Playing the game sorry during a group therapy with Becca

I began my Friday morning at 5:30 a.m. by eating some fruit, while drinking my hot cocoa. At 5:40 I then made my bed before fixing myself a bowl of cereal with banana. At 5:54 I then washed my dishes At 6:03 Once I had brushed my teeth and shaved, I then began to do my stretches that have helped every morning since having my last stroke. At.  6:30 I then began to do my back stretches. At 6:40 I then took my shower, so as to get ready for the day ahead. At 7:00 I then put a heat pack on my back for ten minutes. I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking two puffs of my inhaler. After doing so, I then listened to my audio book until 8:00. My mother then called just as I was walking out the door. I then made my way to the lobby so as to wait for United Wheelchair to arrive. While waiting I had sat in the Camden living room with my neighbor Brice. He was letting me know that he has the beginning stages of dementia. As we were talking, I noticed him repeating himself, as though he had forgot what he ha just said. I myself even after having three strokes was picking up on this with my short term memory. AMAZING!!!. At 8:50 United Wheelchair had arrived to take me to WestSide. Upon my arrival at 8:55, I had sent a friend my condolences on the loss of her mother. At 9:00 during my rehab session with Becca, we had played four games of chess, and she won all four games. At 10:00 during our group therapy with Becca today we first played two games of skip-bo. I had won both games. We then played the game sorry. At 12:00 I then met Cheryl in the lobby. She had taken me back. Upon my arrival at 12:15, I had eaten my lunch. I then spoke to my mother Asking to bring my tock game so as to play on Friday with the group. At 1:30 I then listened to my audio book. At 1:58 I then went to the lobby so that I can be taken to Hanaford. Upon my arrival to hanaford at 2:05. Once I had finished shopping, I then Nancy to come pick me up. At 3:30 I had arrived back to my apartment I had put my groceries away, I ha taken a shower. At 5:15 I then wetn to the village green to eat. Once I had returned to my apartment, I then put on something more conformable before pulling up my blog, and typing of my day.  

Going grocery shopping

My Thursday morning began at 5:30 by making my bed. After doing so, I then sat down to eat some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. At 5:53 I then fixed myself a bowl of cereal and a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth and shaved before washing my dishes. At 6:22 I then began to do the stretches that have helped each morning since having my last stroke. At 6:30 I then began to do my back stretches. At 6:43 I then took a shower, so as to get ready for the day ahead. At 7:00 I then put in my eye and nose drops in. I then used my inhaler. After two puffs, I then put a heat pack on my back for ten minutes. At 7:13 I then sat down to fill my empty pill containers. At 8:15 I then grabbed my knapsack and went to the lobby. Frank from United Wheelchair was there waiting. I had arrived at WestSide at 8:25. Once inside, I then sat in the lobby. At 9:00 I then went to the client lounge for my rehab session with Becca. After two games of chess, of which we each won a game. At 10:00 we then went to the conference room with Becca and Kala for Healthy Brain group. Today they had us once again playing Red Heron. At 12:00 I then went back into the lobby to meet the United Wheelchair driver who would be taking me back . Cheryl was there waiting. I had arrived at 11:118. Once I hd eaten my lunch, Dr. Hatfields office had called letting me know that Judy Franchose wants me to take a higher dose of my new medication, Taking two tablets at dinner time. Once off the phone, with the doctor, my mother had called. We talked until 2:00 p.m. I then went to the lobby to catch my ride to hanaford. At 2:20 I had arrived at hanaford. Once I had finished with my shopping, I then went to the pharmacy to get my prescription. Only one ready. The other one won't we be ready until Saturday. At 4:00, I had arrived back to my apartment. Upon my arrival, I had spoke to Mark about getting another ride to Hanaford, so as to pick up some medication. Hana ford then let me know to call them on Saturday for a medication to be ready. Once I find out Mark had told me to let the nurses station know. I then went back to my apartment to unpack my groceries. Once they were put away, I then went to the village green to eat. After doing so, I then returned to my apartment. At 6:00 I then took a shower before pulling up my blog, so as to type of my day.

