School started for real today, i.e. we had students and classes, and a full day's schedule was followed. On the first morning of school, there are many confused and lost children, so I spent the first hour of the day helping mostly little ones, kindergarten and first graders, find their rooms. By the time I had walked back and forth and around our school several times, I was ready to collapse. That's more walking than I've done since my surgery! After "resting" at my computer for about an hour, I undertook the final big push to clean up my corner of the room (I'm sharing the room with others), and by the end of the day, I'm proud to say that all my boxes are unpacked, my furniture moved into its final place, and everything put away tidily. That effort, however, was quite exhausting, so after helping with dismissal this afternoon, I was more than ready to come home and put my leg up, wrap it in an ice pack, and read for an hour.
You know what I'm missing today? I miss physical therapy! My schedule had originally continued therapy until today, so I should have been there at 4:00, doing my leg presses and having my knee bent back tortuously. How could anyone not miss that experience?? But I do miss it, and I can only hope that I don't slip and slide back into my slothful, non-exercising ways. Because this is the first week of school, and because I go see the surgeon on Wednesday, I think I'll let this week slide a bit, but then NEXT MONDAY, I really will go sign up for the open gym program at the physical therapy facility. My theory is that if I pay for it in advance, I'll be guilt-driven to go and get my money's worth.
So, after a hard day at school, a good dinner cooked by Stan, and a nice period of putting my leg up and icing my knee, it's now time to go upstairs and get ready for bed so I can do all this all over again tomorrow!
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