The Adventures of the Blind/Low Vision/Visually Impaired (BLOVI) Girl-Volume 36: The Mini Blog
This week I am writing a short blog as I have had my daughter at home with me all week. I will talk some about my plans for the year anniversary of my accident, and those plans and the issues I have been dealing with as I approach the anniversary will be the focus of the next blog.
My WTF of the week is that my 17 year old cat, Bruni, has been diagnosed with a condition where she is now visually impaired and cannot see well without light. So, I would like to welcome Bruni to the low vision club. The vet had all these instructions about leaving on lights at night so she can navigate to use her litter box and get to her food. Naturally I understood her low vision needs and luckily since her mommy also does not navigate well in the dark, there are lights on already. Her condition arises from old age and she is also having problems hearing. Overall it makes her more docile and somewhat funnier.
This week I can’t get enough of the drums. I have begun my drum lessons and, according to my instructor, I am a natural. I have always wanted to play the drums so I am totally jazzed about finally learning. My next step is to by a beginner set of electronic drums on which to practice. I have to bring in some songs to learn and for some reason chose a Journey song and will probably do a Beck song like E-Pro, but I have a dream that one day I will be playing Rush and Metallica songs. And of course I will also be singing while playing the drums.
So this Sunday is the year anniversary of my accident and on that day I decided to do two things. Those two things are the ones I have not been able to do in a year; drive a car and ride a bike. I will be doing these things on rural roads outside of Columbia so have no fear, you are not in danger. I plan to write all about my adventures in next week’s blog.
And I must admit that the approaching anniversary has been more difficult than I thought it would be. In sum, I have been in a funk the past two weeks and I am not sure why. Once I get past the anniversary I will reflect on it and write about it. But it did catch me by surprise.
Keep Moving Forward,
Beth (BLOVI) Medlock
No comments:
Post a Comment