Not good...not good....

ARG.  

I just spent a couple of hours downstairs picking things up--which is good.  

My sister Kim had called yesterday while I was out with DeAnn and Ingrid, so I called her back and we got caught up on all our stuff.  I continued picking up and sacking garbage while we talked.  Then, I had to pee, so I grabbed a little pill container that had fallen out of the trash, figuring I would pick up all the little beads that had dribbled all over the stairway when that bead box that I had tossed into the laundry basket to carry up popped open.  I also carried up that white "stairway" shelf that's been sitting at the bottom of the stairs forever and set that up a step with each step that I cleaned off.

When I got to the very top, I leaned forward and swung the shelf towards a stack of stuff in the corner--and felt several pops in my mid lower back--and not the good kind.  It isn't an ungodly pain or anything--just an ominous ache that doesn't bode well.  I have way too much to do to mess around with having my back out of whack.  

I've taken some ibuprofen and have been gently stretching my back out in hopes of getting things to pop back into their appropriate places--so far, no dice.  I'm thinking about having a little nap in hopes that achieving the total relaxation that sleeping provides will make everything go right again.

I have too much to do to deal with this shit today.

GRRRR......and Sundays go by so fast anyhow--and I want to finish my laundry (which involves carrying pretty heavy baskets up and down two flights of very steep stairs), floor scrubbing, vaccuuming, and bathroom cleaning.   All pretty intense physical labor for an old lady like me.

sigh

I haven't checked my powerball ticket yet to see if I am a winner, so I can savor the dream a little longer yet.

ALAS!!!!

Some (probably) undeserving asshole in Lincoln, Nebraska, won the powerball instead of me.....
How is that fair?

Is that person gonna put Kvetch, Magicfan, GG, and Hunter as well as all my nieces and nephews AND my most deserving R.O.C. students through college and make the world a better place in a million ways?

Pay my drunken asswipe brother-in-law to go away forever?

By me a decent house in a different town?

I think not.

How, oh HOW could such a mistake and tragedy have occured?

    

On  a happier note--I did lie down for a nap and my back feels much better now--a little stiff--but better.

Topics for Writing Starters

Going through a bunch of stuff, I found this.  I retyped it into my computer so I could throw away the hard copy--then I thought...hmmm....this could be good for LiveJournal too.  Feel free to steal any that trip your trigger.

:D

Topics for Writing: Some Starters

Are you ever stuck for a topic to write about? Even professional writers get stuck. Here are some key words and phrases that may help you out. You can use them again and again; each time they may help you think of a good new topic.

Reminder 1: A good topic will probably be one you know something about.
Reminder 2: Most topics people choose are much too large. The best are usually small and specific

How to do something
An unforgettable classroom
How to make something
what makes an enemy
A danger/an accident
something or somebody that changed me
Something good and comfortable
going away/being away
What happened on the way to…
a bad dream/a good dream
Worries/troubles
a quarrel/an argument
A face/a hand/an expression
a pest/an annoyance
A birthday
catching something/catching somebody
A meal, a dish
pleasing others/displeasing others
Tests--in school/in life
violence/hardship
A joy/a sorrow
the best/worst/part of the day
What I hear/feel/see now
a disease/a handicap
A character in a book or on TV compared to someone else
climbing something/going down
what annoys me about…
The effects of a TV program
on the telephone
A victory/a defeat
twenty-five years from now
A game/a contest
a thing/person/place I value
Music I like/hate
if I found $500
A conflict/an insult
clothes I hate/love
A surprise
the worst thing about meals
An embarrassment
punishments/rewards
A job I enjoyed/hated
old age/babyhood
An animal/fish/bird
being lost/getting found
A good/awful party
an ideal or terrible holiday
A journey
parents compared to children
A contest involving people/things
babies--human and other
A big conviction on mine
habits--good/bad/amazing
Escapes
my ambition is to be…
Superstitions
an action on the street/at home
A game I/others play
a neighborhood character
Rules/breaking rules
a most disliked place
Hunting/finding something
what needs to be invented
A strength/weakness of mine
something that could be improved
Signals/symbols
what needs to be destroyed
Stealing
something that puzzles me
Power/weakness
a letter telling a personal problem/the reply
What people hide from
what I believe about