Trying to slow down.

OK, so I really wanted to post something profound or at least interesting. I have neither. Over the weekend I got to go visit my friend. I took Kirby with me so he could play with her daughter, one of his favorite people. We had some great girl time just chatting. Since we rarely get girl time I think we could have spent three days just talking about nothing. Now I know all of you are thinking how much I like to talk anyway...just imagine how much worse it is now that I don't have much of a talking outlet. Don't get me wrong, I have several great ladies here to gab with, but we are all so busy and have such different schedules that gab time is cut quite short. Plus, I'm a full believer that the more history you have with someone the more things you have to talk about. And I've know this particular sweet lady longer than anyone here. An added bonus is she is about to have baby #3, and I can talk babies for hours on end.

On a not so good note, my back is hurting. I have back issues quite frequently. Usually they come about when I'm stressed and running around trying to be a hero. I guess I didn't realize that was the case lately cause we have been out and about doing a lot less than we were in the previous two months. But I have let myself become super stressed mentally about the whole learning language thing. I feel frustrated during class and the hour a day I put in studying never feels like enough. I'm thankful that this isn't the sciatica that I sometimes get. This is more like intense muscle strain I felt when I first hurt my back in college. I feel like an old grandma walking around all tenderly. I hope it passes soon. I'm missing class today cause sitting in a hard chair is really painful and I was also afraid a bus ride would set me off screaming. I really don't want to have to miss Thursday too cause next week is a holiday and we are off. Two weeks without class would not be good. To top it off, I started a new workout schedule last week. So that is on hold too. The longer I'm out of these things, the harder to get back into them.

I'm off to spend what would have been class time, studying. 'sigh'