Slowly, I am trying to get back into shape. I walk away from the computer more and I do a few stretching exercises in addition to walking the dogs with Richard. My legs, unfortunately, are having a tough time of it. Especially my right leg. Up near my hip, it feels like I might have pulled a muscle, but if that were so, the painkiller I’m taking (Flexiril) would take care of it. There is also the matter of my right ankle that gets stiff (and feels like a sprain). Weirdness, though, the ankle only gets like that when I sit on a hard chair. My latest desk chair is crap, so of course most of the time I’m at the computer, I’m hurting.

Getting up is fun, though. My hip protests, loudly. Not too annoying when at home. I just walk a bit and it eases quickly (along with the ankle). Where it throws me, and this is not without a pretty nasty risk, is when I am getting up to get off the bus. Hip screams, and my right leg weakens. Try walking to the front of a bus (as it’s moving) and then try getting off.

Not good.

What I was worried about happened today. We were headed to K-Mart and just when we were about to de-bark, I stood up, hip screamed bloody murder, I took a step, and boom! hit the floor of the bus.

A weakness like that is just mortifying when it happens in public. It’s when stuff like that happens, that I then want to curl up in the house and not leave. We were planning on taking in a movie tomorrow, but my brain is already trying to find alternatives that will keep me home. i.e.: stay home and find a whole freakin’ bunch of WordPress themes!

Yeah, man. Important stuff like that.

I just get so tired of what my body keeps throwing at me. Bone weary, tired.