I'm glad that feelings are temperal and not eternal.
My physical body isn't doing too well. I'm not sure what's up, but my neck is stiff. It hurts to turn the head either direction. I went to a doctor last Monday, and he said it looked like whiplash; and he gave me some stretching and strengthening exercises. Those are good. Over the weekend it got so stiff that I could not rest or sleep. It now even hurts to swallow. That's weird. It's possible that I have something else going bad at the same time (though my lymph nodes don't feel swollen to me). I went to a chiropractor this morning. She said my neck was "locked up," and that it needed rest and time to get better. I'm glad she wasn't of the opinion that she could just twist or crack my spine into submission. She said it was a defense mechanism when the muscles all do that.
Ouch! It hurts.
It causes some problems for me this week -- which is the last 3 days, 19 hours, 38 minutes and 12 seconds left until deadline. This is usually the week that I push myself (mind and body) to perform at a high level to finish the magazine. Our ad sales are real low again (though from last Wednesday to today the total balance rose a ways.
I am SO looking forward to the time beyond this where the pain isn't there anymore. At times like these I think I might be a bad candidate for torture. I'd probably tell secrets to avoid pain if someone was torturing me with special tactics that people have learned over time to acutely inflict lots of pain.
One thing that's good about pain is that it at least gets my attention. I'm fairly aware of what's going on around me and a tad sensitive to the inclination to pray and worship ... even if it's brief moments.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at July 16, 2007 04:23 PM