Summer in January, Matchmaker, The Answer?

Last night I played volleyball in my new Thursday night slot. I am enjoying it so much more. Everyone that is there can play, some play really well. The rallies are much longer and the play much more competitive. As a bonus every single person is nice. The only thing that I did not enjoy was the sudden weather shift. It legit felt like summer with temps in the 80’s and high humidity. By the end of the session I was covered in sweat soaked sand, but happy. After playing horrible the first game my play improved as the night went on.

After play I headed to Brunina’s again for dinner. As usual my friendly bartender had a Miller Lite opened and on the bar for me in seconds. As I was sitting there enjoying it she said out of the blue, “what are you doing tomorrow at 5”? I was a bit shocked by the question but managed to reply “I am not sure, what are you doing?” The bartender knows I am recently single. She told me there is a beautiful woman that comes there regularly that she told about me. Evidently she is normally there on Friday’s at 5.

I was still a bit taken back by the offer. I mean it was very nice that she thought enough of me to even make this suggestion. She told me the woman’s name, that she is divorced with a kid but didn’t know a ton of other details. I told her that I would stop by if I was available and thanked her for looking out for me. The truth is I likely will not be available just because my head is not in the right place to entertain a blind date at this point.

Last year when I was having severe sciatica back pain I discovered that part of that issue was my bed. Specifically if I slept more towards a side I would wake up with severe pain that had me barely able to walk for the first 15 minutes. Somehow one night I thought I would try sleeping in the middle and woke up with significantly less pain. I have been doing that ever since although sometimes I inadvertently wind up towards a side and pay the price.

I developed a theory on why this is. My mattress is one of those gel infused deals however I have a conventional king size box spring underneath which is two twins. In the middle where the two twin box springs come together is a solid spot. As you move towards the edge is the “softer” part of the box spring, in the middle. I think that spot allows the mattress to drop more which in turn causes my pain.

For a long time I wanted to address this by getting a solid platform for under the bed. It’s what I already have for the queen size mattress in my guest room. With this set up there is nothing but a solid surface for the mattress to rest upon which in theory should mean I should be able to sleep anywhere on the bed without paying a back pain penalty. I will put my theory to test this weekend.

I am replacing the shower handle for the second time this weekend. The first one I installed was from Home Depot. The handle was on the cheap side, basically plastic with a finish that looks like brushed chrome. It already is starting to deteriorate so I spent double the money and got a real Moen set which is made of metal and will hopefully last until I get around to remodeling the bathroom.

The weekend will probably follow a template similar to the last, some work, some fun, and some relaxation. I have had a number of people that are familiar with my situation ask how I have been doing lately. The answer I give is always very similar. The more time that passes, the more things fade into the background.

Two one year ago entries last year. One talks about how I was intent on getting stronger and gaining weight as well as emotion helping to fuel that. The other one talks about some of my new house searching and the birth of pickledu.com