Lucky week 13

There actually wasn't anything too lucky about this week, except that, after moving 35 miles away from my office, I felt lucky that I was only going to be doing that commute for a short while. I really learned that I don't want to live that far from my office. Makes home buying a little difficult, because you never know where your office might be in a few years, but there are also only so many places in Kansas City I can work with my background. So, there's that.

This week was the first week I really got tired of the continued achyness in my hip. I know it's not going to go away, but gosh darn it, I really would like it to. The left side of my brain is all, "Suck it up, this is normal," and the right side is whining, "I don't care, I just want it to stop!!!!"

Then I remember this is a first-world problem ("oh, no, my hip is still hurting after my fancy surgery") and I try to put things in check.

I don't talk about my faith a lot - it's probably the one thing I keep the most private in my blogging world - but I just had to share something that I found extremely profound this past week. I am Catholic, and am trying to celebrate the current season of Advent (preparation for Christmas for those not in the know) the way it was intended to be celebrated. For me, part of that is getting daily emails. The email for day thirteen talked about forgiveness under the theme of mercy. What I found so profound about it was that forgiveness was not saying "oh it's okay" and brushing offenses off. Forgiveness, as described in this email, was about counting what an offense cost you, recognizing that the hurt (in whatever way, emotional, physical, financial, etc) was real. And, after you count those costs, you release the person from that debt - you say, "I'm not going to make you pay this back." For me, it was something that really stuck with me, and has been at the front of my thoughts ever since. And I just thought, wow, that is something that is really universal, and I really had to pass it on. So thanks for letting me do that.

Aaaand ... here's how my week played out.

Sunday
2.3 mile walk with Jeff and his puppy cousin Finley

Monday
PT stretches

Tuesday
20 minutes elliptical (1.4 miles)
PT exercises
(workout log link)

Wednesday
Sooo tired from the work schedule change. Thought about setting up my new trainer and riding the bike ... but took the dogs for a 30 minute walk instead and spend 20 minutes doing PT stretches. My LEFT quads were incredibly sore from single leg squats the day before.

Thursday
PT - added single leg deadlifts and worked on both legs with my therapist. It didn't feel like I worked as much as I have in previous sessions, but we did spend a lot more time stretching, so that took up a good chunk of my hour with her.
45 minutes on the elliptical.

Friday
Rest
Spent time with family

Saturday
30 minutes on the exercise bike, followed by pullup training and stretching