Receiving communion

 My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by watching the news. At 6:30 I then watched church on television. At 7:30 I then went back to sleep. I slept until 11:15 before waking. After drinking a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit, I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, At 11:38 I then brushed my teeth before putting my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then at 11:50 began to do my constant therapy. At 12:20 I began to my back stretches. At 12:30 my mother arrived home from church and gave me communion. I then continued by doing my stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 12:35 I then began to do my thera band exercises for my arms and legs. At 12:45 I then did my weight exercises for my upper body. At 1:00 I then put some clean laundry away. At 1:10 I then filled some empty pill containers for the week ahead. I then called the pharmacy to order a script. At 1:38 I then rolled some cookies. At 2:00 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 2:30 I then had a salad before pulling up my blog and typing of my day. 

Doing my daily workout

 I began my Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. by drinking a cup of tea while eating my frut. At 10:42 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana along with two slices of cheese bread toasted. Once I had finished eating, at 11:00 I then made my bed. At 11:11 I had brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:20 I began to do my constant therapy. At 11:42 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:00 I then continued with the stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 12:05 I then did my weight exercises working my upper body. At 12:10 I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 12:20 I then watched a Hal Mark Christmas movie. At 3:00 I then shaved and took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:57 i then had a bowl of turkey soup At 4:25 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Watching a "Home Alone" marathon while going about my day.

 My Friday morning began at 10:30 a.m. Once I was awake, I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot coca. After doing so, I then at 10:53 had a banana sandwich with Nutella and peanut-butter. At 11:10 I then made my bed. At 11:16 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose. drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler at 11:25 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 11:45 I had shaved before sitting down to watch the news at noon. At 12:32 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:45 I then began to do the stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke At 12:45 I then used my hand grips. At 12:48 I then worked my upper body, my doing my weight exercises. At 1:00 I then began to do my constant therapy. At 1:22 I then to watched Home Alone. At 4:00 I then ate dinner. At 4:25 I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:45 I then pulled up my blog, so as to typed of my day. 

Going through the Application for the Iris Park Apartments during my O.T. session with Angela

 My Thursday morning began at 5:00 a.m. by shaving and taking a shower. At 5:45 I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot apple cider. At 6:00 I then had a grilled cheese, turkey, and tomato sandwich.  Once I had finished eating, I then at 6:20 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then dressed for the day. At 7:30 United Wheelchair arrived to take me to Nero Restorative for therapy. Upon my arrival at 9:30 I signed up for the Christmas special event. I rarely sign up for the special events, but I love "Christmas" I juset could not pass this one up. If it gets to noisy, I will find a room where it is quiet. The party is from 10_4 on Tuesday December 23rd. After a break, at 9:45 during my O.T. session with Angela we went through the application for the Iris Parks Apartments. At 10:45 during my first speech therapy session since my concussion followed by a T.I.A. Carina and discussed problems that I have been having since then and discussed the possibility of doing e-stem. We first had to call my neurologist to see if was o.k. to do this procedure on people who have seizures. At 11:20 during puzzle group with Abby I continued working on my puzzle.  At 12:00 United arrived to take me home. I arrived home at 1:15. At 1:20 I then had a salad along with a glass of egg nog. At 1:53 I then constant therapy. At 2:30 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Watching a Hal-Mark movie while watching it snow

 My Wednesday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot apple cider. At 10:40 I then had some scrambled eggs along with an english muffin and two meatball's. Once I had finished eating, I then at 11:15 brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:15 I then made my bed. At 11:20 I then did my back stretches. At 11:35 I began to do the stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 1:40 I then began to do my constant therapy. At 12:00 I had watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I then put my laundry away before dusting my bedroom. At 12:45 I then watched a Hal-Mark movie while watching it snow.  At 2:35 I had shaved before taking a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:00 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day before eating dinner.  

