Tuesday, March 25, 2003
OUCH! Fucking ouch.
Somehow I have managed to completely throw out my back. I have had these overwhelmingly painful knots in my shoulders for about two weeks and now my back has finally given up. Yesterday I stayed home from work, for a number of reasons, most of which had nothing to do with my back hurting. I met Mariah at 3pm for a quick lunch at “Dallas BBQ” (DAYIM was that good…and I thought about my Rita the whole time…she loves BBQ) and played with the baby she is the nanny for. It was a great time, but in the middle of lunch, my back seized up on me. I said goodbye to her and crawled onto the subway.
To my wonderful surprise, Paul was in my bed waiting for me when I got home. I climbed in next to him and lay there stiff as a board for about 2 hours. At 8pm, we decided to start making dinner, cept I couldn’t move at all. Paul helped me to my feet and I stood there like a statue. Each movement sending coursing pain through my arms and down my spine. It was awful. Paul made dinner for me and even went to Duane Reade to get me some “Ben Gay”. I laid in bed and ate his wonderful dinner and then he slathered me up with that peppermint smelling nonsense. Lo and behold it did help a bit, but after two hours, the numbness started going away and the searing pain set in again.
Paul and I spent the evening with him at my computer (picking out vacation spots) and me in bed not moving an inch. We decided that, if financially possible, we will go to the Caribbean this summer. Our first choice was St. Thomas, second choice St. John’s, third choice Jamaica and so on and so forth. Unfortunately, we can’t try to book the condo until mid-May. Which is completely irritating for someone like me who has to have everything planned to the minute, months in advance. I guess I just have to be patient.
Had a great weekend. Saw the movie Dreamcatcher with Kelly and we had a wonderful brunch at the famous Playwright Tavern. Then we went to the park and read our books for awhile. It was a beautiful day and I had such a great time. Saturday night I went out with Joanna and Rachel and had a surprisingly good time with them. Then I met Paul at his job and had a few glasses of extremely expensive champagne. Then I met Kelly at home and we went to an Irish pub at 2:30am to have a couple nightcaps. It was such a random evening. I spent $40 and went to 5 different bars. I guess that’s what happens when your Rita leaves and you have to meet people at their places of fun in order to do anything. I need some more friends and ASAP!
Oooooooooooooooooh my back!
Everything else is going pretty smoothly these days. I did get one good piece of news! Turns out that I overpaid my mom $220 this month on the bill I owe her. Don’t ask me how I did it, cuz it’s ridiculous. But in any case, she told me that I just paid one month in advance. Which means (!!!) I have money for my taxes now! WHOO HOO! Leave it to me to balance my checkbook never and then somehow save my own ass. Rock out. That made me happy.
Alright, I can’t even type anymore, my back hurts that bad.
I will be back tomorrow and hopefully in one more solid piece.
ouch.
Somehow I have managed to completely throw out my back. I have had these overwhelmingly painful knots in my shoulders for about two weeks and now my back has finally given up. Yesterday I stayed home from work, for a number of reasons, most of which had nothing to do with my back hurting. I met Mariah at 3pm for a quick lunch at “Dallas BBQ” (DAYIM was that good…and I thought about my Rita the whole time…she loves BBQ) and played with the baby she is the nanny for. It was a great time, but in the middle of lunch, my back seized up on me. I said goodbye to her and crawled onto the subway.
To my wonderful surprise, Paul was in my bed waiting for me when I got home. I climbed in next to him and lay there stiff as a board for about 2 hours. At 8pm, we decided to start making dinner, cept I couldn’t move at all. Paul helped me to my feet and I stood there like a statue. Each movement sending coursing pain through my arms and down my spine. It was awful. Paul made dinner for me and even went to Duane Reade to get me some “Ben Gay”. I laid in bed and ate his wonderful dinner and then he slathered me up with that peppermint smelling nonsense. Lo and behold it did help a bit, but after two hours, the numbness started going away and the searing pain set in again.
Paul and I spent the evening with him at my computer (picking out vacation spots) and me in bed not moving an inch. We decided that, if financially possible, we will go to the Caribbean this summer. Our first choice was St. Thomas, second choice St. John’s, third choice Jamaica and so on and so forth. Unfortunately, we can’t try to book the condo until mid-May. Which is completely irritating for someone like me who has to have everything planned to the minute, months in advance. I guess I just have to be patient.
Had a great weekend. Saw the movie Dreamcatcher with Kelly and we had a wonderful brunch at the famous Playwright Tavern. Then we went to the park and read our books for awhile. It was a beautiful day and I had such a great time. Saturday night I went out with Joanna and Rachel and had a surprisingly good time with them. Then I met Paul at his job and had a few glasses of extremely expensive champagne. Then I met Kelly at home and we went to an Irish pub at 2:30am to have a couple nightcaps. It was such a random evening. I spent $40 and went to 5 different bars. I guess that’s what happens when your Rita leaves and you have to meet people at their places of fun in order to do anything. I need some more friends and ASAP!
Oooooooooooooooooh my back!
Everything else is going pretty smoothly these days. I did get one good piece of news! Turns out that I overpaid my mom $220 this month on the bill I owe her. Don’t ask me how I did it, cuz it’s ridiculous. But in any case, she told me that I just paid one month in advance. Which means (!!!) I have money for my taxes now! WHOO HOO! Leave it to me to balance my checkbook never and then somehow save my own ass. Rock out. That made me happy.
Alright, I can’t even type anymore, my back hurts that bad.
I will be back tomorrow and hopefully in one more solid piece.
ouch.
