Day 218 (Monday)

1.-8. Andrew, Daniel & Jacob and I went swimming/diving, Sam P came along too and we also ran into some friends from church, thus a couple pictures of  Christie & John. It was an exciting day for Jacob as his swimming has improved enough in the last couple of weeks that he got to go off the diving board.

2. God of course, knows my needs and I started reading this book last week before I knew I needed to read it. ;)

3. What else? Working outside, piano lessons, spare ribs, watermelon, tomato cucumber salad, bread and garlic green beans for dinner, some reading (I finished The Venetian Affair - a commie spy novel written during the cold war), some Olympics and some yoga.

Day 210 (Saturday)

written 8/7/2012

1. Meeting James for the first time.

2. Reading The Venetian Affair at the park. And it was hot. Super hot. And I was reading about the main characters swimming in the Mediterranean. That was torture.

3. What else? Swimming laps for about an hour or more, and enjoying homemade ice cream later in the evening.

Day 113

1. Strawberry lemonade, reading (Sanctuary for the Soul, Road from the West, Not So Big Solutions for your House) and and sunshine!
2. What else? Church, enjoying the sun, enjoying the heat, and steak with shishkabobs barbecued by the amazing Nancy.


Today was a momentous day in a small way. I don't talk about it a lot on here, but one of the results of my concussion a year ago was that my eyes went seriously out of whack. For instance, when I looked up and down, one eye looked straight up and down (correctly) and the other eye went diagonally! Just crazy... even the functional neurologist said "Well, that's unusual!" When I found out what was going on, I was rather relieved! That was why I couldn't read without my eyes hurting, or shoot baskets or catch things, and why I kept banging into things... So anyways.... My eyes have been dramatically improving over the last couple of weeks thanks to several things... and today, this afternoon, I actually read naturally. For the first time in over a year, I didn't have to think about it or push my eyes to the point of exhaustion.  I am so incredibly thankful. I miss books so much.