I turn 40 this year. I was joking with my friend Dave (who passed that milestone last year) today and mentioned I was just waiting to see which part would drop off. We made some crude speculations along those lines and laughed about it. A few hours later I bent to open a bag of dog food and got some nice stabbing back pains that settled into a steady ache, which hasn’t gone away yet. Usually my rhetorical questions don’t get answered quite so quickly… Before the medically-minded mention it, this is not an age-related thing. Lower back pain is a common ailment, especially for people like me with lifelong bad posture who spend the vast bulk of their lives riding a desk. I just enjoyed the irony. I’m off to take a nice 4-in-the-morning walk around the woods and a hot shower, just thought I’d bitch a bit. Ow. Ow. Ow.

Tags: age, life