Saturday, August 15, 2009

A bit of a pain

I had been planning on joining my friends in a traditional hot-pot evening tonight. That was before the pain. Since yesterday's mad rush around the yard and the house with mop in hand, my back is repaying me with sharp, slow pain. One of my boys said the bathroom is so clean it's scary, but I say it's worth it. Of course, interrupted sleep warming up hot packs and scoffing down pills is a downpayment most people would regard as over the top. It's hard to slow down when one is born with extra batteries which work fine; it's just the supporting tissues that are crumbling with age. Three back operations have weakened my back some, but most of the time I feel perfectly normal. Ah well.... I have plenty of people telling me to take more care, but did I listen? No. Next time, maybe. In the meantime, I'm going to warm up my hot pack again and get a good story to read. I'll be more careful next time, I will, I will.