and take my shower so as to get ready for the day ahead. After doing so, I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. I then took in two puffs of air with my in hailer. At 9:40 My father had taken me to p.t. Upon arrival, I had called to answer the questions concerning covid-19. Once Ian retapped my ankled, I then road the Nu Step for ten minutes. Ian then had me in the parallel bars with weights on my ankles and my legs in a thera band for resistance doing kickbacks and side to side with my legs. He then had me doing two sets of fifteen squats holding each one for five seconds before coming back up. At 11:00 I then left P.T. At 11:15 I then arrived home. Once I had eaten my lunch, I then returned to my bedroom at 12:15, brushed my teeth and lied down to rest. I had slept from12:20-3:40 before waking. Once I had taken my shower, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day, before eating dinner. 

Watching "Most Wonderful Time of the Year"

 My Sunday morning began at 8:40 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to eat some fruit and drink my hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had eaten a breakfast of scrambled eggs with a half toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 9:30 to make my bed and put away Christas decorations in my bedroom. At 10:11 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. I then took in some air before putting away some clean laundry. At 10:30 I then sorted out some papers that were hanging around in my bedroom. At 10:52 I began to do my stretches that I have been doing since I had my last stroke. At 11:23 I then had finished doing my back stretches before moving on to brushing my teeth. At 11:45 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:00. I the had odderves with my family before returning to my bedroom at 3:30 to talk to a friend who had called. At 4:00 I then shaved and took a shower before sitting down to watch the movie "Most Wonderful Time of the Year." At 7:10 I then went to my bedroom to pull up my blog and type of my day. 

A new speaker

 My Saturday morning began at 9:22 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had eaten an egg cup with a toasted blueberry muffin. After doing so, I then brushed my teeth. Once I had taken two puffs of air, I then put in my eye and nose drops before shaving. At 10:20 I then made my bed before sitting down to fill my empty pill containers. At 11:10 I then cleaned my bathroom. At 11:45 I then had eaten my lunch. Once I had brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 12:00-3:30 before waking. I then spoke to a friend. I then spoke to aa friend until 4:00 before taking a shower. At 4:20 I then went into the kitchen to sit and talk with my mother, sister, and aunt while munching on oderves. My sister then gave me a speaker to attach to my tablet to listen to music on pandora radio. At 6:10 I then ate dinner. After doing so, I then pulled up my blog and began to type of my day. 

Merry Christmas

 My Christmas morning began at 8:45 a.m. by making my bed. After doing so I then shaved and took my shower before going into the kitchen at 9:12 to eat some fruit and drink my hot cocoa. I then had a muffin and fruit cake. At 9:50 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air. After doing so I had spoke to a friend who had called to wish me a Merry Christma. At 10:45 I then began to open gifts with my family by the Christmas Tree. We had finished opening gifts an hour later. At 12:00 we then began to eat odderves. At 12:40 I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 3:45 before waking. I then sat by the Christmas Tree with my sister and aunt. We then snacked on odderves with my parents. At 9:56 I then took a shower before pulling up my blog and typing of my day. 

Yeh my sister fixed my blog after the wind storm on December 5th 2020

 12/6/20 Sunday 

we had lost power last night do to a big wind storm witch screwed my blog up and some other internet things. At 9:40 I had woke up this Sunday morning with the power out and had ritz crackers and peanut butter for breakfast. I than took a picture of a tree that fell down on our deck. luckily it missed the house. At 10:00 I then brushed my teeth before filling out gift card for my sister. At 10:05 I watched my father cut up a tree that had fallen during the wind storm. At 10:30 I then wrapped my sister gift for Christmas. After doing so I then made my bed. At 11:04 I had made my bed. before putting my laundry away. At 1:10 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in some air. At 11:26 I then did my easy back stretches. before doing my stroke stretches. At 11:35 I then played a game of cribbage with my mother before eating some lunch. Once I had finished eating, I hen went to my bedroom at 1:00 to brush my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 1:00-3:55 after brushing my teeth. the lights and power came back on at 12:15 a.m.

