Just a little bit

I survived that storm from my last entry, and the even worse storm that arrived yesterday. It was the first time I ever saw signs in the community center warning that there was a severe storm warning for the county on the doors as I left after class. It was a doozy, too! Serious winds, heavy rain.

So far I am still surviving physical therapy, too. This PT seems to me to be a strange man. Did I write about him before? He scares children. There was a young girl in the class with a gymnastics injury. Something happened just before I got there, and she was crying. I could see she wasn't happy with him. He handed her the goop to squeeze in her hand to strengthen it. I smiled at her, and whispered, "Just pretend it's his head." She started squeezing hard, then laughed, and we giggled together for a while. That was all she needed, a little comic relief.

I should be done with therapy soon. I have full range of motion in my shoulder again. Last week he asked me what else I am doing, because my range of motion is now better than his. I had told him before that I normally have no issues with motion, that I am naturally limber, and more so due to dancing classes, aerobics, and martial arts in the past. But my neck was really tight on the left side, and my shoulder was aching, so I was sent to see him.

The Vampire was here again today. He agrees that I have full range of motion now, and my tight delts are loosening. He whispered in my ear, "I need to get it bigger so I can get in deeper." Sadly, he was referring to support for my shoulder so he could get deeper into my back muscles. Still, it sounded nice, right?

My cat who likes no one except me has decided that the Vampire is her best friend. Isn't there something in Vampire lore about that? He took the rubber band out of my hair to do a facial/scalp massage and the cat insisted he play fetch with her using the rubber band. I think she was hankering for a kitty massage. She is almost 18. She can do anything she wants.

I have a procrastination problem and probably have waited too long to get a flight to Minneapolis now. It's still a possibility that I will be there next week. I think I found someone to take over my class for one session and the child agreed to watch the dogs. She didn't complain too much. I wonder what that is about?

To complete this odd thought salad, I want to thank everyone again who sent emails to my students. They love it, I love it, and they learn so much faster. Five of the students in the class have never touched email before, and this is supposed to be a more advanced class, the third in a series of three. Attaching or embedding a picture into email is such magic to them. I really enjoy sharing knowledge with them. We might think senior citizens are like old dogs unable to learn new tricks, but I can vouch that it isn't true. Not true for old dogs, either. The trick is to never stop learning.