I'm BAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, It's been a while, for my blog followers. I'm gonna try to get back to at least once a week. Let me catch you up a bit. February was last qualification for this quad for Paralympics. I qualified to apply for a wild-card spot, but, didn't win it. The lady that DID win it was only 2 slots ahead of me in ranking, so, I really came pretty close. I did a meet in Cincinnati in April and by this time was having a great deal of trouble with my shoulder/pec area. I got buried by 160 3 weeks before I left. But I did end up lifting 170 at the meet. I missed 180. I came back and my shoulder finally let loose. My numbers still weren't doing much though. So, after about a 6 mth stab at the Westside method, we decided it must not be the right thing for me. We're doing RPE's again, which I've blogged about before. Right now I'm benching twice a week. I believe that as I get closer to a meet, it will increase to 3 times a week. My numbers seem to be coming back. And I seem to have the pec issue and the shoulder issue under control. Have some other hurty-spots, but, I'm mobile and that's all I need. Everything was so tight for a while that I actually couldn't get my elbow to stay under the bar. I've got a meet coming up in Cincinnati next month. One in Salem, about 15 minutes from me in September. One in Orlando (with the Pickle!! ) in October (the weekend before my 30th birthday!!). And the last one of the year in December back in Cincinnati. So, I'm keeping myself busy and we're experimenting with some jumps and I'll be experimenting with warmups and such when I head to the meets, so, I can be ready for Nationals to pick up again next year. I had 2 teammates that made the London Team, Mary & Ahmed. They will both retire after this Paralympics, so, Jake and I will be the "veterans" on the team! haha. Things are actually pretty great. It's actually been a bit relaxing to have this year without anything major (Not that I would have complained about going to the Paralympics). I'm moving up a weight class. I should have a better chance at qualifying in 4 years. And Brian's still my trainer. We're sneakin' up on 3 years now and I just can't even describe how blessed I am that he's stuck with me all this time. He's the best and I know I'm right where I need to be for things to work out for the best.