Just Shoot Me
I am not talking about the show. I mean it. Just put me out of my, and many others, misery. Seriously, do it. I’m still waiting.
Well, as you read in a recent post by Chris, I hurt my back. Not doing anything valiant, or heroic, no no - that’d be too cool for me. I was shutting my alarm clock off. Allow me to elaborate.
It’s Sunday morning, 8:00am. The alarm clock is buzzing. I sit up, rotate my overweight frame to my left, which allows my feet to fall gently to the floor. The Alarm clock now resides on the floor slightly to my front-right. I lean forward to smash the ’snooze’ button, a habit that is all too difficult to break. When suddenly, almost instantly, the lower-half of my back becomes hot. It felt like someone had rested a hot frying pan onto my back. I was unable to move, I could get up, I couldn’t bend down further. I had to slowly adjust myself back onto my back, resting my head against the pillow. There is where I stayed till about 1:30 that day, when I mustered up the courage and strength to crawl, yes crawl, down the stairs. Literally. Once I got to the couch it was nearly 6:00pm before I stood up, in pain as I did so.
I am typing this post nearly 36hrs post-incident. I am feeling better, but can only stand for about 20 minutes, and sit upride for a few hours at a time.
If I was a horse, dog, cow or any other animal, I’d be taken out to pasture and done away with.
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