cuts and bruises or a life lesson?

yesterday had its ups and downs.

Downs - i got tackled at work on tuesday. we were playing capture the flag to warm up for the BYU skating class and this girl decided it would be great to use me to stop her....she came up behind me and knocked me to the ice with my lovely knee breaking my fall and belly flopping to end it. Great. another girl who also couldn't stop when i fell in front of her decided to try and jump over me, only to kick me riiiight in the hip. AWESOME. needless to say, i sat the rest of the game out.
Ups - i have a wicked bruise on my knee and a bruise/cut on my hip. gotta love them toepicks.
Downs - i still taught my BYU class, but mostly from sitting on the boards and gliding on one foot when i had to demonstrate.
Ups - i got to sit down for most of the class :P
Downs - i had to teach my cute Learn to Skate students from the hockey box with no skates on. :(
Ups - my WONDERFUL co-worker, Alex, was kind enough to combine my first class with hers as well as help teach my second class. A big THANK YOU to Alexandra Gerday! :)
Downs - i'm walking with a slight limp.
Ups - i'm walking wtih a slight limp :D
Downs - walking to/around/from campus with a limp = taking FOREVER to get to classes. Wednesdays are my busy days, too (
Ups - luckily, I see Elise often on campus. She's been such a good sport and will slow down so i can keep up with her :) i have a great roommate and friend!

When I was thinking about writing this post, I realized that to every "down" I also had an "up". This is definitely more than just an unfortunate injury; it's a life lesson. I am a firm believer in taking every unfortunate situation and to make light of the bad and focus on all the good. My dad would drill this into me when I was competing and I've had enough experience with this to believe it! So, even though I can't walk as fast as I could before 3:00 yesterday and my knee & hip are killing me, I know something good will come out of this. (perhaps an even better looking bruise?? or maaaaybe that i'm going home on Friday? :D) Besides, behind every bruise is a great story....right? :)
BY THE WAY, if you didn't watch BYU beat Iona yesterday, do yourself a favor and watch the highlight reels. Don't forget to cheer our boys on when they take on Marquette on Thursday! RISE AND SHOUT! Happy March Madness!