Back into a new routine

It's so nice to be settled. And by settled, I mean in a house with boxes and stuff all over the basement, and a dryer in the middle of my master bedroom and nothing hanging on the walls, except for a few things I just threw up there and will probably take down and hang somewhere else in a few weeks. By settled, I mean, I have a mile long list of things to do in the house, not to mention furniture to eventually buy and so much more. 

But, it's mine. The house is mine. The neighborhood is mine. The commute to work is mine. The new community center membership is mine. The physical therapy appointments are mine. It's a new routine and, damn, it feels good to be back into one. 

Over the weekend, friends and family got me moved into the new house. We got it all done in two hours. Literally, we started at 10 and were sitting down shortly after noon. And that included about a 20 minute drive from the old place to the new. It. Was. Fantastic. 

With all the moving and lifting of boxes, all I did for PT was foam roll, take the stick to my legs and work the lacrosse ball all over my butt while I watched multiple episodes of Leverage and unpacked the occasional box here and there.

I took a kettlebell conditioning class at my old crossfit gym on Monday. It was odd, walking back into that gym, with it's familiar smells (a combination of sweat, chalk and garage), music, and chatter. But, as soon as the workout started, it no longer felt odd, it just felt right. My old coach was all, "You didn't forget how to do this correctly," and I was all, "Heck no, I didn't!". I was exhausted and tired by the end of the 20 minute workout, and completely happy. Because it was so good, I have to share it:

20 minute AMRAP (as many rounds as possible)
-20 swings
-5 abmat situps
-20 cleans (10 left, 10 right)
-5 pushups
-20 snatches (10 left, 10 right)
-5 abmat situps
-10 squats (5 w/bell cleaned left, 5 w/bell cleaned right)
-5 pushups

I got in 4 rounds exactly. Then, coach invited me to stay for the crossfit workout, but I decided to stop while I was ahead. 

To be honest, I don't even remember Tuesday. 

Yesterday, I had my second PT appointment. I like this new routine as well - it's different from the routine in Denver, but equally as good. I warmed up on the upright ex bike, was honest that I didn't do my exercises because I moved and then took a kettlebell class and that is pretty much a hip and butt workout so I didn't see the need to do anything Tuesday. 

Then I did more of the semi-squat position-touch out with one leg thing. This time, he switched it up by having me touch forward and behind, like a curtsy, but a very athletic-looking one. Always keeping me on my toes, that new PT.

We also did reverse lunges, which I haven't done since before surgery and I was a little wobbly when standing on my surgical leg. PT said "aha!" and I just knew he was looking for every muscle weakness possible, and in my head I thought, "damnnit." Those small muscle weaknesses are more annoying than the big ones, in my opinion. 

I have one more appointment scheduled next week and that may be the end of weekly appointments. Hopefully that also means starting running soon, although I've resigned myself to waiting until May until that happens. It's a little disappointing, but I have to remember those two months where I didn't make any progress because I wasn't seeing anyone. And at least I am making progress. And moving forward. And have gym homework again.