Day 2

Well, we made our canes yesterday. the thing about canes is that they need to be custom to the individual. Too long or too short causes problems.  Too short and you don't have any reaction time when encountering obstacles, and too long you may not detect a drop off properly and take a tumble over a curb or down a flight of stairs. I got the chance to use mine this morning for my lesson. Once you get the hang of it it is not that difficult. There are procedures for staying 'in step' meaning you tap the cane on the side opposite your leading foot in an arc pattern on 10 and 2. You know, kind of reminds me of old school drivers ed where you kept your hands on the wheel at 10 and 2. All I heard this morning was "tap...tap...tap...tap..." as we were doing our lessons in the hallway of the science building.

I was taken into a random classroom and told to explore the perimeter, then in a grid pattern explore the center. After I explored (or rather bumped into stuff) I came to the front of the room where the chalkboard was. My instructor says "Here's a piece of chalk.  Draw me a picture of the room."  Uhh, blindfolded? Nice. I wish I had my camera because I drew a pretty good diagram of the room! I think my drawing under blindfold is better than when I can see!

So, overall day 2 was good until about 5:30 when I got a call that the friends pet sitting for me had lost my cat.  Evidently their son had left the front door open YESTERDAY and my kitty got out. Autobahn has never been out a day in her life and is front declawed. I am struggling to remain positive as there is NOTHING I can do from here but pray Autobahn is found. I am pretty depressed now and have no tears left to cry being so afraid for my cat that I bottle fed from the palm of my hand 12 years ago. On that terrible note, I cannot remember anything else that happened today as this news has trumped all other events.Update: 9:00pm Autobahn is safe and sound.  She was hiding in the house the whole time! Thank God!  Is it appropriate now to be angry at my cat for causing everyone such grief? Now I can sleep.