The Shuffle

I held out the hope of hitting MA class tonight right up until about 4pm, when I discovered that I was still hobbling around the office like an old woman.

Stephanie saw me painfully shuffling around the kitchen this morning and said, “Boy, I bet you’re sore.”

“I hurt like hell.”

“Didn’t you take any anti-inflammatories?”

“Um… no?”

“Are you drinking a lot of water to rehydrate and help your muscles repair themselves?”

“Um… I’m just drinking the same amount of water.”

“Are you doing anything that isn’t bad so I don’t feel like I have to nag you?”

“Um… look at my bicep, isn’t it KEWL???!!!”

Saturday it is.

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