November 27, 2007
Extreme ironing
Well, not really, but I was ironing a shirt when I felt a twinge in my back yesterday. It's no better today, so I'm off to the physio this afternoon.
Hopefully, I'm in a bit better state than the last time it happened - it cost me around £500 in physio sessions and took around 3 months before I could move properly.
The moral of the story is clearly that housework is bad for me. This is problematic since I have taken several days off work with a view to sorting out my flat once and for all*.
I've already arranged for one engineer to come and fix my boiler, another to install Sky+ (well... I haven't had a telly for ten years and I kind of get it free thanks to my colleague Ken who gave me a voucher).
I'm also in the middle of arranging for someone to come round to clean my carpet (not a job I fancy myself) and I am going to have a go at fixing the oven - according to Money Saving Expert, it should only cost me around a tenner and I've got nothing to lose as it's out of warranty anyway - Electrolux seem to have come up with the magic formula - all of my neighbours have the same oven and all of them have the same problem... their ovens have stopped working and they're all out of warranty. Thanks to Money Saving Expert, I may just be able to foil their dastardly plans!
So anyway, this dodgy back business. I thought I'd be alright, given that I've been playing squash two or three times a week for the past four months - it's been getting increasingly aggressive, too, but my back has been fine.
Apparently, squash is not enough. I may have to bite the bullet and lose the belly once and for all.
Darn!
*Oh and a short trip down to Toulouse to stay with Graham et sa famille.
Posted by dompannell at November 27, 2007 9:31 AM