figure it out

You’ve heard the saying: “things happen in threes.” Well they did for me lately. The things that happened to me fall under the category of “just figure it out.” The first is I’ve been riding my trike for almost eight months and every single time someone has had to help me put my left foot in the stirrup. Last week while waiting for my neighbor to do this for me, I just took a little more time and was able to do it myself. I can now ride my trike whenever I want. The second thing was I took the Mega bus to Houston last weekend. Traffic was so bad leaving Austin that a three hour trip turned into a five and half hour trip I had no choice but to use the bathroom on the bus. To do this required walking from the front to the very back while the bus was moving. The width of the bus is about 6 inches. While walking to the back I had to hang on to the headrest of each seat I passed while furthering my cane down the aisle. Because I only have one functioning hand, I couldn’t do these things simultaneously, so the people on the bus would take my cane and push it forward for me row by row. In two instances people were sleeping and the people moving my cane would tap the person to wake up and move the cane. Never underestimate the kindness of people. When I got go the back the bus, it started rolling again. I cannot under any circumstance go to the bathroom while the bus is moving. A gentleman at the back allowed me to sit next to him. The third occurrence was today in the shower. I am totally in no clothes and realize too late that the soap and shampoo are out of reach. I cannot stand without my brace so I sat there for several minutes and weighed my options. If I try to stand, I could slip in the shower and no one would find me. I figure out the only course is to get dressed and put a sock and brace over wet legs. In the past with all three of these examples I probably would have relied on Bob to come to my rescue, but this was not an option so “I figured it out. It makes me stronger; makes me less reliant on Bob, which is what we want and it makes me want to tackle new things.