Today was pretty funny, which is why I am even bothering to post another blog about it. Because I have a bad back and injured my wrist recently, I had to go get evaluated on my capabilities & limitations. Well I was thinking it was going to take forever, as they allotted 2 hours for it. I had to push & pull the therapist's arm to show resistance. After all of that stuff, he put me on a treadmill.... oh yippee, right? The point was I had to walk 1/4 of a mile in under 5 minutes, so we set the pace at 3 miles per hour. He was like "if you want to get it done faster, you can adjust the speed! It might be fun to see how fast you can walk". So I cruised it on up to the point where I was struggling to stay on pace, because my legs didn't want to move that quickly. Haha. It was pretty funny. Entertaining, I am sure. After that, I had to lift different amounts of weight (in a crate) off the floor. Mind you I had gas this morning...... so I'm sure you know what the TYPICAL Autumn does at moments like these..... can you predict? Well as soon as I bend over to get the crate, I fart.... right next to the therapist. Thankfully it was like a squeeky one, so it sounded like my shoe or something. He either didn't notice or pretended not to notice, bless his heart. I had to lift from 25-55 lbs repeatedly. Then I had to walk the weights 10 feet apart, set them down, pick them up, then walk them back 5 times. Then I had to walk the 55 lbs across the room and back. It was a chore, let me tell you. Then he measured the force of my grip, my push, and my pull. I had to play with a rope above my head for a minute, to make sure that I can work over my head for a minute (random). Then I had to push him around in a wheelchair up and down the halls, not hitting anything.
All in all it took like 30 minutes, which I was thankful for. I had fun! And it was a good workout. I was definitely sweating & felt good from lifting & carrying the weights (as well as my swift walk ;-)). So I ran home to shower before the cable guy came.... well he came early, just as I stepped foot out of the shower. So I had to quick throw clothes on, then answer the door all wet-headed and everything. Sweet. I think he was paranoid, poor guy, because I sat there watching him, like it would help him to move faster or something. I just wanted the freaking cable & internet hooked up so badly. When he left, I chatted with Beth for quite a while, before I set up my wireless network (the informational packet gave me crap directions that didn't work.... but I STRONGLY recommend the hotline, which gives you different instructions that actually WORK). So now I am sitting in my living room, watching TV and accessing wireless. :-D
And I'm paying for it........
how weird is this?
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