That's what having an allotment gives you. And it makes my legs feel much much heavier when running (or maybe that's cos I haven't run much in a long time!). I'm sure it will get better over time as my body gets used to all that bending over. It's hard to find any jobs up there that don't involve bending down.

So I've been up there a few times since we got back after Christmas. Done some digging and cut a few raspberry canes down. Will's dad said he wanted them but hasn't asked or shown up for them, so they have to go. He can have the next lot of runners that appear. Or perhaps the ones out of the compost bin, if they're worth it.

But what I've also been doing is trying to plot and plan. Figuring out what I have space for and how much of each thing to grow. And then working out a plan of when to do it all. It's so much homework! This weekend, if I wasn't at the allotment I was doing allotment homework. But I guess it's good, as I didn't really do anything in December.

I did the online shopping for my seeds and my basket total was more than £50. Which is cheap when you think about all the veg we (hopefully) will get out of it. But it's a lot to spend post-Christmas! Might wait till Feb, as there's not much to do now it would seem, except keep on digging, digging, digging.

Hello my lovelies.  So sorry that I’ve been away for a bit.  It’s been far too long and I’ve missed you all terribly….but have I got a fun update for you!!

I hurt my back.  I amend this I F*CKIN HURT MY BACK!  How did you hurt your back Bekah?  By being a silly b*tch.  I shall elaborate.  I did this play/workshop thing…I know…actors..we’re so freakin artsy and complex.  During this ‘thing’…I did a lot of jumping around in high heels (new found respect for strippers, I might add).  After a few days of this activity…my back…she starts to ache.  Then, I had to attend a fabulous premiere party for a short film I did.   Well, this being a fabulous event…I had to wear a fabulous outfit with fabulous five inch heels (this is where it starts to snowball).  I wake up the next morning with a really bad back ache.  I can bend over but I’m really sore in a way that begs for rest and non strenuous activity, which I do….for a few days.  Then, at the weekend, almost fully recovered, I decide I’m a professional athlete.  I have one day of trampoline dodgeball followed by a day of softball. Needless to say, after 10 minutes of softball warm up, I’m on my back, unable to move and PISSED!

The 7 days go like this.  I.Lay.In.Bed.

Yep, that’s what I did.  I couldn’t do much more than get up to pee for what seemed like an eternity.  I watched a ton of crappy TV and movies that I’ve seen a hundred and two times.  I got the complete Sex and the City series and began watching it.  I got the hubs to get me dinner every night (he did not clean the house at all but….baby steps) After going to the doc….I did spend a lovely two days under the influence of Percocet and Valium.  A must try folks.  Also, I’m pretty sure the hubs prefers me under the influence of these substances; he thought I was hilarious.  (Advertisement for the makers of Percocet: Thank you, pain killers, for making my husband fall in love with me all over again).  Got X-Rays…nothing there.  Doc says MRI is necessary.

I also get a prescription for physical therapy, which I started this past Monday.  I will tell you two things about P.T. (that’s what we therapy patients call it…you know..we’re recouping…don’t have time for complete words).  First, it’s amazing.  Super helpful and I’m already seeing improvements.  Second, in order to be or work in the place I go to physical therapy at; you have to be an extremely attractive, skinny, really sweet, twenty something gal.  So…insert me into the pic.  Can’t stand up straight, feel fat cause I’ve been lying in bed for a week straight eating mac and cheese, normal exercise isn’t going to be possible for a while due to back pain…..and I have to hang with these…let’s call them S.K.A.N.C.s (Skinny Kind Attractive Nice Careerwomen…I mean..you know..for lack of a better term) So, I have to hang with these S.K.A.N.Cs twice a week??  Thanks life…you suck balls.

So, that’s what I’ve done to myself in the space of almost three weeks.  I’m on the mend, recovering, seeing how this will all play out.  Last little thing…and I’ll let you go sneak that king size box of Junior Mints you were saving for a special occasion….my doc calls with the result of my MRI tonight and leaves me a voice mail.  I shall transcribe it for you now:

“Hi, Rebekah, got the results. There’s a small central disc protrusion with annular tear at L3-L4 level, you have bilateral intraforaminal annular tears in L4-5 without significant disc protrusion and no significant canal stenosis, minimal biforaminal encroachment is present and then you have asymmetric disc osteophyte complex versus a broad case disc protrusion in the right intraforaminal region at L5 S1. To make a long story short, there’s area in your lumbar spine that there’s little tears in the discs and there’s narrowing where the nerve root are coming out and it probably suggests that there’s significant degenerative changes in your spine and this probably explains the discomfort that you are having in your back.”