This week a tree service removed a large, dead birch tree from our front yard. In the process they unearthed yet more soaker hose from a defunct irrigation system. Yesterday I decided to try to yank it out of the ground.
Less than a minute in, I threw my back out. First time that’s ever happened. And yow, it hurts. It feels like my spine is going to shoot out of my bum like some kind of Chinese yo-yo. I woke up about every hour last night to gingerly change sleeping positions. Getting out of a chair or off the sofa/futon is like scaling Everest. Ibruprofen is my new best friend.
Youth is squandered on the young. Waaaa …