For all of you who have been on the edge of your seat waiting to hear what happened with my leak, they were able to fix it without breaking the floor. The poor guy was under the crawl space in like 90 degree weather fixing it. So for now all is good on the home front.

I did hurt my lower back in yoga a couple of weeks ago and instead of taking it easy I pushed it enough to be in real pain on Sunday. I had a moment of panic when I was getting up from a chair and my whole lower back tensed up. I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to move on my own and my mind was racing with how I’d reach the phone to call someone. But I hobbled my way up somehow and have managed through the pain. I’m doing a lot better, but still feel some pain and have to remind myself not to push it. It’s hard to resist picking up my niece and nephew…

What’s amazing is how much you don’t realize that you actually use your back for simple things like walking. Everything is interconnected. Part of it is also realizing when you should be using the strength in other areas of your body instead of relying on your back. I guess it’s helped me be more conscious of my body movements. I’m just hoping that it’s not one of those slight pains that stays with you forever. I sprained my ankle in college and every once in awhile it still bothers me, which seems crazy for having just tripped going down the stairs. So I’m hoping that my back pain doesn’t keep cropping up.