my spinal cord was flat out dumb this morning...

motor neurons take messages out to the muscles...sensory neurons take messages up to the brain.

none of this goes well when sleeping.

last night i must have been completely zonked. it was one of those rare occurrences where i slept the entire night and unfortunately did not move a single muscle. not once. not ever...when i woke up the muscle in my right hip (my butt) had that deep down pressure point type pain in it. and it HURT to move it.

here's the problem: i had to make a pee run. i do mean RUN!

second problem: when my hip hurts like this. i can't stand. when the hip muscle gets stretched sensory pain messages go to the spinal cord which in turn tells the hip to CONTRACT!!! every attempt at straightening ends in a spastic jerk punctuated by a punch of PAIN!

my solution: i guess someone needs to crawl to the restroom. on hands and knees..scooting along will keep the leg bent and hip nicely flexed.

...Mitty enjoyed watching all this. she escorted me. curiously involving herself in each "step."

sadness: I alllllmost made it!

triumph: at least i made it onto linoleum!?!...

PSSSSSSsssssssssssssss

poor Mitty. she hadn't a clue what to do. we both agreed this was completely uncalled for in the God department.

Good news. it is now 1:12 in the afternoon and the pain (after a morning of rest and STRETCHES) has subsided. i can now go on with my day. i will run, bike, elliptical as far as my legs will take me.