Friday, January 9, 2009

Back to the Pool

After a two month absence, Kat returned to the pool at the Pemi-Baker Aquatic Center in Plymouth (across from where Mike works at Walmart. You may recall she was coming home from the pool back in October and walked on a root causing her foot to turn and fracturing her ankle (her bad foot without her leg brace). Last month, she was given the "all-good" to return to the pool, but finances wouldn't allow pool membership and the weekly visit at Healthsouth. Since Mike's health plan goes back into effect this month, he can afford the monthly dues for membership at the pool again ... so she returned today!

The cold and wind has kept her inside most of the time, but she has found a spot to walk where it's safe and a bit out of the wind. It's at the Hannaford shopping center where she can walk from Hannaford's to Marshall's protected by the hall walls and a nice clear walkway.

Last year, Kat was recovering from her injury and a bit unsteady so we decided to run the wood stove on occasion instead of using it as our main source of heat. Amazingly, Kat has strengthened to the place where she is now able to keep the fire stoked and the house warm. Mike was able to get wood from a friend and the price is the best around! It's now 12 degrees and the wind is blowing at around 25mph, and we are warm and toasty in our home!

So there's the update! Come back to learn more of journey!