Time for an Update??

If you read my blog, you are probably wondering how I am doing, since I haven't posted in a LONG time.

My knee is really doing good. I walk now with (almost) no limp. I started physical therapy a couple of weeks ago. That has both of my legs pretty sore. I can sure tell I have been "babying" my legs for far too long, and it really does feel good to exercise them more than I have been.

I haven't posted a blog is so long, because I haven't been doing very much...therefore not much to blog about. One thing that I have been doing though, is browsing the web looking at things to do in New York and Greece.

Yes...I'm going!! The UPCI singles trip to Greece is coming up March 25th. We fly from NYC, so I asked my sisters if they would want to go to NYC and spend a few days there with me before I go to Greece. They were both excited about doing that, so we are going to NYC March 20th. When I leave for Greece, they will fly back home. My sister Verlaine, and I have been to NYC before, but Pat has not been, so we are going to show her all of the sights. I am getting so excited about both trips! When I return home, I will have only one more week off and then I will have to return to work. I'm not real excited about that, but I am really thankful that I do have a good job to return to...

I have been laying low, resting my leg, and reading. If I counted right, in the past 5 weeks that I have been off, I have read 11 books. I'm half way through the 12th one now. Oh, joy, joy!

You might be thinking, "laying low, not doing much, reading, browsing the web...she's probably getting fat!". Ha! That DID happen to me the last time. I gained 22 pounds in the 5 months I was off work in 2007. I still have 10 pounds of it, but was very determined to not put any back on while off this time. So far, so good! (Why is it so much easier to put it on, than to take it off...?) I am determined to get the rest of it off after I can move better.

The Amgen California Bike Race stage 4 ended here in Clovis last week. My son Ryan, and I went to see them at the finish line. It was a beautiful, beautiful day. Even though we stood there for a couple of hours before the bikers got there, it was kind of fun to see them come in. Lordy, they were going fast! I got some pictures, but not really very many good ones, because there was one guy in front of me that stuck his camera way out in my way....grrrr. They were handing out free chalk and letting people write in the roadway for the "Hope Rides Again". That has to do with Lance Armstrong riding again after his fight with cancer. So, when the riders came in, it really kicked up the chalk dust. There was a cloud of it!

There was one thing that really impressed me about the race. All of the racers had come in. There were a few stragglers, and then the last motorcycle escorts. Several minutes later, here comes one last biker. The crowd started cheering, whooping and hollering for him just like they did for the winners. It was great to see that. I thought, "at least he's not a quitter. He finished his course." He may have come in last, but come in, he did. We may not be running the swiftest in this race of life, but if we keep plugging along, we will still reach the goal.