Feb 2-9

Day 358-365
Hmmm... we're just coming up to a year next Wednesday the 13th and I have 365 days accounted for, I must have miscounted ... go figure. Anyway, it has been almost a year, and my gosh, I hope I don't have another like it for a while. Glenn is getting into the stage where he is trying out his ability, and I am beginning to realize the extra worry this is going to bring to me. He seems to handle these tumbles very well, but we haven't had any really serious consequences yet either. Last Saturday, Helen found him on the floor in the bedroom, he had been trying to change his pants, and wiggled off the bed. She called for help lifting him up, and he was fine. He had spent the 10 minutes he was there picking fuzz from the carpet. Oh dear. Yesterday, he was in the bathroom and decided to clean his chair. He ended up on the floor again, but this time he bumped his stomach peg, and so I was concerned that it may have become dislodged. A few calls later and we were OK, but with a blizzard bearing down on us and a 40 minute drive to the city, it was a bit scary. Again, he seemed to know that it was OK, which kept me phoning for information on how to judge whether or not the peg was working. Our friend works with these all the time and she told me to feed him, and if it worked it was OK. So I hooked him up and away we went, but I am a bit more shaken than I like to think. We're going to the doctor on Thursday, so I hope we can discuss the removal of the peg, Glenn is eating most things quite well, although that can be scary too. He can drink the supplement if he has to, so I hope it can come out. It would be one less thing to worry about.
His statement at the end of yesterday was that he had had a terrible day, but I said, no, we learned that I can pick you up, and we know how to tell if the peg is still in place, so that is not a bad thing. He thinks he will get used to not doing anything, he says he's retired. I'll keep you updated on that frame of mind!
I did get some sewing done in spite of the interruptions. I am determined to finish projects before starting new projects, so that is the end of one project. I have an afghan on the go which I need to finish before I start on a touque for me. Some of the kids are coming for supper, and decided they wanted beans, so I expect I will be making doughballs when I get home ( the spell checker is going nuts, it doesn't know touque or doughballs for heaven sake!)
We went for massage, and I was looking at the list of therapies offered there and they do Reiki therapy too, so I think I'll book Glenn for one of those sessions. Some people have excellent results with it, so I think it's worth a shot.
Dale's birthday is coming up, followed closely by Jackie's ( there's a whole pile of cousins and great cousins in the first part of March too) so we will have cake for them this year (I hope) Happy birthday to Holly on the 4th, Auntie didn't forget, she just doesn't do cards very well! My younger sister is in the Dominican Republic, so she asked that we not have any unfortunate phone calls to make while she is there. Last year she was in Cuba when Glenn had his stroke. I told her we would do our best.
I think that's all for now, we are going along as best we can, and are trying to stay safe and warm in this cold blast of winter. I hope it doesn't last too long!
'Til next time,
Louise