FRI-YAY

 Happy Friday Blogger Buddies.

I want to address a couple of comments I got in my email regarding Rick being stuck in the chair. I was asked, why not just put his legs over the arm of the chair and jump down?  Good question. We tried this. This was where his stroke issues with his bottom half were an issue. He also was certain that 6'2" 240lbs would break the arm of the chair. 

Trust me we tried. He asked me if I thought I could do it later after getting out of the chair and I said I could even with this pain because my legs are only 25 inches long. It's just a quick thing to whip 'em around and then I'd have to use my abs to get out because of my shoulder so in that case it may take me a bit. I have a keg over my six-pack you know. 

Also if he were to scoot to the end of the chair and get his foot down to the floor he doesn't have the strength to get up from that position all the time. Oh, trust me we tried so much of that too. 

He was cursing the stroke after every try. 

I can only assume how difficult this is when you were so able to do everything without thinking on one day and barely anything on the next. Add in a sprinkle of male ego and you get a very frustrated man who thinks this should be easy and yet he can't do it. He gets frustrated and angry at himself and the situation and I feel like I would as well. 

But thankfully he can also laugh at himself. I remind him how he couldn't do much of even walking last year so remember that. 

At one point I was sitting on the floor after trying to assist and he was in the chair, we were quiet for a minute catching our breath from laughing. 

He asked, "Will you still love me if I am pee-pee boy like that stinky kid in school?"  

I burst out laughing that he broke the silence this way. I said, "Yes I'll love you but I won't get close" 

And we were back, back at the tug and pull, pushing, and getting this big guy out of the chair. We won't forget that night. I heard him tell his friend this on the phone and he was laughing. So all ended well except for the lack of sleep for either of us. But the best part of retirement is we had a nice long sleep during the day. Can't even call that a nap, it was that good. 

I'm having a good day so I want to accomplish some things today that I have been unable. Chores actually feel like something good. That should fade soon enough.

So what are your plans for the weekend?

Here are a couple of mine.