We bought boxes from U-Haul, they worked out great.

I am really trying to avoid spending more money right now, but I may have to suck it up.

TCG is currently finishing up the painting at the house, and I am failing miserably at trying to pack by myself.

My mom is hilarious. And awesome. And hilariously awesome. She has been doing yoga daily for 6-7 years, maybe longer. So she's my go-to person for yoga questions.

Because my hips are stupid, they've been very, very tight for weeks, and I haven't been able to stretch them properly, and I think the continued abuse on the elliptical machine has kerfucked them even more.

So at Easter I asked my mom if she could show me some yoga poses that are good for stretching the hip muscles. She told me she'd e-mail me some, rather than bust out the yoga moves at Easter dinner.

So she sent me an e-mail with a Word doc describing 8 yoga poses...accompanied by pictures of her doing the poses. That's really going the extra mile. And hilariously awesome.

(I haven't done any of the yoga poses yet, because I woke up the day after Easter with back pain bad enough to send me to the heating pad and flexiril. When it's pinchy sharp pain, I don't feel comfortable even trying to stretch. By now, it's more of a dull ache, and mostly in my hips instead of my back. So I am going to give some of these illustrated yoga poses a shot tonight.)

sj, I have some boxes you can have.

I've been really achy the past few days. Not any one joint in particular bothering me, just everything a little looser than it should be, leading to everything being a little painful and swollen. I think a hot bath would help somewhat, but my apartment only has a shower. I suppose I could use the whirlpool at the gym, but getting to the gym is a pain, and it would probably cause as much new hurt as the whirlpool would help.

I'm asking for a some calm vibes and ma for tomorrow. I'm still feeling super stressed and there are a lot of vague reasons but I think my mind has just decided to go on overdrive.

And the more I try not to think about it the more I do.

It's driving me nuts.

Much calm to you, askye. I hope everything goes well tomorrow.

askye,

'ma coming at you. peaceful sleep to you too.

Thanks. I took a tiny bit of Klonopin to help me out.

And I'm trying to think positive. I'm going to well at this job.

Sleep well, askye, and best of luck. You're gonna kick ass.

Hil - sometimes a long hot shower (maybe even with no soap so you can just concentrate on relaxation if you are already clean enough) can give some of the benefits of a bath.