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Anya's Photos of the Day
A first-person account of recovery from a serious traumatic brain injury


Puzzle and games with Jodi and Bill
January 22, 2024 Alright, it’s not even midnight yet. Today was a very Jodi and Bill day. I went over to her around 10 am when she got...

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Jan 22, 20243 min read


Losing trivia and a trip to river + mom’s house
January 21, 2024 Ok, I’m making a random stab at writing this after midnight. Today started with meds at 8 am and mom coming over, and...

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Jan 21, 20243 min read


Lee plus food at Open Door
January 16, 2024 Ok, I didn’t do one for yesterday. It’s kind of dumb that the fact that I didn’t write this actually means that I don’t...

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Jan 16, 20242 min read


puzzle and coffee shop with mom
January 14, 2024 Alright, I'm just now at night realizing that I didn't do one of these for yesterday, even though I went out for coffee...

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Jan 14, 20242 min read


Liam, Caroline, Hannah for presents
January 12 I'm writing this the next day. Yesterday started with going to the Mayo Clinic for an ultrasound. While I was there, after the...

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Jan 13, 20242 min read


Open Door food and Dr. Flanigan
January 11, 2024 Alright, I’m just in the middle of an awful medical situation. This week I was scheduled to drive down to Mayo Clinic,...

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Jan 12, 20242 min read


Theatre stuff
January 10, 2024 This was the day I went to Theatre in the Round to shoot their play, The Seagull. That night they had three...

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Jan 12, 20241 min read


Methodist empty and TBI support group
January 9, 2024 Ok, I don’t even know where to start today. In the morning, I did my meds at 7:22 am and then went to Methodist around...

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Jan 9, 20242 min read


Jessica and Poke over Spanish meetup
January 8, 2024 Well, today I finally planned to have a background photo when taking my pics. In the past, I’ve just been using something...

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Jan 8, 20242 min read


Heather’s with mom and Kathy
January 7, 2024 Well, I’d like to make this blog a little bit more about the photos. I’m not gonna stop recounting my days, but I’ll try...

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Jan 7, 20242 min read


Hannah at Nolo’s over me with Jodi and Bill at Nolo's
January 6, 2024 Well, today Jodi came to pick me up and take my to a coffee shop. First, they brought me to a farmer’s market by the...

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Jan 6, 20242 min read


Talia over Kids Book puzzle
January 5, 2024 Ok, there’s a bit of this I wrote much earlier today. Let’s copy and paste! This morning, I decided to not go to my yoga...

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Jan 6, 20242 min read


Lindsey, Sophie, Julia over “telling time”
January 4, 2024 Ok, to start off with, today was basically a therapy day. I did my meds at 8:40am with some eggs, after an attempt with...

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Jan 4, 20242 min read


Yoga with Debi and puzzle with grandma
January 3, 2024 Ok, just got the photos in here and I quite like my new design idea. It works to have a background image and place other...

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Jan 3, 20241 min read


Methodist and Open Door
January 2, 2024 Ok, I just did yesterday’s, and I’m copying the same format on this page. The background is a picture of Open Door’s wall...

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Jan 2, 20241 min read


Translation, Food, Spider in Moab
January 1 (2024) Alright I did a bit of this yesterday, getting the photos in, but I wrote nothing except “translation, food, spider over...

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Jan 2, 20241 min read


Sunday: Robert's studio with Kerry and Robert, jewelry-maker Catherine
December 31, 2023 Ok, I'll write the rest of this tomorrow, but to give a brief summary of my day, I woke up and Kerry made me two eggs...

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Jan 1, 20243 min read


Saturday: Coffee Restaurant + Robert in Moab
December 30, 2023 Alright, I'm aggressively not doing what I did yesterday and the day before, which is basically not write this...

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Dec 31, 20233 min read


Friday: Illness + on time BeReals
December 29, 2023 Ok, I'll try to do these for both today and yesterday now. Basically, today spent the whole day low key dealing with my...

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Dec 29, 20232 min read


Thursday: Arches and the emergency room with Mauricio's hand
December 28, 2023 Ok, I'm writing this full on during the next day now. Yesterday, we gave Kerry and Ross their presents after breakfast,...

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Dec 29, 20232 min read
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