I went to a dahlia farm and shot some frames for a friend. IT WAS AMAZING!!!
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I went to the salvage yard today hoping i could find a new fog light for my Subaru. Sadly, I wasn’t able to find one but I did discover a jack pot of really cool old cars. Who knew they were hiding here. I wish I had the ability to fix one up!
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Camp Thunderbird
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One of my most favorite places. Bemidji, MN. Boys camp on the way to the waterfront!
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So, I feel the need to revamp this blog a bit. It’s been bothering me for some time now how it’s lacking in content. (I’ve blogged 5 times in the past year, sad!) It has no direction and frankly I’m getting sick of writing about nothing. SO…..I’m following the lead of many of my friends before me, original I know, and I’m going to post a photo a day in hopes that I will start taking more photos. I’ve been slacking a lot here lately and I’m quite frustrated with myself because of it.
The first, and hopefully not my last Rockies game of the season! The Rockies played the LA Dodgers and lost 5-6. 13 of us went for my friend Bevo’s birthday and had a great time despite the cold weather. I miss the days when my family had season tickets. I caught a fly ball once with my bare hand. It hurt!
baseball Colorado RockiesToday I had my 1 month appointment with my doctor. I can’t believe it’s been a month! He couldn’t believe how good my knee looked! I’m ahead of the game! yeah!!! The bad news is I have to wear this stupid knee brace longer. I’ve cheated and didn’t wear it last week. He told me now is the hard part because I’m feeling so well that it’s tempting to not wear it, but one little slip in the parking lot and I could tear it all over again and all that work will be gone. Sad. Nothing like scare tactics to keep me wearing it.
PT is going well just slower that I would like. I the hardest thing I’m working on now is getting my range of motion back. I started out at 90 degrees and now I’m at 125 degrees which is good! but getting there hurt so bad!
ACL Knee PTIt’s been 9 months since I last posted. Man that’s a long time! Sorry! I know you have all been wondering what I have been up to, right? Not much. I went to Minnesota for the summer to teach Photography. It was a ton of fun but lets talk about more recent news shall we.
Early December I was prepping for my ski certification which consists of 3 days of movement analysis and showing I can do certain maneuvers and a hunk of change! I was skiing poorly during my exam (poorly in my eyes) but still managed to pass!!!! woo hoo I get a pay raise!!!
The following day I went out with my friends to hit the slopes before starting work for the season the following day. I was skiing SO WELL!!! I probably felt too confident because the next thing I new I hucked myself off a rock, landed wrong, and heard a loud POP from my knee. It looked a lot like this. Laying in the snow all I could do was squirm around like a earthworm out of it’s element in severe pain, all while punching the ground with my fist yelling obscenities. I was taken down the Mountain in the toboggan and to the hospital. Naively I didn’t think anything major was wrong since my knee no longer hurt. WRONG!! It didn’t hurt because I tore my ACL completely. The ER Dr told me I most likely need to have surgery. My heart sank
I had surgery Jan 13th here in Steamboat. My surgeon, a professional bull rider, fixed my knee up nice. I was given the option to get a spinal anesthesia so i could watch my surgery on a monitor. It sounded cool but opted to get general. I don’t think I could watch or listen to the things they were going to do to me. I was given a cadaver tendon, so now I have a part of someone else in me. WEIRD! I’m working on getting the video of my surgery.
I’ve been going to physical therapy a couple times a week. I’m progressing, but slower than I WOULD like. My right calf is now 1/2 inch smaller than my left and my quad is 1 inch 1/2 smaller too. It’s crazy how fast you can loose muscle! My favorite/most painful part of therapy is the muscle stimulator. It reminds me of this box Harper brought to school one day when he tricked me into zapping myself with electricity. Only mine goes in 20 second intervals for 15 min before I get a break! Onmy days off I’ve been swimming with a buoy just to get some physical activity in my life. I’m ready to ditch my huge metal knee brace. 1 more week!!! One Perk…..I get a handicap parking pass for 3 months. Perfect for parking at the mountain! I have 4 months of rehab which means no more skiing for me this winter, which means no teaching, and no pay raise and out a bunch of money! luckily the Ski school ticket office gave me a job! I hate sitting behind a desk!
I’ll post pics and Videos later and update on how rehab is going!
ACL KneeOk So I got tagged in the “7 things” going around on the blogs and the “25 things” going around on facebook So I did the 25 and am posting it to both.
1. My middle name is Erin and I have red hair but no, I’m not Irish! Although I pretend to be on occasion because I’m sick of telling people I’m not and they insist that I am.
2. In college I sang back up in a Reggae band and in an African Highlife band. Who’d a thunk!
3. I love NPR and I wake up to it every morning! I now listen to it in may car since the radio stations here in steamboat lack quality music. I miss good music!
4. In my past life I lived in NYC and worked at a music PR firm working with artists such as Josh Ritter, David Gray, Bjork, Rufus Wainwright, Yonder Mt, Okkervil River, and Nickel Creek. Again I miss good live music! I also I miss the city a lot. I want to go back. My dream is to be able to live in both the City and the Mountain.
5. I spent 2 summers in Ghana West Africa. I’m in love with that place. I want to go back sometime in my life . Me pe wo Ghana!
6. I love red wine and coffee but not together. I do however love the conversations that come out of sharing either one of these with friends.
7. I love making things whether it’s sewing, kitting, jewelry, or some sort of crafts. www.brdesigns.etsy.com although I don’t really have anything up at the moment. I’ve been a slacker. Check back soon.
8. I love Photography………I need to shoot more.
9. I tore my acl Dec 19th, had surgery on Jan 13th and am now in a slow recovery. No more skiing for me this season. It’s put a damper on life in a ski town.
10. I LOVE cheese but I can’t eat it anymore. sad, my stomach hates it.
11. I had a mullet when I was in 2nd grade until 5th grade. I only realized this when I was a junior in college.
12. When I was in 6th grade my grandfather convinced me to cut my hair. I let him cut it and I looked like a boy. I vowed never cut my hair again! 12 years later I went to Chicago and had my hair cut by Patrick He changed my life. I love my hair now ! (most days)
13. People think my 23 year old brother and I are twins! HA!
14. I love the Mountains. I’m glad I get to live in them and play in them when I want.
15. I’m a sucker for shoes.
16. I’ve done one triathlon. I told myself I wouldn’t do one again because I hate swimming competitively. (I had a panic attack in the boulder res) but I’m training for another one since those are the 3 sports I have to stick to for the next 4 months.
17. I love to travel. I’ve been to 20 countries and counting……
19. I want a tattoo
20. I love to read! but one of my guilty pleasures is juvenile literature. I want a sparkly vampire all my own! Edward is the next Harry.
21. I’m really indecisive. I hate it. I just want to try everything.
22. when I was younger people told me I looked like litte orphan annie, and then proceed to sing, “the sun sun will come out tomorrow!” If I could only get a dollar for every person who wanted too, or has touched my hair I’d be RICH!!!
23. I played soccer 13 years of my life. Thats a long time. I also played basketball and softball.
24. I miss my distant friends friends dearly and I’m horrible at keeping in touch. I think It’s because I don’t want to acknowledge that they are far away. I want to feel as if they are close and I can see them when I want. I’m horrible with goodbyes.
25. I LOVE hugs. You can tell a lot about a person by the way they hug back! if they even hug at all. I have a top 10 list of my best huggers!
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