Deeds pulled me in to Barwis again. He runs the high school group and they are usually doing drills using the 20 yard hash marks or running their sprints usually so he is by the door. I guess that is kind of our thing. He will stop and pull me in and I tell him it gives the kids a rest, a chance to catch their breaths. Maybe secretly they are thanking me. So I got in and waited for my time. Mike pushed me to the chairs and I didn’t wear my hat and gloves because it almost seemed like it was going to get warmer. It since hasn’t but it can’t be cold FOREVER!).
Mike pushed me over to the table and sat me on it. Monday was an emotionally draining day for me. It was the beginning of MS Awareness Week and I am doing some fundraising for the Michigan chapter of the MS Society at my school (CCA-MS) and we had a speaker come in to talk to the kids during their e3 classes and before lunch. It has taken over 10 years for me to finally talk about MS but I wanted my kids to know about it because I knew nothing about MS before they told me that I had it. I was tired but looked forward to my stretch. Mike kneaded my calves and knuckled my thighs because my legs were pretty tight because I was emotionally spent.
He had me lay back slowly but I was able to do so without it hurting too, too badly. He stretched my legs up and put me in the, “Ooh Doggie!” stretch with my feet pointed toward my right side. Then he crossed my legs, took a step back, and pulled his phone out. He was doing something on his phone and told me to uncross my legs. I closed my eyes (because that is what I do when I REALLY have to concentrate) and tried to think of which muscles to activate in my legs to get them uncrossed. My mind was moving very quickly but my legs weren’t. Mike told me something like whenever I want to uncross them because they hadn’t moved.
But then it was like that moment when you feel a knot you are trying to untie loosen a bit so you KNOW you will untie it. It was like it was a Rocky movie (4 is my FAVORITE) and the music has started playing during the fight. The Russian has already been cut and the tide has changed. I felt my legs move and I KNEW I was going to uncross my legs. I did and threw my arms up as I laid on the table and yelled, “Ta-Da!” pretty loudly! Deeds said, “Geez Jen!” from across the room and Mike just kind of shook his head with a straight face.
He stretched the other side and I uncrossed my legs for a second time. You know I had to yell another, “Ta-Da!” I uncrossed my legs TWICE! It is SO cool to tell my legs to do something and for them to actually do it!!!