(TUESDAY) Job ... WELL-done, A.J.!

...  
-- So, I TENTATIVELY-FINISHED writing my autobiography LATE last-night ... DURING 'Scorpion'--my FAVORITE show--WHILE I "online-chatted" with a school-friend.
... How's THAT for MULTI-tasking, Mom?!

... It SHALL-be titled: 
''The CRESTS & TROUGHS of a 'Turkish-KNIGHT' ... with a 'Traumatic Brain-Injury': Life's chock-FULL of EXTREMA".

... Ya' see, I CLEVERLY-thought that people MAY-"look-up" the COMMON-term "Traumatic Brain-Injury" in the library-FILES.  So, I INCLUDED the term in my TITLE.

... RELAX!  It still NEEDS-to be EDITED ... by a PROFESSIONAL, ... then PUBLISHED ... by a PROFESSIONAL.

... But, HEY!  ... 'Tis just-ANOTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT of mine ... POST-"T.B.I."!

-- 

(MONDAY) (Breathe ... BREATHE!) GOTTA "weather the STORM"!

... Wait.  Wait.  ... WAIT!  ... IsN'T there SUPPOSED-to be a "CALM BEFORE the STORM"?!
... I've been "scratchin' & SURVIVIN' ... through UMPTEEN "SHIT-storms" for ... 3,018 days ... withOUT a "CALM"BREAK.
(... W.T.F.?!)  

        
-- I typed-up my BI-WEEKLY Payroll this morning ... WITH the HELP of my MAIN-Nurse. 

... I HAD-to PAUSE a FEW-times ... to CHECK THEE/my numbers.
(... 168 hours/week; 33 "meals"/week)

-- In lieu of my FAVORITE 'Neurofit 360'-trainer's LEAVING on Friday, I (MENTALLY-) noted I perform/train/exercise BETTER with an ATTRACTIVE (FEMALE) trainer.

... I'm GUESSING my "INNER-PSYCHOLOGIC knob" turns ON ... to "IMPRESS".



...    

(SUNDAY) THAT was a PLEASANT-surprise!

...  
-- Yesterday, as it was ... October 8th, was my HALF-birthday!
... I do-NOT really-"CELEBRATE" SAID-"occasion".  But, it's FUN about which to JOKE!  ... ADDITIONALLY, it WAS my housemate's ACTUAL 30th birthday.   
... HE got ME an "octahedronal-rhombus" as a "BIRTHDAY-balloon".  ... NICE!


-- I am UBER-BUSY with WRITING & SPORTS!


... 

... I APOLOGIZE! ... I've been "DRAGGIN ASS".

... Wait, did I JUST-say that I'm pushing/pulling MY rectum AGAINST the FRICTION-of the ground ... AS I "move-FORWRD"?

... "WRITE that down."
(--ME, valedictory)


-- IF I were BITTEN by a goat, ... would I ... "get the 'POWERS' of a GOAT"?!


-- GREAT Karate-class this morning!
... "Professor" CONFIRMED that we'll BEGIN-filming MY technique-dvd ... very-SOON.


-- My ex-housemate & I took my new-housemate to a great-movie ... as HIS BIRTHDAY-present.
(... 'Twas 'Masterminds'!)

... 'Tis ALSO MY HALF-birthday TODAY!
(... October 8)


...

(FRIDAY) ... The AFTER-math:

...
-- (SIGH of RELIEF)
... My CURRENT-housemate, FORMER-housemate & Caregiver moved my PATIO-furniture back-OUTSIDE.

... I had a CALMING-session of SPEECH-Therapy.
(... EXEMPLARY-eating, STELLAR LIP-/TONGUE-movement & EXEMPLARY 'Scrabble'-play)


-- The ONE-thing about the NUMEROUS onlooking-/ spectating-parents ... is that SOME-of the IGNORAMUSES think the 

'When I Close My Eyes'
-- Kenny Chesney

"There's so many things
I didn't say
And even though
It may be too late
I want you to know
I still love you so
Every car I meet
Looks like your car
Every movie I see
You play the leading part
You're on my mind
Can't leave you behind

When I close my eyes
You're all I see
In the dark of night
You're in my dreams
Throughout the day
You're easy to find
You're always there
When I close my eyes

In my mind I know
You're far away
But here in my heart
Nothing has changed
I'm still holdin' you
Like I used to
On a busy street
In a crowded room
Wherever I go
It's just me and you
Together again
Girl it never ends

When I close my eyes
You're all I see
In the dark of night
You're in my dreams
Throughout the day
You're easy to find
You're always there
When I close my eyes"

'Eyes CLOSED, Brain's still-OPEN'

"There are MANY THINGS

That I MUST-DO

TRY as I MAY, 
I caN'T MAKE nerves GROW.
... But, y'all MUST watch-OUT.

