Lessons Learned This Weekend

[cjsmith]

• People at ashrams are friendlier than people in my daily life.
• Walking around without shoes on for a couple of hours is a bad idea.
• I need to learn the difference between what I can do and what I won't regret doing. This is harder than it looks, because the immediate pain isn't always proportional to the cost that'll come due later on.
• I need to let go of something I'm clinging to. I don't know what yet.
• If I dip my toe in the pool and it feels "not so bad", it's bad.
• If I'm standing outside the pool and I'm not wet yet and I'm chilly, it's bad.
• Water takes a long time to drain out of my ear.
• I can ride some exercise bikes because I can get my foot far enough forward on the pedal. Rob's exercise bike is like this. However, the seat is so abysmal that I still won't touch that thing. It's possible, maybe, that I think I might actually... rather... (shh! don't say it)... swim.
• I tape my feet better than the PT intern does.

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

It sure is convenient to know I can keep all my food stuck together! ;-)

Seriously, I *am* glad I know how to do the taping now. That will be handy.

[rampling.livejournal.com]

It's a lovely thing to be able to take care of such things yourself. You'll prolly get even better as you get even more experience with the taping and feel the feedback of which details helped or not. Good stuff.