Old and stiff. . .

Guess I only thought I was in pretty good shape. Was picking up some detritus from the living room floor this afternoon, and felt a sharp pain in my back as I stood up. Definitely a muscle pull or spasm of some sort. A stiff dose of ibuprofen has allowed me some motion, as long as it's reeeaaally slow and careful. Reached the doctor via her answering service, and got prescribed a muscle relaxant and some codeine/acetamenaphine.

Now it's just wait and see. . .can I stay awake through dinner?

Don't know just when you can stop calling yourself middle-aged and have to consider "elderly". But it's feeling a lot closer today.