Friday, January 11, 2008

I enjoyed working from home much more!!!

So it's been a week or so since I've had the chance to post anything new. I've had some exciting things going on right now. I started back to work after the New Year and will be making my next trip to Phoenix here soon. This will be a short trip and I am debating on whether or not I will bring my bike. I can't imagine going down without it. There some great riding down there and the forecast is Sunny and 65 -68 degrees. It will be quite the change when I arrive back in Michigan. I've been working on some trim projects around the house and have started putting up a chair rail in the dining room, it's not quite finished yet, but I'm hoping to get it wrapped up before I leave for Phoenix. I'll post a final picture once it's complete.

(Dining Room Before)
(Dining Room During, I still have to do the cap and it will all be painted white)

Physical Therapy is going well. I am still progressing, but not as rapid as I was right after surgery. I'm still going three days a week and working with Carl. My range of motion is back to normal and right now we are working on core exercises and strengthening. Something new in PT is a game we play with the balance board. It's me versus Carl (right now it's just practice and we haven't had the final showdown YET!) we each have to balance on one leg on this board that tilts every direction and toss a soccer ball back and forth. Carl tries to get me to fall off or my foot to touch the ground. He throws the ball high in the air, off to the side, low, basically anything to try to improve my strength and balance. It's working and I'm getting better each session, but I'm no Carl. I think he could stand there all day long, nothing seems to faze him. Once I get a little better then we may have the final showdown.



I've also been working on a project with my buddy Marc. Stay tuned for the next post, I think it's pretty exciting. Have a great day!