Disclaimer: These earliest entries were written later, reconstructed from photos and notes. At the time, this project had no name. It was also before I called it “Just The Lizard King” or “The Astronaut on Earth”.
8/27
Love being able to have Mother’s breakfasts. They’re unreal. So good! Her biscuits and gravy are all home made, and they are absolutely delicious! She even makes sure I get some fruit in for the day! It’s been amazing having her!
Eating food was always a joy and a moment of respite in the rehab hospital. It still is to this day. I get to actually feel normal. Although I’m eating in my bed, and I can’t quite move the same, the food still tastes just as good. My mom has been such a blessing when it comes to helping me with all these aspects, that I cannot do on my own. She really is such a special person, and has helped me so much. She’s been allowing me to focus on my recovery. I will not ever forget that.
8/28
Wow, all this work, all this setup! Maddie really believes in me, and I cannot believe how far I’ve come at PT! I’m really enjoying learning from her, and I love being able to work my body more and more.
Dang, Joel & Mr DeVriendt came over this weekend to visit! All the visitors coming by means so much to me! And Joel dropped me off a book! Joel was telling me, how much this book had helped him. He was telling me, that he had a very peculiar and interesting ailment, that the doctors couldn’t figure out! Mr DeVriendt even said he wasn’t sure how he did it!
So Joel was telling me, how this book really changed the way he thought, and it might be useful for me too? So maybe I will have to give it a read and see how it goes?
It was wild, the look on his dad’s face when he brought this up, I could tell he didn’t quite know how he did it either, but knew it worked for Joel. I’ll have to see what this is about?
8/29
Callie recommended me to get some limeade and Oh is it so good! There’s been few things that spark joy throughout my day like something sweet or tasty!
8/30
This is where the notes began. Gotta start somewhere! – this weekly blog post entry is a complication of pictures and memories, not daily accounts in the moment. I wanted to add this disclaimer, because I did not have the chance to start doing this daily yet up until this point!
8/31
Another fun setup to do some tall-kneeling work!! Man I have had no idea what my body was capable of until they started getting me doing these workouts!
Katie also got me some exercises to do in Prone! I was asking her what I can do at home, and they really have emphasized the prone work! Here we go!
9/1
John brought Max over again today!!!!!! I sure miss that ole boy! He really makes me miss everything about things before the accident. And I think he knows something really bad happened. I’m just hoping for the day I can have him back. I miss him more than anything.
It’s so hard not to just curl up in bed, and lay down with him and pet him. I miss that so much. Even though he would jump out after a bit, he was always good for rolling over and letting me rub that fury belly of his! I miss him so much, and all the things we would do!
My cousin reached out and sent some cool pictures of him out on the river! Man would that be great to be able to get out and do! One day! Until then I need to focus on my recovery. This has been a slog, but it’s honest work and I want to feel better.
The Astronaut on Earth 
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