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Sunday, November 30, 2025

Watching the Santa Claus Movie

 My Sunday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by taking my medication. I then watched the news until 7:00. I then watched churched at 6:30-7:30. I then went back to sleep until 10:40 a.m. Once I had made my bed, At 10:45 I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 11:00 I then had a bowl of cereal with a banana in it with a toasted english muffin with Nutella. Once I had finished eating, at 11:30 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then at 11:40 began to do my constant therapy. At 12:00 my mother arrived home from church and gave me communion. Once I had finished my constant therapy, at 12:13 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:25 I then did my thera band work out to strengthen my arms and legs. At 12:45 I began to do my weight work  out to work my upper body. At 12:45 I then did my back stretches once again. At 1:00 I then watched Christmas movies while drinking Welch's seasonal grape juice. At 1:40 I then shaved before taking my shower. I then sat down to watch The Santa Clause movie staring Tim Alan. I then pulled up my blog at 3:00 and typed of my day before eating an early dinner.     

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Waking up at 3:00 a.m. with a bad ear ache and soar through

 My Saturday morning began at 3:00 a.m. by taking two tylenol for a bad ear ache and soar throat that woke me up. I have having the ear pane quite a bit lately now I am getting the soar throat, hmmm, I wonder what is going on? After a while I had gone back to sleep until 6:00, so that I could take my seizure medication, I then went back to sleep until 10:20. After making my bed, I then dressed for the day before eating my fruit while drinking a cup of tea. At 10:50 I then ate my breakfast At 11:20 I had brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of hair with my inhaler. At 1:36 I began to do my constant therapy. At 12:17 I then used my hand grips before doing my thera band exercise's for my arms and legs. At 2:38 I then shaved before filling my empty pill containers. At 1:00 I began to write out my Christmas cards. At 2:30 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. After doing so, I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day before eating dinner.   

Friday, November 28, 2025

A quiet day after the Thanksgiving Day festivities

 My Friday morning began at 8:25 a.m. After a cup of tea and some fruit, I then had a pancake, with a sausage, and some hash browns. At 9:20 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air, at 9:35 I then made my bed. At 9:45 I began to do my constant therapy. At 10:50 I then began to do my back stretches. At 11:15 I then did my thera band exercises for my arms and legs. After using my hand grips, at 11:35 I then did my back stretches again. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. AT 1:00 I had a drink of fruit punch. At 2:00 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day, before blogging of my day. I then ate an early dinner. 

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Happy Thanksgiving

 My Thanksgiving day began at 9:30 a.m. by watching the Thanksgiving Day Parade while doing my back stretches. I then got dressed for the day. At 10:05 I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. After doing so, I had a cheese sausage, a slice of cinnamon bread, and cherry breakfast cobbler. At 10:45 I then brushed my teeth before putting in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler, I then at 10:55 began to do my constant therapy. At 11:30 I finished doing so. I then sat down with my aunt Joan to show her the progress that I am making on my second book. At 12:00 I then ate the innards of the Thanksgiving Day Turkey along with a glass of egg nog. At 12:45 I then brushed my teeth before doing my back stretches. At 1:17 I then did my stretches that I have been doing since I had my last major stroke. At 1:25 I then used my hand grips before doing my thera band exercises to strengthen my arms and legs. At 1:38 I then did my back stretches once again before taking a shower at 1:50, so as to get comfortable for the rest of the day. I then blogged of my day before engaging into my Thanksgiving day feast with my family. 

Wednesday, November 26, 2025

A visit with my sister, Dan, and parents while eating ordervs

 My Wednesday morning began at 9:30 a.m. by filling my empty pill containers. At 10:00 I then made my bed. At 10:15 I then ate my fruit while drinking a cup of hot cocoa. At 10:27 I then had a bowl of cereal with banana with an english muffin with jam. At 10:50 I then brushed my teeth and shaved before putting my eye and nose drops before takiing in two puffs or air with my inhaler. At 11:23 I then filled out forms before seeing my new primary care physician. At 12:00 I then watched the news at noon. At 12:22 I began to do my back stretches. At 12:40 my sister and Dan arrived. At 12:42 I began to do my constant therapy. At 1:15 I then organized and threw out papers. At 1:40 I then typed notes in google docs. At 1:50 I then visited with my sister, Dan and my parents. At 4:00 I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening. At 4:20 I then pulled up my blog and typed of my day.  

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Using the Nu Step for the first time with Caryn during P.T.

 My Tuesday morning began at 5:30 a.m. by drinking a cup of hot cocoa while eating my fruit. I then had bowl of oat meal with an english muffin. Once I had finished eating, at 5:56 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. At 6:10 I did my back stretches before taking a shower. Once I was dressed for the day I had put in my eye and nose drops. After taking in two puffs of air at 6:34 I then did my constant therapy. At 7:30 I then left for Neuro Restorative. Upon my arrival at 9:00 a.m. I went strait to the gym for my P.T. session with Caron. After three laps around the old gym and dining area downstairs, we then returned upstairs to the new gym to use the Nu Step. I was on level three for ten minutes. After doing so my legs were a little week and my vision was blurry for the first time. At 10:00 I then had an hour long break, so I went to the client lounge and rested. At 10:30 I then had memory group with Abby and Faith. Today we were given a category and we had to name then items that fit into that category. We were then each given a sentence then had to repeat it backwards. We were then were given a sentence then the sentence was read to us again with a couple of words left out. we then had to recall the words that were left out. At 11:15 during B.I.E. group with Faith and Abby, we went over parts of the brain, and talked a little about concussion. At 12:00 I then had lunch. At 1:00 during tech group with Faith I continued moving my poems into google drive. At 2:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 3:15. After eating dinner, I then took a shower, so as to get comfortable for the evening, I then blogged of my day.  

Monday, November 24, 2025

Looking into support for the blind during O.T.

My Monday morning began at 6:00 a.m. by eating my fruit while drinking a hot cup of cocoa. At 6:42 I then had some home-fries, one egg, a toasted biscuit, with a part of a banana. Once I had finished eating, at 7:05 I then brushed my teeth and shaved. After doing my back stretches, I then took  a shower. Once I was dressed for the day, I then put in my eye and nose drops before taking in two puffs of air with my inhaler.  After doing my constant therapy, I soon was on my way to Nero Steurostorative in Lewiston. Upon my arrival at 10:10 I had gone to my first therapy at 10:15 Writing Group with Keileigh. Today I used a writing prompt writing about my first ski trip to a blind camp in Colarado. At 11:15 during newspaper group with Kieleigh we had put our first paper together with the articles that we had written. At 12:00 I then ate lunch. At 1:00 I then went to the craft room for painting group. I had finished a painting and started a new one. I then had the next hour off from 2:00-3:00 because my Recreational therapist went home sick. So I went to the client lounge to work on my writing in my i-pad. At 3:00 I then had my O.T. session with Angela. Today we checked in with Samantha my Case manager for the devision of the blind responding to and email. We then looked into how to send my recorder back for the blind. things have been updated and I can listen to books for the blind on line. We then talked about community supports groups for the blind. Lewiston has one but where I live they do not. At 4:00 I then went home. I arrived home at 5:10. Once I had taken a shower to get comfortable for the evening, I then ate dinner before pulling up my blog and typing of my day.