Good and Bad Events

 My Tuesday morning began at 7:00 by taking a shower and Once I was dressed and ready for the day ahead, I had made my bed before going into the main camp at 7:30 to eat my fruit and drink my hot cocoa. At 7:55 I then had a bowl of hot cereal with half of a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp at 8:04 to brush my teeth. Once I had put my eye and nose drops in I then took in two puffs of my inhaler. At 8:22 I then put some clean laundry away. At 8:25 I began to do my back stretches. Once I had done so, I did my stretches that I have been doing since my stroke. At 9:00 I had left for WestSide. I had arrived at 10:20, giving me forty minutes to sit in the lobby to wait for my first therapy. At 11:00 I had gone to the conference room with some other clients and Laura the rehab tech running the group creative writing. Today she started us off by writing what was on our mind. I wrote about my two days riding with the transportation company Uts. Once we had shared out writing, we then wrote good and bad events of the past year. At 12:00 I then went to the dining area to eat. At 12:30 I then went to the gym for to wait my 1:00 p.m. session with Dan. During my P.T. session with Dan We went over my stretches and walked around the hall with a gate belt around my waste. Dan had me looking up and down side to side while naming off letters that were on the all. He then had me in the parallel bars. At 2:00 I then went to the lobby to catch my ride. We then had to go to the social learning center to pick up a client. We finally dropped her off in Hartford at 2:50. On our way through Hartford we went by lake Ashgunticook. Getting lost while trying to get back on our rout out or Hartford, the driver finally turned off the G.P.S. and went by instinct. I finally arrived at camp at 4:00. Once I had eaten my salad, I then went out of my camp at 4:22 to take a shower and get comfortable for the evening. At 4:37 I then went into the main camp to start my blog. I then ate my dinner at 5:00. At 5:23 i then continued to blog of my day. 

What a screwed up day with transportation. United Wheelchair back tomorrow

 My Monday morning began at 9:45 a.m. by going into the main camp to eat some fruit while drinking my tea. At 10:00 I then had an egg cup and half of a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp at 10:24 to brush my teeth and make my bed. I then began to do my back stretches and then the stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke. At 10:55 I took my shower and shaved thus getting ready for the day ahead. After doing so, I had put my eye and nose drops in before using my inhaler. Once I was dressed and ready for the day, I sat to wait for my ride. At 11;00 I heard this toot in the driveway. There and then I new it could not be United Wheelchair. It was the company Uts. Before going to WestSide I had to go to Augusta, Winthrop, and one more town before arriving to WestSide. Some of the stories I heard on ride my ride. Luckily tomorrow I will be back on United. I arrived at WestSide at 12:40. At 2:00 during my P.T. session with Elizabeth, she first had me do my stretches. She then made some changes to them. She then had me walking in the hallway without my cain. At 3:00 I then left for home. I had to make a couple of stops along the way getting me back to camp at 4:40. Once I had taken a shower I then got nice and comfortable. I then went into the main at 5:17 to blog of my day.

Keeping busy in a quiet way

 My Sunday morning began at 9:40 a.m. by getting dressed for the day before making my bed. I then went into the main camp to eat some fruit while drinking a cup of hot cider. After doing so at 10:20 I then had a tuna melt left over from last nights dinner. At 10:40 I then returned to my camp to brush my teeth. I then put in my eye and nose drops before using my inhaler. After taking a shower. I then put an ice pack on my back while watching Sunday Mass. At 11:25 I began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my stroke while listening to my audio book. At 11:35 I began to do my back stretches. At 11:45 I made my move in words with friends. At 12:00 I then left camp with my father to go home. We arrived home at 12:24. Once had done what we had to do, we met my mother as we were heading out the driveway. I then jump in the car with her to let my father go to the lot to check my sister camper out. My mother and I arrived at camp at 1:45. Once she had given me communion, I then lied down to rest at 1:55. I had slept until 4:46 before taking my shower and getting comfortable for the evening. I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Remembering September 11th

 My Saturday morning began on this remembrance of the 9/11 attacks of the twin towers at 10:00 a.m. by going into the main camp to drink a hot cup of cider while eating some fruit. After doing so, I then had a piece of french toast with a glass of orange juice. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my camp at 10:30 a.m. to brush my teeth. After doing so, I then put in my eye and nose drops before using my inhaler. At 10:42 I then made my bed before putting an ice pack on my back for ten minutes. at 11:30 I then did my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke before filling my empty pill containers. At 12:00 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:25 I had called the pharmacy to fill some scrips. At 12:40 I then lied down to rest. I had slept until 4:00 before waking. Once I was in the main camp, I had gone on the deck to sit with my parents briefly before eating dinner. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my camp at 5:00 to take my shower and get comfortable for the night before pulling up my blog at 5:15. Once I had finished typing of my day, I soon called it a night. 

