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Ryann, at Pathway, is one of the owners and the chief Physical Therapist at "Arizona Orthopedic Physical Therapy. Like many businesses they've started a Facebook page. Today's post:
Fit Tip: Resistance cuffs are weighted bracelets that strap around your wrists and ankles. The added resistance makes moving and swimming in water more challenging than normal.


I read that and thought: if swimming got any more challenging for me it would be called drowning. Then I thought, where else besides water would one swim, especially with resistance cuffs?


I ordered two books for my Kindle in prep. for leaving town tomorrow. I got the first book in "The Zion Covenant" series based on the recommendation of Marcie, at church. But the cover pic is of a young woman who looks like she should have Fabio standing behind her.
Is this a girlie book??
So I also ordered "Fiddler's Gun" on the FB recommendation of Nathan Killion, one of my former students now serving with his family as missionaries in Thailand. If the first one is a thinly disguised romance novel I've got Nathan's book as a backup.
I'll report back.


The weather forecast for next week in western WA is sun and mid-70's all week!
But we had the same forecast for our tent camping in OR. It is, after all, the PNW.


Hope I can change my seat when I get to the airport tomorrow afternoon. Sitting by the window was fun when I was young and wanted to see. Now I'm old and want the room. Aisle all the way.


I'm a fiscal conservative. I'm also a pragmatist. Stubborn adherence to principle can often mean losing both the battle and the war. I fear that's what the league of freshmen Congressmen/women is about to insure. Sometimes the better part of wisdom is to settle for a sizable piece of the pie rather than no pie at all, now or later. 


Off to meet with a very anxious Todd then home to pack. I slept in my chair last night so Pam could have the bed. Easier to keep her hand elevated on a pile of pillows if the other half of the bed is empty. I'll probably do the same tonight, and then I'm gone for 10 days. I don't sleep well in the chair but I've got a three hour flight to SeaTac to catch up. And if I'm squashed against the window it may be the best way to survive.