You will do just fine when you go back to work.
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I did end up giving my old dog of a knee a bone (pill) and got back to sleep. 
I too share this dance, although mine is more like a Fox Trot... back, back, side, together.
Yesterday I drove, parked in a handicap spot, then walked to a another store to pick up a few things while I was waiting for my take-out to be ready. WRONG MOVE! 
It was like "the Green Mile" on the way back... dead man walking. 
The owner of the Chinese food place must have felt my pain, because he hurried out and brought me my food as I was hobbling over to place my bags in the trunk. I was like..."Xie xie!!!" That's thank you in Chinese. Thank God for that man. 
and I'm surrounded by my kindergartners. 
I work in corrections. The Green Mile was filmed at Florida State Prison. 
You are fortunate to have a good person for a Chinese Take-out owner. It does get easier.
I play along with it! It is all in fun. I dish it out as fast as I take it! 
My undergrad degree is in K-3. I love little kids. They are so innocent and loving. I somehow ended up teaching adults GED in a correctional setting and decided to get a master's in Adult Education. You will be with the kids sooner than you think. 
When you get there you will wonder where the time went.
Is it that way for you, too? Please let us know how you are doing!
The verdict is still out on how things are going for me. I can't do what I thought I would be doing at this point which is kind of disappointing. 
I am sure that when the swelling and stiffness goes down or away I will feel much better.
When the inmate is in crisis I can't talk to them. 
This stopped all that I was planning to do. :rolleyes: Finally the good thing about it was they decided to move the inmate to a mental health crisis unit today where he could get treatment. This rids me of any responsibility and gets him to an institution with special education services. 
I had to go to the middle school a couple of hours after I came back home from work. My daughter is in the Jazz Band so we had to stay after we met the teachers. The Jazz Band was playing sets during Meet the Teacher day. I ended up getting home at 7 pm. 
It is our 28th wedding anniversary today. 
We had a really nice meal at an Italian restaurant. 
I am currently icing and elevating! I may even take a pain killer tonight. 
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I understand that it gets better. I am up early but have to stay up as I am leaving for work at 7 am. I too still have sleep issues. 
My knee is hurting this morning after the ODIC day I had yesterday. I want to stay home. 
I need to go today to finish up some work that has to be completed. I need to complete to know that things are getting back to normal. I don't have to walk much today so this will be a good thing. I hope all of you have a wonderful day!
I am now ready for Friday and I can't believe I made it a whole week! Of course, Next week will be the challenge when all the students return! Of course, YOUR students are ALWAYS there, so no easing into it for Maria!
I have pain in the back of my knee now. I sure hope they can fix me at PT today. At least for a little while. 
The massage therapy helps me quite a bit!
United States One of my neighbors actually thought she'd point out to me that it was too hot to have on hose as I sat on a bench with my cane... Thank you Fahrenheit! 
I walked down two flights of stairs holding the rail all the way down at my daughter's school yesterday.
I didn't walk up them. I rode the elevator up. All of my daughter's academic classes are on the third floor. The electives are on the ground floor along with the cafeteria. She will be getting some exercise this year . My PT worked wonders today with massage therapy. It ouches a little, but afterwards it makes me feel sooooo much better!
I had to promise to take it really easy this weekend.
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& now you are the president of the o.d.i.c, a card carrying member
One of my neighbors actually thought she'd point out to me that it was too hot to have on hose as I sat on a bench with my cane... Thank you Fahrenheit!
That is hysterical! She didn't notice the strange color? Ha ha ha ha! Or that you only had on one!
Got fussed at PT today and asked for my membership card to the ODIC. I think the PT wants to shred it.
Our new arch enemy: stairs on the downside!
Your PT must be nice. Mine never feels bad for me, he just says it is normal for me to be stiff and sore since I haven't been using those muscles. Then he would put me on the fake stair box so I could practice stepping up and down, up and down, up and down.
My PT worked wonders today with massage therapy. It ouches a little, but afterwards it makes me feel sooooo much better!
I am so glad you feel better and get to end the day on a good note, all prepared for a relaxing weekend! DOn't do what I did last weekend and over do because you just start out the week on the wrong foot (or knee!), so to speak.
I had to promise to take it really easy this weekend.
Remember, you have turned in that ODIC card, so you must take it easy. You will be glad on Monday! And you won't be grumpy anymore! (Not that we can tell on the forum!)
United StatesI walked down two flights of stairs holding the rail all the way down at my daughter's school yesterday.
It's gonna be $ome kinda year! Definitely the wrong time to have knee surgery, but I wanted to do it while he was still home to help. 
BTW, my PT does not give messages. I may need to look into another one, or ask about it before my next surgery. Glad you had a good time and have that many years under your belt. :o) I hate them in meetings where everyone is spouting them out trying to sound intelligent w/o first giving the definition. They're in the know. :rolleyes: I spend half the meeting trying to figure out "what the what" they're talking about, so I end up missing some of the relevant content. When people ask me, do you know how to do XYZ'H? I'm like probably... if you'd just tell me the actual words. Vanna, can I buy a vowel? 
Thank you for helping me laugh. I have been a Debbie Downer today. To me ODIC stands for over do it club. Hello, my name is Grumpy As All Get Out. Yesterday I over did it! I had too much to do and not enough time to do it in for my shiny new knee. Thanks for the anniversary wishes. I'd like to see a 51 year old pregnant lady. One is at the bottom of the front and the other is at the top of the back. You know when you wear the strip off the back you can still use it on the front. It can also double as a credit card Please don't tell my husband that it doubles as a credit card. He may take that card away from me and then where would I be? Penny-less and without my platinum ODIC card. How would anyone identify me without my Platinum Presidential ODIC card? It has my picture on it and everything. I gave her the card and when she wasn't looking I picked it back up from the table. The inmates are teaching me bad habits! My PT didn't know I had a platinum card. I only have one extra ODIC card left and I am saving it for when my husband finds out that the ODIC card I've been using doubles as a credit card and takes it from me. Don't even think about asking me for an ODIC membership card! I finally pulled the cryo cuff back out and am using it. Our ice machine doesn't make enough ice for me to run the cryo cuff on a regular basis. I have been using a freezer gel pack. One of those big ones they use at PT. I bought it at my doctor's office.
94 degrees here today.
United StatesI'm in ATLANTA! Can you believe it? Talk about instant Fall. It's 72 degrees today and it should be in the 80's. Oh well at least it's not 94 degrees.
Can you imagine... they're doing it in Hollywood, but THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS! lol I personally am not giving anybody else 25 years of my life! I could have murdered somebody and been out by now!
Actually it's 25 years to life, because like the horror movie... "Sometimes they come back." Actually, I love kids, that's why I work with them. The beauty of that is, I love on them all day long and they get to go home to their house, and I get to go to mine...Win win! I'm patiently waiting for the grandkids. I mean take your time patiently, because I want them to go home too. Love'em and leave'em is finally a good thing. 
I'll take that compliment in stride, since in the restaurant business you have to be able to stand up and cook, without having a Cryo machine strapped to your knee. So, I'll have 2 days of the Act Like You Got Some Sense Club! (ALUGSSC) I'd rather that membership rather the mandatory Sit Your Behind Down Somewhere Club (SYBDSC) you have to join when you don't heed your body's request. Sigh... The good news is, the NY Giants are playing on "free" TV so I can watch the game. Yep, I'm a native New Yorker. :o) Just recently got into watching football though, so I hope I don't turn into an "Al Bundy" type, sitting on the couch with my hand down my pants watching football this season. lol 
Catch me if you can. 
