Walking with Kam: 136 steps
In March Jason and I moved to Northern Cali from Southern Cali. For me I love change, but my body can be a little more picky about these things.
With any little change in my routine I can physically go through alot.
It sounds strange, but something as simple as walking a new kind of path really changes how I have to do things. It is not that I can't do it, I just have to learn a new way to accomplish something as simple as walking to my car or adjust to longer walking distances.
In this video I share my 136 steps. I know every slight incline, decline, crack --everything about this path. I thought it would be helpful to use video to demonstrate something as simple as walking to my car.
When I was editing this it is actually was very hard for me to watch myself walk. To me I don't feel the progression, because it happens over a period of time, and I don't realize that my walking gait has got so bad. When I see how much I am struggling it is like I am seeing myself for the first time and that I'm not really walking, yet dragging my body from destination to destination...well, at least I'm doing it in style ;).
This video was taken at the end of May, so by now I have adjusted to the path pretty nicely.
This ramp actually came at the end of May, but just posting now. I was soooooo happy when I received this in the mail and it makes such a difference in how I can function on a day to day life. Prior to the ramp I literally couldn't get back into my place. My husband works from really early to late and I am in between jobs since we moved here, so I've been working from home for now. I've had to stay in my house, because though I could get out of the door (very carefully) when I would return home I couldn't lift my leg to get over that little 3" rise. If my upstairs neighbors were not there, I was pretty much stuck in my house.
Now for me, this is just about the worst thing ever. I love being on the go and I always need to be doing something to keep my active mind preoccupied. I wish I didn't, but I need constant stimulation and challenge and feeling confined in the house is just about the worst thing for me.
Feeling like you are trapped in a house, in a new city, where you barely know anyone is really difficult. So, yes, this ramp was awesome and since I am in and out of my house all the time :D. It is the little things that mean alot. Since having the ramp my quality of life improved and I feel like I have a little more independence.
**note, watch the video till the end.