sushi on pearl street

What an awesome dinner Chris, Rocky and I had! Thanks Chris! For anyone who likes sushi, Chris knows where to go!


Tom, Rocky and I left Tahoe in the SNOW at 4:15am to head to the airport. Arrived at Craig to find Chris busy (as usual) with his Mom and nephew the chauffer (hi Brennan!) in tow. We looked for him in the gym, but missed him by a few seconds, then caught up with him on the matts. He was getting his gymnastic workout! Then, off to the bike that stimulates his muscles to pump the bike pedals. It was lunchtime after the bike, and we all went for food at the famous ice cream shop where Chris took us that second day at Craig. (Don't get the hamburgers unless you have a beach towel to clean up the mess!)

Brennan and Nadine drove back to Kansas after lunch, (Did you see the 6 states??? Which ones?) and Rocky and I accomponied Chris for the rest of the day. Education class (very educational!) Actually, Terry was GREAT! Rocky and I learned a lot. Chris, I hope you were paying attention!

Then the re-entry into the "jungle" class. There was a team of people for that one. Two gals that work at Craig, and two guys who are guest speakers. That was also an awesome session! Jason and John (i think that's their names) one a para and one a quad and both talked about their experiences when they were getting out of the hospital; what to expect, and what they did. Jason is into rugby; he's on a team that recently won a championship game in April, and is in a movie I forget the name of, and John was into all kinds of sports, tennis, wake boarding, riding bikes, etc. Oh yeah, and they work.

One of the things they talked about was friends. They said it was hard for some of their friends to accept their new "sitting" situation. That it was awkward at first sometimes, but after some jokes about "can ya feel that?" that everyone settles back into the feeling "normal" again. But, that a few friends just kind of faded away. When he said that, I was thinking about this blog and all of Chris' friends (most of whom I haven't met!) and I got a warm fuzzy feeling that Chris won't have that happen to him!

Chris had one more class of weight training and I had fun counting (sorry Chris!), and Rocky spotted him on a couple. I can't say enough about the people who work there. They are the best! There's a machine that Chris used, he sits in his chair and leans forward, pushes down on the handles and it lifts the weights up. Chris got up to 130 pounds, maybe 140. Chris has to be able to "push"165 pounds before he leaves end of the month. 165 because that's how much he weighs. WOW! You're gonna be soooo buff!

Well, we went back to Chris' place for a bit, then off to the best Sushi in the PT cruiser.
Great talks, awesome day. We missed you Anna! We were all exhausted by the end of dinner!

Tom is going to be watching the Cavaliers vs. Spurs game with Chris tonight, GO Cavaliers! And, I know the girls are showing up soon! THAT should be a fun weekend!

Chris, Rock and I look forward next time and maybe it will be in Tahoe! It's a beautiful day here, snow has melted but the flowers aren't too happy! Lot's of love, Kim and Rocky