So Monday I sanded the floor in Kayla's room. Took it down good. Now it's all smooth and ready for the filler stuff Amy has for filling in the cracks and gaps between floor boards.
In the process, I messed up my back a bit. Actually I aggravated a muscle along my spine. It's swollen up and squishing the nerve for my right leg where the nerve comes out the spine. The result is extremely painful. And spasmatic, which is always fun.
So for Tuesday and most of Wednesday I was incapable of sitting at all. I could stand, and there were one or two laying down positions. Those were my only choices. Fortunately, I know a very good chiropractor who makes housecalls for me... :-) Thank you, Dr. Matt!
But I'm still recovering. Getting up or down out of a chair hurts. I can only barely get my shoes on by myself. Sitting in the car hurts. Wrong moves hurt.
But it doesn't hurt my back. Oh, no, my back feels just fine. I feel it in my hip and leg, which is irritating as all hell. I do something wrong and don't have any good way to know what I did.
Perfect example: Last night I woke up at about 3:30. I couldn't find a position I could put my leg in that it didn't hurt. It wasn't a matter of figuring out where to put my leg. It was about figuring out the tiniest change in hip position. I never did get it figured out.
So I got up, took more aspirin, and played a computer game while it kicked in enough to finally fall back asleep for another hour. It was just incredibly frustrating, and I'm not sure if I just want to go crash, or if I'm dreading going through it all over again.
Ah, but a couple more weeks and I should be fine... Heh.
--In other news...
Amy tagged me for one of her meme things:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag three people.
So, here goes:
The book is Japanese Swordsmanship: Technique And Practice
by Donn F. Draeger.
The photographic sequence beginning below shows the necessary steps followed by swordsmen for the care and maintenance of the sword in connection with use (training) and viewing (inspection) by self or other. This method is also a good one regadless of whether or not you have used the sword for training, especially in localities where the humidity is high or rain is frequent, in which case the method should be used on a weekly basis. The five phases of procedure are listed below.
Now, given that I can't come up with three bloggers to tag back, I'm skipping that part.
Now it's time to tuck in a little boy. G'night!