B-day call out for fj

Happy early birthday wishes to our post-American, fj. I am glad that you are successfully reclaiming a life in Europe and the UK, but I'm going to miss running into you at random US events.

Edit: Yes, I know FJ's birthday isn't until tomorrow, but I'm going to be pretty busy this weekend, and I typically miss weekend birthdays on LJ anyway. So I thought an early birthday wish would be good.

I can now lift myself!

Today at the gym was both a great day, and a not-so-good day.

Good: I managed to do single max rep of 165 pounds, which is my own body weight. This was a goal I didn't expect to reach for another week or two, so both the trainer and I were very happy to achieve it today.

Bad: Near the end of our session, the trainer had be doing these crouching jumps, and my back spasmed during the third jump. I tried one more jump to see if it was real, and it was! So we stopped the jumps and moved on to some skull crushes on the bench so I could lay down.

I went home for a while, instead of going back to work, and laid down with an ice back for a while. Then I showered and applied some Icy Hot, which I've never used before. Wow, that stuff is fun!

Now I'm back at work for a little while. I'm feeling just okay, but good enough to keep going. I have a busy weekend coming up, with the MN Storm Patrol run happening over in St. Paul, and the Atons' EROS party tomorrow night. I'm going to have to be a little careful for the weekend, but I should be ok.