If you doN'T, you might-SHOUT:

''Every stride I SEE

Looks quite 'STAY-BUHL'.

... Every stumble I HEAR, 

It caN'T come-from YOUR GAIT.

I've GOTTA-be SMART!

For ALL-goals, YOU 'play' PART!''

(A.J.:) When I close MY-EYES, 
... I 'SEE' my 'WALKS'
THROUGHOUT my BIG-GYM.
'Painting my THOUGHTS'
... THROUGHOUT the DAY
KEEPS mind CLEAR & WELL.
ALWAYS-good TRIES 
... Come, when I close my EYES.

My INNER-self KNOWS
I can ONLY-WAIT.
But, DEEP-in my HEART,
I want MUCH-MORE!
I'm NOT givin' UP!
... I NEVER-HAVE!      
... DESPITE NON-TALKING,
... And/Or NON-WALKING.
Wherever I BE,
... It's TOUGH-to NOT-SEE.

When I close MY-EYES, 
... I 'SEE' my 'WALKS'
THROUGHOUT my BIG-GYM.
'Painting my THOUGHTS'
... THROUGHOUT the DAY
KEEPS mind CLEAR & WELL.
ALWAYS-good TRIES 
... Come, when I close my EYES."

(THURSDAY) (AUDIBLE-sigh) GOTTA prep-FOR "Matthew"!

... 
-- My housemate & staff FINISHED-up my PREPARATORY-material for a FAST-approaching HURRICANE.

... They brought-IN MUCH/ALL of my patio-FURNITURE.

... My MAIN-Nurse accumulated LOTS of EXTRA-"meds" ... JUST in-CASE.

... My Caregivers made-SURE that BOTH my 'DynaVox'ES are CHARGED.  

... My MAIN-Nurse "fed me" 
ALL my "MEALS" + my FIRST-two for TOMORROW (soon, ... SEVEN) in a SPAN-of ~"TWO hours" this MORNING.  
... In DOING-so, this EXCESS-"food" NOW allows HER to NOT HAFTA-"feed" me ... 'til ~noon tomorrow --> AFTER "Matthew" strikes.
... My EX-housemate stopped-by ... as a FUN-distraction.


...

I do what I've GOTTA-do.

...   
-- STRANGELY, I woke-UP ... at ~3:30 am ... EST, ... 'cuz ... 'mi scope la pipi'.
(... Italian for 'I have-/HAD-to PEE')
... So, NATURALLY, I "WALKED-to" my "urine-dispensory".
... PREDICTABLY, I could-NOT fall-BACK asleep.
... UN-characteristically, "Nature AGAIN-called" my BLADDER ... at ~5:55 am.

... Sooo, I've been "UP & about" for AWHILE.


-- My LIP- & TONGUE-movement is DEFINITELY-IMPROVING.
... Thus, my INTELLIGIBILITY is becoming MORE-coherent.
(... YAY!)


-- I SHOULD kinda/REALLY prep-FOR the ONCOMING-hurricane.

... PEACE!


...

EACH-person ... on a TEAM ... MUST-contribute!

...
-- TODAY's Caregiver gave me a PLEASANT-ride TO & FROM my "Physiologist".  

... I was TOTALLY-/COMPLETELY-"taken-ABACK" by this-"APPOINTMENT", 'cuz my Caregiver from the night-BEFORE ... "DROPPED the (proverbial) BALL" on "posting my NEXT-day's SCHEDULE on my "WALL-board".

... ANYWAY, the appointment was very-ENCOURAGING!
SOME interesting-FACTS he mentioned:
1) I MAY go-BACK to doing CLOTHED-SQUATS before my shower ... provided there's NO-pain.  
2) It IS POSSIBLE to EVENTUALLY-/SURGICALLY-REMOVE my 'G'-tube.
3) He actually-SAID he didN'T know WHY I was-NOT PERMITTED to SWIM ... in MY pool.


...

(MONDAY) NOICE!

...         
-- 'Tis another RELAXING-day.

... I ONLY-had WORKOUT @ 'NeuroFit 360'.
... THERE, I did ALOTTA SIDE-stepping, weight-SHIFTING & CANE-WALKING.


-- I RE-watched 'G.I.. Jane', which taught me about ... "SELF-pity".



...

Wow, I have--seriously--NO-/ZERO-obligations TODAY!

... Thus, I'll just HAFTA-create COMMITMENTS.


-- I added MORE to my BOOK.

... AND, I watched FOOTBALL, 'cuz I HAVE an ... Adam's apple.  

... Not-much else ... SIGNIFICANT ... happened.

... My days SEEM-to be UN-eventful & "PLATEAUING".  
BUT, I've MERELY-been FOCUSED-on ... SPORTS & my WRITING.


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