This is the end of year wrap. The thing that excited me most this past year, besides AFC Wimbledon getting promoted, was finishing the first draft of my thrilling romantasy novel. There’s also been a fair amount of worry and feeling as if the precarious Jenga tower of services I depend on to live in… Continue reading What a year!
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! AFC Wimbledon is GOING TO WEMBLEY! But first, backstory time! 7 years ago, I was getting into soccer aka football. Where was I? oh, yes. I was getting into English football and the system they have across the pond, learning about promotion (that is going to come up later, I swear). I am also… Continue reading WEMBLEY!!!
It has been a very stressful time in my life as of late and it was important to me that I share my story with reporter, Bobbi Dempsey, for this article in ChangeWire. Check it out and please share with others! As I’ve said often of late, the fear is real! 100-Day Check-in: Stressful Times… Continue reading A Fair Amount of Stress and a Win
I’ve loved being involved in the political process where I can make my voice heard about issues that matter to people with disabilities. Governor Walz has made me feel important and that what I have to say is important. What a gift. Check out the USA Today article!
On Saturday, I watched three great fixtures (English for games) and all of them were decided within the last minute. And, I actually went to one of the fixtures in person. So, really an all around awesome day after a somewhat difficult week. I ended up missing two shows last week – one at First… Continue reading Football is awesome
My cast is off and pins are out just in time for FA Cup and NaNoWriMo. I'm back to wearing a regular shoe and just the typical healing and soreness after getting pins yanked out and having my leg in a cast for 8 weeks. Way to go Wimbledon on 5-1 win today for the… Continue reading Cast Off for FA Cup & NaNo
Seven weeks ago, I started to feel pain in my right little toe. I have athetoid cerebral palsy and that does mean I bump toes into equipment and stuff so thought I maybe just wacked it on something. But, it’s only gotten worse and is now at a constant six out of ten pain scale.… Continue reading Toe-mageddon 2: The sequel
I loved the public transportation in London. My parents had the Transportation for London TfL app and Google maps to figure out the best routes and for the most part, it all worked as expected. The trickiest parts were finding tube and train lines that were wheelchair accessible. Sometimes we had to go out of… Continue reading London calling
This is brilliant! Caregiver tickets for free! Personal Care Assistants or caregiver tickets to everything we went to from concerts to AFC Wimbledon to museums were free. This was also the case when we went to Toronto about 5 years ago. So, England, Ireland, and Canada have this figured out! We do NOT have it… Continue reading Voyage on – what worked well on my England travels
Welcome to 2023, everyone. Here’s my annual post about my 2023 goals. This year is going to be AWEsome as I Advocate, Write, and Explore. Advocate Affordable and accessible housing Watch the awesome video of the Minnesota Council on Disability Legislative Forum where I recently spoke with Minnesota State Representative Reyer about the dire need… Continue reading Hello 2023 – AWE
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