12-4-10 stress reduction saturday

A lot of people expressed concern about yesterdays post. I want to clarify a few things. I promised not to go into detail, but yesterday I received some bad news about someone very dear to me and I was stressed about it. I am still dealing with it but today has been better. I am still doing well and I am not the one who I was worried about yesterday. I do apologize about all the ambiguity but I promised not to expose the situation on here because of the amount of readers and this person wanting to maintain their privacy for now.   

So good news today! It has been probably 4 months since the last time I was able to drive due to a few reasons. One, I couldn't fit, my belly was too big to be able to get in past the steering wheel. Two, I would start to get painful back spasms, and that's just dangerous. Three, I had a hard time steering and checking blind spots. Well, I drove today. I was able to squeeze in to the drivers seat, my belly was on the steering wheel but I could still steer. I had no trouble with spasms or checking the blind spots. I AM MOBILE PEOPLE!!! (Yoga! Yoga! Yoga! Everyday I find more and more reasons to love this torturous pretzel impressionism,) ...(Ohh wait ... I now know how this exercise was created. It IS pretzel worship! It was a form of artistic dance that was created to pay homage to the unfulfilled carb addictions of some sick and demented dieting freak....who actually was probably an accidental genius....so thank you you stretchy bastard, for helping me restore my mobility...oh and sorry about the no pretzel thingy). Getting in and out of the car is still a bit rough, but I can finally do it. This triumph has not only been incredibly sweet for me, but my wife can breathe a little easier about the times I am here with the kids alone. I have said it before and I will say it again, you don't know how much you miss something till it's gone.

As far as stress, the name of the game for me has been reduction. I love this blog for that. I re-read them all, as well as the comments, and found my center again. I was also blessed with some very supportive family members who called as soon as they read that I was having a bad day. I also love you guys, some of you went out of your way to make sure I was uplifted, I Thank you so much it really means so much to me that you are here.

As far as working out, I am now in my third day of rest due to over doing it Wednesday. I believe I pulled a muscle in my mid back so I have been taking it easy. I am going to try the Yoga warm up after this to see how it feels, if I don't have too much pain I will continue. I will update you on this tomorrow.

12-4-10 Progress Report. Recovery and refocusing while reducing stress. I love you all, and as always I am humbled by your being with me on this journey. James.