Fall Break

I was really looking forward to Fall Break.  A 4 day weekend,  hooray!  It started out great, other than a stiff neck (or so I thought).  By Thursday night I was in a lot of pain.  Another muscle spasm in my back, a lot like in the spring.  I was able to find muscle relaxants, and it didn't get as severe as it did last time.  I still wasn't able to hold a book to read, or find any way to sit or lay down comfortably.  By Saturday I was starting to feel some relief and was finally getting some sleep.

My parents have been out of town and I thought I would be a nice daughter and check their mailbox and bring it in their house for them.  I looked like a stiff board, since I still couldn't move around a lot, but heck, I could walk to the mailbox and walk back right?  On my way back from the mailbox I stepped in a hole in the grass, rolled my ankle and sprawled on the sidewalk (mail going everywhere).  Now not only did I have back pain (feeling a lot worse from my fall), but my knee was bruised and scraped and I could barely walk on my ankle.  After my meltdown, complete with hysterical sobbing, I decided I had done enough damage for one weekend and spent the rest of my weekend in my pajamas trying to recover.

And did I mention that I had the tile guy over at my house working on my bathroom floor all weekend? I didn't get a lot of relaxing done, but I did catch up on some DVR while camping out on my couch.