Here are some picture of JT playing soccer last week at his game too. He did great in the first half, but got a bit frustrated by the end because of his useless arm. It was tricky maneuvering around all those other kids to try to get the ball! He did great and had a lot of fun while he was playing! (did I mention that the cast comes off tomorrow!!??? YAY!!!!!)
Oh, and here is a picture of the Disney character most like our JT signing his cast...it was fun to see those two talk to each other without words, just body language. Somehow those two stinkers are kindred spirits......
I do have to tell you about my owie too. I was at the end of my 4.6 mile run on Friday and my feet were dragging a little bit, to say the least. I was feeling strong, but I just wasn't doing any high knee kind of drills, if you know what I mean. Anyway, there was a raised crack in the sidewalk and I didn't see it because I had my eye at the end of my run and my toe caught that dang crack and down I went. I can still hear the sound of me hitting the cement. Oh boy. I lay there for a minute a little dazed then got up and walked home. As soon as I walked in the door, the tears came. It was really frustrating to have a good run come to such a lame, abrupt end. And I hurt. I scraped/bruised up my whole right side. My shoulder, wrist, hip and knee are all bruised and sore, and I have a good scrape on my knee. I am not sure I have EVER hit the cement like that. Sad. I was hoping to increase my distance or really kick up my pace tomorrow, but with the way I am feeling right now, I don't know if that is going to happen. Lame. I do have to say how proud of myself I am though. Not to really toot my own horn, but I haven't had a goal to do anything significant in a really long time. It has been fun to see actual progress and feel myself getting stronger. I haven't lost much weight yet, but my tummy looks better, and I am starting to see the signs of an actual waistline! My new mantra these days is:
The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.--Benjamin Mays
I just realized that I didn't post DB's first day of 3rd grade pic. Sheesh! Really! Where is the time going?? Anyway, here is his hansome mug. He has Mr. Jagarnath for a teacher this year and so far is doing well. We had some adjustments at first while we trained Mr. Jagarnath on how to help DB stay on task but we are doing better now. His EEG came back normal, so we can move on to the next thing to try to help him focus and concentrate better on his schoolwork.
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My daughter, it is great to hear from you again or at least read about you and the family. It is so great that all of you are working toward your goals. Hopefully you are all working together. Jump back up and run through your bumps and scraps. If you relax for a moment you will go backwards. I am getting excited to see you finish your race. keep up the great job you are doing as a daughter,wife and mother.
Amanda, I'm on the cheer squad for ya. You go, sister! I'm so impressed and proud of you. You keep up the good work. And Ben is selling all the gaming stuff?!!! Sweet! Proud of him.
Thanks for the inspiration. You've got me beat on this race thing. I haven't run even 4 miles for years. A 5K would kill me! You're amazing. Keep it up. I'm shakin by pom-poms for ya!
Oh sister! I almost started crying for you reading about your owieee!! It hurt me just reading about it. I hope you are healing good...I figure you are as I see your posts on FB saying how good you are getting and your runs! :) I need to do something like that...mentally I fear it...won't go into that though. I too will dust off my pom poms and root and cheer and kick for you! :) I would love to be there when you are at your race!!
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