12/7//20 Monday 

My Monday morning began at 8:00 a.m. by shaving. At 8:11 I then went into the kitchen so as to eat some fruit and drink some cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bowl of hot cereal with half of an english muffin with cream cheese. Once I had finished eating at 8:35 I then brush my teeth and washed my face before taking in some air. At 9:00 I then cleaned and organized my desk top. At 9:15 I then made a list to talk to Nurse Sally about. After doing so, I then took the sheets off of my bed then made it with clean sheets. At 10:00 I prepared my motes to talk to sally about. At 11:00 I had my tela health call with Nurse Sally. We had talked about my back, seizures, and a.f.o. until 12:00 I then ate my lunch. We also spoke about my case manager Trevor for the devision of the bling. Sally then said be careful there is another boss in your life, HA HA!!! We then ended our call. At 11:38 I then began to do my stroke stretches. At 11:50 my back stretches. I then began to do my new P.T. stretches. At 12:30 I then had a fish sandwich for lunch with a glass of egg nog. Once I had finished eating, I had brushed my teeth at 12:50 and lied down to rest. I had slept from 12:55-4:00 before waking. Once I had taken a shower I then played a game of cribbage with my mother. At 5:06 I then had a bowl of soup before returning to my bedroom to blog of my day. 

12/8/20 Tuesday

My Tuesday morning began at 7:45 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. After doing so, at 8:12I then had an omelet with half of a toasted English muffin, with some cucumber. Once I had finished eating, I then I then returned to my bedroom at 8:27 to make my bed. At 8:30 I then made my bed and shaved before brushing my teeth. At 8:40 I then shaved At 8:37 I then had brushed my teeth before taking my shower. At 8:50 I the put in my eye and nose dose drops. I then took in two puffs of air. At 9:30 I then left the house for my P.T. session with my father. We had arrived at physical Rehab at 9:50. Once I had called and checked in, I then went inside. To start our session Tamara let me know that today was progress summary day. I was given all these tests. Effection, then the Tennety. She then had me walking testing my balance. Tinnetty balance assessment. She then had me cycle for ten minutes. She then had me in the parallel bars doing heel to toe raises. At 10:54 we then left p.t. We had arrived home at 11:25 Once I had eaten my lunch. At 12:00 I then went to my bedroom to brush my teeth before laying down to rest. I slept from 12:10-3:30. Once I was up I had filled my empty pill containers. At 4:05 I then took. a shower before before having a bowl of soup. At 4:52 I then pulled up my blog, so as to type of my day. 

12/9/29 Wednesday

My Wednesday morning began at 8:20 a.m. I had gone into the kitchen so as to eat my fruit and drink my hot cocoa. I then had an egg cup after doing so. aT 8:53 I then brushed my teeth. At 9:00 my father then gave me a haircut. At 9:15 I then shaved and washed my face. I then put eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of my inhaler, I then brushed my teeth. At 10:00 I then had my tela health call with Frank. We talked about things outside of our control. Frank and I also spoke about using cognitive resources. He then gave me homework for the week say three times daily a positive statement about gettin an a.f.o. We finished our session at 11:57. At 12:00 I then did my stroke exercises. At 12:12 I then had eaten my lunch. before talking to a friend briefly. I then brushed my teeth I then took in some air before doing my back and other p.t. stretches. At 1:20 I then went to bed and slept until 3:50. After taking a shower I had eaten my dinner. I then got ready to go to bed. I then watched the Christmas movie "Most Wonderful Time of the Year." 

