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Sunday, April 30, 2023

Going out to brunch with my father

 My Sunday Morning began at 9:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, at 9:45 I then returned to my bedroom to make my bed. At 9:50 I had began to do my back stretches. At 10:08 I then shaved before brushing my teeth. 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. I then had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler before leaving the house with my father at 11:19. At 11:19 we stopped to fill the car up with gas. At 11:33 we stopped for lunch, witch we don on occasions during the weekend. Once we had finished eating, we returned home at 1:00. I then went inside the house and went strait to my bedroom to brush my teeth, get comfortable, and and lay down to rest. I had slept from 1:10-4:00 before waking. I then strapped on my ankle weights, so as to do my leg workout. I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:20 I then went into the kitchen to eat dinner. I then returned to my bedroom at 4:45 to blog of my day.  

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Taking two tylenol for a headache that I. was having

I began my Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit. I then had two blueberry muffins with jam. At 99:35 I had finished eating and returned to my bedroom to brush my teeth. At 9:45 I then changed the sheets on my, thus making it. At 10:00 I began to do my back stretches. At 10:10 I then took two Tylenol for a headache that I was having. I then began to do my ankle exercises. After strapping on my ankle weights I then began. At 10:30 I had put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler. I then shaved. At 10:45 I then I began to do my stroke stretches. At 11:00 I then vacuumed my bedroom. At 11:10 I then watched Sunday Mass for the weekend. At 11:50 I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:00. After taking a shower, I then ate dinner. After a feast of spaghetti and meatballs, I  then returned to my bedroom at 3:50 to blog of my day. 

Friday, April 28, 2023

Fiddle Heads for dinner tonight!

My Friday morning began at 10:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen to drink a cup of hot apple cider while eating my fruit. After doing so, I then had two homemade blueberry muffins. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 10:30 to brush my teeth After doing so, I then put in my eye and nose drops. Once I took in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then made my bed. T 10:53 I began to do my back stretches. aT 11:15 I began to do my ankle exercises. I then strapped on my ankle weights to do my leg exercises. At 11:225 I then filled my empty pill containers for the week. At 12:00 I had watched the news at noon. At 12:15  I then lied down to rest and slept until 3:45. After taking a shower and getting comfortable for the evening, I then pulled up my blog so as to type of my day before eating dinner. 

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Mask presentation

 My Thursday morning began at 7:30 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had an egg home-fries, with a slice of toast. Once I had finished eating, I had returned to my bedroom at 7:50 to make my bed. After doing so, I then to do my back stretches. After doing so, I then brushed my teeth and shaved before taking a shower. Once I was dressed and ready for the day, I then put in my eye and nose drops. I then took in two puffs of air with my inhaler. At 9:30 I then left for WestSide. I arrived at 11:00. Once in the conference Sam, Skylar, Keileigh, and Danielle sit at our tables and practice reading for our mask presentation that we wrote to describe what they meant to us for the people to see once they came in. At 12:00 We then ate lunch. finger rolls and a bag of chips. At 1:00 people went around to look at our masks and the posters that we had made and the explanation we had wrote down about it. My poster was on different types of memory. I also had my book on display on my table and I sold one book. Awesome! We then had presenters from main adaptive, B.I.A. And a cliet spoke about his aphasia. At 4:00 I then left for home. I arrived home at 5:30. Once I had taken a shower, I then went into the kitchen to have. a bowl of corn chowder. At 6:00 I then returned to my bedroom to blog of my day. 

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Making classes to simulate my vision

 My Wednesday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I then had half of an english muffin with a scrambled egg. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 6:25 to brush my teeth and make my bed. At 6:40 I then shaved before doing my back stretches. At :00 I then strapped on my ankle weights and began to do my leg exercises. At :10 I then took my shower so as to get ready for the day ahead. Once I was dressed and ready to go, at :25 I then put in my eye and nose drops. once I had taken in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then left on United Wheelchair to go to WestSide Neuro Rehab for therapy. I had arrived at 999:45. During my Recreational Therapy session Sam began by satin my interview for the Goodwill Gazette with be next Wednesday with Olivia. The special event for my book reading and signing is next Tuesday May 99th from 1:00--2:00. Sam and I then put flyers in the lobby and sign up sheet. I then practiced reading my book and what I am going to say at the event. We then made glasses to simulate my vision. At 11:00 I then went to the gym for my P.T. Session with Ian. I started by ride the Nu Step on level three for twenty minutes. I then went into the parallel bars to do som leg exercises. At 122:00 I then went to the dining area to eat my lunch. Once client mentioned to me that she bought three of my books. At 1:00 I went to the conference room for chess group with Kieliegh. I won. At 2:00 during poetry group with Skylar we first went. over the revamp of the schedules. We then wrote a point of view of an animal. I chose a dog. At 3:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 44:05. At 4:155 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day before going to the chiropractor. 

