This morning, on GMFB they talked about the 2019 combine. They showed old footage of football players running the 40 at their respective combines. It really bummed me out! Two years before I injured my knee which has been another two years, I used to train at Barwis to walk the 40. I knew that when I did it, I will put it on Twitter with the hashtags, #RunRichRun and #StJude. That was my goal!
I was going to walk 40 yards with my crutches. That’s what I trained for at Barwis! My trainers, Adam, Nick, and Michael, knew I was going to do that. But today, I was bummed out because I was watching all these 40s and seeing commercials for Rich Eisen and I knew I wasn’t going to do that anytime soon. My knee STILL hurts!
I was too tired this morning to tweet at anyone on the show but I still checked Twitter on my phone. A woman who has been in my MS chats with me posted an abridged version of this video.
Talk about being bummed out! Sean says that I do not sound that bad at my worst but there are times where I can’t speak very well, just like her. When my Mom got here, I played her the video and cried! At this point, only Sean, my Mom, and my friend, Renee have heard me speak like that. I called in Sean late to school because of an orthodontist appointment one day and I spoke like that in the message I left for the attendance office.
That kind of embarrassed me! As we were beginning to complete our routine, My Mom could see that I was really bummed out and told me that I could choose the music we listened to today. I chose this song, my walking song!:
I chose this song as my walking song back in 2013 when my cousinT, Shannon, accompanied me to Barwis, back when I thought I would be walking soon! I didn’t know then how things would play out years later and I am not walking! BUMMER! I haven’t even done the #RunRichRun 40 yard dash! This song reminds me of Barwis and my hope of walking! As we were getting me ready for the day, my knee popped out! BUMMER!!!