Square One

I hate writing these types of posts, but they're supposed to be whats going on with me, right? So this is what is going on with me.

On Sunday I had a disagreement with a horse and the horse won. Literally. I had the option of being thrown into a barbwire fence or bailing, so I bailed. I'm not sure what happened, but I managed to save my shoulder, no harm there. But after an emergency room trip yesterday morning I know I've damaged most of the muscles in my left leg, specifically my hamstring and whatever muscle runs on the outside of the thigh. Outer quad? I don't know but I can tell you exactly where it is.

Doc figures I also impacted the site where the muscle connects to the bone, doing damage there. Honestly, I'm more concerned about my knee- she's swollen and hurts like stink when I twist it or put any weight on with without it being locked first.

Ah well. Saved my shoulder...

I've had my share of emergency room visits. I'm a clumsy fool. My husband has learned to live with a perpetually injured wife. He's threatened to buy me a wheelchair for my 35th. And at the rate I'm going...

One kinda cool thing- I now know that I broke my tailbone when I was younger. The X-rays yesterday showed a broken tailbone, but the ends of the bone were worn smooth like an old injury. I knew I had hurt it years ago, but didn't have a clue that it was broken.

Life goes on. At least I have an excuse to hang out with my cancer patient dog. Jill and I have been living relaxed for the last two days, lying around watching movies and hobbling around the yard without actually doing any yard work, just enjoying the birds and breeze. We don't move that fast and it seems that life has slowed down to our pace now. It's nice, actually.

So where do I stand with my training? Well, I think about it all the time. It's getting harder and harder to do much more than that. But I do what I can. I managed a pretty sweet right shoulder roll Sunday, although the break fall could have been better...