Doctors appointment

 My Friday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by making my bed. After doing so I then took a shower and shaved so as to get ready for the day ahead. Once I was dressed and ready to go, I then went into the main cmap at 6:40 to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. I then had a bowl of cereal with english muffin with jam before returning to my camp at 7:05 to brush my teeth. I then put in my eye and nose drops before using my inhaler. At 7:15 I then did my back stretches before doing my stroke stretches. At 7:32 I had put some clean laundry away before putting an ice pack on my back. At 8:30 my father and I left camp for the doctors. I had an appointment at 9:00 with my primary care doctor. Upon our arrival, I checked in then waited. The nurse soon came to get me. She had taken my blood pressure 120 over 78, I then stepped on the scale to get my weight. We then talked about my breathing. I let her know it was fair, so she gave me the options of an inhaler with pretizone. I said I will give it a try. Because it is a steroid inhaler. At 10:00 I then checked out. I have to go back in six weeks. At 10:03 my father an I made a stop to look at tractors at M.S.P. for about ten minutes then we were on our way. At 10:20 we then stopped at Hannaford to see if my medication was ready to be picked, thankfully it was not. At 10:50 we then left Hannaford. At 10:55 we stopped to fill the car up with gas. At 11:05 we then stopped off at my father's piece land that he has where my sister keeps here camper to get some food that she had inside. Once we got closer to camp we took a ride to South Strong. At 10:45 we the arrived back at camp. I then read my after summary of my doctors appointment. At 12:00 I then had  a piece of corn, some cumbers, and tomato's for lunch. At 12:50 I then went to my camp to brush my teeth. I then slept from 1:00-4:10. Once I had taken a shower, I went into the main camp to bog before eating dinner. I then called it a day. 

My physical therapist was out sick

 My Thursday mooring began by making my bed. After doing so, I then I began to do my stretches that I have been doing since having my last stroke. At 7:45 I began to do my back stretches. Once I was all loosened up I then took my shower and shaved and got ready for the day At 8:04 my mother called from work to let me know to call United Wheelchair. They let me know that I was not on the schedule. I then called WestSide to see what was going on, and they let me know that Dan my physical therapist was out sick. At 8:27 I then filled my empty pill containers. At 8:50 I then went into the main camp to drink my hot cocoa and eat some fruit. At 9:26 I then toasted myself two slices of home made bread our neighbor brought over. I then put peanut butter and honey on each piece before eating. At 9:44 I then washed my dishes and picked up the kitchen. At 10:00 I then took and ice pack to my camp to put on my back. I did until 10:20 before brushing my teeth and putting in my eye and nose drops. Once I had used my inhaler I then made my move in words with friends At 11:00 I was feeling so tiered that I had to lay down and rest. I had slept until 3:00. I then took my tablet and water bottle in the main camp to blog of my day. 

LET CELEBRATE

 My Wednesday morning began at 5:20 a.m. by going into the main camp to drink my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. I then had a bowl of cereal with banana ad a toasted biscuit with jam. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my camp at 5:52 to make my bed. I then shaved and took my shower so as to get ready fro the day ahead. At 6:20 I had put in my eye and nose drops before using my inhaler. At 6:22 I began to do my back stretches. before leaving for WestSide at 7:30 a.m. I had arrived at WestSide at 8:45 a.m. I had sat in the lobby for fifteen minutes before going down to the kitchen for baking basics group. Today Keely had us three egg bacon quiche. We all had our part in the project. I had mixed some of the ingredients while other clients might have cooked the bacon for example. Once the prep was done we then put the quiche in the oven to bake. At 10:30 we then sat down to pick out a recipe for next week. Stuffed peppers was our choice. At 11:00 I then went out to the garden with another client to pick cherry tomato's tp go with our meal. At 11:25 we then sat down to eat. Once I had finished eating, I went to the lobby to catch my ride home at 12:00. I arrived back at camp after dropping off another client in Sabbattus  After each us told the driver our birthdays a day apart the driver said, "LETS CELEBRATE!" Once we dropped him off at 12:30 I arrived at camp 1:50. I then brushed my teeth and went to sleep from 1:55-4:23. I then took a shower getting comfortable for the evening, I then blog of my day before eating.