first day = over

so i lived through the first day of tennis practice to be able to write this post. just barely made it... but i did! i have mixed emotions about how today went. my coaches handled my injury much better than i had thought they would. they were amazingly supportive. they excused me from the conditioning and sprinting, as my orthopedic had requested, which helped me a ton. but i was kind of disappointed in how much my hip really hurt as i played the actual matches. it hurt much more than i had expected it to, and affected my playing more than i was hoping it would. it is currently an extremely sharp and stabbing pain on my hip. with my entire right leg just being "achy", and some pain shooting down the outside of my leg, from my hip. but i can walk still!!! which is an improvement from last year, when i had to be put on crutches. to sum up today... my hip kills. the tennis playing was a little weak. but jesus was as merciful, loving, and strong as ever.