Tues Feb 7th.

So this Tuesday when I got to Mom and Dad's, Dad was sound asleep.  It was 2:00 and he was snoring on the couch with jazz music playing in the background. He had gotten up early that morning and needed a nap as he does often now. When he woke up we got all ready and went on a walk. We were headed for the park but ended up at Dicks instead :) We sat there for a while enjoying our burgers and Dad had a vanilla shake. Vanilla ice cream, Particularly Trader Joe's vanilla mini cones, is Dad's current favorite thing. I don't think he can ever eat enough! It was nice to go out to eat with my dad even if it was just Dicks :) On our way back home I almost launched him out of the Wheelchair a couple times. If you hit a bump or crack in the sidewalk it just stops the chair abruptly and practically gives us both whiplash.  I have really become aware of how non handicap friendly a lot of places can be...Struggling with this for a couple blocks all the while chatting to Dad and stopping periodically to put my ear to his face to listen to what he has to say.  It's hard to hear him over the traffic noise, he has lost most of the volume in his voice. It is mostly just a whisper something that is very frustrating for Dad and those of us trying to hear him. When we were a half block away from home we started walking down the alley and Dad said "Hey Ang, I'll push you." What? OK you sure?? "Yep" so we traded places and Dad did great.  He does this in physical therapy, pushing his therapist in the chair. He pushed me a half block down the alley and we even managed to get a nice neighbor to take our picture after I failed several times attempting to take our picture myself :)

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Thank you neighbor :)