So, it turns out that I may just be the whiniest of all!
I was hoping to do some reefer visiting during this trip to Calgary. Saturday night I find out that after a family luncheon Sunday I will have some free time before a birthday celebration dinner. Cool! I'll give Kien a call in the morning as he had graciously offered to get together if I had the time; then maybe off to Red Coral to see Kevin @ Doug.
6 am Sunday morning I wake up to a sore back? WTF! I've never had a back problem in my whole life! I gingerly move to the edge of the bed, swing my legs over and can't straighten up. I'm totally seized up! I can't stand up and the pain is taking my breath away. And now I have to pee! I'm alone downstairs in a bedroom and can't even call for help. Eventually, I can sort of do a bent-over duck walk with my hands on my knees. I finally get to the bathroom and manage to go before i pee myself. Ok, now what? I duck walk out the bedroom door and make my way to the bottom of the stairs where I yell for help. After a horrendous episode of my wife getting some pants on me I beg, borrow and steal some Tylenol 3. The wife runs out to the drugstore to get something for me. The pharmacist recommends Robaxacil. An hour after taking 2 of these nothing seems to be happening so I take another one. Twenty minutes later I'm floating away to Never-Never-Land and my fingers go numb and tingly. Uh-Oh! The wife goes back to the pharmacist who tells her I took too many. Ya Think? He tells her I'll probably be alright but if the numbness lasts much longer to go see a doctor.
So Sunday is a total write-off!
Monday morning we have to get up for our flight back home. The back is somewhat better but still freakin' hurts! I manage to get through the flight and land in Comox where my wife discovers she left her new coat in the Calgary airport. Of course!
Off to the ferry we go and finally get home, where I discover my computer is not working.
So, now I'm on Joan's laptop with several questions:
1. What the hell did I do to my back? It's quite a bit better but I want to make sure I don't ever have to go through that again. Someone mentioned a cold in the kidneys from sitting at the football game with no jacket on a cold night. Does this mean anything to anyone?
2. The computer on/off switch won't go off and there is no signal to the monitor. What does this mean?
P.S. I'm sorry Kien that I couldn't make it. Next trip out, (if I dare), I'll make sure to get together.