For the past two and a half days, I’ve remained horizontal at home to let my back heal after straining/spraining/pulling something. Based on the decreased pain and my increased mobility, it’s likely just a pulled muscle that required the last few days to heal. The current ache is a reminder to take it easy, which I will respect, but it wasn’t enough to keep me home another day. While driving this morning was unpleasant (pedal work was less than comfortable), I figured it was safe enough for me to return to the office, where I limp around like an old man. I should have borrowed the cane Dad uses for these occasions to validate my theatrics.

I now sit on a heating pad on the chair at my desk, hoping to accelerate the muscle repair. When not moving the pain is mild, nonexistent if I ignore it, and it’s only distracting from work when I’ve already lost focus on the task at hand.

I’m reluctant to commit to cycling this weekend, but if the back improvement I experienced between yesterday and today sets a trend, I hope to be comfortable by Friday. I thought that my immobility would encourage my new bike to arrive sooner to spite me, but it looks like it still wont be around until at least next week. Hopefully that doesn’t give my back reason to prolong discomfort, I fear they’re working in tandem to see me suffer both physically and mentally.

One might hope I took advantage of the time off from work and did something productive. I didn’t. Well, you might consider this Carbs T-shirt time well spent. Or you might be an Atkins-loving all-beef weenie.