So how was your day?"

"Interesting... I had no idea."

He dropped me off as close to my door as he could, hoping this would help me, but then we noticed the ramp was down about a hundred feet from where he had parked. He wrestled the chair from the back and set it up for me. "Can't you just cheat?"

I sighed, "No, the whole point is to see what it is really like."

"Can I at least push you?"

"Sure, and thanks for asking. You know some people today just came up behind me and started pushing, without even saying anything to me. It made me feel really out of control."

"They were probably just trying to help."

"Yeah, I know, but still I'm a person. I felt like an obstacle."

"Well, there you go. You learned something... now you will never do that." He saw me safely through my front door and mussed my hair on his way out. Alone in the kitchen, I tried fixing myself a snack. Everything looked so different now. I had no idea how high the upper cabinets really were or even how wide the kitchen sink was. I barely reached the faucet to wash an apple that I'd found on the counter.

How was I going to be fix dinner? Andy must have been thinking the same thing because he called a minute later.

"Hi, I'm coming over to help you with dinner tonight. You have no choice. I will be there in an hour."

"Sure, you just want to laugh at my cooking some more."

"Hey, I never laughed. That was you. Wait a second..." I held the line while he talked with someone in the background. A minute later he was back on the phone, "Mark's coming too; so make plenty." He laughed at his own joke and I groaned. "Hey where is that spunky attitude I like so much?"

He was right. I was being a lot more pessimistic than usual lately. Once in the early morning hours in my grey and pink walled hospital room, I had given into the loneliness and despair. I cried, curled in on myself, not ignoring the pain or the boredom for once. The results had been a monster headache and pitiful glances from the nursing staff when they brought me my morning meds. From that moment on,
So how was your day? " 

 " Interesting... I had no theme. " 

 He spend me off as close to my door as he could, hope this would help me, but then we noticed the ramp was down about a hundred foundation from where he had parked. He wrestled the professorship from the back and set it up for me. " Can't you barely cheat? " 

 I sighed, " No, the solid point is to see what it is really like. " 

 " Can I at least push you? " 

 " Sure, and thanks for asking. You acknowledge some people today just came up behind me and begin pushing, without even saying anything to me. It made me feel truly out of control. " 

 " They were probably just trying to help. " 

 " Yeah, I acknowledge, but still I'm a person. I felt like an obstacle. " 

 " Well, there you go. You learned something... now you will never do that. " He saw me safely through my front door and mussed my hair on his way out. Alone in the kitchen, I tried fixing myself a snack. Everything looked thus different now. I have no theme how high the upper cabinets really were or even how wide the kitchen sink was. I barely reached the faucet to moisten an apple that I'd found on the counter. 

 How was I going to be fix dinner? Andy must have been thinking the same matter because he called a minute later. 

 " Hi, I'm coming over to help you with dinner tonight. You have no choice. I will be there in an hour. " 

 " Sure, you merely want to laugh at my cooking some more. " 

 " Hey, I never laughed. That was you. Wait a second... " I held the lineage while he talked with someone in the background. A minute subsequently he was back on the phone, " Mark's coming too; so have plenty. " He laugh at his own joke and I groaned. " Hey where is that spunky attitude I like thus much? " 

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So jow was your day?"

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"Hi, O'm coming over to help vou wifh dinner tlnight. Yoh have no choice. K wpll te there in an hour."

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So how was your day?"

"InterestinG... I had no ideA."

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"Can I AT least pUSH yOu?"

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"They WeRE prObably just tRyinG to help."

"YeAh, I knoW, But stilL i'm a persOn. I felT liKe aN obsTAcLe."

"welL, tHEre YOu Go. YOU leArned somEtHiNg... now You wILL NEver Do tHat." HE saw mE safely througH my FronT DooR and mUssed My haIr On his Way out. alone In The kitchen, I trieD fixIng myself A snAcK. EvErYthinG Looked So dIffErent noW. I had no IDea HoW HIGh The upper cabinets reAlLY WeRe or even How widE ThE kITchen sinK wAs. I BareLY ReachEd thE FaUcet to waSh an apPLe ThAt I'd fouNd On the cOuNteR.

HoW was I GOing To be fiX dinner? ANdy muST have been thinkINg the same thinG BeCAUsE He caLleD a minute latEr.

"Hi, i'M comIng oVEr To hELp you With dInNEr TOnight. You have no choiCe. i will bE therE in an hour."

"Sure, You just wanT TO Laugh at mY cooKInG Some more."

"Hey, I neVer laUghed. That wAS you. Wait A secoNd..." I held tHe line whiLE He talked WitH soMeoNe iN THe Background. A miNUTe laTeR he was bAck On the phOne, "marK's cOmiNg Too; so make Plenty." He LaUgHeD aT hiS own jOKe and I grOaNed. "heY whEre is THat spuNky atTituDe i lIKe sO much?"

