It seems that way sometimes but as I've said before all the things I thought I knew I'm learning again. I love to learn. I just don't like the situations I find myself in that make learning necessary. Learning just for fun is more, well,...fun!

I was told emphatically a long time ago that basically, "You can't Get There From Here". It looked like they might be right. Everyone gave up on me and started making plans for me to be able to live "more comfortably" where I was, because while where I was wasn't anyplace I wanted to be and I wanted more, I couldn't get there from here. And I didn't but I didn't stay there either. Maybe I didn't get there from "here" but maybe I could get there from over there. If not I was no worse off.

I learned making one change can change the view enough that one more change might be the way out of wherever you are. Well, I never got "there" really. You know, that idealistic "there" where everything is right and easy and perfect but by not giving up, I'm here and here really isn't so bad. Definitely a whole lot better than back there.

It seemed after stroke I ran straight into one brick wall after another whenever I tried to get somewhere. After several exasperated sighs (and some creative and colorful language) I had almost convinced myself that I couldn't get there from here, and just accept that I was stuck where I am forever.

It's funny how bricks work better if they fall on your head rather than if you bang your head into them. No! I'll think about that later! :hairy:

So, I've been elated since finding and enrolling in the County Ride program. This morning my father was quick to outline for me all the reasons it wouldn't work. So I started thinking again and made a few more calls and now it works again! Yes, this was a small bump in the road but to me could have been big but it was a reminder that you CAN get there from here if you just move a little to the left or right. Don't stand still.