A visit with my grandmother

 My Tuesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by going into the main camp to drink a hot cup of apple cider while eating some fruit. I then had a bowl of cereal with half of a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp at 6:50 to make my bed. After doing so I then took my shower and shaved so as to get ready for the day ahead. Once I was dressed, I then put in my eye and nose drops. Once I had used my inhaler, at 7:22 I began to do my stretches. At 7:45 I had finished doing so and then waited to leave for the chiropractor with my father. We did so at 815. On our way there we first stopped to fill the truck up with gas at 8:35 at Day Mart Gulf Station. We had arrived at the chirtopractor at 8:40. Once we had our adjustments my father we then went home so that my father could pick up some steaks for he and his friends Jim and Bruce to have a cook out at the lot my father owns. At 9:55 we then stopped to get potato salad for then to have at Food City in town. At my father dropped me off at the Pierce House so that I could visit with my grandmother. At 11:30 My mother had arrived. We then left shortly afterward so that my grandmother could eat. At 12:30 we had arrived at camp. I then had a bite to eat for lunch before going to my camp to rest. I had slept from once I had brushed my teeth from 12:45-4:15. I then took a shower so as to get comfortable for the night. After doing so, I then went into the main camp to blog before eating dinner. 

Taking a ride to King field

 My Monday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by getting dressed and going into the main camp to eat my fruit and drink a cup of hot cider. After doing so, I then had a banana sandwich with nutella and peanut butter. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my camp at 10:48 to make my bed and then put an ice pack on my back. At 11:00 I had brushed my teeth and put in my eye and nose drops before using my inhaler. At 1127 I had filled my empty pill containers before doing some reading. At 12:15 I began to do my stroke stretches. I then continued to stretch by doing my back stretches while listening to my audio book. At 12:55 I then left camp with my father to take a ride to King field to buy ice cream and rolls at a store called mainly provisions. At 2:15 we arrived back at camp. I had gone strait into my camp to lay down to rest. i had slept until 4:00. i then went into the main camp to have a bowl of soup and salad. At 4:40 I then returned to my camp to take a shower and get comfortable for the night. At 5:00 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.   

Not being able to sleep, Why?

 My Sunday morning began at 1:00 a.m. by taking two tylonol for a headache that I had since I went to bed last night at 9:00 p.m. I was still awake since then. Tossing and turning hoping my headache would go away on its own. At 1:00 a.m. I finally took two tylonol and finally went to sleep until 6:00 a.m. Once I was awake, I had taken my seizure medication and went right back to sleep and slept until 11:30 to make up for the sleep lost from last night. Once I was up, I then took a shower and shaved before making my bed. Once I was ready for the day, at 11:45 began to do my back stretches. At 11:50 I then went into the main camp. At 12:00 i then ate my fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. While doing so, I had a little seizure. Symptoms: sour taste in mouth, felt like vomiting, headache in the center of the back of my head. vision bury, lasting about thirty seconds but the side effects a little longer. At 12:10 I then had my bowl of cereal with banana and half of a toasted cinnamon english muffin. At 12:30 I then returned to my camp to brush my teeth and put in my eye and nose drops. After doing so, I had used my inhaler before starting in with my back stretches. At 1:00 I then continued to stretch by doing my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 1:20 I then went out on the camp deck with my parents and our friends Jim and Sandra. At 2:10 I had returned to my camp because a friend had called, so that we could talk. While talking, I had typed notes about my the seizure I had last night in my google docs, so as to tell my neurologist when my appointment comes up. At 3:15 I then went back into the main camp to go on the deck with my parents and Jim and Sandra again. At 3:53 we then all went inside to eat and talk. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp at 4:40 to put an ice pack on my back for twenty minutes. I then took a shower and got comfortable for the night before pulling up my blog at 5:20 so as to type of my day. 

A family reunion?

