OH...NO... Not Now...!

So I am in it (up to my neck in poo) again... bad back. One whole year without a bad flair up. But this morning I find myself crawling up and down stairs since last night something exploded inside my back when I sneezed.  It has been seriously twinging in the last few weeks anyway... so somehow it doesn't surprise me. Last night I could not find a place of comfort anywhere so out came the painkillers and anti-inflammatories. Today I will get Teapot to pick up the newest meds that are specifically geared to nerve pain.... and we'll see how that works... hopefully it won't fog up the brain like last time. 

What really ticks me off about it all is that it's three weeks before Christmas. I had a five week stint last year and I really don't want to spend Christmas eve and day trying to suffer through severe pain. Besides I have socks to knit and it is seriously difficult to knit fast when your hurting.

Anyway, I'm sure you don't want to hear about my aches and pains.

I finished a good book yesterday.  Yes I do read in between knitting and other stuff. It's called before I fall. It's actually a youth novel but Daughter #2 finished it last week and suggested to me that I might like it. I did. The title is Before I Fall and it is written by Lauren Oliver.

It is the story of a teenager who dies in a car accident and has to come back and relive her last day seven times before she finds out what is wrong with her life and why she is stuck in limbo. There are no goofy angels or anything like that there is no supernatural world, just reliving the last day over and over again in different ways.  It's a really interesting concept and very well done by the author.

Books here lately have been back on the agenda... if not actual paper books certainly audio books. I finished Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (sister to Charlotte and Emily) in Audio books and I've finished several paperbooks, including the one above.  I tend to go through fits and starts with reading throughout the year.  At some points in time, I'm so focused on the homework for the MSP I can't even think about reading... but at other times (when I'm knitting socks for Christmas) I read before going to bed and when I'mbored with the knitting or needing a break for my hands. I finished Before I Fall yesterday and today I'm reading Siege Of Heaven which is a book about the first Crusade in 1039 A.D. An interesting read and for me an opportunity to learn a little more about European history.  It is a story told from the point of view of a spy for the Holy Roman Emperor.  I've always read about the crusades but usually from the point of view of the Brits not from lower countries in Europe...I've always wanted to learn more about the Medici's and Borgia's... it's funny because since my father started figuring out our family history I've taken more of an interest in lower European history... my several times great Grandmother had the last name of Avis or Ayres. There is some secret history that we are not sure about and a trunk that went missing with her real name on it which would prove her real ties in Europe... (this would have been around 1600 A.D.)...but if her last name is Avis then she has ties to Portuguese and Spanish royalty... this is really hard to prove... but she did have lots of money... how she ended up in a small fishing villiage in Newfoundland is beyond me. But it is just before her time that the Avis family got turfed out on their butts by another line of of the Spanish royal family. It's all very intriguing actually... I love family mysteries. : )

Anyway I've been sitting long enough behind this computer with my very sore back... I guess it is time I go and try to find a place comfortable enough to keep me knitting cause I have to finish that sock... and oh yeah I need to dye the green ones too... sock pics tomorrow hopefully....