New Surprises

This was a weekend full of surprises. My parents came down on Friday night - we cooked dinner for my Mom - and they spent the night. Saturday morning, Mom and I got up and went to the fabric store - we are making things for the great-granddaughter's nursery (hers, my great-niece!) and needed to get the material. After that, I took her for a massage - my Dad's gift to her for Mother's Day. Then, I took her for a spa pedicure - my gift to her. So she was thoroughly and totally spoiled - which was the whole point of the day.

While I was having my massage, some great things happened. First of all, when I am lying on my stomach - historically, I have always had my arms hanging down off of the table. There is a simple reason for this - they didn't fit on the table with my body. I started out that way this time, but when my therapist came in the room, he tucked my arms under the blanket - AND THEY FIT!!! That has NEVER happened before. Then, when he got to my legs, he wanted to test the range of motion in my knees. He does this periodically. I'm still lying on my stomach - he bends one knee up, and braces himself against it - then tells me to push against him for 8 seconds. When I relax, he pushes a little harder against my knee. When I first started going to him - I could barely bend either of my knees to 90 degrees. This time - I got my right knee to about 50 degrees, and my left knee to somewhere between 40 and 45 degrees. He was impressed. Finally, when it was time to turn over to my back - I just flipped over. He commented on that - because always in the past it took me quite a bit longer - I half jokingly said it was because there was a lot less of me to turn - but really, that is the reason!

Last night, Dave and I went to pick up my car that we left at church, and we decided to do our walk while we were there! I'm up to 1/2 mile! And I bought a pedometer last night - so I don't have to guess how much I'm walking anymore. It calculates the number of steps, how that translates to miles, the number of calories based on my height and weight, and the time duration I've walked, along with whether it was moderate or brisk. As of right now - I've walked 618 steps this morning.

Tonight will be yoga - I'm looking forward to that.