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finally
Thank god for physical therapists - after going for my first PT appt today I'm no longer feeling all aimless and wtf ( Read more... ) -
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alright. so as per usual, things usually end up differently than you think/remember ( Read more... ) -
last day of mobility - rawr
I hate to be a whiny ass titty baby about being gimped up for the next few weeks post-surgery, given there are lots of folks way worse off than me. But given everything's relative to one's own personal circums, I get to be a little maudlin about the prospect of being crutch-bound and broken for a few weeks. And I'm not really maudlin, just more ( Read more... ) -
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I continue to think about all the things you could do to work out that don't entail use of your legs/knees. Or make use of your legs, without involving your knees ( Read more... ) -
pleh
So now begins the adjustment to getting cozy being a 5th wheel in the derby world. Fuckballs. I always felt sympathy for those doing just that - figuring out how to stay engaged with derby, one's team(s), and the league - while no longer being athletically of use ( Read more... ) -
shifting gears
So Facebook and its bite-sized entries are leading me back over to the LJ-side of the fence. At least for awhile while I'm interested in noodling/tracking in longer-form details about my ACL injury from a couple days ago and upcoming months of fix/recovery towards getting back to playing derby. And I figure there can't be that many folks still ( Read more... ) -
black-lab and tin lizzy versus I35
Friday driving back to Mpls from Duluth (having been hanging out with my Mom while she had shoulder surgery Thurday) I saw and picked up a stray dog on the freeway - yes ON the freeway ( Read more... ) -
just wanting to assert my continued existence....
I'm not dead yet!
Roller derby season is finally *gasp* over. Well kind of. But not really. A couple trips away for travel bouts over the summer. And RollerCon. And MNLynx games we'll be promoting at. And parades and demo bouts at block parties. And board meetings. And sponsorship meetings. And planning for the fall for it to start all over again ( Read more... ) -
Beargrease race update + pix!
So it's the home stretch of the Beargrease! Out of the original field of 27 (28 counting honorary bib #1 which is always reserved for John Beargrease himself :) remain 12 teams. A number of the teams dropped out at the roughly halfway point for various reasons - chatting with a couple Beargrease volunteers indicated both a mix of "wasn't planning ( Read more... )