Tornados (almost) and Broken Bones
This morning I woke up early and went and did a great powerlifting bench workout. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and my computer is behaving. That’s such a big change from the last two days.
Wednesday, most of the neighborhood was out watching some very, very dark storm clouds start to collect and spin almost right on top of the neighborhood. Everyone was making sure that kids were all home and pets were safe. Just as we all started to head to the basement, the tornado-in-the-making broke up. Of course, it did hail for the second day in a row. My poor veggie garden barely had a chance this year.
Yesterday, I was sitting down to start writing when my 10 year old came in crying from rollerblading. I expected a skinned knee or a scraped hand. But I didn’t expect to see her left arm all bent out of shape. I’m not talking about a "this might be broken" thought. There was no doubt about it. The two bones in her forearm were between 25 and 30 degrees out of shape. Thankfully, the hospital is only a ten minute drive from the house and the ER was empty. This is a case when as they were setting the bones and she was screaming, that as a parent, you’d give up anything to gladly take the pain for her. Yes, she was heavily medicated. And the stuff they gave her was an amnesiac. So once she woke up, she didn’t remember anything about it. Now she’s in a full-arm plaster cast. In two weeks, they’ll take it off and put on a gortex cast so she won’t lose the entire summer of swimming. (We live two blocks from the neighborhood pool).
Let’s pray for a boring Friday.
My workout today:
- Bench: (Warm-ups) 10×115, 10×135, 5×135, 5×155, 3×185,
- (Work sets) 2×210x5, 6×210 (80% 1RM)
- Bench Reverse Grip: 5×185, 5×205, 4×205
- Overhead Rope extensions: 15×120, 10×130x3
