tuesday evening

This weekend, in therapy, I worked with the CPAP machine. In the pictures, it’s the thing with the mask over my face. It’s usually used for sleep apnea, but they’ve found that it helps people with cleft palettes and strokes. I can really tell a difference in my volume and the sounds like p, b, t, d, k and g. this weekend was the one year anniversary of my stroke. Josh and I went out for pizza, which leighton said was morbid, but he laughed when he said it, so I assume he was joking. I really thought the weekend would bother me, and I’m not happy about it, but I realized that things could be much worse.
Also, this weekend, we got a new van! Josh’s uncle flew to florida and picked up. It’s a pretty blue and it makes everything so much easier for josh and I! I’ve been thinking about it and I don’t think I can ever personally thank everyone like I want to. I don’t even know everything that’s been done. So, I would like to thank everyone, who gave financial assistance, visited me, sent a gift or card, or just remembered me in thoughts and prayers.

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jenny- as of today, I am a proud parent of a
one-mile stretch of the Arthur Berkhardt Expressway.

tuesday afternoon

i had a wonderful week! last weekend i went to a cookout at jenny's mom's house and saw lot of friends. it was nice to be able to go everywhere i used to go. then, later in the week, i went to sedalia to the ragtime festival. i got to see even more friends. we saw a good ragtime accordion player, as well as all our favorites. we had such a good time, although it really opened my eyes to life in a wheelchair. i'm used to smooth sidewalks at therapy, but the sidewalks in sedalia were so bumpy. it's nice to know that not all sidewalks are smooth, though. we also got see a really cool fiber festival. they had goats and llamas and sheep. hopefully, we will get to go back next year. we still have the benefit account at smb. it's under susan's name.
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jenny- in college i sat next to an alex in art history, and he was always drinking coffee and after every sip he would go "ahh!"