Moving right along
Well all is good at the home front. Carl is keeping his talking up,
I have stepped away from the computer and outside. We are
having some great spring days, start out in the low 50's and
max by noon to a cool 70. I was to the nursery and found
dwarf irises, for the front along the driveway. Three plants
in three different colors, one in butterscotch, one in deep
purple and one in light violet. I hope they bloom this year,
if they do I'll post the pic.
I can only speak for my self about the computer is such a
good invention but, it can get me to forget about getting
outside and getting my exercise and helping Carl with the
planting of everything we bring home from the nursery.
It's been a while since I posted so, I have a few things I've
wanted to post about. And all have come about because I
put the computer down.
I've been going to the YMCA now for a year except for during
that cold part of winter months three times a week doing water
aerobics senior class. It is good to see all the other people I
have met and chic chat with them all. But, added going in the
afternoon late evening and I have met this one pictorial young
woman. She is from Vietnam. She came in the 70's as a child
with her mother and father and 7 siblings on the last
helicopter that was taking Vietnamese people out to USA.
She is a young woman with allot of passion. Her name is Q.
The best part is she does yoga and she is offered to teach
me going to teach me. YA!
Q tells me their are different types of yoga, the one bend
like a pretzel (ha! ha! ) and the one she does is every
move is stretching with constant breathing .
We met back at the pool the next evening and did yoga in
the water. While Q and I were doing yoga a couple other
women joined us that were also interested and were just
waiting around till aerobics class started :chat: (without
the chairs). Wonderful can't wait till next week.
Q is a blessing into my life. I needed a inventive to my
stretching, and a new friendship to go along with it. I hit the
mother load! We talk like we've know each other for a long
time.
I am able to get out and about and meat new friends, I
consider myself fortunate. Those that are house bound and I
know you and live near you I will visit often because I can.
For the computer can take you anywhere in the world enjoy.
Well, not to cut this blog short but it's time to push the
computer aside and get ready for my busy day.
Today is Emory Stroke Survivors' Club meeting at the Emory
Rehab ctr. We are having our Spring Fling. An Interactive
Horticulture Therapy Group with Kirk Hines, Certified
Horticulture Therapist. We will have light refreshments
to start and then proceed to the garden. This is a raised bed,
all are able to participate in preparing the soil and then all
coming to agreement how we should arrange the many
flowers that have been donated to the club from Home Depot.
It is a fun group that comes from the outside as well as those
that are recent survivors' come down and out with their
therapist and join the fun. If you club doesn't do something
like this I suggest you suggest this to your coordinator of
your club check into it. It is great therapy, fresh air and
social for us all, including caregivers. Note: some end up
doing nothing but they do get to socialize, and we all know
how important that can be to our rehab.
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