Countdown to France

Posted on | June 20, 2008 |

We’ve officially reached the 10-day countdown to our trip! Woo!

So, right now I’m at home getting my monthly IV my treatment so I can be “ready” for the trip with my balance, hopefully, AOK!

This week I did the usual running around to get as much done as possible before my treatment, since I never know how it will affect my energy levels. I’ve also been working on the next few CreativeTherapy catalysts. I’m planning to set up some posts with my CreativeTherapy responses to publish while I’m gone. I hope it will work! I just have one more to do and then I’m covered for our trip.

I’ve still been exercising and I’m feeling pretty strong. Yesterday I went to do some volunteer work for Cochlear about the Baha. This was to meet some of the audiologists in the area and to show them that we’re available to share our experiences with potential implant recipients. I love to share my story, since the Baha has made such a difference in my quality of life! We all met for lunch at the beautiful Vu Cafe in Fountain Hills. I had never been there before, and it was small, but lovely. It overlooks the Fountain Hills Golf Course, which is beautiful. And, of course, since we’re in the Valley, there are always mountains in the view, too!

Since we’re having temperatures over 100 degrees each day this week, I’ve been careful to stay inside and to manage my energy. And, I’m getting more and more excited about our trip! I’ve found that I had some success with Rosetta Stone, but it was difficult to use for me because of my hearing loss in my left ear. However, I did find a less expensive substitute: I’ve been learning French with Coffeebreak French, a free podcast. I went ahead and paid the small fee to get the printed lesson guides and extra lesson information. It has been very good to learn and it is quite a practical learning guide. They teach some good conversational French, which is what we need for our trip! I highly recommend it if you’re interested in learning French.

So that’s my update for this week. Not much going on art-wise. I have done some doodling and some work on the catalysts, but I won’t show them until they’re published on the CreativeTherapy blog on the appropriate Sundays.

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