HAVE BEEN BUSY DEALING W/A COMP. VIRUS & ITS AFTER-AFFECTS SINCE LAST WED. 4 ME, IT IS LIKE LOSING MY PHONE, PURSE, PLANNER & WALLET. BUT EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING, WAS THAT IF I NEEDED HELP, IT WAS NEVER WHEN I WANTED IT, AS NO1 SITS WAITING 4 MY BECK & CALL (IT’D DRIVE ME CRAZY ANYHOW!) LIFE WENT ON AS NORMAL 2, SO IF I WANTED 2 HURRY DOWN 2 MY COMP. IN THE MORNING, 1ST I HAD 2 ENDURE MORNING ROUTINES (SO, IF I WOKE AT 4 AM, I DIDN’T C MY COMP. UNTIL 9/10 AM! BUT THE BENEFIT WAS THAT DURING THOSE QUIET EARLY MORNING HOURS, I WOULD DISCOVER SOLUTIONS 2 TRY OUT).

ON A BETTER NOTE, DESPITE MILD CONGESTION & ABOUT 2 COUGHING FITS/DAY, I’M RELATIVELY HEALTHY. WHEN I WAS SICK, I HAD AN UPPER RESPIRATORY THING. I WAS TOLD IT LASTS A MONTH. SO ABOUT 2X/DAY, I BUILD UP 2 A COUGH.

ANYWAY, 4 OTHERS, JUST A BAD COUGH. 4 ME, W/NO TRACHE, IT COULD BECOME SERIOUS, EVEN DEADLY. 2 SUNDAYS AGO, I FELT FINE, BUT ONLY WENT 2 SACRAMENT (THE 1ST HR. OF 3 HRS.AT CHURCH, SINCE I WAS W/MY FAM. THAT HR.). I FELT FINE, BUT KNEW OTHERS WOULD FREAK, ESP. SINCE I CAN’T COVER MY MOUTH.

BEEN THINKING. I BEIEVE IT TAKES CERTAIN PEOPLE 2 BE CAREGIVERS OF ANY DISABILITY & ALSO 2 BE A STROKE SURVIVOR. MY STUBBORNESS & MY STRONG WILL 2 BE HEALTHY & ALIVE R TRAITS NEEDED 2 BE A STROKE SURVIVOR. AS 4 CAREGIVERS, IT HELPED ME THIS WEEK THAT MARK SEEMED 2 POSSESS COMP. KNOWLEDGE I DID NOT HAVE. BUT THE CHARACTER TRAIT I WILL COMMENT ON THAT MARK POSSESSES IS ABUNDANCE IN HIS CREATIVITY. HE IS NEVER CONTENT 2 SIMPLY MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO. REGARDING MY CARE. HE IS CONSTANTLY INVENTING NEW & BETTER WAYS OF DOING THINGS (LIKE, I HAVE A COMP. DESK I CAN JUST ROLL INTO & BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT W/1 THING –QUITE THE FEAT, CONSIDERING MY VERY LIMITED CAPABILTIES). HE HAS INVENTED DIFFERENT ITEMS THAT I THINK COULD BE PATENTED THAT HAVE MADE HIS CARING FOR ME & THE QUALITY OF MY LIFE SO MUCH BETTER. I HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL CAREGIVERS OF VARIOUS DISABILITIES HAVE THIS SAME TRAIT, & BECAUSE OF IT, NO1 UNDERSTANDS ME LIKE MARK DOES!