Things you forgot you knew

Reg and I were watching the Olympics yesterday - high jump specifically. I said - remember when the Fosbury Flop became popular? He looked at me like I had lost my mind. I had to explain to him who Dick Fosbury was, and how he had revoluntionized the sport of high jumping. He thought I was making it up until I showed him on the 'net.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosbury_Flop

That bit of useless information is almost as good as knowing who Rudd Weatherwax is.

Memory Lane

I was looking for a particular photo of my eldest grandson when he was a baby and came across my high school grad photo. Thank gawd we weren't forced to wear caps!

I look at this photo and realize only now, at age 62, that I was a beautiful young woman. However, the girl in the picture had zero self-esteem and was programmed from birth to believe she was fat. FAT!! Good grief! What I wouldn't give now to weigh what I weighed then!

My high school gym teacher once told me to 'suck in your gut and get your fat ass out on the track and run.' I hated her, and I hated running. I used every excuse in the book from then on to avoid gym class. Back then, gym was mandatory every year - now students have to take gym for ONE semester.

If there is a point to this little story - it must be to not let external forces dictate what you will become.

Punctuating Piriformis Pain

I have a nasty piriformis muscle under my left glute (aka butt cheek). It causes extreme discomfort, making it difficult to sit comfortably on bad days.

I have had two sessions with a massage therapist in the last month, and I thought the problem was solved. I hoped that regular stretching (which I don't always do) would keep the muscle loose and it seemed to be working.

Until Tuesday.

Pain is back with a vengeance.

Sooooo...I made another appointment with the RMT - but I can't get in until this evening (Thursday)

Yesterday I got the brilliant idea to sit on a heating pad, and figured direct and strong heat would work best, so I was alternating 10 minutes on, 10 minutes off - watching the Olympics in my underwear. TMI - but it's important.

After an hour of wax on wax off I felt that the heat was getting to be just a bit too intense, so I shut the pad off and stood up. As I did, I felt like something had let go on the left butt cheek. Further exploration revealed that I had produced a blister the size of a loon (Canuck 1 dollar coin) and the skin had just pulled off. OWIE!!

Instead of helping the situation I have delayed any type of therapy in that area for at least a week while it heals. I am SUCH a dufus!! I'll still keep the appointment and have her work on my hamstrings and thigh muscles which are just fine thankyouverramuch.

The good news is that the muscle feels loose while I'm running but it tightens up afterward, so I'm undecided as to whether to keep running or take a week off. At the end of the week I would be a crazy woman and not nice to be around so I think I'll keep on going.

BTW - I may have to draw the line at water polo where Olympic obsession is concerned. I just can't watch men in silly bonnets splash around in a pool.

Obsession

I am an obsessive-compulsive personality. I readily admit it. When I get an idea in my head I won't let go of it until I can bring it to fruition, or until I exhaust all the possibilities.

I have an Audible.com account. I can buy and download audio books any time I like. I do so frequently, and I enjoy listening to them while walking the dog or just hanging around the house. A few months ago our library started offering audible books for loan via the internet. I haven't figured out the logistics of the service, because there are only so many copies available, and you can only use the file for 2 weeks and then it becomes invalid. That's neither here nor there, it never takes me two weeks to listen to a book.

The stinky part is that the files do not work on Ipod. I've tried every which way I know, and they will not work. Sooooo....

Off I went to buy a cheap mp3 player. Now...the library site lists several players that their files will work with, but I figured I could just get any player that plays wma and mp3. Came home and hooked it up. It doesn't work either. The files will download, but they won't go onto the player so now I'm stuck with another useless (albeit cheap) piece of equipment.

One of these days I will learn...