I can't believe I'm here…
At this blog…
AGAIN!!!
My last post was in May of 2011…
Look, it's right down there …
I honestly never thought I'd be here again.
Then again, maybe I pondered it from time to time.
Maybe there would be a little sting in my ankles while doing double-unders…
Maybe there would be some fire in the Achilles' at the beginning of a run or the morning after a run.
I thought I was listening to my body when I would promptly take a week (or two) off of getting in any workouts.
I'd like to tell you it was because I am so in tune with my body, but in reality it had everything to do with life and prioritizing (or not prioritizing) and using the self diagnosed "ankle owies" as a reassurance that my lackadaisical (which I totally wanted to spell: laxidasical) approach to my physical fitness was actually balanced and responsible…
Seriously, it's LACKAdaisical??? I've been pronouncing it wrong my ENTIRE life?!!?
I hate when I find out how stupid I am… :(
So the truth is I'm a part time fitness freak, but a full time enthusiast!!! I love movement. I love moving, I love sharing with others cool ways to move and get strong, I love and appreciate the cool movements of others… be it dancing, gymnastics, football, baseball, track and field, swimming and diving, circus tricks, skate boarding, snow boarding, BMX, weightlifting…
I LOVE IT!!! IT'S FACINATING!!! IT'S AMZING!!!
Human machines are awesome… the end.
SO…. What was I doing???
I was doing the exact same thing as last time, only this time I wasn't showing off in front off a middle school track team… so I've got that going for me…
I was doing a Round off, Back Hand Spring, Layout (the first time it was just a tuck… just saying)
Only in this clip, all my tendons and muscles stuck nicely together… as they should.
Look, I am almost 40 years old (just 8 months to go). I REALIZE this might not be the most normal behavior for a 40 year old, BUT IT IS NORMAL FOR ME!!!! This is what I love. This is how I fight the "old-timers gremlin" in my head. I'm a kid here and I LIKE IT.
Don't get me wrong, I feel it after a few tumbling passes. I see pretty little sparkles sometimes, but I LOVE IT and much to the chagrin of my friends out there… I PLAN TO DO IT AGAIN… (You know, as soon as they sew me back together).
WHY SURGERY??? Precisely because of my obstinate attitude displayed in the previous paragraph… I'M BOUNCY DAMMIT!!! and I plan to be bouncy again. I could opt out of surgery, but the healing will include much more scar tissue which has less elasticity than muscles and tendons. Therefore, taking into consideration my bouncy nature, a higher likelihood of rerupture… and AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!!!
So I opt for the longer recovery process in order that I have a longer and bouncier lifestyle after the fact…
Surgery is scheduled for tomorrow. I have so much more to share with you on how this has been a blessing even though it brings with it so many challenges and how it is affecting every avenue in my life…
Peace out friends… See you on the other side of the knife!!!
XO,
Julie Catherine Barnes Maurer
