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My back is still randomly spasming, with a side of other muscle groups getting angry. I’ve been wearing lidocaine patches day and night, and occasionally breaking into the heavy meds at bedtime. Luckily I had an appointment with my doctor 5 days after the first round of spasms, and now have orders for three different MRIs of my back, a referral to a back specialist, and a prescription for REALLY heavy muscle relaxers. Heavy enough that I’m only going to take them at bedtime. 

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I got my COVID vaccine today, which means I’m going to be miserable for the next few days. But not only was it time, vax schedule-wise, for me to get it, but I also wanted to make sure I’d had it before I head to Arizona for the giant company kickoff week at the beginning of January. Whee?

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Christmas was very low-key. We had already gotten and given each other presents, so there was nothing to unwrap. We spent the day having food with some local friends, and then binge watched the new episodes of Stranger Things. I have some suspicions about things that will happen in the finale; I hope they won’t happen, but there are some big narrative anvils dropping  

(I’ve come to the conclusion that Eleven is my least favorite character; she’s a walking collection of superpowers needed for the story, but other than that, she’s not that interesting.)

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Now I will go make a sweet potato and ham gratin so there is easy food for the next few days while I’m miserable. My holiday time off is packed with excitement, yes.