Beards and Special Olympics
There was supposed to be a picture of me with the beard in my last blog that didn’t make it. I have since shaved it off (getting too itchy) but it was fun to have for a while.
Other than beard growing, I spent some time this past weekend with Special Olympics in Washington. They had their winter games over in Wenatchee (eastern Washington) and had a number of events- skiing, snowboarding, nordic, ice skating and even basketball. I was the “Grand Marshall” of the opening ceremonies and gave a short speech and met a lot of the athletes. It was fun and really cool to be a part of it. Aside from the opening ceremonies speech, I also helped out at the awards ceremony. I helped hand out gold, silver and bronze medals to the athletes who were competing in various ice skating events. I went up to Mission Ridge and watched a few runs of their giant slalom before it got so windy it was unclear if they could continue in the afternoon. They didn’t need me for anything specific, so I decided to head down to Wenatchee and check in with some of the other events, which is how I ended up at the skating events.
All in all it was a really fun weekend and it was great to see all the athletes thoroughly enjoy their time and opportunity to compete. That group tends to have a really great attitude about life and lots of smiles.
Other than that I have been on the rehab trail. I am getting in the pool quite a bit now that I am cleared to do so. I also can do some biking with no resistance on top of the usual stuff- the core (stomach and back) that I usually do. My knee is coming along slowly but surely.
I am already looking forward to getting even more active over the next few weeks! Onward!