Playing chess with Becca

My Wednesday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by drinking my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. At 5:45, I then fixed myself a bowl of cereal. Once I had finished eating, I then washed my dishes and picked up the kitchen. At 6:15 I then made my bedd before starting in with my stretches that have helped in my lates stroke recovery. At 6:30 I then began to do my back stretches. At 6:45 I then worked my upper body before taking a shower. At 7:05 I then put a heat pack on my back on my back for ten minutes. At 7:18 I then continued to get ready for my day ahead. At 8:00 I then grabbed my knapsack and went to the Camden living room so as to wait for United Wheelchair to arrive. Upon my arrival to WestSide at 9:00 during my rehab session with Becca we had played three games of chess. She then let me know that she will be coming a case manager. At 10:00 during yoga group in the conference room with Marie, we first followed a fusion yoga workout. This is a very intense yoga workout compared to the others that we usually do. Then by the request from another client in the group, we did a less challenging workout to end the group. At 11:00 I then went to Priyadarshi's office for mindfulness group. Once we had checked in, Priyadarshi asked us to focus on a color while followed a meditation. At 12:00 I then went to the lobby to meet the driver who would be taking me back. Upon my arrival at back to my apartment at 12:10 I then had made myself a salad. Once I had finished eating at 12:54, I had brushed my teeth. I then lied down to rest and slept from 12:57-2:30. I then brought my laundry to the laundry room, so as to start a wash. At 2:55 I then went to the fitness room. I first worked out with the seven pound weights doing my weight exercises. At 3:00 I then used the chest press. After five sets of twenty, I then wen walking in the halls for fifteen minutes. At 3:20 I was back in the fitness room cycling. After fifteen and 1.83 miles, I then stood on the incline board to hold a calf stretch. At 3:40 I then used the ten pound bar. At 3:55 I then returned to my apartment to take a shower. At 4:30 I then watched some news while waiting to go eat. On my way to the village green, I had put my laundry in the dryer. Once I had finished eating, On my back, I picked up my laundry and brought it to my apartment. Once it was folded and put away, I then got conformable before pulling up my blog and typing of my day.

Working on my book during recreational therapy

I began my Tuesday morning at 6:00 a.m. by eating some fruit while drinking my hot cocoa. After doing so, I then fixed myself a bowl of cereal. Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth and shaved. At 6:40 I then began to do my stretches that have helped each morning since having my last stroke. At 6:52 I then made my bed before starting my back stretches. At 7:05 I then washed my dishes and picked up my kitchen. After doing so, I then took a shower so as to get ready for the day ahead. At 7:20 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in some air. At 7:24 I then put a heat pack on my bak for ten minutes. At 8:00 I then grabbed my knapsack and went to the Camden Living Room To wait for United Wheelchair. While waiting, I was approached by Giselle, asking me if I would like to play cribbage this afternoon with Roger in the village green. At 8:45 I had arrived at WestSide. I sat in the lobby for fifteen minutes before meeting with pryadarshi. We spoke about my independence, we then used E.M...D.R. Therapy. At 9:45 I then chatted with a friend for fifteen minutes while to go to my next therapy. At 10:00 I then went to Tobie's office for Recreational therapy. We first spoke about formatting in micro soft word. We then spoke about some terms in the programs that I am using to set up my book. 1. Pilcro: a dot at the end of each paragraph. 2. Page Breaks 4. Layout tab. Manuscript: Make few paragraphs. Break you need normal style format. No paragraph indents. 5. Open Template in word. a. Navigate pain b. Go to view then navigate micro soft word. C. Use styles to separate paragraphs. Set up book: 1. Go to title page change title, copy and paste. 2.Author and title 3.copy right page I.S.B.N. # 4. Dedication page 5. Content page 6. Chapter and title page. 7? Picture style 8. Section Break odd page. Page number on odd pages on left on even pages page number on right. 9. Headers and footers when chapter ends when using odd numbers. Page break look at # on bottom. 10. Transfer document change view scroll all way down to author page. Select style high light entire chapter. We then ended at thirty minute tutorial with Tobie. At 11:00 I had gone to Nurse Sally's office for nursing. We then called my primary care doctor about a procedure that I have to have done. We then called F.M.H. So as to have it done in Farmington, so that I can stay at my parents house. At 12:00 I then went to the lobby to meet Annie from United Wheelchair, who would be taking me back. I had arrived at 12:20. Once I had spoke to my mother, I then made myself something to eat. At 12:42 I then brushed my teeth before laying down to rest. I had slept from 12:48-3:30. I then went to the village green to play cribbage. After winning three games I had eaten my dinner.  I then went back to my apartment At 6:15 I then had taken a shower before pulling my blog and typing of my day.

