IU is IU right?

Last week my Mom,brother and I went to IU Northwest in beautiful Gary. I was going finish school at IUN ...So I thought. For the same exact major they will only give me 18 of my 94 credits!!! Iwas so pissed...I thought to myself... all the time,hard work and money just to name a few for 18 measley credits?! NO...I am back to the drawing board for school. I will most likely take what I can online and one day when I can go back to Bloomington I will. I mean, I could very easily get some job one day that you dont need a degree for. Many people with life changing surgery do that at times. What happened to me is not gonna stop me. I have never really done "normal" things in my life. So far, I have accomplished more than alot of people do in a lifetime in 23 years...Sooo. Guess what? I am not even CLOSE to being done. Just to prove I can still "do it". I aced the poli sci class I was working on finishing from last year...BOOYAH!
Also, I am done with therapy at Saint Anthonys...The physical therapist says I am not making much progress...She is full of it! Seriously though. She is the expert right? Then she should now how inconsistent I am and how long my recovery will be. One month I could improve 1% and the next month I could improve 50%. Since March, everyone has been wrong and sorry to break to them...Thay STILL are. I must...well ...my situation is rare...I have retained almost all of my strength but my control or lack coordination(ataxia) is my major problem and it soooo severe. My balance is getting better but you would lose your balance to If your body moved uncontrollably. So as far as not improving. I know I am not even half way to how much I have to improve. Luckily I am continuing with the "hippotherapy",interactivve metranome and soon enough pool therapy...I cannot wait! and It will feel great to prove St Anthonys wrong!

Sleepless in Bloomington

This weekend was awesome besides the jackasses in the hotel my Mom and I stayed in. They had loud music and where loud until about 5 A.M...So that was great...Anyways, the weekend,was great although cold and windy with a bit of snain (snowish rain) it was ok.It must of been horrible for the riders though. Wind makes riding so much more difficult. I am really glad I went...I thought I would be way more emotional, but I suprisingly was not. I think I was just very happy to be with my friends and seeing the race I should have been in. Considering exactly 1 year ago I was like a wet noodle, could not talk or open my eyes and needed 100% assistance to even stand. When I did stand I would be exhausted after 5 minutes. Yesterday, I stood holding on to the fence of course, for 2 1/2 hours watching my buddies race in the Little 500!I do not know the exact place they came in, but for where they qualified they did great! After the race my Mom and I went to the tean cookout...That was great! I guess a bunch of my friends commented on how much healthier I looked and how much less I shake when I eat. It is nice to hear that stuff. Especially from people you do not see often. The notice the biggest changes. Well I am proud of the team,everyone who helped plus (the whole Rigney family),the fans,friends and I am real glad my Mom took me!

Bring on the Weekend!

This weekend, I am heading down to Bloomington, near Indy.That is where I was going to school before things happened. I cannot wait because I will see some friends I have not seen in over a year! I am going to watch some of my buddies race in the Little 500. On the team I was once on. It will be awesome!
I also figured out how and what I was gonna do to finish up school. A while back I thought about changing my major, because I plan to teach and what does a teacher do all day? Talk. If it remains difficult to speak? Who knows. I have just decided to stay with my major of social studies education and I am going to learn sign-language to teach the deaf...Thats the plan!...I was going get my masters in school administration, but who knows now. I have learned that one thing is for sure...change.
I am ready for the weekend! It will suck seeing people do what I should be doing, but very cool considering this time last year I was laying in a bed and could not speak! Now, I am watching!!!