I mentioned in my previous blog that our daughter was coming to see us. She and her husband and son arrived on the 25th of July and the next day we all piled into my car and drove to Wheatland, Wyoming to help my brother and his bride celebrate 50 years of marriage. This is the brother who lost his son in a tragic motorcycle accident in January. Several of our cousins were there so we had a mini family reunion. Lots of laughs.

Sharon mentioned that her dad wanted to drive to Loveland, Colorado to visit his 96 year old sister and I told her that I wanted to go, also. So we got up early Tuesday morning and drove to Loveland for the day. We had a lovely visit with Florence and her daughter and sil.

I mention this because I haven't traveled that far since my stroke and I did just fine. It was nice because Sharon and Marvin did the driving. Marvin is from Missouri and enjoyed looking at a different landscape than what he is used to.

On a more recent note, I pulled a "Gary" last night. About 3 AM, I awoke needing to go to the bathroom. I can get myself up when that happens, but I haven't done so in awhile. I wear a special type of boot at night that has a sole on the bottom which enables me to stand up and pivot from my bed to my wheelchair. However, when I stood up and tried to pivot, my leg buckled and, even though I was holding onto the transfer pole, with the left side being dead weight, I went down to the floor. So I was laying there and thinking Oh, S***. Now what? I called Paul a couple of times and finally banged on the floor. He heard that and came in. When he saw me, he said, "What the h***! How did that happen?" I told him and we went about trying to get me up without calling someone. Then he had to go to the bathroom and while he was gone I thought of a way that might work.

When he came back, I told him to put the AFO on my leg and I thought I could brace it against a cabinet next to my bed and with him lifting me and me pulling on the transfer pole, I could get up. It worked and I was soon sitting on the bed and I still needed to go to the bathroom. After I finally finished that job, I put myself back to bed and fell asleep around 5 AM. Today I'm a little stiff and sore, but nothing broken, and I can laugh about it.

And now, I'm going to go see if I can root the Rockies to a win. They haven't been doing so well the last three games.

Hope your summer has been a good one.

Vi