Yesterday, as I drove home from work, my legs stiffened as I pulled into my driveway. I was NOT going to risk driving all he way to Barwis with my legs feeling so stiff. I sat at my dining room table, frustrated that I wasn’t going to go to Barwis. My Mom offered to have my brother, Steve, drive me if he could. I accepted and so did he. Yay! I can make it to Barwis and I didn’t have to drive! I told Steve how to get to Barwis and we had good conversation as he drove. It felt a little odd giving driving directions to a place I know by heart. I’m not very good at doing that (I always think that I know where we’re going so they must too and that isn’t the case!). We got there and my brother pushed my in to the chairs (that now is a red bench). Barwis is SO familiar to me now, I forget how impressive it is! My brother was VERY impressed and shook Nick’s hand when he came over to get me.
Nick pushed me over to the new black table because someone was working on the blue table. He kneaded my calves while I told him that my brother drove me and why (me legs were SO tight!) and gradually my legs began to relax. I told Nick that I felt like a block of clay and it was slowly being formed into something malleable that can be worked with easily. The black table is taller than the blue table (it comes up to my shoulders when I am sitting next to it). I was nervous to get on it but Nick picked me up and put me on it. He pulled my feet around so they were on the short side. I laid on my back and he began loosening up my legs. Heather came over and she worked my left leg and Nick worked right leg alternately. Heather had never stretched my legs before and she told me that it felt like I was resisting. I laughed and assured her that I wasn’t. Nick was telling Heather what to do and told her that it was a good sign when I lay my head back and close my eyes. As both of my legs relaxed. I did just that. Nick Lucius came over, sat in my chair, and talked to Nick about another client. Hearing them “talk shop” was comforting and I told Nick Lucius that it sounded like they were speaking another language. Nick asked how I felt and I replied, “Like Jell-O.”
Nick guided me back into my chair and pushed me to the door. My brother put me in my car and drove me home. I was extremely tired and my lap hurt. I sat at my dining room table, put an ice pack on my lap, and fell asleep sitting in my chair. When I finally woke up, my dinner was eggs and I got ready for bed. I woke up once, readjusted myself in my bed, and fell back asleep until my alarm. My legs felt A LOT more relaxed today and that made me feel hopeful.