12/10/20 Thursday

My Thursday morning began at 8:45 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. After doing so, I then had a piece of toast with a bowl of cereal. Once I had finished eating, I then picked up the kitchen before starting the dishwasher. At 9:32 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth and shave. At 10:05 I began to do the stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 10:20 I continued to stretch by doing my back stretches.  Once I had done my new stretches that I am learning now and doing at P.T. each week, I then cute the kinesio tape on my foot. It starts to wair off after a while, praying to god that it stays on before my next P.T. session. At 10:40 I then put ice on my back. At 11:12 I then empty the dishwasher and put the dishes away. After doing so, I had taken a shower before putting some laundry away. At 1:30 I had left fro my P.T. session. Upon my arrival I had to call and check in answering the questions about the corona virus. Once I had done so. The first the I did was ask my P.T.  about the rules around the holidays on wearing  masks when having a small gathering. He replied you should wear a mask or be six feet apart. While exercising with Ian today he first had me do the bird dog. He then had me do bridging. Once I had done those two exercises Ion then had me do the clam shell. I then continued my doing lunges on the bosu ball in the parallel bars holding each one for ten seconds without holding on. At 2:42 I then left my P.T. session and my father took me home. We had made one stop along the way at wal-greens We had arrived home at 3:00 p.m. I then lied down to rest and slept until 4:40. Once I had taken a shower, I had eaten dinner soon calling it a day. 

12/11/20 Friday. 

My Friday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by opening some Christmas cards that came in the mail for me. I then ate some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. At 9:20 I then had eaten a toasted bagel with strawberry cram cheese. I then returned to my bedroom at 9:44 so as to make my bed before brushing my teeth. I then clean my bathroom before sitting down to write out some Christmas Cards. At 11:00 I then began to do my stroke stretches. At 11:18 I then started in with my back stretches. While I was doing so my sister had called. about gifts for Christmas. At 11:38 I then cycled for twenty minutes before watching the news at noon. I then made myself a B.L.T. for lunch at 12:30. Once I had finished eating, I had brushed my teeth and taken a shower. At 1:30 I then lied down to rest and slept unitl 4:08. I then opened some more Christmas cards before writing out some more. At 4:36 I then ate dinner. I then soon called it a day. 

12/12/20 Saturday

My Saturday morning began at 8:40 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and eat some fruit. Once I had done so, I then returned to my bedroom to make my bed. At 9:32 I then brushed my teeth before cycling for twenty minutes. At 10:10 I then returned to my bedroom to do my easy back stretches. I then took in two puffs of air  before doing my hard back stretches. At 10:24 I then did my new p.t. stretches before continuing with my older p.t. stretches. At 11:25 I then put in my eye and nose drops before making my bed. At 11:26 I then lied down to rest and slept until 2:48. Once I had taken a shower, at 3:15 I then had a bowl of pea soup. At 3:22 I then returned to my bedroom to put some clean laundry away before going online to chat with Naomi a visually impaired friend of mine that I met at Westside Nero Rehab. We spoke about the wind storm, the notes app on eye pad, and my riding the brain train. She then let me know how she received her tactile maps to her get around her community. She then let me know to con tact Trevor my case manager for the devision of the blind to get things started or to see if there are some thing that I can be doing at home. She also let me know to ask Trevor about getting an A.T. person assessment in technology. At 4:30 I then ended my call with Naomi and ate dinner. At 5:10 I then returned to my bedroom to fill my empty pill containers and order some medication. 

12/13/20 Sunday

My Sunday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. At 10:15 I then had scrambled eggs a toasted popover. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 10:35 to brush my teeth and shave. Once I had made my bed, I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air. At 11:05 I then began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 11:25 I then cycled for twenty minutes before doing my back stretches. At 12:12 I then read some of the Sunday paper before watching a Hal-Mark Christmas movie. At 1:15 I then took a shower before laying down to rest at 1:30. At 3:48 I had woke. I then played a game a cribbage with my mother, before sitting down to eat dinner at 4:30. I then soon called it a day. 

