Bumbles Bounce!!

I'm walking.

I still used the cane a bit today but for the most part I walked on my own.

Things were a bit wobbly at first.

I almost sideswiped a couple of students when I lost my balance and careened sideways

going whooooaaaahhhhh like I was about to fall.

But I didn't fall.

I walked.

The pain in my knee was not so bad.

The exertion was more uncomfortable than the knee.

That was my clue that it's time.

Time to stand on my own two feet literally and figuratively.

What other option do I have?

Break down and lay down??

Been there.

Done that.

It's not like me to fall down and stay down.

I'm like the Bumble (The Abominable Snowmonster from Rudoloph lore).

I'm like a Bumble

and Bumbles bounce!!

Sometimes I bounce up so high I get a little freaked out.
It's like I don't like heights
when really, that's what this is all about.
Bouncing up and staying up.
The higher the better.

I can't let my ballast sink me back down to the ground.
Time to stand, then loft, then float.

I walked purposefully to my car tonight.
I took long strides.
I used my leg muscles to make my steps cover as much ground as possible with each giant step.

Tonight it was unseasonably warm in NJ.
The temperature on the Giant's Stadium marquee on the drive home read 75 degrees Fahrenheit.

It's the first day of autumn but it felt like summer,
warm and thick.
Walking widely and assuredly in the humid night air made me feel like I hadn't missed my whole summer by being in a wheelchair.

I took my big steps and reclaimed the warm summer night.

It's good to be back on my feet.

*Lisa's Video Pick of the Day*
I can't complain. Fellow blogger Tarra lost 200 pounds then gained it all back plus.
She decided it was time to post a new and updated video of her weight loss journey progress since a new chapter is about to begin. After going on Medifast and losing over 200 pounds in under a year and having so much excess skin that just hung from her, she ended up gaining it all back because she could never get her weight to stabilize. I hope she'll look into metabolic typing and nourishing foods. She can bounce back!
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