Monday, October 9th, 2006, 9:00

Hey guys it's George. Sorry for the lack of posts this weekend. Dad usually makes all the posts and I think I told him that I would post some this weekend and never got around to it until now. He and the rest of the family usually head back on the weekends to give LeeAnne and I time to visit since we have to work during the week. At any rate, Friday I got up there close to 8:00 and Matt was there to show Sam his new laptop that he got him. It's a really cool piece of equipment. LeeAnne came up on Saturday b/c her sister Catherine was in the homecoming court. After Matt left Sam and I just hung out. He just wanted us to look at each other and that was fine with me. He was a little tired due to coming off the ventilator. He's using a lot of energy now just getting used to breathing on his own after a couple of weeks of assistance. We talked about different things like the dreams and nightmares that we both have. Don't worry about the nightmares though because Sam enjoys nightmares as much as he does dreams. Since he's being fed through his stomach with "chocolate milkshakes", he dreams of eating Taco Bell and hamburgers from BurgerKing. They let me stay an hour after visiting hours so I left about 10:00.

Saturday, Sam spent a lot of time in his new electric chair. In the morning he wanted to get his room situated so we organized his closet and put up a couple of pictures from the show at Rhino's that Leigh and Kyle brought by. I gave him a shave so that he doesn't look like a hobo. In the afternoon we watched Auburn get whooped up on. It was a sad day in college football for all the Auburn and Georgia fans. Aunt Susan and our cousin Jennings dropped in with a clock for him but they're going to exchange it for one that illuminates at night. LeeAnne came up that afternoon with more of Sam's shirts from home and some boxers. That night we watched most of the Georgia game until visiting hours were over. He needed to get some rest Saturday b/c he knew that Sunday was going to be a day full of visits.

On Sunday Sam had quite a few visitors. First Dean and Crawford came by for a while and I can't tell how excited Sam was to see them, I think the feeling was mutual. While Dean and Crawford were there, some of our family came by to visit as well. Grandma, our cousin David and his wife Yi, Uncle Zim, and Aunt Sue and Uncle Lewis visited. Grandma wanted to meet Dean and thank him for everything he did the night of Sam's accident. After that crew of visitors left, Larry, Jenny, and Kali came to visit. They were so excited to see Sam and he was just as excited to see them. Sam had such a huge smile on his face when everybody left and so did everyone that visited that day.

I know that I'm rambling a bit but I've been meaning to thank everyone for their support. Thank you to everyone that moved us from our old house to the new one, you know who you are. Thanks to the Sleadd family. You guys are awesome. And thanks to all the family and friends that have been there day in and day out. Thanks to all of you guys posting and praying for Sam. Thanks to everyone at work who have been so understanding. Thank you all for everything. There's too many people to name. I know these thank you's are unnecessary b/c you would have done it anyway but I just had to say it. Most of all, thank you Sam for being the amazingly strong person that you are. I don't know if you realize what kind of inspiration you are to all of us. I love you so much brother.

Enough of that. Time for some plugging. Please come out to the Loft Wednesday the 25th for the silent auction. Those guys have been great organizing everything so be prepared for a night of good music, good times, and good people.

I love you all,
George