Random update

All week for bedtime Ellie has been asking to read math books. I'm not sure why, but I'm OK with it. We've read Fraction Action several times (seems to be her current favorite), Mission Addition, and I'm saving up 2 x 2 = Boo! since it has a Halloween theme. It's fine with me if she thinks fractions are cool.

Random update, ...., get it? It's a math thing.

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Linda tried one of the motorized carts at the grocery store today. The one she was on seemed to have only two speeds, stopped and just-a-little-too-fast. She managed.

It's been a long time since she's been to the grocery store, although we've gone with her wheelchair a few times. She wants to buy everything.

Staying flexible

Now that school has started, we are busier than ever. Linda is back in speech therapy at Truman and she's continuing her therapy in town. We switch up her canes a lot now depending on the situation. She generally takes 2 canes to Truman in case she has to walk in the therapy room (where I'm not there to help) because she's a bit more self-reliant than with the 4-point cane.

We still take her 4-point out a lot, although sometimes she takes her walker instead. She's really independent with that (something nice). But there are some places not to take a walker, like Pagliais. For the Truman football game, she didn't use canes at all; I just walked backwards and held her hands.

Go Free Software

Just in case you forgot, I think free software is really cool. You should use it. FreeCD.