and my body is betraying me
Knee has been dodgy and hip has been flaring ever since I went for a run on Wednesday. (My traditional Wednesday morning 1km conditioning jog.) The knee has just been giving grief, along with the hip, and the next couple of days were a lot of very carefully dealing with the ache.
Went to a physio this morning - not my usual one, although at the same practice, but very helpful. Not a dire knee issue, just a muscular weakening that probably means my kneecap is moving across the knee in ways that aren't dangerous but also aren't comfortable.
He taped it for me, it should last to the game tomorrow, we will hope that things go well.
That said, in tomorrow's game, the 'coach' has set out the player plan, and...there are some people who are on full time (me) and some people who are on for a quarter of the game. This is deliberate because we're playing a very strong team. It makes sense that we want our strongest players on the field to deal with the situation.
Nevertheless, I dislike this practice quite intensely.
It's the bitchy team, and yes, we would like to beat them. But also: I don't think it's good practice to 'have favourites' so to speak. Also too: knowledgeable pros are predictable, but an amateur brings something new to the game.
*sigh*
There is no doubting that the three women who are only paying a quarter of a game (less than a quarter, in fact) are not as good players as many of the others. We're also down one of our strong midfielders, which makes things more difficult in defence. (And the woman who usually plays my inner was way off her game last weekend. She got grumpy at being instructed to mark a player, which, yes, may have sounded counterintuitive to her, but that's where trusting your team-mates comes in.
Anyway. We need to keep our cool, remember it's a game, and enjoy ourselves. At the end of the day, it will be nice to win. But we can also pull a good game and lose. But if we have a game of bad temper and grumps, then it will be a loss no matter the score.
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In other news:
1. new client is going to be a fairly hard slog, I think.
2. the DNC was a big spectacle, enjoyable, but also vaguely wince-y with the Americanistic schtick. I understand - I am not the target audience - but I still made very faces at various points in the speeches.
3. I have booked the hospital for my hysterectomy. Two weeks. I'm getting a little nervous, tbh.
I got the IUD in the hope it would help with the fibroids, but the hysterectomy is happening because there are 'worrying cells' in the uteral lining and the gynocologist said the safest option was to take it out. But at the appointment (as is probably required) she went through a set of "possible but unlikely" scenarios and now I'm vaguely worried that one of them will be me. Not to mention: six weeks of recovery!
I do have savings, at least. *breathes*
Okay, worry about what I have to worry about now: hockey.
Knee has been dodgy and hip has been flaring ever since I went for a run on Wednesday. (My traditional Wednesday morning 1km conditioning jog.) The knee has just been giving grief, along with the hip, and the next couple of days were a lot of very carefully dealing with the ache.
Went to a physio this morning - not my usual one, although at the same practice, but very helpful. Not a dire knee issue, just a muscular weakening that probably means my kneecap is moving across the knee in ways that aren't dangerous but also aren't comfortable.
He taped it for me, it should last to the game tomorrow, we will hope that things go well.
That said, in tomorrow's game, the 'coach' has set out the player plan, and...there are some people who are on full time (me) and some people who are on for a quarter of the game. This is deliberate because we're playing a very strong team. It makes sense that we want our strongest players on the field to deal with the situation.
Nevertheless, I dislike this practice quite intensely.
It's the bitchy team, and yes, we would like to beat them. But also: I don't think it's good practice to 'have favourites' so to speak. Also too: knowledgeable pros are predictable, but an amateur brings something new to the game.
*sigh*
There is no doubting that the three women who are only paying a quarter of a game (less than a quarter, in fact) are not as good players as many of the others. We're also down one of our strong midfielders, which makes things more difficult in defence. (And the woman who usually plays my inner was way off her game last weekend. She got grumpy at being instructed to mark a player, which, yes, may have sounded counterintuitive to her, but that's where trusting your team-mates comes in.
Anyway. We need to keep our cool, remember it's a game, and enjoy ourselves. At the end of the day, it will be nice to win. But we can also pull a good game and lose. But if we have a game of bad temper and grumps, then it will be a loss no matter the score.
--
In other news:
1. new client is going to be a fairly hard slog, I think.
2. the DNC was a big spectacle, enjoyable, but also vaguely wince-y with the Americanistic schtick. I understand - I am not the target audience - but I still made very faces at various points in the speeches.
3. I have booked the hospital for my hysterectomy. Two weeks. I'm getting a little nervous, tbh.
The Mirena is still working
, but probably not as effective as originally. I didn't have a period in June or July, after I got it in, but have been having a very light period the last few days. After my last appointment with the gyno, she couldn't find the string, and said the Mirena has probably been pushed up into the uterus by the fibroids so it's going to be less helpful on the period-restricting front.I got the IUD in the hope it would help with the fibroids, but the hysterectomy is happening because there are 'worrying cells' in the uteral lining and the gynocologist said the safest option was to take it out. But at the appointment (as is probably required) she went through a set of "possible but unlikely" scenarios and now I'm vaguely worried that one of them will be me. Not to mention: six weeks of recovery!
I do have savings, at least. *breathes*
Okay, worry about what I have to worry about now: hockey.