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Well, since I know lots of you couldn't give a crap about what movies I'm watching, I thought I'd better update this with life in general kind of stuff.

Today I had my 3 month-ish followup with my back surgeon. The x-rays look good and he says I look better each time I come in. He told me to keep up with the physical therapy and that I could start doing light workouts like the elliptical machine and light weightlifting. Good thing, since with my physical therapy, I've kind of already branched out to doing more aerobic work and lifting weights. I'm not sure if I mentioned the therapy, but I am going twice a week to be treated for my back (building strength), hip (I've got some major strain of some kind), and shoulder (impingement). It's been helpful for the back and hip, but I've yet to see a lot of progress with the shoulder. I do a lot of strength building exercises at therapy, and they also do ultrasound, ice, and roll on my hip (like a rolling pin). I can tell I'm getting a little bit stronger, but I still have a good ways to go. In the meantime, I've started up walking regularly after work again, and when I can I do some of the yoga, strength, and aerobic work with the Wii Fit. Progress is good. I have appointments set up to see doctors about my shoulder and hip too.

Over the weekend I went out to see Knowing at the cheap theater with my sister. I'll talk about it later, but if you have two bucks, I'd say it's definitely worth a try - you'll either love it or hate it, most likely. On Saturday, Ric spontaneously wanted to go for a walk, so being the encouraging wife that I am, I went with him. It was too hot, though, and Ric thought to himself that it would be a lot nicer in the mountains. So he spontaneously wanted to go up to the mountains, and since I wanted to encourage his spontaneity, I said yes even though I thought I was going to relax all weekend long. Haha. We ended up dragging my sister along and we went to visit Yo. We spent the night there, and when the sun came creeping into his living room, Ric woke up and suggested we head home so we could go to church. So we left, got home, napped, and headed to church. I watched tv and read in the afternoon for a little while, but Saturday caught up with me and I slept for a couple of hours. Then we headed out to the car dealers to check out potential rides for Ric's new company car. It's not as exciting as it sounds, though, because we have to buy American, so it wasn't all that thrilling. Then again, one can't be picky when it comes to getting a free car. We spent the evening catching up with more tv, and getting ready for the week.

This morning I had a chance between my physical therapy and my doctor's appointment to go to the regional park in Brea and just read (yes, that's Harry Potter - I'm reviewing before the movie comes out!) and relax. It's not such a bad thing to spend a Monday morning in front of a pond watching the ducks and the trees. It was a good time of reflection. There's been a lot on my mind lately. It seems like the older we get and more people we know, the more things there are to be on one's mind. I know so many people going through so many issues, and it's been weighing on me the past few days. I know that there are seasons in people's lives, but there are so many I know who are going through bad ones. I sat there today just trying to think of how I should even prioritize which ones to pray for first, or the longest. It was overwhelming. But I just thought I'd let you know that if you're reading this, I probably think of and pray for you a lot more often than you'd think. I just hope I do it enough, and that you know that you matter to me.

This week promises to be a busy one. I'm averaging about one doctor appointment per day, and have so many things I want to accomplish that I never know if I'll have the energy to actually accomplish. I hope everyone has a great week. Now back to those reviews!