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I often get reminders of, “On this day so and so years ago, “and it often makes me sad given the current state of the world, but not today. This day 2020 is better than 2019 bc this time last year I was in the ER after a collision at club tryouts.
I would have surgery 10 short days later (happy birthday to me) and then be recovering and rehabbing during the club season. To say I was heartbroken would be an understatement. I had worked so hard in the offseason and was so excited for the upcoming season only to feel crushed.
While I still battle those feelings due to Covid19 I am happy knowing that I can still workout and prepare for when we can all take the field (safely) again. Now having had two surgeries on that knee I sometimes worry about getting back to my peak.
I worry about reinjury, I worry that maybe my time as an ultimate player is coming to an end. But then I remember all the things that I have yet to accomplish and all those negative thoughts are vanquished.
This has been a hard year for all of us; 2020 is not what any of us had imagined, and yet I’ve also had wonderful times already. I became a professional athlete for @MinnesotaStrike and gained a whole new set of friends.
I attended WUGC USNT tryouts with incredibly talented athletes and was able to experience it with my family and friends. I went to a leap day wedding and FINALLY met my partner’s best friends.
As I look towards the future I’m excited to defend my dissertation in August and in doing so will be the first PhD in my family. So while some days absolutely suck today does not. Today I am happy and so thankful for how far I’ve come in a year.
