Week Two....or "Puttin' on the Ritz"

Same visits, just a different week.  I managed to get a cane in hopes that sometime this week Jim would help me to use it. 

He comes bearing gifts of more and more exercises.  And now we are taking walks around my yard.  My nystagmus is still messed up and we work on that a bit.  He says that if my eyes settle down a bit and I eventually don't get too dizzy when I turn my head, I can probably practice driving.  He suggests that I have someone take me to a parking lot where I can't hurt anyone, for the first time.  Definitely a good idea.  I'm getting there, and I really want to try, but I'm nervous.  I don't think I'm quite ready.

But I get some super good news during his next visit!  He thinks I can start using my cane!  I'm a little wobbly at first, but he teaches me the correct technique and I get it pretty fast.  Just hanging up my walker makes me feel great.  My first goal has been reached!  Baby steps are really working out for me.  If I don't take it in small chunks, I will probably feel like I am getting no where.  But the cane was a huge step for me!  Now if I can just get you people to play the song, "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Taco for me when I walk into a room.   Hmmm....a song by a group named after a mexican food???  Seeing a pattern here?