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Thursday, April 7, 2022

Cribbage day at WestSide

 My Thursday morning began at 7:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink a hot cup of apple cider while eating some fruit. After doing so I then had a bowl of cereal with a banana and half of an english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 7:25 to brush my teeth and shave. At 7:40 I began to do my back stretches and stroke stretches. At 8:00 I then took a shower so as to get ready for the day ahead. Once I was ready, I sat to wait for United Wheelchair to arrive while listening to my audio book. At 9:30 Untied had arrived in my driveway. At 10:55 I had arrived at WestSide. Once inside, I had gone to the conference room for cribbage group. Today another client and I played three handed cribbage. After two games I had gone back to the lobby at 12:00 to catch my ride home. Upon my arrival home at 11:20, I went to my bedroom to get comfortable. I then went into the kitchen to eat some hummus with crackers. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 1:48 to brush my teeth. At 1:56 I then lied down to rest and slept until 4:03. I then took a shower before going into the kitchen to eat dinner. At 5:00 I then returned to my bedroom to blog of my day. 

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Watching my father and a friend cut some trees before going for a ride with my mother

 My Tuesday morning began at 8:53 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to eat some fruit while drinking a hot cup of cider. At 8:40 I then half of a bean sandwich for breakfast. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom at 9:00 to brush my teeth and shave before doing my back stretches. At 9:36 I then made my bed before doing my stroke stretches. At 9:55 I then took my shower so as to get ready for my day. Once I was dressed an ready to go, I then put my eye and nose drops in. I then took in two puffs of air before watching Alden Wattles, a friend of ours, help my father cup down some trees in the back yard. At 11:20 I then left the house with my mother to go to the dentist. Along the way we had stopped at Franklin Bank to do some banking at 11:35. We then mailed some bills before continuing our way to Hannaford. At 11:43 we stopped to pick up some groceries. While my mother was shopping, I had listened to my audio book. At 12:40 we had left the grocery store to continue our journey. We stopped at Mount Blue Drug Store at 11:47 to pick up a script. At 1:20 we stopped at Hannaford in Jay to pick up some more groceries before stopping to get a bite to eat while my mother was in the dentist. We arrived at the dentist at 1:45. We were early, so my mother and I dat in the parking lot until 2:38 the time of her appointment. It felt good get out of the house today. We had left the dentist office at 4:34. Along the way home we stopped to get fill the car up with gas at a Mobil station in Wilton. We arrived home at 5:10. Once inside the house, I had gone strait to my bedroom to take a shower, so as to get comfortable for the eventing. At 5:30 I then went into the kitchen to eat dinner. Once I finished doing so, I had returned to my bedroom at 6:00 to blog of my day. 

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Playing cribbage with Skylar

 My Tuesday morning began at 8:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to drink a cup of tea while eating some fruit. After doing so I then had an egg cup with half of a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom at 8:40 so as to make my bed. At 8:53 I then shaved and brushed my teeth before doing my back stretches. At 9:12 I thenn preceded to do my stroke stretches. At 9:35 I then took my shower so as to get ready for the rest of my day. At 9:46 I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. After doing so, I then put an ice pack on my back at 10:00 for about ten minutes. I then went to sleep while waiting for United Wheelchair to arrive. After sleeping for an hour, I had washed my face, to help me wake up. United Wheelchair had arrived shortly afterward. We to pick up another client in Leeds along the way. We had arrived at WestSide at 1:10. Ten minutes late. I had gone strait to the conference room for cribbage group. The client that I had rode in with and I had played a game, I then played three games with Skylar on of the rehab techs in the group. At 3:00 I then went into the lobby to meet Frank the United wheelchair driver who would be taking me home. I had arrived home at 4:15. Once I had eaten dinner, I then took a shower so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 5:00 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Monday, April 4, 2022

Calling the pharmacy to see if my medication was ready

 Not a very active day today which by the way began at 10:00 a.m. That is what happens when I have the day off from WestSide Neuro Rehab, I take my morning seizure medication at 6:00 a.m. and it puts me right back to sleep. Once I was on my feet, I then went into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a hot cup of apple cider. After doing so, I had eating a slice of french toast with some left over pork that I had brought home from cooking group Friday. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 10:20, so as to brush my teeth. After doing so, I then did my back stretches, followed by my stroke stretches. At 11:15 I then called my pharmacy to see my medication was ready for pick up. At 11:26 I then shaved before putting in my eye and nosed drops. Once I had used my inhaler, I had played a game of cribbage with my mother at noon. At 12:40 I had returned to my bedroom to lay down to rest. I had slept until 3:06 before waking a taking a shower, so as to freshen up for the evening. I then went back into the kitchen at 3:30 to eat dinner. At 4:00 I then returned to my bedroom to pull up my blog and type of my day. 

