Couple more things today (well, tonight)... Was sitting watching tv and YIM'ing with Viv tonight, and decided to try out my new indoor trainer. It was a lot more difficult than I expected (and unfortunately a bit louder too - might have to buy some wireless headphones), but I found a nice steady range I could stick with, and rode (with a few "sprints" here and there) for around 15 minutes. It was enough for the night, and although my legs weren't shot, I could tell I'd done something. A couple of bad points, that I hope will clear up soon - 1) I had to shift my hands a lot as my palms started to hurt & a couple of my fingers started to go numb on occasion. This usually happens whenever I start riding again, so it wasn't entirely unexpected. 2) Not sure if it was a posture issue or what, but I have a really bad headache again. I'd gone to the chiropractor this evening, and I swear, I felt *amazing* afterwards! My ears "opened up", my headache went away, the overactive nerve in my tooth pretty much faded to nothing... I felt much like I imagine people who don't hurt constantly would feel normally; I felt like that was the way *I'm* supposed to feel normally. I felt like I'd just taken the world's best pain pill... It was great!
Unfortunately either the silly old chair I've been sitting in, or the bike ride, or both, have effectively put me right back to where I was before I went tonight. Neck hurts, bad tension headache, swollen sinuses/stuffy nose. I know it's got to do with my spine/posture, but in the back of my mind, I'm wondering if my stupid coworker got me sick. He was around some sick kids this past Sunday, and was starting to feel like shit today. If he gave me something Monday, the timing would be about right. I keep bragging to him that I never get sick, even joked about it today (and typically it's true!) so I'm guessing it's a back/neck issue, and with a good night's sleep, I'll be fine.
Speaking of sleep, and the reason I'm writing again so late, is that I got a call from my boss tonight, telling me we have an emergency, and asking me to come in and measure a few parts tonight when they arrive. Ugh. Of course I will,, but he's lucky I decided to stay in tonight - Tuesday's is open mic night at the dog, and I've been going fairly often recently. Anyway, the parts are being driven down here right now from a place 75 minutes away. I've been here for about 45 minutes now, so I expect them to be here any time. While I'm waiting (and after I'm done writing this!) I'm going to work on the new work submission form I'm developing for our department, and the schedule that willautomatically import each form's data. It's all being programmed with VBA macros in Excel. It's actually been kinhd of fun - I'd forgotten how much I enjoy coding when I have a definite purpose/project for which to aim!
Btw, Viv told me in chat tonight that she's already quit her job. After she told me the reasons, I can't say I blamed her - the company's policy is to downsell everyone that comes in, so that they have to keep coming back. She actually got in trouble for selling people pricier packages, even though that's precisely what they needed. The good news is that her old company contacted her the same day & offered her almost another $1/hr to come back - of course, she did, so it worked out for her, which is cool.
I did a little more work on three of my songs tonight, trying to get the chord structure/changes somewhat finalized for the verses, the chorus, and the bridge. I won't be able to truly finalize them until I've actually finished the lyrics, but I do have lyrics started for two of them. One is about "cabin fever' of sorts, needing to get out of town, and the ensuing trip on the morotcycle. The other is loosely based on me missing CC, being bummed out, walking around downtown & finally realizing things will be ok. Both are sort of stereotypical topics, but I'm trying to stick with things I know, rather than making up what I think something might be like. I keep coming up with one or two really cool lines, but I tend to feel a need to explain every little thing; to make a complete story out of the lyrics, and I know I don't need to. I wonder if there are any "lessons" online about lyrical composition methods? I'll have to look later.
I want these parts to show up! I want to go home already!
grrrr.....
10:59 p.m. - 2012-01-31
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