Wednesday, September 28, 2005
I meant to post Sunday but I was too exhausted. Alesia went to her first baseball game. She loved it. We took binoculars so she could see the field. My friend Gary went with us and explained the game to her. He played little league for 3 years. We also took Sam, an Australian boy who’s staying with my friend Maria as an exchange student until January. Both Sam and Alesia had a great time.
Our grass is coming up in the back yard – yay! I have been watering with sprinklers and that’s exhausting. There are bare patches but it’s coming along.
Alesia has had 2 days off from school – the governor declared it when Rita was bearing down on Texas. Pissed off a lot of parents.. Alesia helped Mother get some laundry done and do some things around here. She also watched the rest of “Dr. Zhivago” – my Russian history lesson for the week.
Yesterday, Alesia rode her bike over to her friend Elena’s house and played with her all afternoon while Mother and I went to a new therapist. I am glad Alesia has a friend close enough to visit on her own like that. It’s about a mile’s ride, maybe less. It’s all on neighborhood streets, too, so I feel like she’s safe. She had a walkie talkie.
Mother and I went to a new physical therapist. I think he can help her. He was very gentle. He is a young guy just out of Emory, but very nice. The therapy place is 5 minutes from the house, which is unusual for Atlanta and very convenient. The therapist said if Mother doesn’t go on and increase her range of motion the shoulders will get harder and harder to move. I don’t want her to be a semi-invalid. She doesn’t want that either, but dreads being in pain, which is normal. I feel very good about the therapy, even though it means I can’t take a lunch hour for a while, as I will have to come home 2 days a week and take her to therapy.
Alesia told me last night she wants brown hair, straight. I told her most women would kill for gorgeous curly blonde hair. She has no idea how lucky she is.
