and then i found it appropriate because of my incredibly UN-genius moment i had on the treadmill the other morning. i thought it would be a great idea to do a little bit of running backwards. i slowed down the pace to a crawl to situate myself, and when i got my bearings, i sped it up just a tad- to my horror i felt the worst pain shoot to my lower back and i jumped off as fast as i could. {thinking, 'way to go genius' the whole time} as it turns out, the safety stop button on the front of the treadmill has a nasty edge on, which i was lucky enough to scrape the skin off my back with. nice. yep, i'm a brainiac.... ha...
have i mentioned how much sweat burns when it gets in an open wound as i continue on my run? OMG i thought all the fires of hell landed right inside my skin! i chalked it up to character building and finished the run, but, i would not recommend it to anyone- ouch! the expression, 'no skin off my back' sends me into the shivers now... i'll may never be the same. ha. here's what it looked like after:
it doesn't look that bad, but because it scraped off the skin it's pretty nasty... and what a strange place to have a wound! do you have any idea how insanely difficult it is to put a bandaid with neosporin on your lower back? BY. YOUR. SELF?!?! the hubs couldn't have picked a better week to be gone... leaving me stranded and trying to judge spaces and distance while contorting my body to see the process in the mirror. my oh my. i am not coordinated. i need a friend i can call in situations like these! ha.
these days i'm going by the motto in the next picture (a little motivational gift from the hubs!). what's your motto these days?
Oh no! Your back has a belly button!!
ReplyDeletelove your motto...those were our wedding favors :)
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