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It’s Symposium Time Again!

It’s Symposium Time Again!

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Woot!………….Woot!  and   Tra!………….La! It’s Sports Medical Symposium time….. My colleague in crime and I motored off to Orlando to attend a weekend conference….. We needed to accumulate our necessary and illustrious “Continuing Educational Units” (and for those of us on a more familiar basis)…we know them as….. ~~~~~~~C. E. U.’s~~~~~~~ I saved a stack of crossword puzzles…I took my cell phone along with its recharger…(for unlimited Candy Crush playing)…(I collected all of…

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…..(What?)…I’m Old?…..

…..(What?)…I’m Old?…..

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*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* Well…I got a lapel pin in the mail….. I didn’t ask for it….. It was a bit startling and a surprise….. …..just when did THAT happen(?)….. …..Fifty frigging years(!?!)….. You gotta warn someone…before they unsuspectingly go to their mailbox and open up an unassuming envelope(!)….. I guess it’s been that long…I suppose it would be easy enough to figure out with basic arithmetic….. …..(I don’t want to)…(but that does explain a lot of…

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C.E.U.’s

C.E.U.’s

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**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** C.E.U.’s….. All Hail the Necessary…the Postponed…the Expensive…the Required….. ………….Continuing Educational Units…………. …..TA!…DA!….. You may know what I mean….. And those of you who are blissfully unaware….. …..I envy you….. Well…the long and the short of it is…they’re Due….. …..(you have to “collect” them by attending educational seminars…workshops…and conferences—in order to maintain your professional licenses)….. When you’ve been doing something for as long as I have…(i.e. you’re old)….. …..you see patterns…(or sometimes…complications there of)……..

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Exploding Goats

Exploding Goats

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Golgi tendons and goats birthing… Aaaaahhhhhhhh…….the necessity of multi-tasking when you live on a farm… ???Golgi Tendon??? Fresh disasters come with every sunrise… …..and sunset… …..and anytime in between… …..these weren’t disasters per se…..just exploding goats….. Soooooooooo……..I am “trying” to listen to YET ANOTHER Virtual Sports Medical Seminar….. …..the National one, this time….. (the whole nature of a “virtual” conference means…..my linen closet is devoid of new hand towels)-(because I’m not in the hotel to five-finger-discount new ones)….. This morning…

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The Bullet Train

The Bullet Train

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  I’m really not a seasoned train-traveler. My husband Paolo has had far more experience traveling on trains in his younger years in Great Britain and Europe. But I did have the opportunity to ride the (Shinkansen) Bullet Train while over in Japan working as an Athletic Trainer. I had just finished working the Federation Cup (Women’s Tennis Competition) for the United States Team while in Nagoya, Japan. My Mom was with me on this trip. We traveled from Nagoya…

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SSSSSShhhhhhhhhh………….

SSSSSShhhhhhhhhh………….

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  I have several licenses that I need to keep updated. CEU’s (continuing educational units) are that all important acronym for that all important maintainence of my licenses… I recently attended the 31st. Annual Clinical Symposium with ATAF (yet another acronym)-(the Athletic Trainer’s Association of Florida). I remember attending the organizational meetings prior to ultimately setting up ATAF… Old much????? We were in Kissimmee, Florida for the conference. Just down the road from Mickey Mouse and friends. …….I got there….

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Sports Medical Smartness & Coffee

Sports Medical Smartness & Coffee

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  First and foremost————I don’t “do” coffee. I’m not allowed.   It’s affect is like a drug from the seventies on me. My family frowns on me drinking coffee (you should have seen me at tennis tournaments in Brazil!———–Woo Hoo!). It has a bad, very bad, hyper-active affect on me.   But just keep that in mind for now… ************************** I have just recently attended my necessary, annual Sports Medical Symposium for continuing educational credits. All hail the omnipotently important…

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