Atypical Female

I’m posting today using my handheld gaming system, my Nintendo DS Lite that my husband bought me a few weeks ago. It seems that when I sit at the computer for more than a few minutes it makes my shoulders, neck, and back hurt more. I’d love to give more details, but punching in one letter at a time takes too long! Yes, I still hurt, I’m trying to decide whether acupuncture helped or not, and I’m better but not nearly back to doing normal stuff. *sigh*

I’m not able to read much email, so sorry to anyone I haven’t responded to. I’ll email when I can. Just wanted to say hi to everyone, and hope I am back soon. I’ve been telling my husband I might recover faster if I just hacked off my shoulder with an axe, but he didn’t seem to agree, lol. See you all soon, hopefully.

p.s. If anyone else is either laid up or just wants a new toy, these Nintendo DS Lites are SO much fun! Actually, now that I am getting some practice, the typing in is not so bad…….or maybe I am just desperate to blog! LOL!

So I was lying out in the sun, sprawled on my lounge chair in my two-peice bathing suit and tank top, when I hear someone calling my name.

“Gina!, Hey, Gina!”

I startle, sit up and turn around, and there is my male next door neighbor, standing in my yard less than 8 feet away from the back of my lounge chair. That would be the BACK of my chair, placed so I would not be visible to him if he happened to go out into his backyard.

It is me, or was this INCREDIBLY crude and impolite of him to do? How can any man walk up to a woman, whom he is not in an intimate relationship with, while she is sunbathing in her own backyard???!!! OMG, I was so agog of his stupidity, I couldn’t think of a polite way to tell him to bugger off.

The guy is in his 60’s, everytime my husband and I are outside he wants to jaw and I think he’s just bored because he is home all day, but to walk into my yard while I’m sunbathing?

He talked to me despite my hints that he should go for 20 minutes, as I sat curled in a ball and made as little skin visible as possible, until my timer went off which I used as my escape. I was uncomfortable. He even told me the tops of my feet looked red, though he was not openly ogling me.

I feel like I can’t go back out. He’s married, we know them (but not NEARLY well enough that he should be doing such things as this), and I don’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable, but he needs to know he should stay away if I’m half-naked in my back yard.

Any ideas, or should I just have my husband go rough him up a bit? ;-/

Where have I been you ask? Well, I never knew that the back pain post below would be my last for many, many weeks. I barely remembered how to get into my blog. I can’t sit here long, my shoulder will protest and I just got a massage that (hopefully) broke up those nasty knots in my trap muscle.

I just wanted everyone to know that I hadn’t died. It’s just been a long couple of months with this shoulder pain. I haven’t been able to sit in front of the computer for more than 30 minutes and those are good days. I use those times to pay bills and download the bank statements. Gotta keep the cable and the electric on, ya know.

I’ve been in physical therapy which was a bust. Hoping the massage helps me get back to normal life, and when that happens, I’ll be back.

To those of you out there that live with chronic pain day after day (for way longer than I have), my respect and awe goes out to you.  *salute* My previous trials, dizziness, then profound fatigue, did not prepare me mentally for 10 weeks of almost unrelenting pain. I am, apparently, a wuss.

Hope to see you all soon. *hug*

P.S. Please don’t take it personally if I don’t respond to comments. And Charlie, thanks for checking in. You’re the best “bloggy friend” ever.

I’m still down with my back! Jeez, this has been totally depressing, not to mention painful! I haven’t been able to knit, clean the house, or spend time on the computer, or ANYTHING for like two weeks… since we went out for our 14th wedding anniversary. So much for “lucky 14″, huh? I swear it was that uncomfortable booth I sat in at the restaurant. People, I’m telling you, if you are at an uncomfortable seat anywhere, ask to be moved or you might end up like me, flat on your back for weeks. Sheesh.

The pain is less severe, but there’s still something out of whack. I’ve been trying to get an appointment at the local Sports Medicine/Orthopedics place, and at first, they couldn’t see me until the 16th. After I started calling everyday looking for a cancellation, they came up with the 9th, but I’m hoping the doc who sees my Grandpa will take pity on me and fit me in sometime sooner than that. Cross your fingers for me.

I hate to be a whiner, but dang it all, I feel like I just get over one thing, and I am hit with something else. It’s finally Spring here! It’s gorgeous out, my camera has dust on it, the interior window shutters are waiting for sanding and paint, I have closet doors to hang and a basement and garage to clean out.

I. Have. No. Time. For. This.

The pain is bad, but OMG I am SO bored. You can watch Dirty Dancing on cable just so many times before you go a little crazy, ya know?

Thanks for all the well wishes on my last post, everyone. You guys are all so nice   Hopefully, whatever is wonked out in my back, will wonk itself right back in fast, before I can recite the entire dialog of Dirty Dancing, and not just “No one puts Baby in a corner.”, know whut I mean?

Major shoulder/back pain since Friday night. Inflamed nerve behind trapezoid. No sleep, too many pain meds,  upset tummy.

Ugh.

Back shortly.

Reading at night before bedtime is a must for me. If I don’t read, I don’t sleep well. It’s like I need to read to turn off my mind. If I don’t have a stack of unread books on my nightstand, I get nervous and cranky. I like to plan what book out of the stack I am going to read next, depending on what I am in the mood for.

Barring Terror: A Novel by Dan Simmons, which was outstanding, I have been in a book-choosing slump for awhile. I pick up books at the library that have great reviews on Amazon, and I just don’t think they are all that great.

I’m a huge horror fan, I like tales of woe at sea or survival in extreme conditions, I like Jodi Picoult and family dramas,  I like archeology adventure, but I’m open to anything really.

What really great books have you read lately? What book has transported you mentally or scared the pants off you? What book did you look forward to spending your time with lately?

I, and my bare nightstand, await your suggestions!