Josh can read!!!!

Josh had a roomful of visitors today, about ten of his buddies from college.  He knows everyone!  He greets them as they walk in, "Hi Guys".   The guys start talking about the Chargers and the Padres and Josh is contributing to the conversation. He is mentioning players by name.   He then says "No negative comments or pity."  Josh is reading the sign that Natalie made and put on his door!  He can read!!!  Then he stared at one of the books and says "The Oxygen Revolution".  He is reading the title.  Then he mumbled something about going downtown for oxygen treatments!   

The guys were talking about Torrey Pines and playing football and Josh was mentioning the names of the coaches, Coach Burke, Coach Ashby.  He knows his football number was 55.  He is remembering things from the past!!  The guys were talking about the Del Mar Fair and Josh's first job.  I asked Josh if he wanted to work and he says, "Yeah, I'll work."  I said where and he said, "The Farms" referring to the country club where he caddied last summer.  He says "I'll walk the Farms" which is what caddies do!  Then he mentioned Lomas Santa Fe Country Club and getting kicked off the course with a bunch of guys for being too rowdy.   All his buddies were cracking up.

I told him Paris Hilton was in jail and Josh couldn't believe it!  "Really?" he says in a high pitched voice. 

He told the guys, "My mother still loves me."  "She has warm hands."   

When they were getting ready to leave, Josh says, "Don't go.  Edens (one of his best buddies), chill for a while." 

From 3 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. Josh sat in his wheelchair and talked to his buddies.  He was wound up.  Sometimes he would be frustrated and stuttering, but we understood him alot of the time.  He got off on a tangent about the student union and the frat house.  He mentioned something about wanting to graduate and changing his career.  He said English was one of his favorite subjects. 

I asked Josh if he wanted Lauren to come visit him and he said, "yes, yes, yes, yes."  with a big grin on his face.  All the guys laughed. 

We'll see what tomorrow brings.