It has been a long time since I wrote last. A lot has happened! School finally got out! It was a challenging year but I got through it. It felt as though I was trying to run up a mountain when I got back with the kids being behind by quite a bit. I found out through politics that no matter what happens throughout the year, it is still my name that gets the blame if the kids do not succeed. Oh well...no complaints, it's over for now!
Wiard Park has started. It has going well. I missed my first couple of days with the crew because my youngest sister got married and I was in Tacoma. Crest is still posing problems for us because of one thing after another. It would be a long entry if I tried to explain all that we have done and tried to do to get this system up and running. The crew seems to be working well together. It is killing me again to not be able to do everything. I would say my knee is about 60% up and running.
I am now riding my bike to work. I bought a nice Giant bike from Hutch's Bike Shop. I drive in the morning to the physical therapy office and from there, I ride to Wiard. One way is about 4.25 miles so round trip, I am riding about 8.5 miles. This comes out to 42 miles a week. That is pretty good!! My knee seems to be doing better and I enjoy the ride. I sometimes meet up with other employees and ride. The ride only totals about 20 minutes one way. That also means I am doing about 40 minutes of excersie per day! I actually look forward to the ride. I never thought I would. I also am saving gas which is much needed these days. Alicia also bought a bike so we can ride together after PT. We are both liking the ride. We plan on taking our bikes to Montana this year on vacation. It will get us out of the house and hopefully continue weight loss. I am trying hard to get into shape and get this knee ready for my return to the police department.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Winding Down
The school year is finally winding down. This has been a wild school year. With the injury to my knee, I lost a lot of ground with the kids this year so it feels like I am constantly trying to run up a mountain to get the students ready for tests and for 7th grade. I know my administrators know because we have discussed it. They were thinking that I wrote off teaching because I want to do law enforcement. I told them I love teaching and would still want to teach. I do plan on keeping my teaching credential current.
Crest project is done. We finished last week so I got to spend some time with my family finally. It felt really good to be around them. It felt like I hadn't seen them in months...oh wait...I hadn't seen them in months. It doesn't really matter now...CREST IS DONE!
I am going to try and do more with the police now. I still can't get into uniform but I will be able to work in an unmarked car and still carry a badge and gun. I will cordinate the events the reserves will be doing. It is still more paperwork but at least it is something.
My knee is doing much better. I had a doctor appointment last Thursday and it went really well. For physical therapy I will doing "work hardening." This means that it is more intesive therapy which is set up more for job oriented tasks. The past couple of sessions have been pushing my knee with more extreme exercises. I have been doing 10.5 minutes on the bike (intermiedate level) which is very tough. I have also been running on the treadmill, sliding on the slideboard (looks like I am a figure skater), and running on the eliptical. These I trade off throughout the week. It is very tiring. I also do 3 reps of 10 on the leg press to build my quad and calf muscles. I have consistantly increased the weight and right now, I am on 4.5 weights. I also do the stepper 2xs a week. I have also started doing "up-downs" at 6 inches to strengthen my knee so I can go up and down stairs without "flopping" down. We have also started doing "dots" where I do a ton of jumping in a pattern. I also have my exercises at home I do. This is all in order to help me pass the ORPAT. I hope I can do it by the end of the summer. Then I can begin applying for a job with the police department.
I think that is all the news since my last blog! Hope to write more!
Crest project is done. We finished last week so I got to spend some time with my family finally. It felt really good to be around them. It felt like I hadn't seen them in months...oh wait...I hadn't seen them in months. It doesn't really matter now...CREST IS DONE!
I am going to try and do more with the police now. I still can't get into uniform but I will be able to work in an unmarked car and still carry a badge and gun. I will cordinate the events the reserves will be doing. It is still more paperwork but at least it is something.
My knee is doing much better. I had a doctor appointment last Thursday and it went really well. For physical therapy I will doing "work hardening." This means that it is more intesive therapy which is set up more for job oriented tasks. The past couple of sessions have been pushing my knee with more extreme exercises. I have been doing 10.5 minutes on the bike (intermiedate level) which is very tough. I have also been running on the treadmill, sliding on the slideboard (looks like I am a figure skater), and running on the eliptical. These I trade off throughout the week. It is very tiring. I also do 3 reps of 10 on the leg press to build my quad and calf muscles. I have consistantly increased the weight and right now, I am on 4.5 weights. I also do the stepper 2xs a week. I have also started doing "up-downs" at 6 inches to strengthen my knee so I can go up and down stairs without "flopping" down. We have also started doing "dots" where I do a ton of jumping in a pattern. I also have my exercises at home I do. This is all in order to help me pass the ORPAT. I hope I can do it by the end of the summer. Then I can begin applying for a job with the police department.
I think that is all the news since my last blog! Hope to write more!
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