We had a good weekend (our last weekend at Shepherds, whoop whoop). Friday my family (my mom, Bee-beep, Pop pop, Hayes) came up for a visit. I went and stayed with them at Sara's. It was nice to go to sleep and wake up naturally. Mr.Greg came and took Mrs.Sherri back to Gainesville for the weekend. So it was just John Mark and Benjamin for the night. Wes joined and hung out, they had a good time. Stayed up until about 3 and then didn't wake up until about 3 Saturday afternoon.

While they were sleeping on Saturday I was hanging out with my family. We went to breakfast, Betsy and Dan's and then did a little shopping...mostly just window shopping. Then we went back to the Shepherds apartment, hung out with Benjamin and John Mark and ordered pizza. Sadly my family soon departed.....we continued to chillaxed. I woke up Sunday at 12. Benjamin and John Mark didn't wake up until about 2:30. So for that 2 hrs and 30 min everyone was quiet and I was alone in the living room/kitchen with the T.V. all to myself.........there are no appropriate words to express how wonderful those 2 1/2 hours were......no words. I made some coffee, spent some time with God, had leftover pizza for breakfast and then watched Nickelodeon. I don't think I'll ever forget those 2 1/2 hours of peace in Leah Land. Then Benjamin woke up and we had breakfast in bed until I was forced to physically exert myself and get him up and dressed. We did nothing Sunday. I never got out of my pajamas until we made a trip to CVS that night. Which was fun with Benjamin's new chair. It flies! I got a bit chilly, felt like I was on a sleigh ride. I can definitely live with these new means of transportation.

Then 7 o'clock Monday morning came. Actually it was supposed to be 7 o'clock but I overslept so it was more like 8:30 Monday morning. Tomato, tomado. I got to drive Benjamin's chair super fast speed and make race car noises down the halls though. (He still wasn't able to drive his chair this weekend. That didn't make him to happy, pretty frustrated actually. I enjoy sitting in his lap and driving.)

This morning he had shoulder exercises, stretching on the mat with me, more shoulder strengthening, lunch/practice feeding and then PT. During his PT his therapist showed me how to transfer him using a sliding board. That's where I slide a board under him and the choice of seating, lean him forward so he's leaning on my shoulder and slide him over. It sounds like it should be easy but it's not. Paralyzed people are not easy to slide. But if the Hoyer breaks we have an alternative.

Benjamin's chair guy never showed. However, his brilliant therapist was able to create an alternative. She just simply tied a rolled up pillowcase to the arm rest and side of his chair in such a way that the rolled fabric blocked Benjamin's elbow and he was able to drive his chair. If only we would've thought of creatively brainstorming the problem ourselves instead of waiting for the logical chair man. So, now Benjamin has been able independently maneuver himself around and about.

Since then we have been chillaxing in the apartment. Wes came over for a little bit but besides that nothing as happened. It's been rainy. Rain seems to be the ultimate unmotivator for us. So, here we sit.