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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Talking about showing my book at the Brain Injury Conference in April. Brain Injury month

 My Tuesday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit. After doing so, I then had a bowl of cereal with banana with half of an english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 6:00 to make my bed. At 6:04 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. At 6:15 I had then began to do my back stretches and stroke stretches. Once I had completed my workout, at 6:30 I then had taken my shower so as to get ready for the day ahead. Once I was dressed, I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air. At 7:30 United United Wheelchair arrived to take me to WestSide Neuro Rehab. Upon my arrival at 9:00 a.m. I went strait downstairs to the gym for my P.T. session with Dan. I first walked two laps around the gym and dining area. I then went into the gym. I then went on the Nu Step for fifteen minute"s. After .59 miles. I then Dan gave me a glass of water. I then did some side stepping. I then went into the parallel bars to work on some balance exercises. At 10:00 I then went into the dining area for cooking group. I first put dollops of Nutella on a cookie sheet and make cookies. Once we had finished eating, I then meet meet Innis. We work on conclusion to book and talked about going to Brain Injury conference to show book. At 2:00 I then left for home. Upon my arrival home, I then took a shower so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 3:33 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day. 

Monday, February 20, 2023

Playing a game of cribbage

Monday morning began at 8:15 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. After doing so, at 8:30 I then had a toasted english muffin with cheese, tomato, and meat. At 8:47 I then cleaned my bathroom before brushing my teeth. At 9:05 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 9:00 I began to do my back stretches. At 9:30 I continued with my stroke stretches. At 10:30 I then put things back into my bathroom. At 10:30 I had filled my empty pill containers. I then ordered a script that I was running low on. At 11:11 I then made my move in words with friends before strapped my ankle weights on each leg and began to do my leg exercises. At 11:26 I then grabbed my dumbbells and began to work my upper body. At 11:30 I had completed my workout. I then went into the kitchen to have a bite to eat for lunch. At 11:50 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. I then lied down to rest and slept from 11:55-2:35. I then played a game of cribbage with my mother before eating dinner. I then returned to my bedroom at 4:00 to blog of my day. 

Sunday, February 19, 2023

Receiving communion from my mother

 My Sunday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of toasted marshmallow flavored cocoa. After doing so, I then had two toasted popovers for breakfast with maple syrup in them. Once I had finished eating, at 9:48 I started the dishwasher. At 9:50 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth After doing so, I had made my bed and shaved. At 10:15 I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 10:17 I began to fill my empty pill containers up, for the week ahead. At 10:33 I then watched Sunday Mass on my computer. At 11:18 I began to do my back stretches, followed by my stroke stretches at 11:33. At 11:7 I then grabbed my dumbbell's and began to work my upper body. At 11:42 I strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 11:48 my mother arrived home from church. Once she had given me communion, at 11:50 I had eaten half of a vegetable Italian my father brought home this morning, after a visit with my sister yesterday. At 12:00 I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 12:15 until 3:23. I then played a game of cribbage with my mother. After doing so, I then returned to my bedroom at 4:07 to blog of my day before eating dinner.  

Saturday, February 18, 2023

Playing cribbage

 My Saturday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to eat my fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. At 10:45 I then had a popover with maple syrup. At 11:02, I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth At 11:10, I then took the sheets off of my bed. At 11:18 I then began to do my back stretches. At 11:45 I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 12:00 I began to do my stroke stretches. At 12:04 I began to do my upper body weights exercises. At 12:58 I then streapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 12:15 I had finished my workout. I then shaved before making my bed with clean sheets. At 12:45 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:04. Once I had taken a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening, I then played two games of cribbage with my mother. At 4:30 I then ate dinner. After doing so, I then returned to my bedroom to pull up my blog at 5:00 so as to type of my day.  