12/14/20 Monday

My Monday morning began at 8:30 a.m. by going into kitchen to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. I then peanut-butter and honey on an english muffin toasted. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom at 9:07 so as to brush my teeth and shave. At 9:20 I then made my bed. At 9:.25 I then washed my hair before cleaning my bathroom. At 9:54 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air. At 10:00 I then listened  to my audio book until 11:00 I then had a tela health meeting with Nurse Sally. Sally let me know that she would call my doctor for an order to be sent to get my a.f.o. started at Hangor Orthotics. Once she had done so, she had called me back to confirm that she had done so today. She let me know that notes from my neurologist had to be faxed over to Hanger. She then let me know we had to get my neurologist and my primary care doctor on the same page, so that the notes can be easily transferred. We soon ended our call. I then did my back stretches and my stroke stretches before having a bowl of soup for lunch. At 12:40 I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 1:07-3:30 before waking. I then took a shower before playing a game of cribbage with my mother. After doing so, I had eaten dinner with my parents. 

12/15/20 Tuesday

I began my Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m. by making my bed. I then shaved and took my shower. After doing so, I had gone into the kitchen so as to eat my fruit and drink my hot cocoa. Once I had eaten my breakfast, I had returned to my bedroom at 8:15 to brush my teeth Once I had put in my eye and nose drops, I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. I then listened to Christmas music while to go to Physical Therapy. My father and I had left the house at 9:43 to go to P.T. Upon our arrival at 10:00 a.m. I had called to answer the usual questions about covid-19 Ian then came out to get me. Once he had put new kinesis tape on my ankle, I began to exercise. He first had me on the nu step for on level 8 for fifteen minutes. He then had me doing sit to stand exercises holding each on for five seconds. Once I completed that exercise, he then had me put a thera band around both legs, he then had me spread my legs and holding for ten second for resistance. Before leaving Tamara let me know that she will  be moving over to the Franklin Memorial Hospital to do P.T. with acute patience. At 11:30 I had arrived home. At 11:45 I had eaten my lunch I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept fom 12:23-4:00. After taking a shower I then played a game of cribbage with my mother. At 4:30 I then ate dinner with my parents. At 5:50 I then opened some Christmas cards. After doing so, I had watched a hal-mark movie called "nine lives of Christmas. 

12/16/20 Wednesday

I began my Wednesday morning at 8:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. I then had a dropped egg on a bagel. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 8:37 to brush my teeth. At 8:45 I then shaved before making my bed. I then washed my hair and face. At 9:00 I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking two puffs of air. At 9:07 I then got dressed and ready for the day ahead. At 9:15 I wrote positives things to talk about with Frank during our tela health meeting. At 10:00 I then called Frank on tela health. We spoke about my A.F.O. that I will be getting, the tape that is helping my ankle now, how anxiety and how it keeps us alive. How I use to get nervous before road races and how I use to belly breath to get control of body heart rate and brain. Develop plan with sister and parents for holidays. At 10:55  I had looked at last years Christmas cards before throwing them away. At 11:15 I then changed and made my bed. At 11:30 I then dusted my bedroom. At 11:41 I then began to do my stroke stretches. At 12:00 I had wrote out some Christmas cards. At 12:30 I then ate lunch. I then brushed my teeth. At 1:00 I filled out a survey from Goodwill. At 1:22 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 2:40 I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 4:22, Once I had taken a shower I had eaten dinner and soon called it a day. 

12/17/20 Thursday 

My Thursday morning began at 8:00 by going into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. I then had a toasted bagel with cream cheese. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom at 8:25to brush my teeth and shave. I then made my bed before taking a sh shower. At 9:10 I then took in two puffs of air before putting in my eye and nose drops. At 9:12 I then cleaned my bathroom befoe laying down to rest at 9:25. I did so until 10:20 before leaving for P.T. with my father. At 10:48 we had arrived at Physical Therapy. Once I had called to check in Tamara came out to get me. She first had me ten minutes on othe nu step. She then had me doing two sets of ten with the clam shell exercise. She then had me sitting on a ball to do leg balance exercises. I then did five sets of five sit to stand exercises. I then leet her know I have to cancel some sessions to prepare for Christmas and make sure all in safe. At 1:20 I then left P.T. arriving home 1:40 Once I had eaten a bowl of soup, I hd lied down to rest as to 2:00 and slept until 4:25. Once I had taken a shower I then ate dinner at 5:00. After doing so, I then called it a day at 5:30.

