Awesome day!

So yesterday (May 10) was my first day back at work, which meant 12-hour shifts on my feet (why my MD took so long to approve me to go back to work). And it was a total success. Around 9 hours in, I started feeling a little sore and tired but that was it. No pain.

Whew.

I figured I'd be fine, but that isn't to say I wasn't nervous beforehand (albeit that was mostly mental, afraid I'd forget how to do my job type stuff). But I am fortunate to work with an AMAZING team of nurses and techs who took excellent care of me. I had an easy assignment, and folks kept checking to see if I was feeling okay. I was a little more purposeful in sitting down than I used to be pre-injury, so that was good. I'm off today and then work Sat/Sun this weekend.

Can I say, I love my job?

On a separate note, a few weeks back, I had entered a contest run by Saucony, the makers of my beautiful, favorite fabulous running shoes called Kinvara 2s (see this post: I love talking about running.) The contest was a week-long and you had to send in pictures of what inspired you to run. Well, for me, that's easy. Rachael. She's why I started running (the NYC Half was for charity in her memory). So I entered one of my favorite pictures of her and had so many of my awesome Facebook friends and family vote for me. Well I found out yesterday that I officially WON!

I get a new pair of Saucony Kinvara 3s!!! Again, see this post: I love talking about running where I was drooling over these. I've been waiting with great anticipation for these for over for six months when I first heard the changes they were making to the Kinvara 2s. These just went on sale a couple of weeks ago. Yippee!!!

Apparently they will ship in 4-6 weeks. Lovely timing, I might add, considering my orthopedic surgeon told me on Wednesday that when I see him in 6 weeks, he will probably clear me to run (though I have to start on the treadmill).