Mike came out to get me from my car because I couldn’t transfer on my own. I called inside and because it was 5:00 already, it was my time to be with Mike so I knew he was available. He came and helped me transfer to my chair (my muscles were still a little weak from Monday’s stretch). Mike pushed me in and to the chairs so I could drop my jacket off. As he pushed me over to the blue table, we passed Megan (she was working at the white table) and I pulled my pant leg up to show her my socks. Just after Mike put me on the table, she ran over to show me her socks. I told her to take a picture.
I tweeted it right after Barwis on Wednesday. I told Mike about having to call-in to work on Tuesday and how it was a bummer that I couldn’t be there because it also was our Literacy Luau/Book Fair that I am the chairperson of! He had me sit on the edge of the table and had me lift my legs up. Before I started, he pinched either side of my kneecap and told me that it was his “magic hands” that would make it easy for me to lift my legs. It was! I gasped it amazement/excitement and we both laughed. Megan said the socks were the reason I did so well. Mike tried it out. He didn’t pinch my other knee and he told me to lift my leg and I couldn’t. So I didn’t want to test it any further and wouldn’t lift my leg until Mike pinched my knee. I asked Jesse if this was similar to when Phil and he would press my muscles to get them to activate and he said that he wasn’t sure. Mike had me also lift my legs “up and out” as well with the knee-pinch and I did just as well and I didn’t overcompensate too much with my upper body.
Then he had me lay back and he stretched my legs SO gently. It was a nice stretch and I kept thinking of that Maroon 5 song because it was the “sweetest” stretch. Maybe I was just hoping to see a video with “curly-haired Adam Levine” It’s not but I LOVE this song so that is why it was popping in my head. I’ve seen Maroon 5 in concert twice but they only played this song once. When Mike took me outside and we were getting ready for the transfer back to my car I asked him how many times I lifted my legs and he told me 6. He told me that he didn’t count my “up and outs” because I was killin’ it! I’ll agree with that.