Skiing in Colorado

Wow.  I'm really behind on my posts.  Oh well.  I wrote this post at the end of February, but didn't post it for some reason. Here it is now though!

I love to ski!  I haven't been able to do it much in the last few years, since I've lived on the East coast where there are no real mountains, but I still love it.  This year, I decided to treat myself to a long weekend and go skiing in Colorado!

I went skiing for two days, Saturday and Monday.  Saturday was just a relaxing, easy day.  We went with my brother's family and just went down some really easy runs.  It was great to warm up and remember what I was doing!  Monday we went to Copper Mountain.  I've heard really great things about that resort and it did not disappoint!  It was one of, if not the best day of skiing I've ever had!  The mountain was so much fun and the weather was PERFECT!

It was such a fun weekend.  I didn't get many pictures, but here are a few that either my brother or I took on our phones.

Here is what it looked like from the top of one of the lifts.  Gotta love the snow!

My brother Jon and me on Monday.

Look at how sunny it was!  It was one of the best days of skiing I think I've ever had!

My nephews and niece and I on Saturday.

I had a bit more of an adventure at the end of my trip than I was planning.  I was supposed to fly out on Tuesday, but that didn't quite happen.  It started snowing in Denver on Tuesday morning.  Not much, but enough to divert some of the planes.  Our flight attendants were on one of those planes.  The airline found some replacements for us, but after we loaded, we just sat there.  And then we sat there some more.  And some more.  Turns out, the luggage was uneven, which would've made it dangerous to land.  By the time it was rearranged, I would have missed my connecting flight and been stuck in St. Louis for the evening.

Instead of doing that, I decided to stay in Denver that night and fly out the next morning.  Luckily, I have 2 brothers in Denver, and I was able to stay with the other one! :)  We were supposed to all get together for dinner on Sunday, but there was a big snow storm that made the roads pretty dangerous.  Great for skiing, not so great for a family dinner.

So although it did not quite end up how I planned it, and I was out there for a day longer than I should've been, it ended up being a great diversion!  Thanks to Jon and Kelly and to Matt and Jenny for putting me up for the weekend!!!

PT

I have a confession.  This is going to be tough to say, but I have to say it.

 

I have bad knees.

 

There, I said it.  And I said it straight.

 

Ok, that's not exactly a secret.  Like, at all.  I've told people for about the last year that I have the knees of a 65 year old man.  And then, after reading an article about a 90 year old man that ran a marathon or something like that, I changed it to say that I have the knees of a 95 year old man.

 

I tore the ACL in my left knee almost 6 years ago.  Wow, that's a long time!  And my right knee has been acting up for over a year.  I hurts when I run (or try to run...) and it clicks every single time I go up stairs.  It's not fun, let me tell you.

 

I finally went to the doctor to check it out a few weeks ago.  I decided I should try and get the most use out of my knees while I'm young.  I'll probably have to get them replaced in like 10 years... Ok, I'm just kidding, but I wouldn't be surprised if at some point I'll need a replacement surgery.

 

Good news though!  I don't have to get surgery... yet.  At this point, Physical Therapy is the only thing that will help my knee.  I have patellofemoral pain syndrome.  Basically, my knee cap doesn't go where it's supposed to, and it grinds and hurts.  The only thing to fix it is to strengthen the muscles in my entire leg so that it will go back in place. 

 

I'm two weeks into my 4 weeks of PT and I haven't noticed any difference yet, but I think my physical therapist is starting to notice a difference.  Hopefully she is, at least!

 

Anyway, here's to hoping that my knees get fixed and I can again have the knees of a 25 (soon to be 26) year old!!! :)