I had my parents, Greg and Lisa over for dinner last night therefore had a "proper" dinner with actual courses: basic green salad (to kill time while waiting for mum and dad), pad thai, corned beef with vegetables, and cheesecake with cream and liqueur-soaked strawberries. As always, my favourite was the cheesecake. Surprise crowd favourite was the pad thai which, despite informing the boys that it contained tofu, went down an absolute treat.
I had another physio appointment this morning which basically reaffirmed my suspicion that we're going to work on my ability to turn my leg out from the hip in an effort to resolve the knee issues. So now I don't know how I should walk because the way I'm used to is wrong, and the correct way feels all kinds of uncoordinated. I'm hoping that I become more used to it because I have enough trouble concentrating on turning my legs outwards while walking; I have absolutely no chance of doing so while running (so it's just as well I've been advised against it for a while). I'm basically left feeling irritated that I can't run because of the niggling knee aching, and annoyed about re-learning how to walk. The only way I know how to fix that is to run or eat so I suppose it's just as well that I have half a cheesecake in my fridge!
I suspect I'm going to have to delay that half-marathon training program...