12/18/20 Friday

My Friday morning began at 9:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. I then had an egg sandwich. At 10:10 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. At 10:20 I then took in two puffs of air before putting my eye and nose drops. At 10:30 I then began to do my stroke stretches. At 10:52 I began to my back stretches. At 11:00 I then did my new back stretches. At 11:15 I then cycled for ten minutes At 11:25 I then watched a Christmas special. At 12:10 I then took my pills before putting a sweat shirt on. I then watched television. while resting. I did so until 3:00. After taking a shower, I had put some laundry away. After doing so I had taken a shower. I then played a game of cribbage with my mother before eating dinner with my parents. 

12/19/20 Saturday 

I began my Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa while eating  some fruit. After doing so, I then had a banana sandwich with peanut butter. At 10:12 I then brushed my teeth and took in some air before cycling at 10:20 until 10:42. I then put some clean laundry away before doing my stroke stretches at 11:00. At 11:15 I then did my back stretches. At 11:33 I had finished stretcing. I then showered and shaved. At 12:00 I then made coconut kiss cookies before having a bowl of soup. and a sandwich from mc Donald's. Once I had finished eating, I then opened Christmas cards I then brushed my teeth and went to bed. I slept from 1:20-4:25. I then played a gamed of cribbage with my mother. At 4:50 I ate dinner. After doing so, I then watched some Christmas specials. At 6:00 I then brushed my teeth and went to bed. 

12/20/20 Sunday 

My Monday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. At 10:15 I then had some french toast before returning to my bedroom at 10:30 so as to brush my teeth and shave. At 10:50 I then made my bed At 11:00 I then filled out thank you cards. I then filled out my empty pill containers before taking in some air. At 12:00 I then continued to fill my empty pill containers. I then order some medication. At 12:23 I then began to do my stroke stretches. At 12:30 I took a break to eat my lunch. At 1:15 I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept until 4:00 

12/21/20 Monday 

My Monday at 8:55 by going into the kitchen so as eat my fruit and drink my hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bagel with cream cheese. At 9:27 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before making my bed. At 9:50 I then washed my hair. At 9:44 I then made my bed. At 9:50 I then washed my hair. After doing so , I then put in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air, at 10:00 I then cleaned my bathroom. After doing so, I then took notes to talk to nurse Sally about. At 11:00 Sally and I had our call. Once we finished talking about medical issues, At 11:45 I began to do my stroke stretches. I then continued to stretch by doing my back stretches. After doing so, I then had a bowl of soup at 12:30. Once I had finished eating I brushed my teeth and rested. At 4:00 I then played a game of cribbage with my mother before taking a shower. At 5:30 I then watched "The Santa Claus" staring Tim Allan. I then called it a day. 

12/22/20 Tuesday

My Tuesday morning began at 9:45 a.m. I had gone into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and eat some fruit. After doing, at 10:00 I then had a bowl of hot cereal with half of a bagel toasted. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 10:20 to do my stroke stretches. I then brushed my teeth before putting laundry away. At 11:02 I then did my back stretches. while listening to my audio book. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 3:50 before waking. Once I had taken a shower, I then ate my dinner before watching "Home Alone." 

