mmm….duh-rop

today i went to a new salon suite…

…well, new to me. they’ve been around a bit. fun fact – i have several tattoo clients that utilize these places, and have yet to stumble across one where the restrooms weren’t absolutely fabulous.

but this one came with a bonus the others didn’t – an oil puddle in the parking lot. so when i stepped out of the van at the next spot, my foot slipped and all my weight (205 at last weigh in) dropped two feet straight down onto my left foot shooting all sorts of ungodly pain up my left leg. and tomorrow i gotta take david to the store, which means about two hours straight of on my feet movement around a giant HEB.

this might suck.

as i was explaining to my boss yesterday, at this point i’m at what i refer to as “the chicken and egg” moment…as in which came first? acupuncturist and physical therapist think hip failure lead to back problems, so treat the hip. chiropractor and imaging show back issues, which they feel is the source and shooting pain “messages” down the hips and quads. all i know is it all hurts. and after a year of moving this way i’m about over it. but for the record, i’ve been going after the back thing. if i had the room i’d have ordered an inversion table already, and think i might know where to tuck one if i can get the money right for it. a few other things, sadly, are more financially pressing, but i saw a video recently that showed that’s part of dick van dyke’s routine, and he’s still kicking in the triple digits, so maybe that’s my long lost secret?