A Note of Apology
Ladies and gentlemen, a riddle: What do an injured shoulder and a crashed laptop have in common? Your hint is that neither of these events occurred in consequence of the other. Give up?
You may have noticed that I have been absent from the Life At Walsh world for a few weeks. First off, my sincerest apologies. I hope that you can forgive me and that we can return to being cyberspace pals. Allow me to explain myself.
Reason Number One: Let’s rewind back to right before Christmas break. I may have mentioned to you all about the squads’ preparation for our huge routine that would be performed at halftime of the Walsh vs. Malone game. As you can imagine, the week before was packed full of practices to make sure that we would be ready to bring the house down and remind Malone’s cheerleaders who owns the floor. (Just so you know, we did in fact show them whose boss.) If there’s one thing I have learned about college sports, it’s that in times of intense competition, injuries are bound to happen. For those of you who do not consider college cheerleading to be one such sport, I beg to differ. Case in point; my shoulder. If you are not familiar with the art of stunting, the slightest pointed toe or bend of a knee in a fully extended stunt can bring the entire thing down in a matter of seconds. This is how things got ugly for me- if you’ve ever had another person flatten you into the floor while the majority of their weight lands on your shoulder you can probably sympathize with my pain; basically it could bring a defensive lineman to tears. (Let me clarify, this was no fault of my amazing flyer. She’s the bomb. These things just go with the sport.) Despite being advised not to stunt on it until further notice, I did the intelligent thing and performed the routine anyways. This rendered my arm nearly motionless into the new year. After multiple STEM treatments, an x-ray, and an MRI, you’ll be happy to know that nothing appears to be broken. Until further notice I have become best friends with the trainers and a boat load of ice. All I have to say is that our training staff are saints. It appears that the cheerleaders have become their most active team with injuries this season. Apparently we need to add milk to our diets… While full range of motion has returned I do still have difficulty lifting heavy boxes and opening Gatorade bottles. All I have to say is that it’s a good thing I have really nice roommates! Now that I can move my arm and type without great discomfort, I promise not to neglect you any longer, my loyal readers.
Reason Number Two: I hate technology and technology hates me. Have I ever mentioned to you how much I hate computers? If not, I HATE COMPUTERS. They are both a blessing and a curse. In the past, I have been no stranger to computer issues. This time around however, as the semester came to a close and finals week approached, my beloved, beautiful laptop succumbed to an untimely death. For those of you who play Xbox (or Playstation.. whatever it is), you may be familiar with the “Red Ring of Death.” In regards to my laptop, I like to refer to its crash as the white screen of despair. In a matter of seconds, every sentence of my paper had disappeared into cyberspace faster than I could blink, and had been replaced with a blank white screen never to return. If there’s one department at Walsh that I feel deserves more recognition than they receive, it’s the IT department. They worked for over an hour on trying to revive my hardware, even though they knew from the start it had met its demise. Thankfully, I have an amazing family who understand that it’s almost necessary to have a laptop in today’s college world, and I am the proud owner of a shiny new Samsung laptop. (Thanks again guys!!!) The only downside to this was that I was left disconnected to the world wide web up until now, and consequently this blog.
I know, I know. This is no excuse for why I have neglected to write you the past few weeks. If you are willing to move past this bump in our friendship, then I am willing to forget the whole affair ever happened. Deal? Anyways, I have a super cool blog planned for next week. It will give you a true look inside my daily life at Walsh.. you won’t want to miss it!
Until then, Go Cavs!
