Tomorrow morning I'll baby sit for Darling Husband's Ex-Wife's Granddaughter. After spending a couple of weeks staying in retirement apartments, playing with a toddler will be fun. Goodness knows I've plenty of toys, books and animal crackers.
Today I put an alarm clock on the kitchen counter between a Waterford crystal vase that holds mixing utensils and a marble rolling pin. It's neon and says "eat at Joe's". Sounds odder than it looks. I try to keep the kitchen from being too serious, it should be a fun place to play.
A lighted magnifier arrived today. It will be a lot easier to use than the giant floor stand one that stays in the hobby room. Just in time to finish Mom's crochet project once I figure out what stitch she was using. Thankfully, I have a book showing over a hundred crochet stitches to help.
Our new memory foam bed arrived a few days before I went to Ohio. I sleep more comfortably on it than on any other bed I've slept in. We've decided to try the memory foam pillows also to see how we like them.
Took a couple of days off over the weekend and just did the basics, mainly grocery shopping and meal preparation. A couple of power naps seem to have me back on track with a more normal sleeping schedule.
I'm working on Braille lessons and am amazed at how different my sense of touch varies among my fingers. Feeling the raised dots is easy for all of them, but it is not the same with any of them. My first real Braille book (other than lessons) should arrive soon and I'm looking forward to reading it.
Learning to accept blindness and coming to terms with it is something I've struggled with since I started losing my vision. Staying in Ohio with minimal phone and Internet gave me a lot of time to think. Learning what I need (and don't need) in order to function without sight was interesting. After giving away most of Mom's possessions there was very little in the apartment. I concentrated on using the things that were there and becoming familiar with functioning with was available.
I learned that a stove with controls on the front is much easier and safer than the one that I have. Switching from electric to gas would make cooking and baking a better experience also. Sidewalks would give me all sorts of freedom that are not available here in Oklahoma City. Great trash bags are a must as are really long oven mitts. After years on king and queen sized beds I will fall out of a twin sized one. Rockers are relaxing, especially with a cushion on the seat. Living in cold climates is not optional. Reading cannot be done without, whether sighted or with Braille, I gotta do it. Constant learning is another thing I cannot do without, it's part of me and always has been. I learned that I can't be lazy for long. I can change the way I do things so I can keep enjoying the things that I love to do.
I am not an unhappy person, it doesn't feel like me. Being happy and finding the good things is my character. Although I get frustrated and rant about this disease from time to time, I still get over it quickly.
Giving up isn't an option in life. I refuse to spend my life as a shut in, housebound, as a disabled person. There is still an amazing world to experience and I want to be part of it. I will find ways, perhaps unconventional, to do what I want to do.
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