Thursday nights for the past few weeks I have gone with Mark to his volleyball games. It gives me a chance to get out of the house and walk around the track while he plays. Different scenery, you know. A change up in the workout routine always helps to stay motivated. So I’ve been walking at the Y on Thursday nights instead of walking on the treadmill, or at the lake, or down the Greenway (the Greenway is a four foot wide sidewalk that goes from one end of town to the other…a great place to workout).
Well, last night we got to the Y and Mark headed downstairs to play ball, and I headed to the track. I had been walking for about 15 minutes when I hear my name. I turn around and there’s Mark hollering for me. I headed back to the stairs where he was and he goes, “I need you to play tonight.” I stopped and stared at him for a minute because I know it’s too soon for me to get back on the court. He goes, “All I need is a warm body, otherwise we’re gonna forfeit.” So I played.
Can I just tell you how awesome it felt to be on the court again?? It’s been almost two full years since I’ve looked at a volleyball, let alone touched one. I walked onto the court telling the team and myself that I was just going to be a warm body and that I wasn’t going to be playing full out so don’t expect much. Even though the doctor has released me to do whatever I want, I’m so freaked out that I’m going to hurt something on the insides. So I was pretty determined to take it easy.
We’ll just let that sink in for a moment.
Oh my gawd, ya’ll!!!!!!!! I got to play volleyball last night!!!!!!! There is no “halfway” in my body make-up. There is just the game; the competition; the smell of the court; the feel of the ball on my fingertips; the love for the game; the adrenaline in the heat of the moment!! There is volleyball!! And I played hard. I was sucking wind. But I played. For the first time in a very long time I felt alive! Utterly and completely alive. In between the first and second sets Mark goes, “It feels good, doesn’t it?” And it did! Beyond good. I was exhausted by the end, but it was exactly what I needed. Heaven, I tell you.
Yay, you! 🙂 Glad you had fun at it, too!
Have I already mentioned that I keep spacing out on updating your URL in my Google Reader so I keep missing posts? I may not look that blonde anymore, but trust me. I’m still blonde. 😉
At my house, I don’t call that “blonde.” I call it “old age.” 🙂
I am so happy for you! Glad you realised you can break out of your boring workout routines and do something fun and still be ok. And that soreness? In a weird way it feels great, doesnt it?
A totally good kinda sore! Although, yesterday I scrubbed floors and today I’m SORE…not a good kinda sore. LOL.
Oh this is so GREAT! I know how much you’ve missed it. And it was probably the best way to get you back into it without having much time to worry. Awesome, awesome news!
The best part is that I realized that I can push myself a little harder without hurting myself. Don’t worry, I’m not going to go crazy, but I think I can do a hardcore workout a couple times a week without dying. YAY!! So happy.
So that just made me cry because I’m so happy for you!!! Oh man, so so so happy for you. 😀
Aw, thanks, babe! I’m pretty stoked myself. SORE, but stoked!! I can feel that I have muscles under all my fat rolls. 😉