Loosening up, but so very slowly.

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I do think I could swim today.  I wouldn't count on swimming much, or even lasting my usual time.  My back is still a bit tight, and my right bicep has tightened up, again, after having been loosened with massage.  At least, so far, it isn't and hasn't been hurting.  the tightness doesn't impede breathing, either.  It would, to try to describe it, be like being a turtle in a shrinking shell.  Consider the skin on it's front legs as part of it's shell, too.  The shrinkage isn't enough to impact breathing, save toward the end of the swim time on my last laps, when I would exhaust my lungs... then getting air back in was a bit difficult without simply forcing long deep breaths, consciously.  Which is fine.  Usually that happens a bit more naturally is all.  I guess I will know more Friday.

I didn't get to sleep, or wake, early.  The tightness was getting to me and this morning I just wanted to try to sleep through it, to be honest.  Which I did, much to the unhappiness of the girls.  While not pack animals, they are pretty good at tag team efforts against even an ogre!  They have learned to play nice, though.  Sitting on me is fine, meowing is okay, even, if it is a reasonable hour (the alarm is or has gone off) using their whiskers to tickle my face... all good.  No clawing, biting, or walking on poppo's delicates, though, not at all.  They were fed first thing, after waking.  Now they don't want to talk to me anymore.  All good.

I would like to begin working on the shelving.  I didn't get to the pan, so I will need to soak that again.  That is pretty much it.  I did find the massage machine.  I have been thinking about how to get that going.  Although, if I remember right, the recliners, if plugged in, have a massage device in them.  I'm not sure that is the kind I need, but I might give it a shot first, since it is my back that is the problem.  Hmm, might do that right now.  It would be very nice to have my back loosen up, even a bit more. 

Ah, right, bp was 128/90 or so, and pulse was up to 81.  I guess it isn't horrible, just up a bit.  I took it twice, taking the lower reading, if this time they were both pretty close.  Weight is exactly the same.  Medicine went down the hatch and has been doing so regularly.

Later.