All Fired Up

Well, I am lying here listening to Pat Benatar. Hence, the blog title. And, the irony of that title is that my back is inflamed. So you can see the hilarity there, huh? Neither can I.

Here's what we do know. My lower back is having problems. There is an inflammation from a pinched nerve or herniated disc. My doctor can't tell because of the swelling. So they have to get rid of the inflammation. In the meantime, it's shooting pain down my leg and making me very weak. Friday night I had to crawl up the stairs to get in bed. And once I got there, I knew I wasn't going anywhere. I've had back problems for a few years, but nothing like this. I mean, I can't tell you the pain I was feeling Friday night. And I've had two kidney stones. I was honestly praying for a kidney stone the other night. So anyway, I made it to bed, and pretty much haven't gotten out of it until going to the doctor yesterday. And now, it looks like I could be down a while. He gave me some steroids to reduce the inflammation and some Vicodin for the pain. So I should be able to hit for power now and not feel a thing in the morning.

But seriously, this is something I guess I'm going to have to deal with. It's not the worst thing in the world, but for those who know me well, know that I pride myself on being the poster boy for not being sick. I was bragging a few months ago how I had gone over 400 days without a sick day. And then the next week I got a stomach bug. But anyway. I hate feeling fragile. And I'm turning 40 this year, and this is not the way I wanted to remind myself daily of that fact. But hey, everyone lives with something. I just wish I knew when this was going to be better. The doctor didn't give me a time frame, but there sure are a lot of pills to take. I'm pushing for Friday, but that's not looking really good right now. It feels no better than yesterday. I need to go on that retreat this weekend.

But the good news is that I can get up and down the stairs at least once a day. Of course, I probably shouldn't. I'm sure that doesn't help. But I am so tired of lying here. I am glad we got Blockbuster online to help me through it. So far, I've seen Where The Wild Things Are (kind of), The Men Who Stare At Goats, Fantastic Mr. Fox (again), and I'm about to watch Henry Poole is Here. I'm getting quite good at Flight of the Hamsters, also. I got a combined 994 feet the other day. Not too shabby, especially since I am out of practice. I am also catching up on some personal reading. For some reason, I have been reading 1st and 2nd Chronicles a lot. I don't know why. Just fascinating to read how stupid some of God's most trusted people were. Makes me forget how stupid Ben Roethlisberger is.

And, of course, this is giving me a chance to blog. I have a lot of things I'm thinking about lately. This whole Big Ben thing has me not believing anything anyone says, and that where there's smoke, there is usually fire. You could see on the prosecutor's face yesterday that he knew Ben got off lucky. He wanted to charge him so badly, but had nothing, especially since the security video conveniently got recorded over. He'd better be suspended. If not, I'm going to play the race card on Roger Goodell.

Ok, I guess I'm going to update the website now. Or something. I have to reformat it for the fall. I'm open to theme ideas. I usually base it on whatever I'm listening to at the moment. Our last format was inspired by the song "Spaceman" by The Killers. And I'm really into Muse right now. So maybe we go with a "Starlight" theme? But I'm also listening a lot to Hockey, The Temper Trap and Silversun Pickups. We will see. Got any thoughts?