The trick shoulder... or something like that

Soooo its been quite the while since I put any words down, just after Boys Christmas if I recall.  Now I find myself in that awkward spot of wanting to catch up on all the huge events but knowing that a.) no one really wants to read all that and b.) my attention span seems to waver from minute to minute and chances are I'll get side tracked.  So instead I figured I would do a brief recap and then get to the business of what I really have to say.  HA!
     The last two months have been a blur with some of the highlights being the Tough Mudder with the Weakest Links, the new job-flight medic with Guardian Air, and an amazing girl.  Now you might be asking "if she's that amazing doesn't she warrant her own post"?  Well she does, she is that amazing but... perhaps that would be too bold?  Wouldn't want to scare her away now would I?  Actually, I feel like I've been talking people blue about her she is just that fantastic, only hitch she lives in Cali, but time will tell, time will tell.  But in a nutshell, her name is Laura but I call her Sassafras, Sass for short and she calls me Arizona cause well I live in Arizona.  She teaches 2nd grade by day and slings booze by night.  She makes me smile and I hope that I return that favor.  Oh and did I mention she is beautiful?

But I digress...
     With all this upheaval in my world during these two months, working 96+hrs some weeks and studying my brain to mush I haven't been able to climb as much as I would like.  Which on some levels is okay, actually I had resolved to take the whole month of December off to let my "trick" shoulder aka "chick lifting" shoulder convalesce.  I was very disaplined and didn't climb once during December, however this didn't really produce the desired results.  As a matter of fact I had a massage during that month and the masseuse was very hesitant to do any work on my bum shoulder because she was fearful that she might loosen things up so much that it would just fall out of socket.    The story behind the cause of this bum wing is a bit hazy, years of abuse followed by a wedding last summer where I may have imbibed a bit to much bourbon and hoisted my date into a sitting position on my shoulder using only one arm.  (She claims that the injury obviously happened when I was doing Double cartwheels and Wagonwheels with Lil Nikki.  I'm pretty sure thats how I got a big goose egg on my noggin but I'm   sure my shoulder was fine...)  Its been a bit wonky over the past 8 or so months but finally failed on me while climbing the Prosecutor with Carrie in November.  Bummer, but we persevered and had a great trip to Castle Valley after which I decided to take time off.   Well that one month slipped into 2ish and 3ish of very little climbing.  I've been trying to squeeze in the odd day out here and there all of them have been fantastic, even bushwhacking all over West Fork with Joel and Darren!  Unfortunately the cripple wing is not improving, actually I think its getting worse.  It hasn't actually dislocated, but theres an odd catch that happens during passive movements and when it happens I can't lift my arm above my shoulder.  Give me  about 4 minutes of fussing with my arm and tada!  good as new back to climbing, hiking, day to day living.  Everyone seems to have an opinion and everyone seems to think seeing an orthopod is a grand idea.  I appreciate all the advice and have been focusing on trying to strengthen it as much as possible and zero in on how to reduce it or "fix" it when it slips.  However the idea of seeing an orthopod is somewhat repulsive to me, not because their not good folks, but rather that after having two ACL reconstructions I am not looking forward to being a cripple again.  And why bother going to see them when I know that the word will be that I need some sort of surgical intervention?  I can't take extended time off work as of yet and I'll be damned if I let this thing keep me from getting back on the rock!  Which leads me to my next topic.....  Read the next entry, duh.