New computer

This weekend I finally got Sam a computer and she is very happy to have one. Thanks to Wendy and Aileen, who visited over the weekend, Sam's computer got set-up properly. She now has her own email account at samorris1961@yahoo.com For those who wish, please send Sam emails directly to her and then she and I can read them and can respond together each weekend. When Aileen was setting up the computer she asked Sam if she already had an email account -and without hesitation Sam said yes and recited her old MMA account. Sam can type a bit on the computer but needs assistance to remember how to turn it on, how to use it in general and even to remember it is there. However, she was excited to watch msnbc clips of Rachel Maddow's show - especially the cocktail hour clips and was just very generally engaged. We went outside Saturday afternoon and strolled around the grounds. Wendy took lots of great pictures. As Sam's stamina becomes better, I've noticed that her daily schedule has been filling-up. Besides from her physical, occupational and speech therapies every day - Sam's schedule also includes the following:
8:00am- Breakfast
9:15 - Preview and Plan
10:30 - Information Processing
12:00 - Personal Best
1:00 - Lunch
3:00 - Mind and Body Arts
4:00- Creative Engineering
6:00 - Dinner

No wonder she is tired when I see her on the weekends! She works extremely hard during the week. On Sunday when I came in the facility, the aides stopped me right away and told me that for the first time, Sam almost went missing this morning....apparently Sam took the elevator downstairs by herself and went onto a different unit. She has never done that on her own before. When I asked Sam why she had gone downstairs, she told me that she just wanted to go "exploring". It's a good sign.