Four days stuck in bed, incapable and powerless. My lower spine felt like a vertebrae had shifted out of position and it must have been pressing on a nerve. During that time if I moved, my back would seize up and I would uncontrollably writhe about until the pain ceased. I couldn't leave the bed even if I wanted to. The urge to pee is what got me out of bed the first two times which were spread out by a whole day. I could only get as far as the edge of the bed and had to relieve myself in a bucket with saw dust. By the third day I could straighten myself out on my feet and move around on crutches, I even fed the cats. Later that day I laid in a position that made my back spasm for longer than ever. I was afraid to move after that. By day four I made it to the bathroom and even took a shower. Today, day five I put the crutches away and the piss bucket and even watched Oliver's first ever basketball game at home.
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| Low winter light. |
I walked home from the school and then down to the house to see how the newly finished floor in the music room turned out. Becky has been hard at work cleaning up the floor and sanding it, being careful not to sand away the saw marks on the wood and not get down to bare wood. Alex was here for a couple days and spent a morning applying the first coat of shellac. It looks beautiful, even where there was some sort of tar like scum on the wood that wouldn't come off.
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| Buxbaum Panels |
I am hoping to get back to the shop soon, I have started three doors now and would like to wrap those up. While I was down, the panels for the Buxbaum door arrived, I have two pairs to choose from.
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| Daisy's Doors |
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