@Ariel484 - Bummer about both your back and the cancelled SW flight! Glad to hear that you're feeling better, though.
Totally random - I just received confirmation emails for my volunteer shifts at the Expo: Thurs, 9/3 (8 AM - 3 PM) and Fri, 9/4 (10 AM - 4 PM) = 1 day park hopper ticket! Has anybody volunteered at a rD event before?
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It was really good up until Friday - then my husband had some sort of mini-flu thing going on and I somehow threw out my back.I have no idea what happened, all I know is that my back started to hurt at some point that afternoon and it just got worse and worse as the day went on, to where I could barely move and was in tears. Then we got to the airport on Saturday and our flight kept getting delayed over and over...after 12 hours in the airport it finally got canceled. We were lucky to find a hotel room near the airport, get a full refund on our original flight and book a new one (with a different airline...not impressed with Southwest after this weekend), and finally got home yesterday afternoon.
My back is still sore but the spasms have mostly stopped, and my husband seems pretty well recovered from whatever bug he had. Mostly I'm bothered by the fact that my back was injured so badly from seemingly doing nothing. It's been this bad twice before: once when I twisted it the wrong way while bowling...YES, BOWLING...and a second time when I fell down the stairs at home. My husband tells me that a chiropractor he used to see once said that just twisting the wrong way could do a number on a person (which would explain the bowling injury - seriously, who gets injured bowling?), but still...makes me think I need to re-think my strength training program or something, because this was pretty bad.
So needless to say, training is at a halt for me right now.
It's weird because I know that the majority of the trip was really good and relaxing, but because all the **** hit the fan at the end I can't say I have great memories of it right now since the bad stuff is freshest in my mind. Hopefully as time goes on the airport thing will be way funnier to me ("OMG 12 hours in the airport and you were sick and I was hobbling around like a 90-year-old with my constant back spasms - what are the chances?!") and the good memories will outweigh the not-so-good, but I can't say I'm there just yet.
**OVERSHARE OVER**
On the bright side, I did get a few runs in, including the Castaway Cay 5K on Friday (pre-back injury). That race was pretty miserable (90 degrees and humid, boring course), but the new medallion they have been giving out since January is pretty great. I'll post a picture later.
SORRY for the overshare. I just have so many feeeeeeeelings.
I have not tried CrossFit. I know some people love it, but the reports of injuries and the cost to join freak me out...my cousin is a coach though, so you could say I have an in.
Seriously, what is going on with that?? Also like how in the packet pick-up section of the website it says waivers one month ahead of time, but then in the waivers section it says 2 weeks...
Thanks. I'm definitely improving a lot but I'll likely take the rest of the week off to be safe.Sorry to hear your trip ended on a bad note
Thank you!
Definitely having some injury/post-cruise weight gain sadness today (thigh obviously the weight part is totally my fault and I know it'll go away since I'm eating normally again).
I have not tried CrossFit. I know some people love it, but the reports of injuries and the cost to join freak me out...my cousin is a coach though, so you could say I have an in.
That thing looks amazing and terrible.
Seriously, what is going on with that?? Also like how in the packet pick-up section of the website it says waivers one month ahead of time, but then in the waivers section it says 2 weeks...
Thanks. I'm definitely improving a lot but I'll likely take the rest of the week off to be safe.
Thank you!
So I emailed the trainer and they made an appointment for me, and then canceled a few hours later saying they won't see me until I get cleared from a doctor. I understand it from their point of view, but I was really looking forward to getting started, and I know I don't need to see a doctor to get this injury resolved) I've had this injury before...it goes away with painkillers and rest). I was very disappointed to have that appointment canceled.
At any rate, I made an appointment to get a referral for the training program I want to use, but she can't see me for over a month. Of course.
It was really good up until Friday - then my husband had some sort of mini-flu thing going on and I somehow threw out my back.
So needless to say, training is at a halt for me right now.
Snoop away!!
Thank you for the encouragement!
I have never tried pilates but I'm pretty sure that there are studios near me, so maybe I'll check them out!!There will be a report, but it'll mostly be pictures. The beauty of the trip up until the last 2 days was that we didn't actually DO much at all, which was exactly what we needed...but I would imagine that it would be boring for someone else to read about.
Mr. Ariel484 is totally fine.
Once we got home he was WAY better. The bowling thing happened my senior year of college - I was taking bowling class (that was my joke class as a senior where I just needed something to fill up my schedule) and I went to throw the ball and just turned the wrong way, I guess. I ended up having a friend call Mr. Ariel484 (we'd been dating for a little over a year at that point) to come rescue me and he took me to my doctor appointments and whatnot (including my first and only visit to a chiropractor - TERRIFYING). Embarrassing and painful experience. And I was a diver in college, and this injury fell in the middle of diving season so I got some grief from it from the swimming coach...not great!Yeah, this is the first bad experience I've had with them.
But it was so bad that I think I'll take a break for awhile.Ugghhhhh. Not a club I want to belong to! I hope the club gets dissolved soon.
Thanks John. I have an EXCELLENT yoga studio about 5 minutes from my house...as you and I have discussed it's hard to get to yoga regularly for some reason. I'm definitely going to try to be better about that.