Talking about my goals for P.T. with Dan

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:00 by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bowl of oatmeal with a toasted english muffin with jams. At 6:20 I then brushed my teeth and shaved taking a shower. After doing so, I then put in my eye and nose drops.After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I began to do my constant therapy. At 9:15 United Wheelchair arrived to bring me to Nero Restorative. At 9:45 during reading group Keileigh had us read a story called "Grandma's Cookies." At 10:50 I then went to the gym for my P.T. session with Dan. Today Dan asked me to state a goal for P.T. I said quickly with no time to think to walk with a cain once again instead of taking baby steps toward that goal. Dan then had me walking with my walker, then riding ten minutes on the Nu Step. We then called my mother about script fro new walker. We then talked about calling my P.C.P. 's office to get script from Dr. Munch so as to get it faxed to Dan, so that he and I can go get one. At 11:20 during B.I.E. group with Danielle we spoke about acceptance, We then discussed parts of the brain. We also discussed the frontal lobe. At 12:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 1:30. Once in the house, I had ground turkey on three pieces of cheese bread with a tomato on each piece. Once I had finished eating, I had brushed my teeth At 2:10 I had filled my empty pill containers I then called the pharmacy to order a medication, Lacosamide that I running low on. I then took it easy before eating dinner at 3:30. After taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.  

Writing about upcoming events during newspaper group

 My Monday morning began aat 6:30 a.m. by making my bed. After eating my fruit while drinking a cup of tea,  I then had a bowl of cereal with a banana along with a toasted english muffin. At 7:00 I then did brushed my teeth, shaved, and took a shower. After putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, and was dressed for the day ahead, I then did my constant therapy. At 8:30 United Wheelchair arrived and I was on my way to Neuro Restorative. At 10:05 I had arrived. At 10:30 during writing group with Mindy, I continued to work on my topic about "Spinning the Globe." At 11:15 I then during Newspaper Group, Mindy had me writing about upcoming events in the community. The events I had wrote about were hockey games and High School sports events. At 12:00 I then ate lunch. At 1:00 I then during painting group with Mindy, I to paint a new painting. At 2:00 during recreational therapy with Faith, we began to draw pictures for my book. At 3:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 4:00. Once I had taken a shower and was comfortable for the evening, I then ate dinner. At 4:50 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Watching a Hal-Mark Christmas movie

 My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by drinking a hot cocoa while eating my fruit. I then had a couple of toasted biscuits with jam while watching the news. At 6:30 I then watch Sunday Mass on Television. At 7:30 I then went back to bed and slept until 11:00. Once my bed was made, I then put some clean laundry away. At 11:20 I had a bowl of cereal with banana. At 11:34 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, at 11:45 I then did my constant therapy. At 12:00 My mother arrived home from church and gave me communion. At 12:15 I then did my back stretches. At 12:27 I then did my thera band exercises. At 12:35 I then did the stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. After using my hand grips. At 12:47 I then shaved. At 12:50 I had watched some Christmas movie on Hal-Mark. At 2:45 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:00 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day, before eating dinner.  

Making coconut kiss cookies

 My Saturday morning began at 10:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot apple cider. After doing so, I then had at 10:45 had one egg with left over turkey dinner. At 11:00 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops in. After making my bed, at 11:25 I then began to do my constant therapy. At 12:00 I then made some Christmas cookies. At 1:35 I began to do my back stretches. At 1:46 I then did the stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 1:50 I then shaved before doing my thera band exercises. After doing, I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. At 2:25 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day, before watching the Santa Clause movies staring Tim Alen. 

Watching "The Nine Lives of Christmas"

 My Friday morning began at 10:00 a.m. my baking my bed. I then watched the Hal-Mark  movie while drinking my hot cocoa and eating fruit. At 10:20 I then had scrambled eggs and with a slice of cinnamon toast for breakfast. Once I had finished eating, at 10:30 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs fo air with my inhaler, I began to do my back stretches. At 11:05 I then began to do my thera band exercises to strengthen my legs and arms. At 11:23 I ended my workout by doing the stretches that I have been doing since I had my stroke. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. I then continued to watched the "The nine lives of Christmas" on Hal Mark. While doing so,  I then put some clean laundry away, At 12:30 I had filled my empty pill containers. At 1:00 I had a foot-beer float while continuing to watch the "Nine Lives of Christmas." At 1:30 I then shaved before continuing to write out some Christmas cards. At 2:40 I then had eaten my salad before taking a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:18 I then had pulled up my blog and typed of my day before eating my dinner.   

