Friday

Had good PT today; the PT woman remembered to bring the tweezers and I got the bad ones out. Then Barbara came to visit with my own new tweezer and People and Us magazines... and we had a nice visit. She groomed me like a Mother Monkey so my face is clear of all remnants of looking like a Billy Goat.

Heres Barbara with her reading matter and her tweezer.

This was dinner, It doesn't look bad, but the meat was some sort of ground meat -- chicken? who knows? The aide brought be a PB&J which I appreciated.

And Baby Adelyn

 

I am no speech and language therapist, but I believe this is the beginning steps of speaking -- that the baby realizes that he/she can make a different sound with and without the tongue. I'm serious here.

Mary's Lunch Guest

Mary said she took this as she was eating lunch.

Thursday Progress

I made it all the way to the top of the stairs, turned around and came back down and got a round of applause from the therapists. I sort of didn't like it -- it seemed patronizing -- like -- oh look, she can talk.

I feel as if I have had a mental change --- sort of round the bend and heading home and thinking that's within reach.

The bad news of today is I hadn't looked in a mirror in a long time -- which is weird -- and I have the grossest, longest white hairs -- a few from my chin, and a few from my upper lip. God, do I ever need a waxing. One of the female PTs is going to bring me a tweezer tomorrow so at least I can pluck the worst of them. Knowing that they are there just is bothering me.

So progress continues. I guess the fact that I care about my white hairs is a positive thing.

Wednesday Progress

I was thinking last night as I went to sleep, "I want my life back." And although I do not want to field questions about when I get out of here, I can report that everyone is making noises in that direction. We're working on stairs and tonight the Occupational Therapy woman asked me if I knew my release date. So that's moving in the right direction.

I had this lovely woman as a roommate for a few days and she was transferred to be by her husband who is also here... and today in PT she came over to say goodbye to me as she's being sent home tomorrow and she told me that I was her role model. I said gee, if I"m your role model, how come you're going home and I'm not? So I do work hard, do what is asked of me, always a willing spirit, no matter how hard.

Am still doing a full schedule of work-work which is good. And I am imagining, that despite all this cold and snow, that spring is coming. John Denver had a song about seasons and about spring he sang, Can you understand the need to carry on? So I am thinking that brighter days are ahead.

More Baby Adelyn

This is baby Adelyn with her grandmother, grandfather (Mary's brother), Howie the Dog and Lucky the Cat,

DC Snow

Fran says::

Right now, around noon, snow is wet but we are expecting more snow late today and overnight that may accumulate and create bad road conditions. This according to crackerjack weather guys.

Attached is my "Methodist" tree (so-called because it is on the front lawn of the Methodist Home, now called the Forest Hills Home, and a shot from outside the home looking south in Connecticut Ave.

 

  Mary says:

I don't think we are going to have any issues with snow.  It's beautiful and it's falling steadily but it's too warm down here for anything to stick on the roads or sidewalks.  If it were colder, we'd probably already have an inch or two.