12/23/20 Wednesday 

My Wednesday morning began at 7:25 a.m. by making my bed. After doing so, I then washed my face and hair. I then changed the sheets on my bed and made it. At 8:15 I then went into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa and eat some fruit. Once I had finished eating my breakfast, I then returned to my bedroom at 8:54 to brush my teeth. I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air. At 9:10 I then cleaned my bathroom. At 10:00 I then spoke to Frank during my counseling session. We spoke about thingsii to do on how to stay safe during the holidays. like using hand sanitizer. We also spoke about how sage I feel with my sister and aunt coming to visit  and how I can help myself stay calm. Look at the weekend as a two day marathon. To reduce anxiety keep telling myself it is like a long distance race. Make jokes with sister. Belly breath. Goal for week, have a great Christmas. At 10:55 my sister had arrived. Once I had put some laundry away, I then helpt her in with some things. She then fixed my computer. I then began to do some blogging. At 12:30 I then ate lunch with my sister before laying down at 12:30. I had slept until 4:20 before taking a shower. I then sat with my family. 

Christmas Eve

 My Christas Eve day began at 9:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. After doing so, I then had a bagel with cream cheese. At 10:00 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth I then.   wiped down door knobs and handles. At 10:10 I then shaved before filling my pill containers. At 10:46 I then made my bed before sitting down to catch up on my blog entries. At 12:00 I then ate lunch. At 12:30 I then did some more blogging until 1:13. My aunt soon arrived. I then continued to blog. At 1:55 I then brushed my teeth then lied to rest. I had slept until 4:10. I then had a snack. before taking a shower. The festivities soon began. we first had chicken livers and bacon, yum. and pork pie. I then had a date filled cookie my aunt made. At 6:00 we opened a gift.At 6:30 I then went to my bedroom to finish up my blogging.  

An easy day during the Holiday Season

 My Saturday morning began at 9:10 by going into the kitchen to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. after doing so, I then had an egg on some stuffin with cheese on top along with two shrimp. I then once I had finished eating returned to my bedroom at 9:45 to brush my teeth and take in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 9:56 I then cycled for twenty minutes before retuning to my bedroom to face time my sister so as to ask her a few questions about Christmas. At 10:42 I then spoke to a friend while continuing to do my stroke stretches. I then preceded to do my back stretches at 11:00. I then wrote a couple more Christmas cards before shaving. I then lied down to rest at 12:00 and slept until 3:25 I then got up to take a shower before playing a game of cribbage with my mother. Once I had eaten with my parents, I soon called it a day.  

Clam Shell

 My Friday morning began at 9:15 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to eat my fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. Then after eating a toasted english muffin with peanut butter and honey on it, I then returned to my bedroom at 9:40 to brush my teeth and shave before making my bed. At 10:07 I then began to do my easy back stretches that I had learned from a chiropractor. At 10:09 I began to do my stroke stretches. At 10:23 I then continued to stretch by doing my more intense back stretches. I then wrapped up my workout with my new P.T. stretches. At 10:35 I then took a shower so as to get ready for the day ahead. At 12:00 noon I had listened to some Christmas music while waiting to go to physical therapy. I had left for P.T. with my father at 12:30. We had arrived Franklin commons at 12:50. Once in physical therapy Tamara first had me riding on the Nu Stop. After a ten minute ride on level nine bumped up from level eight last week, Tamara  then had me doing twenty squats counting to five seconds for each squat. Tamara then showed me two  new home exercise to do with a yellow thara band. First bridges then clam shells using a yellow thera band for resistance . At 1:52 I then I then left P.T. with my father, arriving home at 2:10. I then help my father put his snow plow on his truck. At 2:18 I then lied down to rest and slept until and slept 4:18. After taking a shower I then played a game of cribbage with my mother. At 5:30 I then ate dinner with my parents. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 6:07 to blog of my day.   

