Baby Steps

Last night as I lie in bed I realized that it has been a couple days now since I have had an afternoon “ultra tired” spell. That is good. And then this morning as I was going upstairs, I was feeling relatively steady so I decided to try it hands-free. (Truth be told I had a sugar wafer in each hand.) I know, that isn’t on my diet but I made it to the top with no major issues.

In fact, I was feeling so good about the ascent, I considered trying to come down without the handrail. This is more difficult, and potentially more dangerous. It is the difference between falling down the stairs and falling up them. I had nothing in my hands so I figured I’d just quickly grab the rail if anything misfired. After a minor false start, I stepped with my right foot onto the first stair. My left foot quickly followed. I’m good! I could do this! The problem was having each foot stop on each step was going to take forever, so I cautiously tried normal steps. I wavered a little but bottom line is I made it without touching the rail!

Small victories!