Writing out my Christmas cards

 My Thursday morning began at 10:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bowl of hot cereal with banana along with a slice of cinnamon toast. Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs fo air with my inhaler, At 11:00 I then made my bed. At 11:05 I began to do my back stretcher. At 11:17 I began to do the stretches that I have been doing since my stroke. At 11:21 I had used my hand grips. After doing so, I began to do my thera band exercises for my arms and legs. At 1:32 I then used my five pound weights to work my upper body. I then ended my workout with my back stretches. At 11:40 I began to do my constant therapy. At 12:07 I then finished my constant therapy then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I then wrote out some Christmas Cards. At 3:21 I then took my shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. After doing so, I then ate my salad and dinner. At 4:30 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Doing my stretches

 My Wednesday morning began at 10:30 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a hot cup cider. At 11:00 I had had an egg sandwich with part of a banana on the side. At 11:15 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops in. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then At 11:40 I then made my bed. At 11:50 I then had put some clean laundry away before starting in with my constant therapy. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I then had finished my constant therapy. At 12:46 I then began to do my back stretches. At 1:20 I then written some Christmas letter. At 2:20 I then began to do the stretches that I have been doing since my stroke. At. 2:40 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. At 3:00 I then ate my salad before eating dinner. After I had finished eating, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.  

Seeing Dr. Munch for the first time

 My Tuesday began on this snowy December morning at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a hot cup of cocoa. I then had a slice of cinnamon toast with a slice of banana. Once I had finished eating, I then did my back stretches before shaving. I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower. Once I had put in my eye and nose drops, I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 8:00 I then left the house with my father. Upon my arrival at the doctors office I meet with the nurse before meeting with Dr. Munch for the first time. Once she had giving me my physical and she had signed a paper in reauurds to getting me a new walker. We soon left the doctors office at 9:25. We then went out for breakfast. along the way home. At 9:40 we stopped at Hannaford to puck up some things. At 10:20 we arrived home Once I had  put on something more comfortable, at 10:34 I then filled out some Christmas cards. At 11:05 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 12:27 I then watched Hal-Mark. While doing so, I drank some flavored water. At 12:00 I had watched the news at noon. At 12:30 I lied down to rest and slept until 3:00. After eating at salad, I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for tor the eveining. Once I was comfortable for the evening, I then ate dinner. At 4:15 I then blogged of my day.  

Working on spacing in my book

 My Monday mornig began at 6:20 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bowl of hot cereal with a slice of cinnamon toast. Once I had finished eating, I then at 6:15 began brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower, so as to get ready for the day ahead. After putting my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then did my back stretches. At 7:40 I then put some clean laundry away. At  8:00 I then was on my way to Neuro Restorative. At 9:30 I had arrived. Once inside at 10:00 I had a meeting with my Samantha my case manager from the devision of the blind, and my two Occupational Therapist Angela. Samantha first asked me about employment. I then explained to her how I was making money on my book that I have published and soon to be publishing my second book through Amazon. She then let me know that she will get ahold of Lori the other O.T. at Neuro Restorative who she and I will be meeting with Samantha also to set up and appointment for the three of us to meet. Lorie knows a bit more about vision. Sam let me know that she wants me to get into a cooking group at Neuro Restorative. She let me know was to talk to my case manager Megan to get me into a cooking group. At 11:30 I then meet with my Angela. Together we spoke spoke about my meeting with Samantha. She mentioned maybe cooking with a rehab tech one on one. I then told her how we spoke about employment/ At 12:00 I then ate lunch. After doing so I did my constant therapy. At 1:00 I then went to the craft group with Keiliegh and another client for painting group. At 2:00 I then had recreational therapy with I continued to work on my book with Faith. At 3:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 4:15. After taking a shower, I then ate dinner. After doing so, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.