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Walking around WestSide without my A.F.O. for the day

 My Tuesday morning began at 5:00 a.m. by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a cip of hot chocolate. After doing so, I then had a bowl of cream of wheat with banana along with a slice of toast. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 5:18 to brush my teeth. At 6:00 I then made my bed before shaving. At 6:00 I then made my bed before shaving. At 6:06 I began to do my back stretches At 6:20 I then to a shower before getting dressed for the day. Once I had put in my eye and nose drops and taken two puffs of air with my inhaler, At 7:30 I then left the house. At 8:30 I then arrived at WestSide Neuro Rehab. I sat in the lobby for. ten minutes before going to the gym at 9Z:00 for P.T. I first spoke to Caryn the Physical Therapist about the pain that I was experiencing in my leg from the A.F.O. Caryn and the P.T.A. student Ian did some strength testing. Caryn did the testing, Ian observed. It was done without my A.F.O. I then went the rest of the day walking without my A.F.O. At10:00 I then went to the dining area for cooking group with Keileigh. Today we had made an easy meal because there was just me and another client. Pork-chops, mashed potato, and applesauce. Once we had finished cooking we then sat down to eat. At 1:00 I then met with Innis for counseling. Today she had helped me write how it feels to be an author, to be put in my book. We then spoke about my book reading event. We then spoke about inviting some staff that use to work at WestSide. Tobie, John, and Susan. We then spoke about writing an invitation with Sam tomorrow during recreational therapy. At 2:00 I then left for home. I arrived home at 3:00. I then lied down at 3:10 and slept until 4:22. After taking a shower, I then ate dinner. At 5:09 I then returned to my bedroom to blog of my day. 

Monday, April 24, 2023

Planning for my presentation during Recreation therapy about my book "Running From Lightning" with Sam.

 My Monday morning began at 6:30 a.m. by by going into the kitchen to eat my fruit while drinking a hot cup of cocoa. After doing so, then at 6:35 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana, with half of a toasted english muffin. Once I had finished eating, I then returned to my bedroom at 6:50 to brush my teeth. At 7:05 I then made my bed before starting in with my back stretches. At 7:18 I then shaved before taking a shower. Once I was dressed for the day, I then put in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I sat to wait for United Wheelchair to arrive. At 8:30 I was soon on my way to WestSide Neuro Rehab. I arrived at 9:30. After sitting in the lobby for the thirty minutes over in my private corner of the lobby, I then went to the gym for my P.T. session with Dan and Ian. After twenty minutes on the Nu Step on level three for twenty minutes, Ian strapped a gate belt around my waist and Dan showed Ian how we have done in the past stop and go commands Walking at a fast pace then stop on a dime. I then went into the parallel bars. While standing on an erix mat Dan stood outside the parallel bars with a tennis racket with a cone on it. I then reached for the cone up high, down low, and side to side with Ians assist, so as to work on my balance. At 11:00 during during memory strategies group Keileigh and Skylar had us writing words writing words that would best describe memory and cutting them out and gluing them to a poster. At 11:40 we then did a crossword puzzle. At 12:00 I then went to the dining area to eat my lunch. At 1:00 I then went to Sam's office for my Recreational Therapy Session. We first spoke about a woman coming from the goodwill Gazette to interview me about my book. Dan then came in, to let me know that he reached out to John Martins to let he and his wife Susan about my book signing.I then practice reading my speech for my book reading event on May 9th. Either 1:00-2:00 or 2:00-3:00. A time has not been set yet. Sam and I then spoke about the station that I will have set up to demonstrate my vision, memory, My blog, how to order book on amazon, and the snacks that we will have. W also spoke about memory games. At 2:00 during cribbage group I played two games of cribbage. At 3:00 I then went home. I arrived home a 4:35. After taking a shower, I then went into the kitchen at 5:00 to eat dinner. At 5:27 I then returned to my bedroom to blog of my day.