Cleaning out the old place...

I woke up yesterday morning and looked out the window and there was my van, all fixed and ready to go.  The lift worked and it felt great... I couldn't wait to try it out.

I remember several years ago walking across a really long bridge over a lagoon and I remember that wasn't very far from here so brodie and I set out in search of it and we found it.  The last time I went I remember when we got to the part that was over the water Bridge was held up by pontoons and I started getting really nervous thinking that the wheelchair might be to heavy I panicked, made the chair go as fast as possible and thanked God when I reached the other end.  Since than I have talked to a couple of people in chairs that have rode across it several times... if they can do it so can I.  It was so beautiful and peaceful and I did really well until I got to the part where the water was, I just could not make myself do it.  We turned back and went the other way until we came to what looked like a stage with a bunch of benches around the end of bunch of podiums that explains the wildlife around.  We found a trail and followed it until we came to another bridge with water, I will work on my fear of water another day.  It was a beautiful walk, something I think we are going to do every morning.  It is only two blocks away.

The next day I decided to try and find Trader Joe's by myself, I looked up the map and MapQuest.  The sidewalks in Santa Cruz are not the best sidewalks for a wheelchair and I was driving with my left hand, a scary combination but I have to learn to do it.  I got about half way there and realize that high school must just let out so I decided to turn around and try it again another day when it wasn't so hot and I had someone with me.  On my way back home I saw my mom and my aunt pull over and my aunt jumped out with a hat.  My uncle saw me drive by their house in 98° weather without a hat and sent them out looking from me, I never even thought about wearing a hat.  On the way back I walked by a fence and the dog came jumping out and I guess brodie was trying to protect me went for the dog and bounced off of my chair and sent me into a tree.  My leg rest came off with my foot still strapped to it.  Luckily my aunt decided to walk backwith me so she was there to pick up the pieces.  For the last couple of months my knee has been swollen and I'm waiting to establish a doctor here so I can see what's wrong, of course that was the same knee that got twisted.  I came back home and we looked at it and it looks fine.

Yesterday my mom had a doctor's appointment in San Jose so her, my aunt and I went to see if we could sort through some more stuff the old place.  Jerry came over to help and we got a lot done, we're hoping to finish the rest of it up today.  We have three piles... garbage, donation and what we're bringing over here, luckily the donation pile is bigger than the other two because we're running out of room over here.