The snow was CRAZY yesterday!!! I was late to work and when I finally get there; I wasn’t sure what I was going to do because there was SO MUCH SNOW! I called the school and told them that I needed help. Ms. Donna came out and got my bags and the leg rests to my chair. Mr Cooper and Mr. Schwartz came out to assist me in getting out of the car. I opened my door and exclaimed, “I didn’t know we were in a snow globe!” They laughed. Coop pushed me into the school. By the time we were in the building, I was covered and my wheels were caked with snow! The main office is just off the door and Coop announces that, “the snowman is here!” We laughed but it WAS a BIG mess! The custodian shoveled around my car and helped me get into my car sat the end of the day.
I pull into the parking lot at Barwis into my normal spot and my car kind of gets stuck. It sunk in all of the snow. I opened my door and saw all of the snow and knew there was NO way for me to get out. I pulled out and decided to check out the disabled parking on the other side of the door to Barwis. It was even worse on this side! So I go back to my normal spot. I texted Phil and told him that, “I have no idea what I am supposed to do!!!” Just as I sent this text, I see Connor running out to my car with a shovel. My savior!!! (not in a blasphemous way) because he was coming to save me from ” danger, harm, or failure” as Merrian-Webster online says. He came to my car and started shoveling. I asked him where his coat was (he was only wearing a hoodie) and he kind of scoffed and said he DIDN’T need a coat. Must be a guy thing because Phil NEVER wears a coat when he takes me out to my car. I asked Connor if it was in his job description to shovel. He kind of laughed and told me, “to take care of client’s well-being… Yeah, I guess it is.” I was able to get out of the car and Connor got the leg rests to my wheelchair out of the trunk. He handed me the shovel and told me that he would push me. I told him that I’ll be Pocahontas and sang “just around the river bend” and started moving the shovel like it was an oar.
Connor pushed me all the way in and I started the ritual of wiping my wheels off. Phil begins stretching me at the Keiser machine. When he was stretching me, I asked him if he will see it as a tribute to him when I am walking. He looks at me and furrows his brows and asks why it would be a tribute to him. I tell him, “because you’re doing this” and point to him stretching my left leg. I told him that he was teaching me how to walk again. He kind of shrugged. I told him that I used to have this same conversation with Jesse. He asked when Jesse said and I told him that Jesse told me that he already sees it. Phil agreed with that statement and told me that he sees it too.
Then it was time to do this thing! Lindsay was helping. I got 7 yards and then 4 and then 6. It was 4th and 3 and I had already got 17 yards. I was going for it! I told Phil that I could see the red line. Phil told me it was actually yellow. I told him, “Not for 4th down!” Oh, I know MY football! Larry helped me and Phil this time. Nothing. I couldn’t get my feet to move. I punted instead. At least Phil and Jesse can see me walking. I’m having difficulty seeing that right now. Must be the cold. I think I’m hibernating or something. At least I can still get yards off.
TOTAL YARDAGE = 173 and 2 steps