Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012

Well, a tiring week which really made us appreciate being able to get up with no alarms this morning:).  I used the shower apparatus again this morning and even washed my hair at the same time...guess I am getting the hang of it as it seemed a lot better this time around.

Have talked with Jim, Jr. a few times now and remain excited beyond words for the improvement in his walking ability...what a blessing!  I am hoping to find a way to share it with others.

Two more weeks with this cast seems extremely long at the moment, but I know I need to find some balance between what I can and cannot do, particularly at the office.  I have learned that I cannot spend the entire day in the wheel chair as my leg & foot swell and the cast becomes uncomfortably tight; I cannot spend the entire day walking with the crutches because it leaves me exhausted.  So - will have to try to alternate them I guess.  At home, sitting in the LaZy Boy with my foot elevated is wonderful...the wheelchair lets me elevate my leg, sort of, but it doesn’t really hold it up in place. 

Jim and I went to town and did errands today; it would have made an interesting video - me in a wheelchair in the Hallmark store trying to get my next 3 months of birthday & anniversary cards!  We got a lot done, but it was too much sitting in the car for me (same problem as with the wheel chair). The Relief Society broadcast (and a dinner) were tonight - but I opted to stay here and rest.  Which I did, but then was able to watch most of the broadcast on my laptop.  (Having good internet makes that possible for me now!)  I thought it was very uplifting and was grateful for the opportunity.

If there is one thing I have learned over the past couple of weeks it is that a small kitchen, particularly one set up as ours is, is a HUGE advantage when you are on crutches.  If I position myself between the two sides I can move things back and forth, get to the stove, refrigerator, sink, etc. with ease and minimal movement on crutches.  Grateful I am!  (I still get very tired and have to rely a lot on my husband...but he says he is happy to learn how to cook:)!

Poem for the week:

Myself

by Edgar A. Guest

I have to live with myself and so

I want to be fit for myself to know,

I want to be able as days go by,

To look at myself straight in the eye.

I don’t want to stand with the setting sun

And hate myself for the things I’ve done.

I don’t want to hide on a closet shelf

A lot of secrets about myself,

And fool myself as I come and go

Into thinking that nobody else will know

What kind of a man I really am;

I don’t want to dress myself in sham.

I want to go with my head erect,

I want to deserve all men’s respect

And in this struggle for fame and pelf

I want to be able to like myself.

I don’t want to look at myself and know

That I am a bluster and empty show.

I cannot hide myself from me;

I can see what others can never see;

I know what others can never know,

I cannot fool myself, and so

Whatever happens, I want to be 

Self-respecting and conscience free.