The only reason I am here is because of the Colonel’s fantastic work , his allowing me to go and do Crossfit (with modifications 🙂 ) and putting up with me going crazy and trying to push the limit..I am quite certain he must have been ready to strangle me a few times. Wendy his receptionist..tastetester par Excellence of my baking, with great feed back. To have Mike, Amy and Greg at Crossfit work around my limitations and kick my butt…without injuring my hips. I am very thankful for their ability to curb my enthusiasm of wanting to try everything…with a big resounding ” NO” and making it stick. 🙂 I do know that I am not easy…LOL.. and that if I am told that can’t do something I will try it..or at least attempt it…My Family Doctor for keeping me reined in as well…see an awful lot of people seem to be doing that, I wonder why???…My Massage therapist Deborah with truly magic touch…my friend Leanne who keeps trying to make me pretty and I cancel out on her..Tyler my wordsmith keep writing I want the next instalment please…And last but not least Chris…the love of my life, my best friend and the poor bugger who puts up with me..carts everything around for me..including my carcass when I get too tired and bit of more than i can chew ( that happens a lot by the way so he is kept quite busy 🙂 .If any person that had this surgery done thinks that they can do this without getting in shape…please think again..
Saint John to Toronto…2 hours…Thursday 10th
Toronto layover… 5 hours
Toronto to Tokyo…14 hours…Friday 11th crossed the dateline
Tokyo layover…3 hours
Tokyo Bangkok…6 hours…Friday 11th
Bangkok layover… 8 hours (walking around airport,,,sitting etc.) Saturday 12th
Bangkok to Phuket..1 1/2 hours Saturday 12th
Hitting the beach that same day of arrival Saturday 12th at 09:00 and finally getting some sleep at 20:00 after wandering around Karon and getting our bearings. Walking 4 flights of stairs each time to get to our room. I never realized how difficult curved stairs going from narrow to wide angle could be to maneuver ..weird I never knew that the hips could be affected by that…painful and difficult..have to be careful with each step..could also be the steepness…not sure.
The next day Sunday 13 th walking 10 Km on the beach to go to Kata Beach…All day on the beach and then walking back to Karon.
Today is an R&R day of sitting at the pool and tonight a 5-6 Km walk to go to the headland off Karon beach (by the way it is hilly country)
Yes thank you all because without Crossfit there is no bloody way I would have been able to do this. And this at this moment with all the exercise I have done is still very hard , painful and tiring 🙂
THANK YOU ALL… from the bottom of my heart 🙂
lifeat61 
I am so happy you are having a great time and it’s just the beginning. Can’t wait to hear more. Keep enjoying & maybe if you ever get to the states I can finally meet you!! Even though I feel I have. Take care.