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robotech_master) wrote2009-09-30 08:27 am
robotech_master) wrote2009-09-30 08:27 am
Slow and Steady Wins the Race
As I approach the 1-year anniversary of my broken leg, I've been thinking about the things I've learned over the past year.
One of them has been remembering the truth of the old saying, "Slow and steady wins the race."
I'm not exactly in any races…in fact, I'm not going to be running any races any time soon. I can't run. Not with this thing on my leg. But I walk a lot.
In fact, without my scooter, I walk an awful lot. To places the bus doesn't go, or distances too short for the bus.
I've had to learn to adjust for that. Since I can't run, I have to leave for the bus stop well before the bus arrives. I've learned that lesson well, a number of times being within running distance but not walking distance of the stop when the bus arrives, and literally missing it by minutes or even seconds. If I want to walk to the MSU campus for the animé club meeting on Fridays, I need to be sure to allow a good 45 minutes to an hour of walking time.
I can't say I'm really happy about that, but on the other hand it's good exercise for the leg, and at least I can walk. And when I get a job, I have a car waiting for me. The sooner that happens, the better.
Today, I'm going to go retrieve a package from the post office located at Bennett and Kansas Expressway. The closest the city bus comes is Catalpa and Kansas. Hence, more walking.
Slow and steady it is.
One of them has been remembering the truth of the old saying, "Slow and steady wins the race."
I'm not exactly in any races…in fact, I'm not going to be running any races any time soon. I can't run. Not with this thing on my leg. But I walk a lot.
In fact, without my scooter, I walk an awful lot. To places the bus doesn't go, or distances too short for the bus.
I've had to learn to adjust for that. Since I can't run, I have to leave for the bus stop well before the bus arrives. I've learned that lesson well, a number of times being within running distance but not walking distance of the stop when the bus arrives, and literally missing it by minutes or even seconds. If I want to walk to the MSU campus for the animé club meeting on Fridays, I need to be sure to allow a good 45 minutes to an hour of walking time.
I can't say I'm really happy about that, but on the other hand it's good exercise for the leg, and at least I can walk. And when I get a job, I have a car waiting for me. The sooner that happens, the better.
Today, I'm going to go retrieve a package from the post office located at Bennett and Kansas Expressway. The closest the city bus comes is Catalpa and Kansas. Hence, more walking.
Slow and steady it is.