good morning!

Good Morning AlphaRomeo!
56° and hazy here, on its way into the upper 70s before cooling down ahead of another storm this evening.

61 and lots of sun at my house. Woke up with my entire lower back stiff and painful for some unknown reason. Must've slept in a bad position or something. Could barely stand up. Hurts to stand, walk and even sit. Hurts less to sit. I was planning to work on my garden this morning but that's out. Maybe in the afternoon. Getting old sucks. Being old sucks even more!

Terry

I slept really hard last night and woke up an hour later than normal, feeling unusually good. I hope it's not a bad sign (they always run best before they blow).
When I was forced to retire last fall, it was because I tweaked something in the small of my back. I couldn't stand up straight, lay in a bed, or walk very well. I spent two weeks sleeping in a chair because sitting was the only position I could tolerate for more than a minute. Degenerative disk disease, narrowed disks, and remodeled bone (cupped vertebrae) finally added up to not enough room for nerves, so a minor rotation put a major pinch on one. Doc said that if I quit, I should be able to avoid surgery.

Getting old doesn't suck....I wish that I'd got old 30 years ago. What sucks is everything wearing out, so it doesn't work right anymore.