~Steps~

I was talking with a friend about steps..No not the kind you have to climb..but the steps it takes me to do things compared to someone with legs..I figure I have to take at least 3 to 4 rolls to one step of a legged person depending on what it is they are doing..To just go from point A to point B and if it is just a move not carrying anything..I would take at 2 rolls of my chair to one step.. If I had to carry something then could be as many as 4 to 1. To carry something you have to remember that if I don't change hands I would go in a circle.. To stand at the sink, make a turn and take 3 steps to the stove, I would have to take the brake off first. then roll back, then turn to the direction I want to go..then another roll to maneuver in front of the stove, which could be 2 rolls depending which way I wanted to be at the stove..facing it or sideways to be closer so I dont have to lean in..If I face the stove, I make sure I am locked down if I have to reach or stretch at all. Many times however I dont lock down and at times has proven to be best especially when I have had grease or something splash at me..I had to move right then..This is one reason I dont like to use my power chair..I dont have the instant response that I do in my manual chair... When I say rolls I mean as having to use my hand to push this chair. To grab the wheel and move myself..now remember too..sometimes these tires have a mind of their own. My front tires turn totally around so if I move slightly so as to make that tire move if It is not totally out of the way..I have to move again..As they can stick out sideways or which ever ..I have to watch which way they are pointed and if I am headed in a certain direction I have to make sure my front tires are aimed that way or I will go off course on one of my push offs from the refrigerator or dining room table..I have route I take that I can use to just keep using things to propel me back here into my bed room...and that makes it easier to carry things in here and I dont have to switch hands to make sure I go straight. My poor arms are doing double duty now..they are still my arms..but now my legs too. No wonder they ache so much..:-) I have been feeling pretty good the past few days but not sleeping worth a hoot..Well I cant say I feel good ALL the time..I go up and down..I can be feeling good and then all of a sudden realize I am SO tired and I don't feel the greatest and I have NO choice but to lay down..This cough hasn't left either...When I get like this I don't feel like doing anything...I wonder how long it will take this cold/flu to run its course..and work its way out.. Ive talked to a few people that have had it and it took one friend almost 3 months. The cough wears you out... I'm so glad you like my fishing story's.. I have alot of them..I used to, when I first got online and was on Mirc, tell story's about my life..things I have done..and I cant remember how many had told me I should write them down, and thats what I am going to do...I bet if I wrote a detailed book of my life though everyone would think I had made most of it up its such a road I have taken...Lots of things Ive seen, done, endured...yet like that commercial ..this bunny just keeps on running what was that other one? the Timex ..OHH "takes a licking, but keeps on ticking" haha I guess you could say thats me... I am going to make myself a nice hot grilled sandwich, I had Raelynn get some ham and swiss cheese for me yesterday and that sure sounds good with a nice cup of coffee ...ya..that will work... Lunch? Well I took a quick glance, saw the CARROTTS and threw it in the trash :-D well the meat looked like it had already been eaten once, what ever it was, and I wasn't eating it. For my desert I have some golden pound cake drizzled with raspberry jello, just totally soaked in it..It is SO good I am really rationing my self or I would eat every bit of it Its been so long since I have had this..I forgot how good it is...So now that I have made everyone hungry its FEND for THYSELF lol..Nitey nite... Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? LUV YA!!! and Thanks :-) Always, Lois**** May God Bless you today, I'm so honored to call you friend, I pray the Lord will keep you safe, Until I write again...