Well, the Ice Storm of '07 finally made its debut in Ovilla. The streets are still too warm to freeze, but the trees have started to collect ice. BG decided that we needed to stop by the store for bread and milk, so I snapped this pic while she was buying the goodies.

I usually don't mind the cold, but this morning I managed to aggravate and old back injury. I have two ruptured disks. The first ruptured while working on a remodel project in '96. The second, lifting a lawn mower into the back of my truck in '05. However you slice it, pain is pain and I simply have to deal with it. Hopefully, it won't last too long.

The first time I hurt it, the pain lasted about 3 weeks. The second time, the pain lasted six weeks before I went to the doctor. I won't let it go that long ever again. Each year I seem to manage to irritate things at lease once. Most of the time its not a very long recovery. This time, however, the cold is not helping.

Oh well. If it is icy in the morning, I won't be going into the office. I can work from home and be just as productive. Plus, I don't think I can take the long drive into the office on the ice. There is simply too much pain to warrant the effort.

The only thing that sucks worse than the injury this time is the very unglamorous way I managed to do it...Really, I never knew I could screw myself up so bad with just a sneeze!