Since I could drop dead at any minute, I’m going to type fast.
I worked really hard today, too. I brought in some firewood, stacked some other firewood, then went up into the bedroom loft and de-cluttered some heavy stuff. The coup de grace: I finally set my mattress up on the bed frame. (Which has been leaning against the bathroom wall for two years now.)
This was hard, sweaty work. The bed frame in particular. I basically moved a whole entire bed into and out of a space which had exactly six inches of leeway in any given direction. Under a steeply-pitched ceiling. At one point I was bent forward from the waist attempting to wrestle the rails into place, while balancing the box spring on my back.
How hard was it?
So hard that when I declared the job done and staggered downstairs, I did not grab the bottle of store-brand ibuprofen. I grabbed the bottle of store-brand multivitamins by mistake. And washed down two multivitamins with a big ol’ swig of water.
It did dimly occur to me that damn, these ibuprofens is big. But I didn’t realize my mistake until half an hour later, when I found the bottle of ibuprofen over there when I remembered having put it over here. And oh ho, what is over here? A bottle of multivitamins.
Anyway, long story short: if I die of thiamine poisoning tonight, I want someone to mention the thing about the bed frame at my funeral. That was a lot of work!. If I basically died because I installed a bed frame, I at least want credit for it.
Thank FSM for ibuprofen.
Lucky for you thiamine is a water soluble vitamin, so you’ll just pee any extra out.
Phew!
The niacin, who knows.
P.S. Have you ever actually looked at your multivitamin’s label? Boron… nickel… tin… what the hell IS this?!
Does typing fast stave off dying like knitting fast helps you have enough yarn?
Also,(if you’re alive to read this) congratulations on the bed! It was that kind of day – I cleaned out a horrible closet and made room for a bunch of Noah’s stuff that’s been sitting out for about 2 years, too.
Be sure to post again tomorow so we know you made it through the night
No signs of selenium poisoning yet. Just watched the Venture Brothers season finale; signing off for the night.
Hope you are ok!!
So there’s an article on Utne that explains why placebos work – your brain anticipates pain releif so that’s what you get, no matter what pill you take!
How’s your back? Did the vitamins work?
Hope all’s well! And now you have storage space under your bed.
I spent part of Saturday removing the ledges on the inside rails of my parents’ bed, because they bought a new mattress and boxspring that made the surface too high off the ground. They had trouble getting on it! So now it sits on the floor inside the bedframe and is the right height. (They really liked the frame, and didn’t want to replace it.) I never thought they’d want me to mangle furniture for them, but I was wrong.
I made it through the night! I guess I will be okay!
But . . . but . . . did the vitamins work just as well as ibu. on back pain?
Or did you take the ibu. TOO?
Actually, I had noticed that my back still hurt, so I went looking for the bottle to take 2 more. That’s when I discovered I had taken vitamins instead.
So I’m afraid I can’t recommend taking vitamins for back pain. Not enough placebo juice, I guess!
Great job getting that frame up! I hope you can still lift your arms enough to knit.
Just come back through town and maybe this time we can arrange for a massage therapist to actually work for once (ahem)
If I’m between classes, anyway…
Hope you’re feeling better. At least you have a comfy bed to properly collapse on.