On the road again - Microdiscectomy + 18

In today's blog:
- Curse You Mother Nature
- The Beard Thing
- Boxset Update

Curse you mother nature!
Things have improved a bit in the last couple of days. It's all about managing your body. On Saturday and Sunday, due primarily to the snow I was sat down for far too much of the day. This I suspect was the cause of the spasming and pain I felt in my vulnerable left side. Yesterday I tried an experiment. I set an alarm every time I sat down to ensure that every 30 minutes I was prompted to get up and walk around for a couple of minutes. Despite watching an awful lot of tv I felt very good by the end of the day. I walked well on my treadmill, and I had my best night's sleep yet. Today I was less regimented but nonetheless got up regularly and used the treadmill and the result was much the same. It makes me wonder how I would be doing if the weather had been more Spring-like rather than Wintery for the past week.

I also tried driving again today. It was only 1 mile to Tesco and a mile back, but it didn't feel bad. With the correct back support I would fancy my chances of a longer drive. Friday night's Cobblers match v Torquay comes to mind.

I've decided to give the wound pics a rest, because quite frankly there's not much new to see until the scabs come off.

I'm still finding the mental side tough. I'm a sociable person, and being kept away from people is not great. I've had my low points, and it caused me to have a deep muse on the nature of friendship today. But I am keeping that blog post for another day. Or maybe never. Instead - here's more beardy stuff.


The beard thing
Well in truth I thought that the beard focus of the last post might generate more discussion/entertainment than it did. Thanks to Jen K and Duncan for their comments on the blog itself. Grace deleted hers but I suspect that I can guess what she wrote. Suffice to say neither the human cannonball nor the 70s gay porn star looks are strong contenders.

On facebook Steve D suggested the Ed Helms look. By which I assume he meant this, or a goatee variant thereon:

Though with the way the colouring seems to be developing this look now appears to be a viable option in the longer term: 

If I go down that route I have to hope that there is no causal link between crazy facial hair and anti-semitism. 

Putting aside this guy of course:

The consensus was to keep what I have tidy, definitely not have a moustache, and curiously that I should not start wearing baseball caps.

OOOPS!

Boxset Update


I will from now on put the most recently watch shows/films at the top of each section.

TV

24 - S1 eps 1-19

30 Rock - S1 eps 1-8

Parks and Recreation - S1 full season

Sopranos - S1 eps 1-4
Utopia - full series (6 episodes)

a recommendation in waiting via Jo is: The Following.

Film / my rating out of 5

The Muppets 4/5
Beginners 3.5/5
Friends With Benefits 3/5
Jeff Who Lives at Home 4/5
The Space Between 4/5
The Challenger 4.75/5
Genevieve 3.5/5
S1M0NE 2.5/5
Yangtse Incident 4/5
The Day the Earth Stood Still 3/5
The Hunger Games 4.25/5