Calling several stores to see about an item

 My Thursday morning began at 7:30 a.m. by writing another chapter in my bookg. After doing so, I had made my way into the kitchen so as to eat my fruit and drink my hot cocoa. I then had a toasted english muffin with peanut butter. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 8:45 to make my bed. At 8:50 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. At 9:00 I then sat down to fill my empty pill cases for the week ahead. At 9:35 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. I then ordered some medication that I was running low on. At 9:45 I then read an article on a classmate of mine. At 10:00 I began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 10:10 I began to do my back stretches. At 10:20 I then began to do my new p.t. stretches. I had ended my workout at 10:25. I then spoke to a friend who had called. I did so until my mother arrived home from work at 11:10. I had helped her empty bags of groceries before calling Food City to see if they had any chicken livers. At 11:30 I then had eaten a light lunch before returning to my bedroom at 11:50 to brush my teeth. I then lied down to rest and slept from 11:55-3:10 before waking. I then took a shower before looking at a post friends had commented on that I made. I then played a game of cribbage with my mother before eating dinner. At 5:30 I then returned to my bedroom to pull up my blog and type of my day. 

a variety of kinesio tape on my ankle

 My Wednesday morning began at 7:45 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. At 8:00 I then had a toasted english muffin with strawberry cream cheese on it. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth At 8:23 I then made my bed. After doing so, I then did my easy back stretches. At 8:40 I then wrote out some Christmas cards, while waiting to speak with Frank at 10:00 a.m. While talking we came up some questions to ask my Physical Therapist questions pertaining to my A.F.O. when I receive it. We then spoke about things that make me happy. Christmas movies. We also spoke about how I felt the night I had my stroke and when I heard the sirens from the ambulance. as it pulled inoto my driveway. We then talked about a conditioned response for next week. At 10:56 I then took a shower before having a bowl of soup and some salad. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. I then lied down to rest. I had slept from 11:47-12:36. I then left for p.t. with my father. At 12:55 we had arrived. Once we had called in and I had answered all the questions pertaining to covid-19. I then went inside to. work with Ian. During my P.T. session, Ian first had me on the Nu Step for for eight minutes on level 8. Ion then had me in the parallel bars standing on an erix mat with my eyes closed and open turning my head in every direction. Ion then had me doing toe taps on the bosu ball. He then turned the bosu ball on the round side, so that I was standing on the flat side rocking back and fourth trying to hold my balance. He then had me stepping over the line hurdle. Once the session was over, Ian then change the conisio tape on my foot and ankle. Ian did not have enough of one color, so today I have the beige, pink, and blur all wrapped around my foot and ankle. Ian then let me know that I am making improvements in my balance, Better control of foot, Able to challange loner. He then said the A.F.O. will offer better normalized walking at the foot. I then left for home at 1:00 arriving home At 2: 12. After writing out a couple more Christmas cards I then took some pictures of my foot with all of the colored tapes on it. At 2:50 I then took a shower before talking to a friend on the phone. At 3:21 I began to type up my blog. I then played a game of cribbage with my mother at 3:57. At 4:40 I then ate dinner before finishing my blog. 

Writing out some Christmas cards

 On this 1st day of December the year 2020, I began at my morning at 8:48 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to have cup of hot cider while eating some fruit and kayle chips. At 9: 10 I then had eaten a scrambled egg with half of a toasted english muffin with tomato and avocado on the side. Once I had finished eating at 9:20 I had spoken to my grandmother on the phone. After doing so, I had returned to my bedroom at 9:23 so as to brush my teeth and shave. At 9:48 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 9:50 I began to fill out Christmas cards. I did so until 11:15 before starting in with my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 11:30 I then did my easy back stretches before continuing with the harder once that I have been doing from a previous chiropractor. At 11:37 I then began to do my new my P.T. streches before laying down to rest at 12:00. I had slept until 2:38 befoe waking. At 3:00 I had put some clean laundry away before writing out some Christmas cards while snacking on some popcorn. At 3:30 I then took my shower before going into the kitchen to talk with my parents for a bit before eating dinner at 4:00. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 4:35, so as to blog of my days events.