Week of January 14, 2008

James (therapist) is encouraging Terry to do more "regular" exercising. Pick a few things, and do 15-25 reps of one each hour. Over time Terry has gotten out of the habit of moving, so he has to INTENTIONALLY re-learn that habit. Terry has worked at it fairly well this week. We had to take the van to McCrocklin Ford this week. It needs a couple of things worked on. They have ordered the parts, and we'll take it back for repair when they come in. I took the day off on Wednesday, Jimmy stayed with Terry and I spent the day with my mom. We went downtown this time. It was a COLD day, but we enjoyed the time together. On Thursday, Terry pointedly asked James about his progress. James said that in the past two weeks, he's seen a LOT of improvement. He sees much more potential than he had for awhile. The land therapy seems to be strengthening Terry just as we had hoped. On Friday after therapy, Terry and Mike went to the wood-working show at the fairgrounds. That gave me a few hours at home alone. I got a few things done, and just enjoyed the un-interrupted time alone. On Sunday, we went to Sunday school for the first time in a LONG time. We enjoyed it! Later, Esteina invited us to go bowling with her and the boys and Donna. We all had fun doing that! Esteina was the champ of the day, almost doubling anyone else's score. We had a quiet evening.