Healing

On December 30, I hurt my ankle something awful. We were working on a ground/choke defense in Krav, as I was escaping my ankle rolled and down I went. It has been over a month since that happened and I'm not back. Holy jeez! It is much better but not 100 percent.

I was cleared to start working out, slowly and with modifications. I was not cleared to participate in the Bas Rutten first level instructor course. It is more than my ankle can take now. It really depressed me that it wasn't going to happen. My Krav instructor, Brayson, needed five students from his school to have the course and instructor come up to host it. There was only five of us and with me out I was afraid it was going to be cancelled. When I emailed Brayson, he informed me that there were other students coming from another school and it was still going to happen. Thank goodness for that, I would hate to be the one who ruined it for everyone.

FIT class was great! I was able to participate as much as the others and modified the workout when needed. I did a butt load of pull ups, which I want to get better on. I really don't like having to have assistance while doing them, but, at this point it is how they get done. I am getting stronger with the upper body, good progress and persistence. Monday I go back to FIT but Tuesday I'll be in Everett.

Ofc. Jaymie Beindl was killed by an offender and her memorial is Tuesday. I have worked in the prison system for a long time and the last staff killed inside was long before I started. Although I didn't know Ofc. Beindl, her death has hit hard for me. It is the proof of the danger I work in, this is why I do Krav and FIT. I need to be at the memorial for my brothers and sisters in blue.