Got a new gadget in yesterday. Yes, UPS knows our driveway well. This one would be useful to anyone that does detailed crafts and occasionally needs more working hands than you have. It is a magnifying glass held on a sturdy base. It also has two alligator clips that can be moved and clamped in any direction. Perfect for soldering two wires, perhaps even threading a needle. For about three bucks I just had to have it, even if I never use it. Hostmel has given me some good instructions on how to post pictures here, I'll give it a go in a few days. Today is an exercise day and tomorrow is Duluth again for more OT with the Saeboflex. The Saebo continues to help.The grip is getting quite strong. I can now carry 1/2 carton of milk with the left hand. I was able to add 5lbs of resistance to the left arm with the Bowflex yesterday. Have not gotten to the Neuromove yet, will try later today. My days are quite full at the moment.

In the next few days I want to talk about setting goals, motivation, etc. We become physically what we eat and how we live. Eat bad things and do bad things to your body, and likely bad things will result. Eat good things and do good things for your body, and ususally anyway, (not always) mostly good things will result. I believe the mind is the same. If we dwell on bad things, hang around negative people, we will become negative in our feelings about life. If we dwell on positive things, set positive realistic goals, associate with positive people, the mind will adjust and become more positive in all things. I am convinced that just as we are all trying to reteach our brains to do physical things, we must also teach, or reteach it positive thoughts. The words self fulfilling prophecy come to mind. Example: if you constantly think woe is me, poor me, why me, etc, guess what! Woe is you, poor you.

I no longer give the wife a morning update on my physical condition unless something is substantially different, good or bad. She knows that until I tell her differently the ears still ring, the foot is still sometimes cold, the hand and arm are still spastic, etc, etc. I could go on, but you all know what I mean. Why keep repeating it? When it changes for the better or gets substantially worse, I'll let her know. I do the same around anyone else that asks "how are you today?" I really don't want to be just a medical reporter on my condition, so I say "fine". That is what they want to hear anyway, and it allows the conversation to move onto other non-medical issues.

Speaking of the wife, poor thing, I just had to wake her up to watch what was obviously going to be a beautiful sunrise. My pause control does't work on such things, so I had to get her up. She is now sleeping in her recliner, coffee getting cold. Speaking of which, my cup is empty, time for a refill.