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Hope Texas Day 10

Thursday, September 19th, 2013

Hope Texas,
I love going to Gammy and Pa Pa Shroyer’s house. They live on a big ranch and it is so open and spacious. My grandpa surprised my mom and asked her to come with him to the barn. There he called for Pina! Pina is Pa Pa Shroyer’s work horse that he has had for 16 years and Pina is 25 years old! I am going to get to ride a different horse! The next morning, I was pretty sleepy. As a matter of fact I slept in till noon. Then we had lunch, another nap and before you kow it was 4:30pm and time to go for a ride. Seizures have been bothering, seem to be happening again every time I wake up…This does affect my energy level but I was ready to give old Pina a try!

Pina seemed to be more alert than Conejo. She was not sure about the applauses everyone was giving me as I was doing such a fine job with her and Maria. She is bigger than Conejo and wider. Pina did very well her first day with me. It was so great riding her. MJ did a great job too! We even trotted a little. My grandparents were watching me and were very proud. They were so happy to be able to see me ride on their property. After we rode for over half an hour Pa Pa brought out a bridle and reins for MJ to go on her first bareback horse ride! She did great and is a natural cowgirl! She even galloped with Pina!! We all had such a great time! I perked up after the ride and was feeling good! I really enjoyed it!! We had another great evening together.

The next day I again slept late. Everyone was waiting on me to wake up so we could go for a drive in the golf cart around the ranch. In the end, mom got tired of waiting and scooped me up in my pajamas still sleeping! It was already 11:30 am. We drove all over the property and went to feed the catfish in my grandpa’s tank. I still kept sleeping. Matter of fact I never woke up for the tour and when came back to the house I still had my eyes closed. I know I am worrying my parents, it is my job to make them worry! Finally I woke up and then it was time to feed me! I am not getting much of a workout simply because I have been sleeping through my morning workouts! Later that afternoon, after my nap I had a pretty big seizure… The first 15 minutes were strong and hard and then I continued to have small ones for another 30 minutes.  After that we waited a bit and out I went to ride Pina again. Today I did not do so good. The seizure wore me out and I was really not in the mood to be riding. MJ sat me on one side and we just rode around like that for a while.. I had no desire to work my head, neck, and back muscles so we just rode around muy tranquilo. After my ride, my grandpa brought out a saddle for MJ so that she could take Pina for a ride around the ranch. My grandpa wanted her to have the memory of her first real horse ride at their place! MJ did a great job on Pina! I was just happy that I got in one good ride!

Today we are leaving Hope and headed to Lockhart. We are staying another couple of nights with my other set of grandparents Granny and Paw Paw Brown before we head to Austin for my benefit. On our way out of town we stopped by to see my great grandma Izola. She was so happy to see me! She even held me for a little while. She liked giving me kisses and said she loved how big I was getting and said that I was solid!! I am!! It was great to see her, I even took a wee nap on her bed. We try every year to stop by and say hi!
So far, even with daily seizures. We are all having a great time!
Love Malia