Sunday, April 3, 2022

Reading pa Dre Pio Day By Day

 My Sunday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by making my bed. I then went into the kitchen to eat some fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had a bagel with cream cheese and honey with a bowl of cereal and banana. Once I finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom to change into my jams and sweatshirt for the day. Since I was not going any where, why not. At 10:57 I then I had brushed my teeth before watching Sunday Mass on my eye pad. At 11:35 I then shaved before doing my stroke stretches. At 11:55 my mother arrived home from church and gave me communion. At 11:56 I began to do my back stretches. After doing so, I had put my clean laundry away before reading Pa Dre Pio Day By Day. At 12:45 I then watched my father cut some trees down in the front yard from inside the house. At 1:00 I spoke to a friend, before laying down to rest at 2:15. I had slept until 4:11 before waking. Once I had taken a shower and was comfortable for the evening, at 4:30 I had gone into the kitchen to eat dinner. Once I had finished doing so, I then returned to my bedroom to read an article before pulling up my blog at 5:11, so as to type of my day. 

Saturday, April 2, 2022

Ordering my scripts

 My Saturday morning began at 9:40 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink a hot cup of cider while eating some fruit. After doing so, I then some home fries and an egg. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 12:20 to brush my teeth. After doing so, I then changed the sheets on my bed, then, thus making it. At 10:45 I had vacuumed my bedroom before putting in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then sat down at my desk at 11:00 to fill my empty pill containers for the week. After doing so, I then called the pharmacy to order to scripts that I was low on. At 11:20 I then began to do my stroke stretches. At 11:35 I had continued with my back stretches. At 11:53 I then picked out a birthday card for my sister. After doing so, I had gone into the kitchen to eat a yogurt for lunch. Once I had finished doing so, I then played two games of cribbage with my mother. At 1:10 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth before laying down to rest. I slept from 1:15-3:25. Once I had shaved and taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening, I had gone out into the kitchen at 3:50 to eat dinner. After doing so, I then returned to my bedroom at 4:20 to pull up my blog, so as to type of my day.  

Friday, April 1, 2022

Making a pork chop recipe during cooking group

My Friday morning began at 5:20 a.m. by goint into the kitcehn to drink a hot cup of cider qhile eating some fruit. After doing so, I then had a bowl of cheereos with banana along with half of a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, at 5:47 I then returned to my bedroom to make my bed. After doing so, I then brushed my teeth and shaved before starting in with my back stretches. At 6:18 I began to do my stroke stretches. Once I had completed my workout, I then took a shower, so as to get ready for the day ahead. At 6:38 I had put in my eye and nose drops before using my inhaler. I then sat to wait for my United Wheelchair to arrived. They arrived at 7:30 getting me to WestSide at 8:45. I had gone down immediately to wait in the dining area for cooking group to start. Today we made a pork chop recipe with a vegetable mix spread over it. My job was to dip the pork chops in a flower based mix, while another client chopped and got the vegetable mix ready to poor over the pork chops. We then put it in the oven. Two other clients made a cheesy mac and ham recipe, while another client made brownies for desert. While we were waiting for everything to cook we played a gam of scrabble with Skylar while some other clients played Skip-Bo. Keileigh kept an eye on the meal cooking. At 11:00 we then ate. Once we had finished eating, we picked up and I then left WestSide for the day at 11:40. I had arrived home at 12:50. Once I was in my bedroom, I had put on something more comfortable before laying down to rest. I had slept from 1:00-3:45. At 4:00 I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening before sitting down at my desk to blog of my day before eating dinner.