Today we went to get blood drawn early in the morning, and then went to one of our favorite haunts for breakfast – Bit O’ Country.  David ordered his scrambled eggs with Bacon, and asked for cheese.  He also told the waiter that he didn’t want hash browns.  Then we made a brief stop at home before heading off to the Stroke Recovery Center for David’s evaluation.  We took a tour first, and it is a nice facility with lots of activities.  I am particularly interested in having David participate in the group speech programs, and also have his spend time in the gym.  In many ways it is like a nursing facility, you know puzzles and games, but it will be good for him to interact with folks who understand what he is going through.  We really haven’t had that in any of the places where we have been.  There are some programs next week that I think he will go to.  We have to have authorization from Dr. Loftus to use the gym, but we see him on Tuesday, so will have that form done then.  We also have a speech therapy session set up for Wednesday morning.

After the visit, we stopped by the tennis center to ask about any programs they might have, and David’s instructor was there, and said that he gives a lesson to another guy who had a stroke, and see’s no reason not to give it a try.  It will just be hitting, obviously, but David is very excited about the prospect.  After we got home, I ran to the storage unit to get the tennis racket out.  It is an early lesson – 8:30am – but it will be cooler and I think it will be fun.  Will take video of that.

Tonight Donovan came over for some bubbly and he was kind enough to bring some cheese and crackers.  We had a lovely evening relaxing at home.  Then early to bed for David in preparation for tennis tomorrow!  This morning I got up very early and took a nice long walk/jog which was great.  cooler and not too many folks out.  So peaceful in the mornings, as long as you don’t run into a coyote!!