Second year Day 148 - Friday May 10, 2013

Bridgett continues to be super excited about her hair.  She really feels so much prettier and I'm glad she finally let me get her a hair appointment!  It was so short for so long that she's been afraid to cut it at all.  It looks so much healthier and really she does look so much more like herself (to me anyway!).  Today was Bridgett's last day on Lortab!  She had only one today (this morning) and then no more the rest of the day and none during the night last night!  Yippee!!  Now let's hope that things continue this way!  I really do think that it interferes with her mental processing although she is not doing badly.  She just can't concentrate on her schooling really.  We get some done, but not a lot.  Tonight Arrianne had a recital at the Central School Museum, along with Jim Stanard's other students.  Of course, they are more like my age and older, so she is definitely the youngest!  She of course looked beautiful and did a great job.  One of the people in the audience said that she was a rose among the thorns.  Hah!  Bridgett stayed home with Tyler and Stephany and played games.

Second year Day 147 - Thursday May 9, 2013

Today was a very exciting day for Bridgett.  She had an appointment to get her hair cut for the first time since the accident.  We got up and then the power went out for about an hour and a half--bummer!  I had to have her wash her hair at home because she definitely can't do the wash her hair in the little sink there thing.  So, power out meant no showers here because we are on a well.  Just in the nick of time the power came on and she was able to get a shower.  Sharon cut Bridgett's hair short for the first time ever when she was 16 and she donated her hair to lock of love (like 16 inches!!).  Her hair is so thick that Sharon had to put it into two pony tails!  Anyway, I took Bridgett's senior picture with me to remind Sharon.  She said that Bridgett's hair is almost long enough for that cut, but not quite.  So anyway, she did cut her hair---mostly just getting rid of any shaggy hair and giving her bangs.  Bridgett was just thrilled and so excited!!  She came home just glowing and saying how pretty she looked!  And it does look amazing!  She is looking more and more like herself all of the time (except for her eyes of course) and that's just so fun and exciting!  And, acting more and more like herself!

Second year Day 146 - Wednesday May 8, 2013

Today things were still better with Bridgett's pain.  She was able to skip a dose during the night.  She told me not to wake up her, just to let her wake up when she needed meds.   So, that's what we did.  She made it from 11:30 p.m. until 7:00 a.m.!  Yes!  It's good for her to actually sleep that long without waking up (not to mention that it's good for me as well!).

Second year Day 145 - Tuesday May 7, 2013

Today was an exciting day for Arrianne!  She got news that she was accepted to the summer opera program that she auditioned for.  They will put on a condensed version of Mozart's Magic Flute.  She got a lead role--Pamina!  She is very excited to say the least, and it was all the talk at home today.  We are all super excited for her, except the fact that she will be headed back to Provo in July instead of the end of August.  Of course, Bridgett was also very excited but not too happy that Arri won't be here all summer either.  But we are very happy that she got the part.  Bridgett is still on pain reliever every day, but the pain seems to be letting up finally!  We aren't doing the Robaxin any more and her kidneys will be happy about that!  Arrianne and Bridgett both had an acupuncture appointment scheduled for today, but Bridgett backed out.  She still can't face the whole needle thing yet.  Oh well, at least the pain is easing up!

Second year Day 144 - Monday March 6, 2013

It's all of the sudden very warm and nice here.  I wonder what happened to spring!  We seem to have gone from winter to summer!  Right away this morning, early,  Bridgett asked to go outside and walk.  She loves walking outside.  Of course, this is the time for us to watch for bears around here.  So, I called down to Tyler and asked him to go out with us. He said OK and headed upstairs and said he was ready to go.  Bridget said....you're not EVEN ready to go, Mr. pajamas and no shoeser!  She comes up with some funny things to say!  So, tonight we all went out for family night and did some year clean up.  My dad used to kid Mark and him cleaning up the forest--but that's what we were doing.....going around a moving branches, etc. to burn piles.  Tidying up that forest!  Bridgett couldn't help because of her neck, but she spent the entire time walking up and down the driveway.  She put on quite a few miles today, because she was out walking like four times before family home evening plus that time walking for like 45 minutes or so.  Finally I went inside with Bridget and Stephany. Stephany still had schoolwork to finish.  It feels great to be outside again!

Second year Day 143 - Sunday May 5, 2013

Cinco de Mayo today  I saw a funny sign that said drink and drive on Cinco de Mayo---spend seis de Mayo in jail!  Today I stayed home with Bridgett while Mark and the girls went to church.  Mark didn't have any early meetings or any late meetings, so he drove the girls, stayed with them and brought them home.  One car at the church!  They were late...Mark hates that!  But, sometimes its unavoidable.  Arrianne was running around trying to find all of her stuff in various different boxes.  Bummer!  She needs to take time to unpack and repack things while she's at home.  Last Sunday was a little crazy that way too.  It reminded me of when we got back from Utah last May.  The first Sunday I went to help lay out clothes for Bridgett and realized that we hadn't unpacked any of her Sunday shoes.  I went on a big search to find heels for her and it took quite some doing.  Of course, back then she was a little shaky on heels.  She's much better now and really doesn't have any problem unless she has on her very high heels (yes, even though she's tall she has some very high heels!).  Of course, Arrianne and Stephany have some really high heels and love them.  I used to wear really high heels too.  Mine are pretty moderate now, but I do miss really high heels.  I might have to break down and buy another pair sometime!

Second year Day 142 - Saturday May 4, 2013

Today was a hard day for Bridgett and she was in a lot of pain.  She didn't even smile when Tyler tried to cheer her up, and that's unusual for her.  Finally, she gave this little weak smile and Tyler said, see, there's your smile--you're happy now!  Bridgett said, that wasn't a smile.....it was just a facial movement!  Gotta love it!!  It's about 2-1/2 weeks until we see Faith.  I was just looking at our Marriott rewards for this year.  We've had 72 nights this year alone and it's only the first week of May.  Lots of being on the road!  I think I should be looking around for a small apartment to rent--it would definitely be cheaper!