Friday, February 17, 2023

Making up new stretches in stretching group with Dan

 My Friday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. At 5:40 I then had an omelet with cheese in it with a banana. Once I had finished eating and had drank my orange juice, I then returned to my bedroom I then returned to my bedroom at 6:02 to brush my teeth and shave. At 6:12 I began to do my back stretches. At 6:23 I then took a shower, so as to get ready for the day ahead. Once I was dressed and ready to go, I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 7:00 I had listened to my audio book, while waiting for United Wheelchair to arrive. At 7:30 United Wheelchair had arrived, so as to take me to WestSide Neuro Rehab. Upon my arrival at 8:30, I had sat in the lobby for thirty minutes waiting to go to the conference room for games group. Today I first played a trivia game called "All Of Us." We had broken up into teams to answer trivia questions, if we did not know any of the questions on the card, we then said, pass. While playing the game at 9:30 we heard saw lightning strike, then heard a clap thunder. It then began to down poor for a brief moment, weird. We then continued to play the game. The score ended up in a tie. At 10:00 we took a break before playing a different game. I played chess with another client that is in chess group with me while the others played kings in the corner. At 11:00 I then went to the gym for stretching group with Dan. Myself and another client began to name off some stretches to do. with Dan, while making up some new ones along the way. At 12:00 I then went to the lobby to meet the United Wheelchair driver who would be taking me home. After dropping another patient off along the way, I finally arrived home at 1:30. Once I had something to eat, I then returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth before laying down to rest. I has slept from 1:45-4:12 before waking. I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening before eating dinner. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 4:53 to blog of my day. 

Thursday, February 16, 2023

I smell a skunk

 My Thursday morning began at 8:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen to have a cup of cookies and cream hot cocoa while eating my fruit. After doing so, I then at 8:07 had a bowl of cereal with banana, along with half of a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I returned to my bedroom at 8:30 to brush my teeth. At 88:35 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 8:57 I then made my bed before starting in with my back stretches. At 9:15 I then went into the kitchen to start the dish washer. At 9:19 I then washed some dishes that were in the sink and not made to be put in the dishwasher. After doing so, At 9:28 I then returned to my bedroom to continue doing my back stretches. At 9:30 I then began to do my stroke stretches. Once I had finished with my stretches, at 9:35 I began to do my upper body weight exercises. I then strapped on my ankle weights and did my leg exercises. At 9:45 I had finished my workout. I then filled my empty pill containers for the week. At 10:36 I had put all of my pill containers away At 10:45 I went outside to shovel the deck. Once I was finished, I went inside to get an icepack and went to my bedroom to lay down on my bed while watching the news at noon. At 12:05 mother arrived home from work with two shamrock shakes. I loves those this time of year. I drank half of one before returning to my bedroom at 12:20 to brush my teeth. I then took two tylenol before laying down to rest. I slept from 12:25 until 3:25. I then played a game of cribbage with my mother. I skunked her, so theoretically I won two games. At 4:15 I then ate dinner After doing so, I then returned to my bedroom at 4:43 to blog of my day. 

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Trying to combine two conclusions that I had written for my book with Sam duing Recreational therapy

 My Wednesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen so as to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had eaten my leftover breakfast meal from yesterday's cooking group at WestSide. At 6:28 I then returned to my bedroom to make my bed. I then began to do my back stretches. At 6:42 I began to work my upper body by doing my weight exercises.  At 6:45 I had strapped  on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At 6:50 I began to do my stroke stretches. Once I had finished my workout, I then brushed my teeth and shaved. At 7:11 I shaved then took my shower so as to get ready for my day ahead. Once I was dressed and ready to go, I then put in my eye and nose drops. Once I had taken two puffs of air with my inhaler, I soon was on my way. Upon my arrival to WestSide for 9:35, I sat in the lobby until 10:00, Sam and  I had then gone to the computer room  to work on my book. Today we worked on editing the conclusion I written two of them. In doing so, Sam and I tried to put the two together to make one. I then tried to made some formatting decisions. At 11:00 I then went to the gym for my P.T. session with Dan. Dan first had me on the Nu Step. for the first five minutes on level three, fifteen minutes on level four, then the last two minutes level three. I then went into the parallel bars to step up from the mat to the block while arms crossed. At 12:00 I then went into the dining area to eat my lunch. At 1:00 I then went into the conference room for chess group. with Kieleigh. I played a client while two other clients played. At 2:00 during poetry group Skylar had us write a poem about an emotion. She then had us write a haiku. At 3:00 I then went to the lobby where I meet Ricky from United Wheelchair who would be taking me home. I had arrived home at 4:35. I went strait to my bedroom to take a shower and get comfortable for the evening. I then went into the kitchen to eat dinner. I then returned to my bedroom at 5:30 to blog of my day.