Things are lookin' up!

I first would like to say thank you to THE BEST FREAKIN' BLOGGERS IN THE WORLD. The support and encouraging words you all left for me was awesome. Some of you even left me emails and personal messages on facebook, if you didn't respond here. Most of you made me cry like a little girl, but I think that was good. I'm so encouraged by what a lot of you said. I didn't even think about so many of the things that were brought up. I think you'll be happy to know that I'm not giving up without a fight!! Thank you all so much. It's a great relief to know I have you on my side whenever I need you. ;)

Sunday I managed to do some hiking up and around Mission Peak with my hubby. We took my next door neighbor's doggie, Sophie, along with us. Her daddy is out of town so Sophie enjoyed getting outside with Boomer. Jerry usually takes the dogs out on Sunday morning for their play date at Garin so it was nice they still got to spend time together.

Last night I had my first physical therapy appointment with Floyd who specializes in sports injuries (and rehab). I have been working on getting my ankle moving for a week now so he was pleased with the range of motion I DO have at this point. It's at about 50% of what it should be. He poked at it, stretched it, moved it around, massaged it and finally did a five minute ultrasound on it. I have high hopes for Floyd. I think in the next few weeks he will have me where I'm supposed to be. We talked a little bit about my knee and he's a firm believer (as many of you are) that since running is such a great passion of mine, I should be able to do it. There's too many technologies out there to help me achieve that. We talked about the brace I have for the knee and he thought that would be a great idea to wear that and start running again. He definitely agreed that I should stay on trails. YIPPEE! We like Floyd, don't we?

This morning I went to a Pilates class at my gym (24 Hour). I have read that it's very good for arthritis in the knee. I liked it. I can see where it can benefit me in a lot of different areas. I will probably take the class twice a week, as long as I'm not working when the class is held.

Then this afternoon I went SWIMMING with Jana! There's an indoor swim center right down the street from me. It has lap swimming, infinity pool, water slides, lazy river. I had to buy myself a one-piece suit this morning. Can I just say something about one-piece bathing suits? Who the hell do they use as models for these? Seriously!! Who? I'm 5'4" tall, always wear a size 6 (size 4 on my good days). Why am I not fitting into one of the small sizes in a bathing suit? Why am I having to buy one that is even bigger than my bra size? What do the numbers mean anyway? When I tried one on in my bra size, the portion between my boobs and my crotch didn't even touch my body and part of my boobs stuck out on the side. It was ridiculous! Anyway, I bought a suit. And a new cap. And I swam. I swam 25 laps. IT WAS HARD! It was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I was on a swim team in high school. I think that's the last time I swam a lap. I'm pretty sure it is. My goal was to swim two laps at a time without stopping. I accomplished that but almost passed out I was so dizzy after the second set. I was switching up the strokes too. Two freestyle, two back, two breast, etc. When I got out of the pool, I felt like rubber. But then Jana and I spent another hour playing on the water slides and the lazy river. ;)

I'm sore tonight. My shoulders and triceps mostly. I'm not complaining, I like this kind of sore. I also like activities that challenge me. I won't say Pilates challenged me very much, but swimming definitely did. Pilates is "a keeper" though because I think it will be good for me. I'll be doing a lot of both, I can tell you that.

Thanks again for your support. You guys ROCK!

Until later.............