Dear friends, I have regained some memories and or an ability that I have not been able to do since my accident.I woke up in the middleof the night Tuesday and my mind was calculating mulipulcations.  I was able to mulitply 2's through 4's, skipped 5's, could not understand how to mulitply 6's through 9's. I woke up the rest of the way and went to the kitchen and brewed a cupa coffee and griddled cinnimon toast.  I think with a bit of work I could relean the times tables.  Maybe my mind is ready.  I tried after my accident to no avail so I just let it go and desided to fight another more important battle and that was releaning to paint. I am able to count to 50 consentently.  My gramie taught me a new shawl pattern and I am having so much fun making the new shalw pattern.  The new crochet shawl pattern has a major obtical for me to deal with.  I need to know if the stiches are equal on both sidies of the triangle but as it gets bigger with more stiches I have a very hard time keeping count. So i divised away to know if I have the same number of stiches on both sides with out having to count.  I start at the edges with both hands at a corner of the shawl and feel each stich to the center point.  If the stiches are Not equal then i know I need to encrease or decrease a stich(s)  I do try to count the stiches as i move my hands to the center but I do not have to rely on counting to make sure I have the equal stiches on boths sides of the shawl.   The brain changes in September have thrown me back to struggling with eye had control of the paint brush.  I paint a little still each morning but am taking a break from it.  I am mostly practicing the Chinese character 'forever' as an excerzie to regain eye and hand control.  I am practicing on rice paper.My hearing has improved and everything sounds so LOUD.  But there are good sounds to hear ... like rain, and kitty purrs, whispered I loves you's, etc...  I have been forgetting to take my vitements.  I am a little discouraged and worry that even though i am taking them and have told myself i will be rewarded by getting to order some art supples... I worry we will not have the money to order the art supplies.  We will probably be able to get some of what i want; not just a hord like i would like to indulge in. I debated weither to have this open or just to my friends list.  But I like living as open book as possilbe.  I also hope it helps others to read what is  happening.It has started to rain again.  I am trying to go with the flow with my body as it needs rest or needs to be challanged.