I’m not sure what it was, but it’s been coming all week. After going to the gym, I’d feel a sharp twinge in my back, the same sharp pain that laid me up before, but it would go away quickly. Today, however, after warming up and deadlifting we were supposed to do 3 rounds of 2 laps around the block, 5 pistol squats each leg, and 20 ball slams. On my second round I felt the sharp pain in my back and it wasn’t going away. It wasn’t intense enough to make me have to stop, but I wasn’t going to push it. I figure this means I get to take tomorrow off as well. Even after four Advil, I still feel things in my back. There’s no need to be laid up for several weeks again.

I was awfully tired at work today, so I might not be on my “A” game. I drank twice as much coffee as I usually do (four cups instead of my usual two) and I was still falling asleep. Unless they changed all the coffee to decaf (which would stifle productivity) I’m thinking that the week is really catching up to me.

Well, Jay the Contractor pointed out that he shouldn’t get rid of all the insulation between my bedroom floor and the kitchen below because it cuts down on noise transfer. So one of the big reasons I had for wanting the floor replaced was nullified. The new floor is partially in and it actually seems greatly improved. They glued it and nailed it with ring-shank nails and it’s a lot stiffer and sturdier. And even more important, the contractors found out that the clowns who did the second-story addition forgot to nail any of the the floor joists to the wall. ANY OF THEM. Jason fixed it, so yet another reason that I’m glad I have him on my side, even though I probably need a lot more money to finish all the repairs.

In any case, I won’t be at the gym tomorrow and will have more time than I thought I would so I’ll probably doing something really exciting: my taxes. I love life.