According to Plan

I have not had the best luck making plans in the past. I end up needing open-heart surgery half the time I try to come up with something to do with my life, but I'm really banking on that changing. I've been spending a good amount of my recovery time trying to make some new plans for myself since my latest surgery cancelled the last batch I was working on.

I'm gonna focus my energy on short term goals for the time being and expand to longer term ones later on. My current goal is to start cardiac rehab. I don't want to jinx anything, but I'm almost positive I'll be accomplishing this goal next week. For whatever reason the recovery gods have seen fit to bless me with a rapid and pretty painless recovery so far. I have sacrificed many virgins in their honor to say thank you and I think that has really helped apease them.

During my last recovery I didn't start cardiac rehab (a monitored exercise program conducted by trained nurses and physical therapists specifically for heart patients) until the 12th or 13th week of my recovery. This time around I'm looking to start it during my 6th week. I would say that's a pretty good improvement from the last time around. I'm telling you, it's absolutely because of the virgin sacrifices. I am totally convinced of the power of blood offerings now.

Cardiac rehab is important to me because it's how I learn what my new limits are and how I feel when I reach them. Every time I have open-heart surgery I feel like I have a new cardiovascular system. I need to relearn what being tired feels like, how long I can be tired and how hard I can push myself to get there. I don't want to take it easy on myself and I certainly don't want to push too hard. I am determined to get back into shape as quickly as possible and I need to learn how hard I can work to do that.

I don't want to plan too far ahead, but I'm convinced that if all goes well in rehab I'll be climbing again by December or January. I am more than a little excited by the thought of climbing again, but I've been trying to keep it in check to avoid driving myself crazy. I really don't want these plans to get a wrench thrown in them so I refuse to plan past rehab, but I'm hopeful that rock climbing is in my near(ish) future. I'll have to round up a few more virgins in the next couple of months to keep myself in the gods favor.