I finally am able to sit at the computer without wanting to kill myself to escape the pain. My back still hurts, but it has all pulled together into one really tender spot, and as long as I don’t lean against that spot or twist at all, I almost feel normal. As bad as it felt the first two days, I was afraid I might have to go see someone about it. I am ever so thankful it appears to be healing up on its own.

So what happened to get my back in such a state? Bottom line was I simply over-did things. Picked too many pecans. Carried too many groceries. Did too much yoga. I do that all too often … just do too much stuff. Usually that doesn’t end with me having to spend three days in bed not moving, but then, I am not exactly in my twenties anymore either. I need to start paying attention to when my body says to stop BEFORE it gets really bad. I knew earlier last week my back was getting ouchy, but I didn’t slow down. So my body put a stop to it by landing my unmovable form in bed. Serves me right.

The funny thing is I didn’t know I could possibly sleep so much. There just isn’t much to do in the bedroom. I tried reading. I tried doing some sketches. I tried listening to talk radio. I played with the cats as much as a person possibly can. In the end, I just ended up sleeping the days away, because at least when I was asleep, I was not aware that my back felt like it was being stabbed repeatedly by ice picks. I think I have officially caught up on my backlog of sleep.

The bummer is I missed a family event, I missed seeing someone I haven’t seen since college, I missed a concert I really wanted to go to, and I missed just living life. All of these things really suck, but there really wasn’t any choice unless I wanted to be wheeled around in a bed. Standing and sitting were just not possible, and forget walking. Oh well, life goes on, and since I always think things happen as they should for some universal reason, I am going to tell myself that if I had been meant to do these things, I would have been able to. That doesn’t mean I am not whining about missing out on some fun, but what to do? Crawl around on all fours? Not likely. There will be more fun to be had in the future.

My only goal today is to do the dishes, make dinner, and convince Lin to take the kitchen trash out for me. Thankfully, I have pre-cooked foods in the freezer, so no actual cooking is going to be required. Sometimes my haphazard planning ahead pays off. Tonight it’s going to be beans, sauerkraut, sausage, and salad for din-din. I can taste it already!

Here’s hoping my back feels even better tomorrow. I would really like to get out of the house a while and as far from the boring, boring bedroom I have been trapped in as I can possibly get … like to Highland Mall and the Sanrio store.