On Monday after I have Epic, my grandpa comes and takes care of me over the lunch hour. We eat lunch together. After lunch, we paint usually. Sometimes I pick blogging over painting. Sometimes he has me wear a hat. He calls it my artist’s hat. He thinks I look like Picasso with it on.…

In 2011, I had the stomach flu. When I have the stomach flu, it isn’t good. I can’t walk to the toilet and vomit. My Dad puts 2-3 great big tarps on my bed. Sometimes when I vomit, the vomit shoots up into my hair. My Mom and Dad encourage me to roll on my…

In 2015, Epic Enterprise had a book launch party for my recipe book “Dish With Blake. ” We had about 60 people there. We had samples of some smoothies there for people to try plus some actual food. I had to tell the people about my book. My employment agents at the time, Jon and…

I have gotten my thumb stuck in my mouth twice. My Mom and Dad were in Costa Rica the first time it happened. Our respite person, Mary, was taking care of me. I was at school when it happened. After a few days with the sore not getting better, she took me to Allina Health…

I do some sign language. I do it when I am in bed. I can’t use my computer then. When I want something, I start out by grunting to get my caregiver’s attention. They say “What do you want?” to get the guessing process going. I try to look at what I want if I…

Every September me and my Dad have time together. My Mom and a bunch of her girl relatives go to her cousin’s cabin in Perham, Minnesota for 2 nights. Me and my Dad watch Blue Collar Comedy movies normally. This year we watched stuff on Youtube though. We stay up until 11:00 one of the…

One time me and my Dad went to watch one of our friends, Tom, race in a vintage snowmobile race. My Mom and my brother were supposed to go with us but my brother was sick. We cracked a few jokes before the race. A long time ago, Tom raced a snowmobile for Team John…

At Camp…….. Tbc

I swim at the Northfield Senior Center. The Northfield Senior Center has a chair lift to get me in and out of the pool. The chair is made for a 350-pound person. It isn’t very comfortable. It has 1 strap that “barely” holds my waist in. One of my PCA’s, JoAnne, works at Northfield Hospital…

When I went to camp this year, my counselors used a hoyer lift. For the first time ever, they said I was too heavy for them to lift. There is a sling and you lay in it like a hammock swing. The sling is soft thank goodness. The sling has 4 small loops and there…