Bruised and sore from Sunday.
It hurts to breathe after running full-speed into a man during our coed hockey game.
And I still can't grip or press after a fall during our pick-up soccer game in which I tried to kick the ball over my head to keep it from going out-of-bounds and instead just flung my body in the air only to land on my right hand on the hard gym floor. And my right butt cheek.
In hockey I got the butt end of a stick in between the pads of my inner left thigh and in soccer a good hard kick to my left ankle. By my own right heel.
"You're not twenty anymore," My mom said when I talked to her earlier tonight.
True.
And I feel it tonight.
So in lieu of writing, I'll share a few pictures of Olive who seems to have acquired the love Nick and I share for physical activities...
And of course Elias who never lets his canes, or his Mom's multiple warnings about the slippery seaweed slow him down:
you may not be 20 anymore but since I know I am a year older than you, at least you can say that your next ( and shortly upcoming ) birthday isn't your 40th! Keep pics of the kids coming because they always make me smile.
Posted by: fleming | 01/11/2011 at 08:43 AM
no shortage of adventures where you are! don't forget about icing and heating the sore spots. or take a nice soak! xo
Posted by: elizabeth | 01/11/2011 at 10:06 AM
My husband has learned the hard way that we are no longer "young." Throwing his back out after too hard an hour on the bike trainer. I have chosen to gracefully retire from most competitive activities, especially the ones that require full body contact or throwing my body to the ground.
Posted by: Brooke | 01/12/2011 at 08:08 AM
Ah, Brooke, I cant give up soccer or hockey yet; I hope to be like my Dad and still playing when I'm retired but-- I think I'll have to stretch, soak, and ice a bit more often.
And Flem this one is 38 for me and 40 for my brother even though at times i still think I'm 16 and he's 18.
Posted by: Christy | 01/12/2011 at 10:43 PM
Did Olive get a hair cut? From the last picture with her hair in pig tails to attacking the stairs? I thought of you all week as Atlanta got hit by snow and ice- no way could I live where shoveling this stuff is routine. I feel like you after 6 hours of shoveling. My husband can't help me because of his heart or that is his excuse and he is sticking to it.
My daughter-in-law sounds just like you!!
Also I didn't know you had an upstairs.
Posted by: Noel Dennehy | 01/14/2011 at 02:03 PM
No haircut Noel, just long on the sides so able to put into pig tails but her hair is so thin that it lays flat on her head when not up. And you are right that we don't have stairs in our house, the stairs are at David's in Seward. And as to snow, my dear cousin, we have snow on the ground but haven't had fresh snow for weeks now and i miss it!
Posted by: Christy | 01/17/2011 at 08:42 PM