Ohmygoodness, talk about a crazy week! Murphy's Law at it's best - new schedule to adjust to, teen issues, car issues, hurt back... I'll elaborate on the latter.
In 2004 I threw out my back when lowering a folded load of laundry to the couch. I was 21 - not typically an age in which such a thing happens. It was a miserable experience. Since then I've had to be very careful about the way I strain myself - not an easy feat with a career as a full time nanny to young ones, let me tell you. I've lived with manageable pain off on on these past years taking pain meds when necessary and visiting a chiropractor a couple of times. It's been a while since I've carried a kid on my hip and so I think I got out of the mindset of how to do things just so.
About three weeks ago I was horsing around with my current (5 year old) charge and I lifted her up in the air with my arms outstretched. Just lifting wouldn't have strained my back alone but the arms outstretched did. It hurt right away but not terribly bad and nothing ibuprofen and a heat pack couldn't fix that night.
Then this last Tuesday evening we were loading the family in the car including our newest member and when I went to lower her into her carrier she wriggled and to keep her from falling I threw my arms forward resulting in a shot of pain through my back. Needless to say I need to be
much.
more.
careful!!
I spent much of the following couple of days in bed because even sitting was quite painful. I'm almost 1oo% back to normal which is a good thing with the busy week ahead.
So why the happy photo?? Because, it's March! March is my most favorite month of the year. March is happy with birthdays galore (including my 25th!), Spring, and beautiful weather here in Southern California. As for Love, Joleen - we'll be debuting all new marketing materials by the end of the month and I could not be more excited! Fun times, friends. Happy March!
my oh my...glad to hear your back is ok. i seem to remember you fainting from back-pain in the past. easy-does-it! happy march to you! hugs.
Posted by: aimee | March 02, 2008 at 11:15 AM