A visit from Mickey....

WARNING IF YOU DON'T LIKE MICE THIS MAY NOT BE THE POST FOR YOU TO READ. I DON'T LIKE THEM EITHER BUT I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF CHOICE BUT TO LIVE WITH THEM FOR A COUPLE OF NIGHTS.


I was able to make the trip home for Christmas. You know we sang the song "I'll be home for Christmas" around my house for weeks. It really came true. On Wednesday we headed out. We stopped about an hour into the trip at stroud. Then we went on to Tulsa and spent the day with Jer(the bro), Chenelle(the Sis in law), and the most important member of the McClain clan, Rylan(the cutest nephew anyone could ever ask for). That night we went out to eat with my uncle for his birthday. Don't worry I am getting to the title of this entry but I am just trying to give you the background first. So Thursday we woke up and waited for Jer, Chenelle, and Rylan so we could open gifts before heading to Ayres family christmas. RyMac was so funny and so adorable, of course. Then off to family christmas. It was fun. My dad and I went home early so I could nap before Jer, Chenelle, and Rylan returned to spend the evening with us. After dinner the clan went home so Mom, Dad, and I were recovering from all the day's excitment. We were relaxing and watching one of my Dad's favorite past times during this season of the year a bowl game. As we were watching a little mouse let's just call him Mickey came running out from behind the TV. Guess where he ran. That's right, straight to my bedroom. I screamed when I saw him and I almost had a heart attack. I told my Dad I was not sleeping in there with that critter, so he quickly set the 2 mouse traps he had in the house. He even used his premium Kraft deluxe singles as bait. So about 15 minutes later we hear a snap. I thought yes we caught Mickey and now I can sleep. So he went in there but no mouse. He reset the trap and I decided I would try to sleep it was only a little mouse after all right. About 1:30 the other trap went off. I laid in bed for a while trying to decide if I wanted to know if there was a mouse on it or not. I finally let my dad know and he came and checked the trap. Success! He said "We got a mouse" then walked off. I thought is he going to leave that critter here all night. Turns out he was just gOing to get his shoes so he could properly dispose of Mickey. I slept much beter after that. Last night(Friday) I was determined to get a good night's rest. My mom and I were sitting on my bed talking when all of a sudden she put her legs up on my bed really fast. I said what is the deal knowing that there was another critter in there. So we went with the one trap left in the house and more premium cheese but no success this time. That's right I had to sleep with knowing a little friend, let just call him Mickey Jr., was in my room. Determined to win this battle my Dad purchased 12 more traps after getting Mom and I delivered safely back to Moore. He just called and we caught our little friend from last night.

Christmas was good however I did not get a lot of sleep while in V-town. Have a great day, thanks for reading and I'll post again soon.

A visit from Santa....

So as I have mentioned before I have the greatest co-workers on earth. Ok well maybe my opinion is a little biased but let me tell you what the lastest from the fine folks at Moore High. My friend Nancy made a carrot cake because apparently while we were at the hospital we discussed carrot cake when she came to visit. She called and asked if she could bring friends. What kind of question is that of course you can bring carrot cake and friends to see me. So they came yesterday after school. Seems pretty uneventful right but that so was not the case. As they pulled up my Dad said Nancy's here and Santa is here. That is right my good friend Kortni came dressed as Santa. Kortni is one of the kind and she could pull off the Santa thing pretty well. One of the neighborhood kids saw her get out of the car and almost had a heartattack. He shouted "HI SANTA". She said she was caught off guard and she just waved and said hi. I am sure that kid has great stories to tell on the playground today. She stayed dressed in full Santa attire the whole time she was here. She then was headed to Wal-mart where they announced shoppers we have a very special guest shopping with us today. Santa is in Aisle 4. She was immediately attacked by tons of kids. Did I mention she is one of a kind? So you may have few questions in your mind. One might be does she own a santa suit? The answer is yes it is her very own and she has owned it for years. Another might be is this typical behavior for Kortni? Again yes. Now if anyone else had done it I might be surprised but like I said Kortni can pull it off. Feel free to comment with other questions. On a side note I also learned yesterday that most Native American men don't go bald. Have you ever seen a bald Native American?

I hope this story brought a smile to your face and have a great day.

So maybe I have just been to busy...

Faithful readers...one of you has informed me that it has been way to long since I updated my blog so here you go. Just for your information maybe I have been way to busy to do that in 11 days. So last time I blogged it was a major milestone when Imade it out of my house to go through a drive-thru and get dinner. Well let me just say that many many major milestones have happened since then. First of all not only have I been out of the house I have officially been in to eat at Chili's and Applebees. I also went to Barnes and Noble the other day to get the cutest baby on earth a Christmas present. That's right I went in. Tomorrow I am going to be discharged from PT. That just means I am on my own to do exercises. I am walking much better and the PT has gotten much much easier. This Friday I am coordinating the student teacher going away party so I will be returning to Chili's. My mom and I also had a visit from the Saturday Lunch Bunch for a Christmas Extravaganza. It was so much fun and we had many great moments like realizing that one of the reindeer is not named Dodson. Keep reading and I will keep updating but I am much more active these days so it takes several days to get the info to you. Have a great day and look for an update soon.

New Milestone in Recovery

Physical Therapy is going good but yesterday after being in the house for 4 straight days my mom and I decided to venture out. Yes that is right we ventured out of the house. We weren't sure how that was going to since we hadn't been out since monday when I got my staples removed and my dad was here then. So we put our shoes on and headed out. It worked. We went to Walgreens, Panda Express, and Sonic. It was so good to see the outside world. My mom laughed at me because I was so excited to see everything. I am currently according to the home health agency who does my PT classified as Homebound. That's right I am homebound. Oh well we made it out which is a big step. The next big step to accomplish is going into a restaurant rather than just a drive thru. Have a great day and I will update again soon.

Your kidding me right?

Ok so the first day of therapy I was feeling like a champ because I made it through without to many issues. On day 2 we stepped it up. We continued on the exercises then we added standing hip abductions, standing hip hikes, standing leg raises. I thought to myself are you kidding me you want me to do that. It wasn't so bad and I did them today because my PTA only comes 3 days a week. I must say I am getting quite good. I also am working on walking correctly. I haven't walked correctly in about 2 years so we are working on that. It was confusing at first but I think I made the breakthrough on that one tonight. So tomorrow Lisa returns and we will see what the day has in store. It should be fun, we will see what she wants me to do this time. I'll update soon. Have a great day.

You mean I am not that fragile

So I had my first visit from my physical therapist today and she helped me do all kinds of stuff. After the therapy I came away with the realization that maybe I am not as fragile as I once thought. Lisa my therapist had me do buttock squeezes, which let me tell you I am pro at those, then heel slides, then quad squeezes, and leg rollouts. She also had me do hip abduction. Who knew you were supposed to get your leg out that far. Oh my goodness, I thought I was going to die. Well not really but I thought you want me to do that in the middle of the abductions. Then she had me get up. Until now I have had my mom help me get up. The therapist had me sit up on my bed by myself. It worked and I was shocked I could do that. It gave me hope that one of these days I am going to be better, up until now I had wondered several times if it was going to get better. Let me say my friends I am doing better by the day and I am going to recover. I am almost to the point where I am ready to say the infamous line "I wish I would have had this done sooner". Keep praying and I'll keep updating. More fun therapy stories to come.