Sunset Pointe pool escapades

When you stay in an "active over-55 living community", you tend to meet some interesting characters. First, I learned my mom has more clothing than any human being I have ever met. It didn't matter what I needed, she had it several colors. I also learned that my father spends a lot of time watching RAW and other mixed martial arts shows. Go figure.

Anyway, I digress. I went to the pool several times and met tons of different people. In the "active over-55 " age group, at least one person has had a knee or hip (or both) replaced. As I was doing my pool therapy, I got lots of stares. As they were floating around on their floaties and noodles, I was on the shallowest side of the pool trying to slowly walk upright unassisted (with the help of some pool noodles). Interesting how much easier walking can be with a little help from the water. It was kind of fun to be able to do squats and kicks and not have everything hurt while you're doing it. Afterwards was a whole different story. It was definitely painful, but worth it.

I made a friend Charlene while I was there. Her husband Mike had both his knees replaced. Naturally, he gave me the speech that I was too you to have the surgery, etc. And he gave me the "physical therapy is the key to success" speech. I think my therapist Sarah called him and told him to tell me that.