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!