Back to karate - sort of
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pegkerrAfter feeding the girls and dropping them off at the dojo for their class, I dashed to Fiona's school to take in a lecture about the financial aid process for college, which I am sure made a bunch of my hairs *sprung* turn gray, and cut out partway through to hightail it back in time (barely) for my own class. This was the first time I've gone back to karate since the first week of the month.
It was a mixed success. I could do the karate marching basics pretty well. We did slow kicks, and that was fine; I just started from the pivot position when standing on my right leg, rather than pivoting when I raised my leg.
But then we moved on to combinations (i.e., back fist, back leg round kick, turn side kick, turn, repeat on the other side), that hurt. I tried moving through them slowly, not kicking at full power. But the pain continued, and finally I stopped, most unwillingly.
This is frustrating. We'll see how the knee feels tomorrow. I felt I was pretty cautious. I hope trying to go back to class won't lead to a setback. It's going to be a balancing act, to figure out how much of "dealing with an injury" means doing nothing so that it can hopefully heal versus trying to do as much as I can in class and just coping as best I can with the pain. I certainly don't want to cause permanent damage. This is really the first time I've had to balance the demands of my training with a long term injury.
What I did today to make the world a better place: I went looking for more non-profits on Twitter, which might give me leads on small things I can do. Found playpumps, JustGiveOrg, feedachild and FTWM (Feed Them With Music). I donated a dollar through PayPal to get the song video "Mountain Top" at Feed Them With Music (the money will go to Feed My Starving Children, one of the charities my church has worked with. I've gone and packed meals there myself, and Fiona's been almost twenty times, I believe.) The dollar I spent will go to purchase five meals for a hungry child. The song's pretty good, too.
It was a mixed success. I could do the karate marching basics pretty well. We did slow kicks, and that was fine; I just started from the pivot position when standing on my right leg, rather than pivoting when I raised my leg.
But then we moved on to combinations (i.e., back fist, back leg round kick, turn side kick, turn, repeat on the other side), that hurt. I tried moving through them slowly, not kicking at full power. But the pain continued, and finally I stopped, most unwillingly.
This is frustrating. We'll see how the knee feels tomorrow. I felt I was pretty cautious. I hope trying to go back to class won't lead to a setback. It's going to be a balancing act, to figure out how much of "dealing with an injury" means doing nothing so that it can hopefully heal versus trying to do as much as I can in class and just coping as best I can with the pain. I certainly don't want to cause permanent damage. This is really the first time I've had to balance the demands of my training with a long term injury.
What I did today to make the world a better place: I went looking for more non-profits on Twitter, which might give me leads on small things I can do. Found playpumps, JustGiveOrg, feedachild and FTWM (Feed Them With Music). I donated a dollar through PayPal to get the song video "Mountain Top" at Feed Them With Music (the money will go to Feed My Starving Children, one of the charities my church has worked with. I've gone and packed meals there myself, and Fiona's been almost twenty times, I believe.) The dollar I spent will go to purchase five meals for a hungry child. The song's pretty good, too.
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Date: 2009-01-23 02:15 pm (UTC)Pay attention to the Financial Aid stuff. We tracked down enough grants and stipends and stuff that Younger Son managed his PhD debt-free. No loans.
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Date: 2009-01-23 02:47 pm (UTC)Rob was the oldest of five kids of a single mother, and he went to Carlton and graduated just about debt-free because of a combination of grants and work-study.
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Date: 2009-01-23 03:14 pm (UTC)Didn't do much for Younger Son, in research psychology.