Last Friday, my father tripped over the cord for his laptop and wrenched his back. It was bad enough that he went to the chiropractor on Monday. He'd last gone back in 2016, after he hurt his back moving all of Papa's decent crap home with us. He felt so much better after just that first adjustment, but he went back on Wednesday as well, and he'll ( Read more... )

I've been complaining for months about how I don't sleep well. Intermittent insomnia is how I think of it. Sometimes it's fine, sometimes it's not. Part of it is because I have stuff on my mind. Part of it is my bed. My mattress is older than at least three of my coworkers; a fourth is debatable. Then, yesterday, after having to deal with all ( Read more... )

I'm not actually up for writing, but I've given up ignoring my to-do list for Lent, so what the heck. Let's plow through Sunday and beyond ( Read more... )

This is about love in a different form ( Read more... )

My dad's back is still causing him issues. He stayed home from work for three days, going back Thursday. He also worked Friday. Dad saw the chiropractor Monday-Thursday and all seemed well, or at least better. He did not go yesterday. I'm not sure I recall how he was doing last night after I got home, possibly not great (I had to get up really ( Read more... )

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My dad managed to hurt himself this morning and has spent much of the day lying on the floor. He was all set to go run errands and then all of a sudden, boom. Apparently whatever this was happened when he went to grab his cigarettes. See, cigarettes are harmful. We're not sure what's going on at this point; could be a spasm, could be a slipped ( Read more... )

This falls into the "I'm such a dumbass" category ( Read more... )

I've always been good at puttering around the house, so these past few summers have seen a lot of that. I do need to go out and weed some more, but at least dad has been checking on the tomatoes (we're up to five) during his smoke breaks. I don't particularly care to go out while the ground is squishy, and with all the rain lately, the ground's ( Read more... )

I managed to have a back spasm this morning in the middle of doing a chore, and it's still bothering me hours later. I don't get these often enough to know how long they last for me, but it's annoying. Like, I'll be fine, and then I'll move in such a way that I'll all but gasp. Argh.