paradigm shift

Two weeks ago, I had a paradigm shift.

I know thats a rather heady way to begin a post, but there is not a simpler way to describe the events that transpired to get me to this declaration.

It all started on the morning of September 20th. About 7:30am I did one of those half awake full body stretches. You know the type that causes your legs to defiantly resist the movement by involuntarily spasming (well not a REAL spasm... *ask if you need further clarification on the morning stretch). On this particular morning, I was not even 15% awake when I did the stretch. The next thing I knew, I was SCREAMING, as pain shot from my lower back. I could feel it all the way down in my legs. I swear that Elissa about had a heart attack as she was still fast asleep when she was instantly woken up by my outburst. No matter how I moved, it hurt.


Back story: A week previous to this occurance my back had started hurting at work as I was shuttling clients from a hotel to a photoshoot. It wasn't too bad, but the pain was annoying.

Anyway, long story short I "threw out my back." as the old-timers say. I insisted to Lissy that I needed to go to work and plead my case. When my boss saw me, she knew that my shuffle walk was a result of said injury and allowed me to go home. Both Wednesday and Thursday were spent on my back, watching episodes of 24; the most highly addictive show on TV. Don't start unless you have the stamina to watch at least 2 a day. Other side effects include perpetual teeth clenching.

Back to the story. I learned a few important lessons while being quasi-immobile for 2 days.

1. Never take your back for granted. EVERY movement you make involves your back, and when you are injured, every movement you make can be felt in said back. ouch.

2. When you have legitimate back pain, if something drops on the ground, its as good as gone. At one point, I dropped the entire container of Q-tips on the bathroom floor. They might as well have been lost in the Bermuda Triangle...they were GONE.

3. Too much 24 makes you paranoid.



COMING SOON TO A BLOG NEAR YOU....

"The Paradigm Shift Continues" (Including excerpts from the crazy phone story and the trauma of getting a VA license).