Thank you for being a friend...

It's quite humbling to come back from an injury and realize how weak your body has become.  It's also tough to rebuild your body after an illness.  Let me be completely honest, it's been a really nasty slap-across-the-face just trying to get back into shape after six Mimosa floated days in Mexico.  But, alas...here I am and today proved to be one of those days.  WOD #3 since vacation, 2nd time doing pull-ups since the accident.  I think I did Fran in 7:34 once Rx which is not too shabby if I do say so myself.  Tonight, Fran just laughed and laughed as the seconds ticked by because my body continued to fail everything I was willing it unsuccessfully to do from inside my brain.  I have always been slow and and more than happy to bring up the REAR on most occasions (holla!), however, today was not the day I expected to do it.  I realize that I have a long way to go to get back to where I was on March 3, 2012.  I have to start over in many respects and I am finally coming to terms with that.  I looked around the gym tonight as I was drifting in and out of clear consciousness during my 10+ minutes of hellish brutality (slight over embellishment) and saw so much support.  All I wanted to do was shout out loud to all my pull-up muscles, "Why have you betrayed me, you weak traitors?!" As the athletes started to finish their WOD, I continued to struggle through mine.  I could hear many different people cheering me on as I fought off the thought of quitting while thrusting 65 pounds up 21, then 15, then 9 times.  Oh..and the pull-ups...the HUMANITY!!!  I watched others struggle right along side of me as the Coaches prodded us all on ultimate victory.  
The victory is the finish (New T-shirt design?) 
I got to see the determination and drive of a man face-to-face tonight.  I could feel the struggle of every individual out there in the gym.  I want to take this opportunity to publicly thank each and every one of the beautiful people I had the pleasure to sweat with tonight.  Your HEART makes you so PRETTY, GORGEOUS, BEAUTIFUL, AMAZING I can't hardly stand it.  Your presence and encouragement are worth the price admission each and every time.  I love to cheer you on and I love to hear you scream my name too!  Seriously though...you meant so much to me tonight that I am telling you about it at 10:00pm.  

Hugs...and kisses?!