whaaa happened?

i can hardly believe that i got myself out of bed at 6:22 yet again this morning. at this time last night, i wasn't going to the gym because my ankle hurt and i wanted to sleep. but somehow (about 20 minutes from now last night) i convinced myself that it was a good idea to go to the gym again. my physical therapist told me that with every new thing i do, i'll have swelling and discomfort. yeah, i had that. but it wasn't necessarily a bad thing, and i realized that i'm not going to get better by sitting on my butt, so off to the gym i went.

some upper body exercises on machines made me realize that in addition to having no leg strength, i have no upper body strength. basically, i'm a wimp. so more with the upper body stuff and hopefully i'll be able to shove folks out of the crease more efficiently. :-) after that, it was 22 minutes on the bike, this time with a teeny bit more resistance than there was on Tuesday.

came home and iced, and so far so good. i'll ice again tonight, but not right before i go to bed. i did that on Tuesday night and it took me more than 2 hours to fall asleep because of the achy/cold/hurting feeling in my ankle. must have warm ankle to fall asleep!