Start of summer

It sucks getting older .. Why?  Because injuries take longer to heal.  In the last few months, I had a nagging rotator cuff strain that I had been trying to fix with strength training.  I've had the same injury before and strength training helped fix it.  But this time, it wasn't as effective as it was in the past so I had to seek alternate treatment.  I guess it also didn't help that I had strained it even more by playing in a competitive tournament when I should have been resting.  Anyway, I went to see an acupuncturist and he told me to stop playing for a few months to allow myself to heal.  I've had to put all sports on hold .. No tennis, no badminton, no golf, and no pole dancing.  Anything that requires arm strength was out of the question.  I was bummed .. I'm still bummed.

But I'm determined to get the most out of the summer.

I went hiking last weekend in Gatineau Park with some friends.  It was my first time there and it was a gorgeous day to go.  I also went to Westboro beach to take photos for my photography assignment.  One of the category of shots that was required for the assignment was Freeze Action.  Usually I'm a freeze action pro due to all of the badminton photos I've taken over the years but for the assignment I was stumped.  Luckily, my coworkers gave me some good ideas on where in the city I could look for interesting things to shoot.  It also allowed me to discover parts of the city I didn't know about.

In two weeks, I'm going skydiving with my coworkers.  It wasn't something I wanted to do or even thought about, but one day my team brought it up and I thought .. Hmm, why not?  When am I going to have the opportunity to do this?  So I signed up.  It's a tandem jump so I won't be doing this alone .. I'll be strapped to an experienced jumper.  It's scary and exciting at the same time. 

Since I can't participate in any sports, I will focus on yoga for next two months.  It will help the mind, body, and soul.  Lately, my mood has been up and down .. I've been reactionary to things I've heard or been told.  It has caused me a tremendous amount of stress and anxiety that my physical health has been affected in a way.  I need to re-centre and re-balance myself .. It took years for wounds of the heart to heal.  When new wounds are created, I have to take care of myself sooner ..