The New Year

Today was a nice lazy day. Randy, Cass and I made it to midnight so we all slept in. Randy and his dad watched some show on the discovery channel throughout most of the afternoon while I read and worked on getting things ready for Randy to start working on therapy stuff at home. One thing he really wants to work on is his spelling. He has actually never been a strong speller (he relied heavily on spell check for email at work), but he has noticed that his spelling has gotten worse since the accident. Today, I put together a few lists that we will use for "spelling tests".

Tonight, we went up to the Ballard area (Northern Seattle) to visit the Edwards ~ they have been friends of the family for years. We had a very nice time! Randy did alright in the car. He has wrist bands that are suppose to help with motion sickness. On the way, he wasn't feeling that great as we were starting out, but he ended up falling asleep and doing just fine. At one point, his arms kind of flailed and he jumped forward. I thought for sure he was getting sick, but it turned out just to be some dream he was having that stuff was falling. On the way home, he seemed to do just fine. He stayed awake and had no major icky feelings.

We got home right at bedtime. Before everyone went to bed, though, I had them all watch a short little video I had made and put on DVD. It was one that Randy had recorded 2 years ago on Christmas Eve at his parents house. His dad was doing his performance to "El Paso". I tried to load the video to google videos so I could share with all, but I think it was too large of a file. It definitely is a sight to see!