I figure it can’t possibly be the stress from going to work each day and having someone else tell me I’m getting laid off. Or is it layed off? I never could get that straight, and for some reason I don’t really care. In any case, my back still hurts. It hurts more today than it did after helping my neighbor move. Dave says my hamstrings and back are really tight and I should see both a chiropractor and a massage therapist. In any case, the only thing that gets me out of the bleak mood I’m in after work and my even more pathetic non-dating is getting tired at the gym. Maybe I should get a job moving furniture or something. You know, something that puts that MIT degree to good use.
I was late to the gym because my mom and I played the Enterprise Rent-a-car shuffle. We waited for cars to arrive back to see if there was one small enough for my mom to drive. I’m not sure how they do their scheduling, but I think a lot of their rentals are for people who are getting their cars fixed and they aren’t sure when cars are coming back. They were really nice, though. Oh, and then Dave asked me to drive to the neighborhood with no parking and pick up his dinner on the way to the gym. Somehow he’d scheduled himself into a corner, putting all his clients into one day. This left him no time to eat between his trainer gig and his DJ gig. I just realized he owes me $6.50.
I’ve had good luck with Hertz and AAA discounts, if you’re still looking for a rental car. They also buy Toyota’s (one of the few big rental guys that does) and I like those over the Pontiacs/Fords (even though I drive a Mercury).
Try going to Yoga or Pilates class. Not that you’ll get a date there, even though you might be the lone straight guy, but it’d be good to loosen up your muscles and classes might be free at the gym. Or get a dvd and do it where people can’t laugh at you. Just take it easy and remeber to do what your body says it can do.
Oh, also, if you hunch over at your computer (I do), you should take small breaks. Looking extra busy at work, I guess? Get up, stretch, walk to the bathroom, go drink more water. Or at least stretch now and then.
It could also be the angle of your macbook screen. Goodness knows that the shiny gloss on mine makes me position the screen at some sub-optimal angles guaranteed to put a kink in my neck.
–A knitter who lurks because your sister is cool.
it’s “laid” dorkbutt. i can picture you pretending to be in a bleak mood. i an’t imagine you ACTUALLY being in one. drama queen.
Damn that Carolyn is funny!!!
You’d better fix your back just in case we have to “cut a rug” at the wedding!!