So hopefully we are through the worst part of winter.... but maybe not. After getting snow by the foot, I have come to realize that I do not belong in Montana! A couple of weekends ago I drove of pure black ice roads and as a result I was almost hit... and I mean about an ice away from being in my first highway accident.... something that you don't ever want to experience because of the severity of the high speed impacts.... but I am safe and made it to Harlow to work. Last week, leaving Gap to come back to Billings consisted of a few snowy and ice packed roads... and both Alex and I were almost hit by an idiot semi driver who likes to basically push you out of his way... dang Coloradans don't know how to drive :) Anyways, school is going good. I started working my other job every weekend again so I am working two jobs and taking 17 credits.... much prayer is needed! Last week I injured my knee again and found out bad news. Because of my very high arches, and low weight bearing arches in my feet, the amount of pressure put on my navicular bone (the highest part of your arch) is forcing my knee to collide and rest onto my upper condile (Highest grove in your knee) and as a result I am injured. Due to the amount of running that I have been doing, My weight is being shifted to much. I woke up one morning with a swollen knee, bad pain, and bruising. A week passed and I finally went to the doctor where I was referred to an orthopedic specialist. I must say I do love this doctor even though he hurt me! Okay not really but he did jerk my knee in all sorts of directions to make sure that all ligaments and tendons are doing their jobs and that looked good. Looking at X-rays, however, was not so good. My patella has risen about an inch above where it should sit. Because I was in so my pain, I am in a brace with a prescription for physical therapy and a medical brace. I do have an appointment for a month to see if the brace and physical therapy helps and if not then the next step is to make sure that the cartilage is not torn under my patella... so lets hope for the best! I would like to get running though so I can do the 5k run in Harlow this summer! This whole knee pain started with my work out training.... and now I am behind schedule! Maybe next year though! (On a positive note, I almost look great in a bikini! J/k). Alex doing great so far in his classes. His health has been great and he has no joint pain unlike his charming girlfriend! Here are some quick pictures to update you guys!
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