As I said in my last post (which was a long time ago) I mentioned that I hurt my knee. Well I've been out for the past 5 weeks. I didn't feel the need to write posts because it would get pretty boring, more like Groundhog Day, doing the same thing over and over again, and I'm sure no one would really care to hear the same boring thing again and again. But I've decided to write this one just to let you guys know what has been going on and my progress with my knee.
So first things first, my Celtics lost :( That was a bummer, but I figured that would happen. The Heat will probably win it all if they play like they did this series. But at least I can still cheer for the Bruins and Red Sox!
Back on a serious note, since my last tournament I took about a week off where I didn't do anything, just trying to rest my knee and try and settle down the inflammation. Then I started to do rehab 3 times a week, working on strengthening the muscles surrounding my knee that way I'll have more leg stability. So far it's been working. My knee has been feeling really good. This is my 5th week of rehab and we've been implementing cardio into my workouts so hopefully when I get to start hitting in a week or so I won't faint on the court.
Other than that I've just been watching a lot of tennis. A friend of mine informed me of a website (myp2p.com) where you can watch pretty much anything you want online. And seeing as though the States doesn't seem to broadcast tennis events happening in Europe besides Wimbledon and the French this is great. So I got to see the Final of Madrid both ATP and WTA and I've seen a few matches of the tournament in Rome happening now. I wish she had told me earlier because I've been wasting my time catching up on all the reruns of Desperate Housewives of the OC and NYC, America's Next Top Model, and Sex and the City. But I've made sure to watch the news each afternoon (I'm a fan of America Live on Fox News) to see what is going on the the world (which happens to be a little bit safer now that Bin Laden is dead). I've also cleaned the house numerous times trying to keep myself busy but that only goes so far. I even went out and bought the longest book I have ever seen or read...the classic Gone with the Wind and it is taking forever to read. It's good but way too many details that I don't care for, something like, "Outside, the late afternoon sun slanted down in the yard, throwing into gleaming brightness the dogwood trees that were solid masses of white blossoms against the background of new green." That's not too important to me but I guess it paints a picture in your head. I'm around page 400 and the book is 1450 pages. Crazy. So now that if I get bored with the book I can watch tennis now. Win win.
So I'm really hoping by next week I can get back on the court but we'll just have to wait and see with this weeks rehab. Hopefully the diagnosis is a positive one, if not I'll just have to wait another week or so. I've waited 5 weeks so far, what's wrong with another week if it's a beneficial one.