 My Saturday morning began at 10:20 a.m.  by going into the main camp to eat some fruit while drinking a cup of hot chocolate. At 10:30 I then had a piece of cinnamon toast with an egg cup. Once I had finished eating, I then washed the dishes and picked up the kitchen. At 11:08 I then returned to my camp to put an ice pack on my back. After twenty minutes, I then brushed my teeth. At 11:50 I had put my eye and nose drops in before using my inhaler. At 12:00 I began to do my back stretches. I then continued to stretch by doing the stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 12:30 I then went on the main camp deck to visit and talk with my sister, Dan, Christen, Burt, and my parents. After thirty minutes I went in the main camp because a friend had called me. We talk for a while and then I said goo-bye to my sister and her friends at 1:56. At 2:00 I then returned to my camp to brush my teeth and lay down to rest. I had slept until 4:18 before waking. I then went into the main camp to eat a salad then a spaghetti dish my sister had made for she and her friends. She always cooks like shes hosting a family reunion. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp at 5:00 to take a shower and get comfy for the night. After doing so, I then pulled up my blog at 5:30, and typed of my day. 

Calling Trevor

 My Friday morning at 6:00 a.m. by taking my seizure medication, since I had the day off I did not fight the drowsy feeling that the seizure medication gives and I slept until 11:00 a.m. Once I was up and dressed for the day, I had gone into the main camp to eat some fruit with a hot cup of apple cider. After doing so, I then had a french toast with maple syrup. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp to make my bed. At 11:42 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in a puff of air with my inhaler, I then sat down to fill my empty pill containers at 11:50. After doing so at 12:20 I then called the pharmacy to order a script. At 12:30 I then called Trevor my case manager for the devision of the blind returning his call. I had to leave a message. At 12:32 I then began to do my stoke stretches. At 12:45 I then began to do my back stretches. At 1:05 I then finished my stretches, I then decided to watch a movie. As I was doing so, I began to doze off, so I turned the movie off and went to sleep at 1:30 and slept until 4:40. I then went into the main camp to have soup for dinner. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp at 5:15 to take a shower and shave and get comfortable for the night before puling up my blog and typing of my day. 

Holding a staggered stance in the parallel bars during P.T.

 My Thursday morning began on this second day of September at 6:30 a.m. by doinoog my stroke and back stretches. After doing so, I then went into the main camp at 9:30 to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. Once I had finished doing so, my father made me a dropped egg on an english muffin. with a half of a banana on the side. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp at 9:53 to take my shower and shave. Once was ready for the day ahead, I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. I then use my inhaler. At 10:20 I made my bed before putting laying down with an ice pack on my back. At 11:00 I then called Chelsey at the Devision of the Blind and left a message for her to call me back. I then listened to my audio book while waiting for United Wheelchair to arrive. Upon my arrival to WestSide for 11:00 a.m. right on the nose, with no time to spare, Dan was there waiting for me at the door. We had gone down to the gym together on the elevator. Once inside the gym, Dan had me first on the nu step for ten minutes. He then had me on the mat doing my back stretches. Dan the strapped a gate belt around me and had me walking around the hallway, so as to see my balance was walking heel to tow at a staggered stance, strait heal toe, and regular walking. We then went back to the mat to stretch once again before going into the parallel bars. He me standing one foot in front of the other to see how long I could do it. After several times  changing feet and stances, I then returned to the lobby at 2:00 to Calvin, the United Wheelchair Driver who would be taking my back to camp. I had arrived at camp at 3:20. Once inside my camp, I had taken a shower. Once I was comfortable, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Chicken and Broccoli

 On this first day of September that I began at 5:40 a.m. I had gone into the main camp to eat my fruit and drink my hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bowl of hot cereal with a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to m camp at 6:00 a.m. to first make my bed. At 6:10 I then shaved and took my shower. After doing so, I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in a puff of air. At 6:50 I then put an ice pack on my back. At 7:30 Calvin from United Wheelchair had arrived to take me to WestSide. Upon my arrival at 8:40 a.m. I had given the mote my mother gave of the time and date of my next chiropractic appointment which I will have to be taking the day off. I sat in the lobby for twenty minutes before going downstairs to the kitchens and dining room. During cooking group with Keileigh I cooked the broccoli and the cake. while the other two clients bake the chicken recipe. Once the chicken was cooked, I then cut it up to put into the recipe. At 10:20 we then all sat down to look for a recipe for next week. We decided on a quiche. Once we had finished eating and things were picked up, I had gone to the lobby to meet my United Driver. We were soon on the road at noon. I had arrived at camp at 1:30. Once I had brushed my teeth, I then lied down to rest. I had slept uuntil 4:00 before waking. Once I had taken a shower, I then pulled up my blog at 4:25 and typed of my day before eating dinner.