Curse of the Annoying Ankle

Turns out that my second (ish) week back of gymnastics turned out to be almost half a week. It's not that I couldn't go to gym for half the days, it's that I couldn't do half the events. Right after I wrote the last blog, I got up to go to the kitchen and my ankle bothered me a little. Thinking it was just another ache or pain that I had been having from doing gym, I iced it for 20 minutes. When I went to get up after, it was pulsing with pain! That's when I noticed it was swollen, but just a little. The next morning it was pretty much the same so I went to gym armed with ibuprofen and tape. I couldn't tell if the ibuprofen worked but the tape job helped a ton. (In case you haven't seen it before, a taped ankle is just when you use 1.5 inch tape to create a brace.)I'm pretty sure it's just a little sprain or something but it is still very annoying. I was only able to do beam and bars all week long. :(

Weirdly, my ankle still hasn't fully healed. It is better and I have the next week off gym, so it will hopefully be fine by the next week. I just needed to get that out of my system.

I've still have Friday to go, and Fridays are almost always the most fun. We run at 9:00 with TnT (tramp and tumbling), instead of just optionals. Then, we go to dance which is always fun to do/watch because we are gymnasts. :) And, we're all just excited for the weekend. There may be plans to see a movie after, but I haven't heard much about it so it probably won't happen.

My sister is in Sun Valley, Idaho competing and she is doing great, but aside from that, I don't really have any plans for the weekend so I'm ready for a relaxed break. Yay!


This was supposed to be posted on Thursday, but instead it was saved as a draft. I don't really know what happened, but I just wanted to let you know so it didn't sound really weird. (By the way, Friday we didn't get to do dance, but it was still fun.)