Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Catch up....
OK, there's been less and less bloggage recently on here and I thought I'd just do a quick 'catch-up' post.
I've been as busy as a very very busy thing approaching an important deadline he hasn't prepared for in *any way whatsoever* at work. Nothing new or anything, just trying to tighten up the way we work and the way we deal with certain very important parties amongst our customers.
Not those sort of parties. I don't work in PR.
Secondly, I managed to put my back out. I have no idea how. One Saturday night, in the pub, I suddenly realised my back was causing me extreme pain. Went home, next morning was fine. By that night I could hardly walk or get into bed. Monday I came into work but was in agony most of the day. Tuesday morning the Doctor told me I had strained a combination of muscle and ligament (that can't be spelt like that, surely?) which holds one of my vertebrae in place. The good news was it wasn't too serious. The bad news was it would hurt like hell for about a fortnight. Got some horse painkillers and carried on as normal. My back was so painful that I woke up in the night with it for 7 days on the trot and hence appeared at work looking like a zombie every morning (but not acting like one. No spicy brains consumed, yet). Spoke to our on-site occupational health on the Friday. They said (paraphrasing) "well, I'm not surprised our back hurts you fat bastard, lose some weight and maybe you won't be putting so much stress on it, lardy".
So, she gave me a load of info and since then i have been on a 1000 calorie a day diet (1000 Kcalories for those pedants out there). To be honest, it's been easier than I thought. I haven't had any chips, crisps, chocolate or pastry for nearly 2 weeks now, and my back is all better as well. One night I went to bed in the normal agony and woke up feeling like I could run around the block and climb the church steeple. However I quickly came to my senses and had a fag instead.
So, that's where we are today, back is better, weight is falling off (well, it better be) and work has stabilised a little bit.
Quote of the week:
"You better live every day as though it were your last, because one day you're gonna be right" - Ray Charles.
I've been as busy as a very very busy thing approaching an important deadline he hasn't prepared for in *any way whatsoever* at work. Nothing new or anything, just trying to tighten up the way we work and the way we deal with certain very important parties amongst our customers.
Not those sort of parties. I don't work in PR.
Secondly, I managed to put my back out. I have no idea how. One Saturday night, in the pub, I suddenly realised my back was causing me extreme pain. Went home, next morning was fine. By that night I could hardly walk or get into bed. Monday I came into work but was in agony most of the day. Tuesday morning the Doctor told me I had strained a combination of muscle and ligament (that can't be spelt like that, surely?) which holds one of my vertebrae in place. The good news was it wasn't too serious. The bad news was it would hurt like hell for about a fortnight. Got some horse painkillers and carried on as normal. My back was so painful that I woke up in the night with it for 7 days on the trot and hence appeared at work looking like a zombie every morning (but not acting like one. No spicy brains consumed, yet). Spoke to our on-site occupational health on the Friday. They said (paraphrasing) "well, I'm not surprised our back hurts you fat bastard, lose some weight and maybe you won't be putting so much stress on it, lardy".
So, she gave me a load of info and since then i have been on a 1000 calorie a day diet (1000 Kcalories for those pedants out there). To be honest, it's been easier than I thought. I haven't had any chips, crisps, chocolate or pastry for nearly 2 weeks now, and my back is all better as well. One night I went to bed in the normal agony and woke up feeling like I could run around the block and climb the church steeple. However I quickly came to my senses and had a fag instead.
So, that's where we are today, back is better, weight is falling off (well, it better be) and work has stabilised a little bit.
Quote of the week:
"You better live every day as though it were your last, because one day you're gonna be right" - Ray Charles.
