Beaten, Battered, Bruised

...but in a good way! Ha ha! I guess.

I have not been in this much pain since the academy. It hurts my entire body just to clear my damn throat. I am using all kinds of herky-jerky motions and spewing all kinds of cuss words to do things like get in and out of the car and sit down on anything. I am taking the maximum amount of ibuprofen approved by medical science and would sell my sister (if I had one) for a Vicodin. So yeah, my 2-day "Groundfighting for Female Officers" class was a rousing success. We had tea and scones, then we braided each other's hair and sang songs. Yesterday morning I couldn't believe that I was actually going back for more, and I couldn't imagine how I was going to! It's truly amazing what you can do when you realize you have no choice. (I mean, sure I had the choice to call in sick and hurt and not go, but women cops don't pull that pussy shit and as I reminded myself, I'm a woman cop, even if just a part-time one!) Mr. Alvis, Miss Siggy, and Deputy Anthony were the ones that taught us the class. Ok, I'm impressed and so should you be!!!

Poor S and I were quite the sight yesterday. He has a big ol' knot in his back from having to do this positively sadistic exercise his academy director is making them do: piggyback and carry each other a required distance. Since S is one of the biggest guys in the class, and at 6'3" I think he's even the tallest, he had to carry the huge 300-lb guy. So with my sore, aching muscles and mat-burned knees and elbows, we were both limping around pitifully last night. I could only work one hour at Job #2 last night b/c on top of the pain, I was so exhausted I just wanted to sleep forever! I also can't believe I am eagerly awaiting the Intermediate groundfighting class and even the Advanced class, whenever those will be. I must be nuts for wanting to sign up for those too! Seriously, I think there's something wrong with me.

In other news, S had to sew these little stars onto his cadet uniform last night. Why? Because he got a 99 on their test this week and so is one of the few cadets on the class honor roll, yay! I'm impressed and so should you be!

Finally, here's something interesting to read.