Busy Life

Today is a sick day. Headache and my stomach is not feeling so hot. But sick day does not mean a day off so much as a day to catch up on things that sit on plate without deadlines.
Right now I am listening to the podcasts from YouthUltimate.com where they interview various youth athletes around the nation. Other things on my plate today involve emailing, work obviously, and catching up on blogs etc.
Life in general is busy and things won't back down for awhile. Garfield Frisbee is up and running full bore and games are less than a week away. I put in a bid for the boys to play at Western's and while I am optimistic we will get to play I think we'll be waitlisted originally as our strength of schedule is not very good in the past year.
I failed the observer test, twice. For those not in the know observers are used on the higher level games to resolve foul calls quickly rather than letting big boy egos yell at one another for endless minutes. The test was a required before you could register for training and I found it pushed my knowledge of some of the more obscure rules. It would have been nice if there were different tests available so when you failed the first time you could review where you went wrong and then you can retake a new test that was similar but not word for word as it currently is. Anyhow that was disappointing but I hope to still become a certified observer at some point.
DiscNW league stuff is going well, got to email the coaches and remind them about paperwork but we are ahead of schedule at this time compared to previous years. This season shows big promises with us having lights and turf field for most of the games so it will become more of a staple sport like football or baseball where you know from season to season that games will be on x day every week for 9 weeks. We are underway for spring reign planning and this year I am trying to design and build reusable field maps for the Skagit River Park facilities. I've got a great game plan and just need a sign-off from DiscNW.
I think that is all for now. Cat and I are headed to the oregon coast tomorrow and I am looking forward to some time off.

Vegas BABY!!!!

I leave for Vegas in two days. For those not aware I take an adult coed team down to have fun on and off the field (i.e. this is an excuse for my friends and I to hangout in Vegas every year). This year Cat won't be going, new position at work would make it hard for her to take time off and I will be sad she's not there. This will be a strange trip for me without Cat there, me not being able to play in the tournament, and having so many random pickups playing with us. I look forward to the trip but still skeptical how well it will work out with 4 girls and 8 guys playing a coed tournament, but I think all of us know it's not about the win/loss but about the fun and mischeive we can make while there. Almost everyone has at least 1 or 2 extra days with us and it should be fun. I am hoping to get in some good hours at the poker tables as I want to increase my bankroll before I return to learning/playing online poker next month. I will post more on that later, but for now I got to get back to work so I can get some rest before PT in the morning.
On a side note I have gone 3 straight days doing all my exercises and my knee/back are feeling better and stronger. Next benchmark is in May for sockeye/Voodoo/Downpour tryouts.

Frustrated

For those who know me for more than 6 months, you have seen a trend of injuries throughout my life. I will be first to admit that I do not take very good care of my body, but I like to think that I am getting better and because i am only 27 I think I can turn it around.

Anyone who has seen me in the last two months knows that I am rehabbing a knee injury (patellar tendinitis). I was doing PT twice a week with the hope that I might play, even sparingly at Vegas in a little over a week. Well as of yesterday afternoon I took a step backward in recovery and this morning my physical therapist put to light my fear that I will be flying to Vegas but unable to play without possibly damaging my body further. I had hope till today.

The most frustrating thing is that I have had pain everyday for almost 2 months now. Lower back pain, knee pain, quad pain. I've tried muscle relaxers, Vitamin I (ibuprofen), vicodin, ice, chiropractic care, and PT and I still take 2 steps forward and 1 step back. My wife has to be the strongest person ever as she has dealt with consistant elbow and thumb tendinitis for over 2 years now, including having surgery. I am miserable after 2 months and I cannot see how she has persevered through her pain. It must be frustrating.