She's Got Legs, and She Doesn't Know How to Use Them

I'm sicker today than ever, but my Advil Cold and Flu medicine seems to have ameliorated my sore throat.

I went to the doctor this morning, and she set up an appointment for physiotherapy. This is for an injury which has plagued me since the beginning of the summer. I've lost an enormous amount of flexibility, and there is no medium between comfortable and OMG-my-leg-is-being-torn-off when I stretch. My right inner thigh feels like the tendon is pulled extra tight. I still don't know what I did to my leg; I have no recollection of an injury. But one day in kung fu, while we were doing lateral splits, I realized I could no longer do what I'd always taken for granted.

I miss doing those splits, and I was just about three inches shy of touching the floor before the evil leg pain fairy struck. Now, I'm more like 18" off the floor. Bah. I'm hoping the physio will fix me up.

In the meantime, here I sit at work. So far, my voice is holding out, although I couldn't speak when I got up this morning. Go team Advil! Ra ra blah.


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Edit: Bah. Now my chest feels almost like there's a big warm rock on it. Stupid asthma.

Reading Between the Queues

Work is very, very slow, and my throat is oh-so-grateful. I've been reading up a storm, and have read four books in the last two days:

- Lemony Snickett's A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Trouble Begins
- Theodore Taylor's The Cay
- Ursula Le Guin's The Word For World is Forest
- Patrick Suskind's Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

And I'm just about to start Robert H. Boyer's Dark Imaginings: A Collection of Gothic Fantasy.

I'm hoping I'll have managed at least a book a week by the end of the year. Here's what I've managed so far.

Another Silly Trick

Me: Thank you for calling **** Hotels. How may I help you?

Silly Customer (SC): I'd like to cancel a reservation.

Me: May I have your confirmation number?

SC: Oh. I don't have it on me.

Me: That's ok. What's the last name of the guest?

SC: Oh. I don't know that, either.

Me: Er, I'd need to know whose room is being cancelled.

SC: Should I call back when I find out?

Me: Yes. I think that would be a good idea.