I am currently laid up now not able to move. Not fun.

I haven’t been able to do much in terms of exercise in the past couple of days. From Friday until Monday I was traveling for work and that didn’t leave me with any time to do anything. When I woke up Tuesday morning, I knew I wasn’t going into work and everything was fine. Got up, did the dishes, did some laundry, cleaned the house a little and thought, hrm, maybe play a little xbox. So after a game or so on that, my back was a little sore. I tried to get up and couldn’t. I spent much of that night laying around thinking that maybe everything was just a little stiff and some stretching would help. Well it didn’t. There were a few times I actually collapsed because I couldn’t stand the pain of standing. I crawled everywhere I needed to go. I thought if I get a good night sleep, when I wake up, I will be sore but be able to go about my business. Wrong. I spent all day laying on the couch with a heating pad on. Today I thought was my day. Wrong. Got up and get ready for work. Certainly a lot of teeth gritting, but I was going to work. My boss sent me home. So day 2 on the couch with the heating pad. I can walk a little, its actually more of a hobble, and can do much more today than yesterday. If I wake up tomorrow and there isn’t much improvement, I will be visiting the doctor. At my locak hospital there is a walk in clinic that is for things that is not quite for emergency stuff, but still in more of a hurry than waiting for an apointment. I hope it doesn’t come down to this.

The real pisser of the thing is that the weather here has been GREAT for ridding. Yesterday the high was like 48 and today it was in the low 40’s. I always thought that if I was going to miss work, I would atleast do some riding. Tears are brought to my eyes for 2 reasons, the back and the temp and me not riding.