So, I'm sorry if i've disappointed some people by not "blogging" as often as I should (cough Brian), but if it makes you feel any better, I write in my journal probably every 1-12 months, so so far I'm doing better than that.
Well to catch you all up to date. I havn't been doing much this summer, just hanging out at home, like a teenager should be. I have been doing a lot of handcycling and actually cycled a 5k at the end of june. I got 1st place in the "Women's Handcycling Division". There were only 2 people in the division, but whatever it takes to get a
medal and some free vouchers for IHOP, i suppose i won't complain.
I recently had my orientation up at the University of Utah and i registered for classes. I'm pretty excited about starting as a fill time student again, as well as starting college. I'm planning on taking College Algebra, some Writing course, LEAP (which is service oriented and will get rid of 3 of my courses that i need, and is year long so i get to know people a lot more), as well as a Survey of Jazz class. I'm pretty excited, and am getting sick of people asking what i'm going to study. I'm undecided for future reference and decided that if i did make a decision i would just end up changing it. I'm also not to excited about all the hills at the U. It's built on a mountain and therefore i will probably get very buff just trying to get to class, but luckily the University Disabilty Services are able to relocate any classes if they are not accessible, so that's nice. I was down at the BYU campus the other day and did notice that it is very much more accessible than the U, so I guess they have one up on the U, that and the fact that they have to most newly weds on campus :-) GO UTES!! Hehehhe....
This past week I've been hanging out with my cousin from Canada, so that's been fun having a buddy to drive around with in my new car. I got an 07' Subaru Outback about a month ago, which has been majorly fun to drive. Handicapped parking is a major perk for being disabled too. I have a handcontrol that connects to the brake and the gas, and is put together in such a way that it doesn't interfere with the pedals if say one of you would want to drive the car, which will probably not happen, especially Brian :-D! And against Brian's protest i did take out the New England Patriots sticker he taped into the back window. I'm sure he'll get over it when the Patriots win the Super Bowl and then rub it in my face for not being a true fan.
Other than that, that's basically all that has been going on so far. I'll probably be doing some camping within the next month with a group called TRAILS (therapeutic recreation and independant lifestyles) which is geared to getting people specific to SCI (spinal cord injuries) and getting them out into the community and doing things like handcycling, kayaking, camping, all sorts of different things. So i'm good buds with a lot of the people in that, and my therapists from rehab actually volunteer for this, so i see them a lot.
So i hope this was adequate enough to wet your tastebuds until next time!!!!
Well to catch you all up to date. I havn't been doing much this summer, just hanging out at home, like a teenager should be. I have been doing a lot of handcycling and actually cycled a 5k at the end of june. I got 1st place in the "Women's Handcycling Division". There were only 2 people in the division, but whatever it takes to get a
medal and some free vouchers for IHOP, i suppose i won't complain.I recently had my orientation up at the University of Utah and i registered for classes. I'm pretty excited about starting as a fill time student again, as well as starting college. I'm planning on taking College Algebra, some Writing course, LEAP (which is service oriented and will get rid of 3 of my courses that i need, and is year long so i get to know people a lot more), as well as a Survey of Jazz class. I'm pretty excited, and am getting sick of people asking what i'm going to study. I'm undecided for future reference and decided that if i did make a decision i would just end up changing it. I'm also not to excited about all the hills at the U. It's built on a mountain and therefore i will probably get very buff just trying to get to class, but luckily the University Disabilty Services are able to relocate any classes if they are not accessible, so that's nice. I was down at the BYU campus the other day and did notice that it is very much more accessible than the U, so I guess they have one up on the U, that and the fact that they have to most newly weds on campus :-) GO UTES!! Hehehhe....
This past week I've been hanging out with my cousin from Canada, so that's been fun having a buddy to drive around with in my new car. I got an 07' Subaru Outback about a month ago, which has been majorly fun to drive. Handicapped parking is a major perk for being disabled too. I have a handcontrol that connects to the brake and the gas, and is put together in such a way that it doesn't interfere with the pedals if say one of you would want to drive the car, which will probably not happen, especially Brian :-D! And against Brian's protest i did take out the New England Patriots sticker he taped into the back window. I'm sure he'll get over it when the Patriots win the Super Bowl and then rub it in my face for not being a true fan.
Other than that, that's basically all that has been going on so far. I'll probably be doing some camping within the next month with a group called TRAILS (therapeutic recreation and independant lifestyles) which is geared to getting people specific to SCI (spinal cord injuries) and getting them out into the community and doing things like handcycling, kayaking, camping, all sorts of different things. So i'm good buds with a lot of the people in that, and my therapists from rehab actually volunteer for this, so i see them a lot.
So i hope this was adequate enough to wet your tastebuds until next time!!!!
4 comments:
That's a great update, Lena! I hope you'll write often. I'll be lurking on your blog.
One thing correct in your blog is that the New England Patriots probably will win the Super Bowl. Might as well take the sticker out of the window though because your state doesn`t even have an NFL team. Do you just cheer for the team with a favorite color?
I am a friend of ellen's and brian's and saw brian's link to your site. I just wanted to say that as a graduate of the U I thought the jazz appreciation class was one of the best classes I ever took. I hope it is still taught by Keven Johansen, he was great. And don't feel bad about Brian's cheap patriots sticker, we all know college football is better than the Super Bowl.
...and now the Celtics have a chance against the Jazz.
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