Day Twelve.......and Thirteen

Those of you following this blog might have notice there was no entry yesterday. Well it seems I over did it a bit by ATTEMPTING to pull a few weeds in my back flower bed. I managed to pull a muscle in my upper back....ugh! So, yesterday, after a full day at the store and cooking supper, I collapsed on the sofa with the heating pad and did not move until this morning. Today I made it through Mother's Day Out and then went and picked up a muscle relaxer that my doc had called in for me. I have never taken a muscle relaxer before, so I had no idea what to expect.....but it is not that strong, it lessened the pain and I was able to get a few things done this afternoon. So after some laundry and dinner I decided it was time to soak my aching back in a nice hot bath.....little did I know that the evening was about to take a DRASTIC turn.........

So I start running some nice, steamy bath water and get ready to climb in and soak my cares away. After there were a couple of inches of water in the tub I reached in, tested the water temp, and stepped in. I began lowering myself into the water(which is a complicated task that includes several strategically place hand rails). Just as my butt was inches away from the water, the nerve impulses from my feet reached my brain.......and they were SCREAMING......."HOT HOT HOT......Get the hell out of the tub woman" But it was too late, once I have started the decent into the tub there is NO turning back.....so with a graceful splash I landed in the scalding water!!! This is where it gets UGLY!!!!! I started reaching for the hand rail to pull myself out of the water....ain't gonna happen. So I tried to flipped over and heft myself out....but landed on the knees that don't work so well, while trying to balance with my one good arm(cause of the pulled muscle in my back) At this point I know I looked like a handicapped greased pig trying to get out of the tub. Finally I was able to fling myself over the side of the tub and landed, with a thud, like a beached whale on the floor. There was so much water on the floor it looked like there had been a tsunami in my bathroom!!! And of course Stevie never heard my hollering like I was being killed!!! The whole traumatic incident only took seconds, but I learned some VERY important facts!!!

1. Muscle relaxers drastically slow the nerve impulses that reach the brain!
2. Muscle relaxers drastically decrease the coordination of an already uncoordinated woman!
3. I can never have too many handrails in the tub!
4. I still have a long way to go before I look like a fish out of water instead of a beached whale!

So I am now 2 days without exercise(unless the whole tub incident counts...lol) but I'm hoping to get the sidewalk again tomorrow! Weight is unchanged....holding steady at 9 pounds lost!
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