Planning a trip to the Maine State Library

My Monday morning began at 4:30 a.m. by drinking my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. At 5:00 I then had eaten my breakfast before making my bed. At 5:06 I then washed my dishes and picked up my kitchen. At 5:10 Once I had brushed my teeth and shaved, at 5:26 I began to do my stretches that have been helping me each morning since having my last stroke.  At 5:40 I then began to do my back stretches. At 5:53 I then made my way to the fitness room to continue my workout. At 6:00 I had cycled for twenty minutes before stepping onto the incline board so as to stretch my calves. At 6:25 I then used the chest press. After three sets of twenty presses. I then grabbed the seven pound dumbbells to wrap up my workout. I had returned to my apartment at 6:30 so as to take my shower and get ready for the rest of my day. At 6:45 I then put a heat pack on my back for ten minutes. At 7:00 Once I had my eye and nose drops in, I then took two puffs of my inhaler. I then sat and listened to my audio book while waiting to go to the lobby to wait for United Wheelchair to arrive. At 8:20 Cheryl from United Wheelchair had arrived to take me to Westside. Upon my arrival at 8:45, I had sat in the lobby waiting for fifteen minutes before going to the conference room for newsletter group. Today Jessica had us reviewing the month and what holidays that go on during the month of January. I will be writing about pharmacist day held on January 7. I also will be writing Fun at Work day, and Martin Luther King Jr. day. Once we had that figure out, we then watched videos on the Holocaust. I had then stay in the conference room for my next two therapy's. Next I had yoga group with Marie. Today we had watched a seated yoga video. It was a chair yoga workout to Hawaiian Music. We then followed another shorter workout. At 11:00 During genealogy group we first planed a trip to the Maine State Museum. We will then be going to five guys for lunch in Augusta. At 11:34 we then went on line to look up a clients ancestors. At 12:00 I then went to eat lunch in the dining area. At 1:00 I then met with Tobie and another client for recreational therapy group. Today we did paint on canvas project. At 2:00 I then went to the lobby so as to meet the United Wheelchair driver that would be taking me back. AT 2:30 I then arrived. Once I had spoken to Sue at the front desk about transportation to Hanaford on Thursday at 2:00. At 2:35 I then lied down to rest. I then slept until 4:45. Once I had taken a shower, I then went to the village green to eat. After doing so, I then returned to my apartment at 6:05. Once I was conformable, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.

Cleaning my apartment

My Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. by drinking my hot cocoa while eating some fruit. At 8:12 I had a peanut butter and banana sandwich. At 8:26 Once I had finished eating, I then brushed my teeth and shave before making my bed. At 8:45 I then washed my dishes, thus picking up my kitchen. At 8:48 I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking two puffs of my inhaler. At 9:00 I then watched Sunday Mass. At 9:27 I had then filled my empty pill containers for the week ahead. At 9:50 I then order some medication that I was running low on. At 10:00 I had taken my t-shirts and night wear that had been folded and put on a shelf in my closet and cleared out under my Television and put them in there neatly on the three shelves. At 10:53 I then went through the papers that were under my television throwing away the ones I do not need and filing the ones away that I do want. At :18 I then cleaned out my night stands on each side of my bed. At 11:50 I then had a granola bar to hold me over until dinner. I then fixed my water bottle. At 12:00 I then went to the fitness room. Upon my arrival I had cycled for fifteen minutes. At 12:30 I then held a calf stretch for three minutes. I then used the chest press. After three sets of twenty, I then grabbed the ten pound straight bar. Once I had finished my exercises with the straight bar at 12:35 I then grabbed the ten pound dumbbells. Once I had completed my workout, I then returned to my apartment at 12:50. After a few minuites on the phone with a friend who had called, I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the day. At 1:15 I then lied to rest. I had slept until 3:05 before waking. I then made myself a salad for lunch.. At 3:10 I then sat down to eat. At 3:35 my mother had called. We talked until 4:08. I then washed my dishes At 4:11 I then organized papers and threw some away. At 4:40 I then started a load of laundry on my way to the village green to eat. Once I had finished eating, On my way back to my apartment, I had put my laundry in the dryer. Once back in my apartment, Once I was comfortable, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.

A get together with friends

My Saturday morning began at 9:00 a.m. by eating an orange while drinking my hot cocoa. After doing so, I then fixed myself a bowl of cereal with banana. Once I had finished eating, at 9:23 I then made my bed. At 9:27 I had washed my dishes and picked up my kitchen before brushing my teeth. At 9:37 I then had shave before starting in with my stretches that have helped me loosen up each morning since having my last stroke. At 10:00 I then started in with my back stretches. Just as I was finishing up with my stretches, my mother had called at 10:10. At 10:20 I then had taken a shower so as to get ready for the day ahead. Once my bathroom was cleaned, I then put a heat pack on my back for ten minutes. At 11:00 I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking two puffs of my inhaler. At 12:00 my company had arrived. We began our visit by eating Chinese food for lunch. Once we had finished eating and things were picked up, we then played a game called Quirkle. Guess who won? At 2:45 I then took my company to the village green before they were to leave. I then spoke to my mother to let her know how things went before laying down to rest. I had slept from 3:30-4:50 before waking. I then went to the village green to eat dinner Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my apartment, I had taken a shower at 6:00 a.m. before pulling up my blog and typing of my day.