Sitting on my butt. Sort of.
Apr. 5th, 2014 09:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
batskeetsI've been off-skates since Sunday with a very deep bruise in my right glute. This probably sounds ridiculous--or at least, it does to me--but apparently, Major League Soccer dudes get put on the Disabled List with contusions on a regular basis, so it's not completely absurd.
After repeatedly falling on it, it's become a repeating cycle of: fall on it, feel horrible pain whenever I so much as sit on or roll over it, feel fine after 2-3 days, fall on it, repeat. The bruise is so deep that the blood clotting never reaches the surface and leaves that familiar purplish bruising mark, but the "horrible pain" part worsens after each fall. So, after checking in with the sports doctor, I'm working out and skating endurance, but not doing anything that's likely result in uncontrolled falling, which means no scrimmage.
Oddly, taking the better part of a week-or-so off has been kind of a welcome reprieve. I was feeling burnt out on, well, basically everything in my life, but, even though I was still at every practice soaking up strategy, the time off has reminded me that, hey, I like this derby thing and I want to keep doing it. So, I'll get back in the mix on Monday, my bruise should be a fair sight better, and I'll have a renewed sense of purpose to go with it.
In better news, over the past week-or-so, I conquered a logo design that I've been struggling with for what seems like ages, I got a few exciting and potentially-big work leads, and I've started the hunt to find a new project manager who's going to be amazing at her job. I'm settling into my increased work/derby schedule and starting to feel at least vaguely comfortable and less overwhelmed. My beloved home team drafted three awesome people to our roster, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
marykae is back in town and trying out for Fresh Meat as I write this. AND, we're finally getting to have a wifey date later today, after being derby wives for over a year. Better late than never.
April can definitely continue being nice to me. I won't mind. ;)
After repeatedly falling on it, it's become a repeating cycle of: fall on it, feel horrible pain whenever I so much as sit on or roll over it, feel fine after 2-3 days, fall on it, repeat. The bruise is so deep that the blood clotting never reaches the surface and leaves that familiar purplish bruising mark, but the "horrible pain" part worsens after each fall. So, after checking in with the sports doctor, I'm working out and skating endurance, but not doing anything that's likely result in uncontrolled falling, which means no scrimmage.
Oddly, taking the better part of a week-or-so off has been kind of a welcome reprieve. I was feeling burnt out on, well, basically everything in my life, but, even though I was still at every practice soaking up strategy, the time off has reminded me that, hey, I like this derby thing and I want to keep doing it. So, I'll get back in the mix on Monday, my bruise should be a fair sight better, and I'll have a renewed sense of purpose to go with it.
In better news, over the past week-or-so, I conquered a logo design that I've been struggling with for what seems like ages, I got a few exciting and potentially-big work leads, and I've started the hunt to find a new project manager who's going to be amazing at her job. I'm settling into my increased work/derby schedule and starting to feel at least vaguely comfortable and less overwhelmed. My beloved home team drafted three awesome people to our roster, and
marykae is back in town and trying out for Fresh Meat as I write this. AND, we're finally getting to have a wifey date later today, after being derby wives for over a year. Better late than never.April can definitely continue being nice to me. I won't mind. ;)
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Date: 2014-04-07 07:20 am (UTC)