I had a rough morning this morning. I woke up and in just a little while I remembered everything that had happened the day before. The last few days when I woke up I would do my physio exercises which would take up most of my morning. I went for a walk around the floor but all that did was make me feel worse. Eventually my parents called and I talked with them and cried about my situation quite a bit. My talk with my Dad felt good and he said that was what the nurses were expecting, so I could prove them wrong now which I was quite eager to do. I went to my morning sessions, and I was fine until I went to drumming. There a woman was asked if she was going to take her husband anywhere for Easter? She answered, "Home" and my mind which had done well so far keeping off the topic was centered right on it. Home. I felt kinda bad when my Mom came in for lunch and cried some more.

Soon it was 1:00 and my Mom had left to go to the Y, and at a perfect time my psychologist walked in. We talked for a very long time and she made me feel a lot better. She explained it to me very well. She said the current troubles I am fighting through are kind of like a hurricane, and I am a tree on the beach. She said if I was like most people I would choose to be a mighty oak tree which are famed for their un-paralled strength. But she went on to say although an oak tree is strong it is also very rigid and it would not survive a hurricane, it would be blown right over. But if I was a palm tree I would be much more flexible, and bend and sway in the major wind. Come the next morning the oak tree would be blown over but the palm tree would be left standing. So now I am proud to say there is a new poster in my rehab room that states, "I am a palm tree".

After I had psychology I had physiotherapy. There I did something really fun. The Major I think would be really proud of me because I practiced: marching. My Physiotherapist says it would be good for me and it really practiced my arm movement, by the end of physio I was really tired but that was okay because it was now THE WEEKEND!!! It will be a very enjoyable and relaxing one. My parents wish me to inform you that where we will be we won't have an Internet connection so this unfortunately is the last blog update until Monday. I personally wish you the very best weekend and thank you for being worried enough about me to check out this blog.

We'll see you next week,

Jared