Hello Pals! Another week has passed and the night sky has changed. I’m very good at non-sequiturs, by the way. Why did I think of the night sky when I was talking about time? Because I look out of the window every single morning I get up to work out and I can’t see the same constellations. I don’t see much of the sky, though so I should say I don’t see the same constellation. I do see big Jupe, our celestial bodyguard so I’m not complaining.

Speaking of complaining, I did have something to complain about yesterday morning. I got up, as usual, worked out (it was an upper-body routine with Kelli) and my shoulder never bothered me, everything was fine. Then, before I left home for work, I lifted my arm to adjust my hair or something, and…agony! My shoulder was in such pain I could hardly put on my coat. By around 9 a.m. all I could do is sit straight trying not to move because I would’ve cried out… I thought that’s it, I have to call my family doc, ask for a referral, and if I’m lucky I could get an appointment to see a rheumatologist in December. I was at work so I tried to focus and forget about the whole thing. I didn’t take anything for the pain and at around 11 a.m. I noticed that it was getting better. Now, it’s like it never happened. Sort of. I have no idea what this is but I do have to see a specialist. I just imagined what I’m going to say. “Well, sometimes it hurts so much I can hardly move then it’s fine. No, I don’t know how I injured it. No, sometimes I can do shoulder presses, push-ups and it doesn’t hurt at all, other times I can’t lift my arm to drink a glass of water.”

So my question is this. How do you tolerate pain? What do you do the distract yourself?

I know my post is not too uplifting but I was inspired by pain so I thought why not. By the way, it’s World Freedom Day today.