And, this is eight

Had a massage this morning. I've got another one booked for Thursday. (And, I plan a few more for the new year, or maybe even between Christmas and New Year.)

I've definitely been stiff and off-balance from all the crutching and hopping around. Many parts feel much better. Yay.

Climbing!

I decided to hit the climbing gym today, see what I could do three-limbed. Not too bad, actually. I started with the baby wall, and that was easy. I then climbed three different 5.7 routes without too much difficult. That is, cleanly and without falling on the rope. Then there was this interesting 5.9 I kept looking at. I made it most of the way up, but couldn't do the finishing move. I finally cheated, added one foot hold, and finished it.

All in all, I'm quite happy with the results.

But, oh it was hard looking at this or that bouldering problem or climbing route, and picturing the moves, and not being able to get on the wall and just do it.

Tonight's other challenge: laundry

Getting the laundry downstairs (that's two flights): backpack, in particular the largish one I use for hauling climbing gear. It fits, reasonably full, one load.

Other challenges:

The basement stairs are steeper and narrower than other stairs. And have no hand rail.

Crutches really don't work well when you can't actually stand up straight and swing on them. My basement ceiling is at about (on me) shoulder level.

In fact, hopping around is really tricky when you are stooped over, too.

But, one load is now in the dryer, and the 2nd load is in the washer, so I'm doing ok.