Today was the Big Anniversary for my friend. The actual party isn't until Saturday, but I like to celebrate things on the Day It Happened...I'm geeky like that :)
So all day long while I was doing my usual hamster dance I kept thinking about her and HOW to present her with the gift. As usual, the Universe created the PERFECT moment and we both had a much needed juncture of JOY. I loved seeing the graceful drape of the wave breaking over her shoulders and she was absolutely wonder struck. (Is that a word in English? I'm really really tired and my brain is thinking in several other languages....forgive me, please, my momentary lapses...)
After my usual morning chauffeuring I spent two hours with my friend the chiropractor. I have been having these insanely painful spasms in my upper thoracic area...(think sciatica only downside up). That nasty shooting nerve pain just would not go away, not with Yoga or deep breathing or any of my other pain control prestidigitation....RATS and other small rodents..I don't have TIME to take care of MYSELF...I'm too busy rescuing everybody else. (Confession is good for the soul....I am holding myself up as an example of what NOT to do.)
That voice on the airplane...the one that says "Put your own oxygen mask on FIRST before assisting those around you..." well, duh. "We know you have a choice when it comes to air travel..." Oh wait a minute...where was I? Nerve pain. Right.
So my sweet friend says to me, "How long has THIS been going on?" and I had to sheepishly admit ALMOST TWO WEEKS. I won't repeat what she said next. Pick your own expletive.
She adjusted me. Attitudinally and spinalwise. I'll bet you heard it two states away.
I showed her what I had been knitting for our other friend. She loved it. She wants one. I'm thinking the golden glitterspun is next...
Got to go do my ice therapy...ouch.
Auf wiedersehen, wunderkinder....
und if you want a Dr. Suess reference, my very favorite is:
"UNLESS, what's an UNLESS?"I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees....
xox
Sending you some healing thoughts. Part of my MS (which is the central nervous central gone wild and affecting nerves/muscles) is continual nerve pain in the sciatic nerve area. I have lesions on the spinal column that affect that area. I feel for you, pain that does not go away becomes very debilitating. Hoping you are feeling better soon. Take care of yourself, PLEASE?
Posted by: Bliss | September 30, 2003 at 09:12 PM
Sending you my very best cooling thoughts - hope that ice helps. Perhaps YOU are the next one to need the Wave-Along shawl, no? Like the oxygen mask, make sure you're wrapped up warm and loved up strong before wrapping and loving those around you. Wrapping and love to you!
Posted by: Rachael | September 30, 2003 at 10:26 PM
"Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their own personal happiness." --Tolstoy
(Re: yesterday's post...this just turned up on Refdesk.com today.)
xoxo I wish there were more of YOU and fewer of the Important Ones.
Posted by: Ann | October 01, 2003 at 01:15 AM
X is very useful if your name is Nixie Knox. It also comes in handy spelling "ax" and "extra fox."
That's in my head more than I want to admit.
Posted by: Ann | October 01, 2003 at 02:52 AM
"ES SEI DENN, DASS..." Lorax is probably the only Seuss book that was successfully translated into German. (I scored a worn-out copy that our library didn't want any more.) Strangely enough, Cat in the Hat et al. are too "simple" to work.
Hey, make sure you're sitting right/relaxing/taking breaks WHILE you're knitting!!
Posted by: Debbie | October 01, 2003 at 03:51 AM