Well, it has been a week of readjustment for me, going from a couples relationship with Tom to being single again. It was nice to spend almost a month with him, we have some good laughs, enjoy watching movies and taking walks. I appreciate that he took the long drive to make that happen and was willing to come here when the weather was nothing like what he is used to. He was truly a trooper. He headed back to AZ on Tuesday morning - taking five days of driving and four overnight stops, arriving to his home in Apache Junction yesterday afternoon.
I spent one afternoon doing some thrift store shopping, but mostly spent time at home and going for walks with Joey, as the weather is getting better each day - seeing the sunshine gives me a good feeling.
I have been doing a series of exercises given to me by the physical therapist to help with my left knee that has been snap, crackling and popping. On Wednesday morning, I did the complete series of three exercises with 20 repetition of each. I woke up during the night with my hips and knees burning, had to apply a heat pack and take a couple of Tylenol. The next day, I could hardly walk - hurting every time I moved. So I'm backing off from those exercises and doing only as many as I feel comfortable with, in addition to my every day stretching routine and walking.
Charlotte was swimming in a meet at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center yesterday, so I met Ben there and watched with him. She swam in five events and improved her times in each of them, did real well in the 100 meter backstroke but the timing system wasn't functioning correctly and she came in first in her heat of the 50 yard freestyle event.
