Today kinda started out bad and I had a pretty sour attitude but as it progressed I shaped up. I suppose that I am human too and can have bad moments just like everyone else. I am working on being gentler with myself. It's ok if I don't get everything right away. For Pete's sakes reading braille with your fingers is a whole different ball game than doing math or something for me. It's ok to be patient with me. Now hopefully I can put that into practice b/c I have been way to hard on myself.
Travel is usually the class lately that I don't like and am nervous about, but today went much better. We did a route that wasn't super taxing so I could be a little more explorative and work on a few techniques I have trouble with. I felt much more confident after today than I have in a long time with my cane travel skills. I even forced myself not to cheat when I thought I was going to be hit by a car. Reality was I was stuck in the bus loop, not the street. Hard to tell when you can't see your surroundings. Since I was hollering and being whinny about it my instructor chose to ignore me and then came over to get me when a bus was coming. He was like "I am not going to deal with any yelling. I will just ignore you unless you are in real danger." Good thing I'm sure. We talked over how I could better figure things out rather than throwing my hands up (with cane attached) and yelling "where am I?" for the whole world to hear. Man he has a lot to put up with with me as his student. I definitely make him earn his paycheck. LOL!!!
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