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Monday, June 28, 2004

In a routine



We seem to be getting into a routine (although a somewhat irregular one). Therapies tends to fall at different times on different days, but they always arrange it so she can do them back to back. She is only doing PT three times a week, but they are scheduling longer sessions when they meet, so they can work more in depth on skills.

I've started working out some when Linda is in therapy. I don't do it every day, because Linda still likes to have an interpreter with her. But it is nice to get a chance to exercise again. It is one of the things I really missed at Rusk.

Outside of therapy, our activities vary some. We go to the coffee shop a lot, which many of you already know. We enjoy that a lot, but we are cutting back a bit, so as to spend something less than our entire income in that one shop! Otherwise, just running errands or doing a bit of work is enough to keep us pretty busy. We get a fair bit of time to read during the day, and Ellie keeps our evenings intense.

In almost all of it now, Linda is walking with her walker. Her walking at home (where she is most relaxed) is particularly good. Give her an audience though and she'll lose her balance from time to time, particularly at turns and transitions between different surfaces, much to the detriment of her pride.