Ow, my neck

I'm nearly all better, but still easily tired and a bit sore.

Sometime about two weeks ago, I slept wrong and woke up with a crick in my neck. It persisted for about a week.

Last Thursday, I was trying to unload some of the boxes from my car into the basement for proper sorting.

Last Friday morning, I slept wrong and woke up with a massive charlie horse in my neck. So massive that when I moved my head at all wrong (which is to say, anywhere to the left) a muscle on that side took exception and seized up and I emitted an involuntary, loud, disturbing shriek.

( An ER trip ensued. )

I spent most of the weekend in bed and asleep. The muscle relaxants did a number on me. Thea, in her role as RSI Prevention Kitty, sat on me more than usual.

I stopped screaming by the third day.

It's been a week, and I'm still a little bit sore, but nearly normal. I'm still weak, and holding my head upright is more difficult than it should be. I ordered a neck brace cushion, which helps when I have to be out and about.

Phone update

The new phone (3 XL) and the replacement old phone arrived on approximately the same day. It turned out to be 10-11 days without a phone. I have a sketchy draft of a thinkpiece about the experience, which was generally lousy, confining, and isolating.

I've been using the replacement OG XL as a dedicated camera device. I like the time lapse feature for driving.