It has been a long day. I was at my appointment at the KU research program at 9:15 this morning. I started with the program coordinator and answered a bunch of questions she had. She handed me off to the test lady.
I spent almost three hours doing all sorts of cognitive testing. Recalling a list of items several times, telling her back two short stories she read, doing matching games on the computer and many others. I don’t use my brain like that often and I was fried when I was done.
This was my third time doing these tests and I was able to do what I could and not beat myself up when I messed up. There were no consequences for me if I did well or if I did poorly so I didn’t take it too seriously.
Afterwards I made a quick stop at Krispy Kreme and got Michelle a box of donuts. I know she likes them and thought I would get her a treat.
I drove home after that stop. The drive home was smooth sailing. Stopped in Emporia and dropped off the box of donuts at Michelle’s house and then came home.
I started some laundry and unpacked and then took a long nap. I hadn’t slept well last night. I had woken up at 7:00 this morning and looked at my phone to see what time it was. I’m glad I had done that as I had forgotten to charge my phone and it was dead. I would have not had the alarm go off at 8:00 had I not noticed it at 7:00. It was hard to get up when the alarm went off.
After my nap I started working on setting up my new iPad. I ordered one yesterday and it came in today – impressive. It needs to update and I haven’t finished transferring everything to it yet. I will finish it up tomorrow when I am more rested.
I met a dear friend for dinner at 5:00. We had a much needed deep soul to soul conversation while we ate dinner. I so needed that and appreciated it very much.
No plans for the weekend. I feel like I need a couple of days to recover from the testing this morning. My brain is tired and needs some quiet to recharge.
Next week is relatively quiet. I will do taxes a couple times but other than that don’t have anything scheduled yet. It is to be in the lower 60’s next week so maybe I will get a chance to get outside and do some walking. I need to get to the gym and get a membership and get going on a new program for myself.
My friend asked me tonight how do I want to be seen these days. I realized that was the question I have been trying to answer without knowing what the question was. I don’t have an answer for that yet but at least now I know what the question is. Now that I know that I feel the answer can now come in.
Grateful for a safe trip home today, grateful the exercise program is completed, and grateful for friends that see me completely.