He WAs RIGht. I WaS bEing A loT mOre peSsimIStiC than usUal lately. oncE In thE eArLy morniNg hours in my grEy And pink walLeD hoSpital ROOm, I had giVen into the loneliness and DEspair. I CriEd, curLed iN on myself, Not IgnoriNg tHE pain oR the boRedom FoR onCE. the reSULtS haD bEen a monsteR HEadAche aNd PitiFul glanCes from the nursing sTAff When they brougHt mE my mORNiNg mEDs. fRom ThAT moMENt on,
So how was your day?"

"In teresting. .. Ihad  no  i dea. "

H e dropped me o f f as  close to my door as h e cou ld ,  hop i ng  this  wouldh el p me,  b ut  th en we  noti ced  the ra mp was dow n a bo ut a hundred fe et from wh ere  he had park ed.  He wr es tle d  thecha ir fr om the back a nd set it  u p  for m e . "Can' t yo u ju st cheat?"

I sig h ed ,  "No, the whol e poin ti st o  se e w hat it isre allyl ike."
" Ca n I  at least push yo u?"

"Sure, and  thank sfor asking . You  k n owsome people  tod ay just c ame up behindm e and s tarted  pu shi ng,w it ho utev e n s a yi nga nyt hing tome .It ma de m e f e el r eal ly o ut of  control."

" The y we r e p robab ly ju st t ry ing t o help ."

" Ye ah, I know, but  sti ll I'm aper so n.Ifeltl ike an  ob sta cle."
"Well,t her ey o u  g o. You learned som et h i ng ... nowyou wi l lne v er do th at ."He s a w  me s afel y  t hrough m y fron t  d oo r and m us sed my  h air  on  hisw ay o ut. Al one in t he ki t chen, I triedf ixing myselfa  s n a ck .  Eve ryt hing looked  sod iffe rent no w.I  hadno id ea ho w  high the upper cab in ets re allywere or evenhow wide t h e kitchensink wa s . I barely rea chedthe faucet to washan ap ple that  I'd foun d on the c oun ter .
How w as  I going to b e fixdi nner? A ndy  must h ave  be enthi nk ing the s ame thin gbe ca us e h e cal l ed a min ut e l at er. 

"Hi ,  I'm c oming  ove rto hel p you w i th d inne rto nigh t.Yo u hav e no cho ice. Iwill be t her e  inan  h our."
"Sure, you ju st  want to l au ghat myc o oking so me more."

"Hey, I neve r  laughe d.Thatwasyou. Wait  asecond ... "  I hel d thelinewh ile h e tal k e dwit hsomeone in t hebackg ro und.  A minu te later he was ba c k o n the phone,"Ma rk's c om ing to o ; s om ake p lenty." He laug hed at his  o w njoke and I gro an ed. "He y where  is t h at spun ky attitu de I like  s o mu c h ?"
He was ri ght. I w as beinga  lotm or e pes sim isticth anusual  latel y . O nce i n theea rly mo rning  h ours inmy grey and pink walled  hospi tal r oom , I had g ive n  in to the lo neli ness and d esp air . I c rie d , cur ledi nonm yself , no t  ignoring th e p a i nor the bore d o m  fo r onc e.T he res ults  had been a monst e r headache and  pit i f ulgla n cesfr om the nursing  st af f when the ybrought memy morni ng meds.  Fromthat m oment o n , 
So how_was your_day?"

"Interesting... I had no_idea."

He dropped_me_off as_close_to my door_as he could,_hoping this would help_me, but then_we_noticed the ramp was down about a hundred feet from where he had parked._He_wrestled the_chair_from_the back and set it_up for me. "Can't you_just cheat?"

I_sighed, "No, the whole point is to see_what_it is really_like."

"Can I at least push you?"

"Sure, and thanks for_asking. You know some people today_just came up_behind_me_and started pushing, without_even saying anything to me. It_made me feel really out of_control."

"They were probably just trying to help."

"Yeah,_I know, but still I'm a_person. I felt like an_obstacle."

"Well, there_you go. You learned something..._now you will_never do_that." He saw_me safely through my front door_and mussed my_hair on his way out. Alone_in_the kitchen, I_tried_fixing_myself a_snack. Everything looked_so_different now._I_had no idea how high the_upper_cabinets really were or even how wide_the kitchen sink was._I_barely reached the faucet_to wash an apple that_I'd found on the counter.

How was_I going_to be_fix dinner? Andy must have been thinking the same thing because_he called a minute later.

"Hi, I'm_coming over to help_you with_dinner_tonight. You have_no_choice. I_will be there in an hour."

"Sure, you_just want_to laugh at my cooking some_more."

"Hey, I never laughed._That_was you. Wait a second..." I_held the line while he talked_with someone in the background._A_minute_later he was back on_the phone, "Mark's coming too; so_make plenty." He_laughed at his own joke and I_groaned._"Hey where is that spunky attitude_I_like so much?"

He was right. I_was_being_a lot more pessimistic than_usual lately. Once in the early_morning hours in my grey and pink walled hospital_room, I had_given into the loneliness and_despair._I_cried, curled in on myself, not ignoring the pain or_the boredom_for once. The_results had been a monster headache and pitiful glances from_the nursing staff when they brought me_my morning meds. From that moment on,