Short & sweet…short at least for The Griz…
Worked at the side job a full long evening last night, all the while fighting my locked up stiff & sore lumbar. Had about an 8 minute cycle time so kept chatting with pals via iPhone web, being given all sorts of suggestions to help the spine so when I got home, to a carpeted floor rather than shop floor concrete, I tried out some of the yoga stretches a few of y’all had been raving about & ya know what?!?!? It honestly HELPED!!!
One thing my dad ALWAYS stressed was, to be a man, you HAVE to admit when you’re wrong but I’ve ALWAYS tried to take it a step further & point out when others are right too!
I awoke today at 3AM, after a 4 hour nap & the pain was nearly gone! I was still stiff as a board but I can work with that! Got rid of yesterday’s last quart of water & climbed back in bed deciding to try LK's yoga knee hugs again stretching out the spine more for good measure as I drifted back off to sleep, kind of like an industrial fetal position come to think of it, which lately is fairly appropriate anyhow LOL!
When the alarm went off a couple hours later I was able to sit up & get up without any problem! Still pretty stiff though so I opted for home cardio so I could take a good long hot shower where the hot water could actually spray on my lumbar rather than like Helga’s gym shower where the water just runs down off my shoulders.
Pedaled off 240 cardio calories on the “random hills” program of my old faithful home Precor upright bike that’s been kinda growing hair for the past year then showered & felt half decent again!
Thanks to all of you who chimed in with advice! It’s amazing just how much wind pain can take outta of your sails, especially when the waves are already breaking over the deck daily anyhow!
Gonna be a REALLY long weekend at the side job. We received a 750 piece titanium order, which is HUGE for us since we mostly make custom &/or prototype surgical instruments & patient matched implants but one of our prototypes was REALLY well received by the surgeons testing it so AWAY we go!
Planning to schneak in an UBWO tomorrow morning before hitting it at the shop then we’ll have to see what Sunday brings. I’ll probably try to slip in a brief LBWO during the Elvis hour then get back after that tasty titanium bar for some more gainful distraction!
Rock on pals!!!
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