I don’t know whether I just slept wrong, or whether I slightly pulled a muscle yesterday and it got much worse as I slept, but I have pretty serious muscle spasms in my shoulder and neck, shooting down my back….all on the right side. I’ve taken aspirin, rubbed it as deeply as I can, and I’ve been on a heating pad all day trying to relax it, but it’s still just awful.

My second thought, just one second after realizing that this had happened, was about today’s workout — how can I do it? Should I? Would it help, or hurt? As the day has progressed, and the pain hasn’t eased up one little bit (in fact, the spasming seems to be spreading), I got very frustrated and a little upset that I couldn’t do my workout at all. GODDAMMIT. I don’t want to interrupt the flow and rhythm I’m building. But I also don’t want to hurt myself, and I’m in this for the long haul so if I have to take today off that’s taking care of myself. And I’ll resume my flow and rhythm when the spasms stop.

Still. Boo.