Mini - update
Mini-update: My picture is out of date! About a month and a half ago my hair was finally long enough to donate to Locks-of-Love, a charity that makes wigs who have lost theirs to Chemo and stuff, so now I have REALLY short hair. If you know someone who is considering a radical haircut please let them know about Locks-of-Love. The best part about it: not only are you giving of yourself to a really good cause but the haircut is free! (go to locksoflove.org to snag a participating salon)
This is actually a really long answer to Ellen's simple question of "how is Gram doing?" But it explains so much of what is going on that I decided to use it as a post.
Gram is actually doing really well. This was her idea - I came home from work one day and sat down next to her to read the paper and she said "it's time for you to find your own place". It was a major shock. That was two weeks ago - I guess my "lifestyle" finally got to her. In any case she is starting to look into selling the house and moving on to the next stage of her life. I am happy for her, but still worry a lot and find it strange not to have that house anymore. In every other aspect, especially physically, she has come a LONG way. She still has to be careful so that she doesn't have a fall - but she started working towards doing everyday things for herself last winter. Now she cooks dinner (the biggest thing) and can do almost anything she wants - either completely on her own or using the tools that we have put in place (like a machine that opens jars - it's a beautiful thing). As for me - this is the first time, since I was five and not including dorms, that I have lived outside of that house. And to now be living with my girlfriend is quite a head trip. This is a major step into the unknown - way out of my comfort zone. (I'm freaking out a little bit). In fact - yesterday I went back to Stoneham after work - automatically. I made it look like I was picking up more stuff and Gram made me stay for dinner, but it's just ingrained in me so much to go there - I forgot that I now live in the opposite direction!
This is actually a really long answer to Ellen's simple question of "how is Gram doing?" But it explains so much of what is going on that I decided to use it as a post.
Gram is actually doing really well. This was her idea - I came home from work one day and sat down next to her to read the paper and she said "it's time for you to find your own place". It was a major shock. That was two weeks ago - I guess my "lifestyle" finally got to her. In any case she is starting to look into selling the house and moving on to the next stage of her life. I am happy for her, but still worry a lot and find it strange not to have that house anymore. In every other aspect, especially physically, she has come a LONG way. She still has to be careful so that she doesn't have a fall - but she started working towards doing everyday things for herself last winter. Now she cooks dinner (the biggest thing) and can do almost anything she wants - either completely on her own or using the tools that we have put in place (like a machine that opens jars - it's a beautiful thing). As for me - this is the first time, since I was five and not including dorms, that I have lived outside of that house. And to now be living with my girlfriend is quite a head trip. This is a major step into the unknown - way out of my comfort zone. (I'm freaking out a little bit). In fact - yesterday I went back to Stoneham after work - automatically. I made it look like I was picking up more stuff and Gram made me stay for dinner, but it's just ingrained in me so much to go there - I forgot that I now live in the opposite direction!