From Twitter 02-21-2010

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Ouch

There's an enormous amount of ice on the sidewalks here in Minneapolis from freeze/thaw cycles. The back path to my garage is coated thick with it. On Saturday, I slipped on my way from the garage to the house. I stayed upright with a huge wrench and thought nothing further about it, since I didn't fall, but I woke up on Sunday in a lot of pain in my lower back. I must have wrenched my muscles quite badly. We went to church, but I had to stand through half of adult forum because my back hurt so much, and it hurts to lift my purse. We skipped church because I couldn't face sitting in the pew. I'm staying home today to nurse myself with a heating pad. It's been quite awhile since I've had a day off.

First place trophy for Fiona

Fiona went to a karate tournament yesterday and brought home a first place trophy. The glamor was rather diminished, unfortunately, because she was the only competitor in her division (Creative Weapons Form, black belt girls under age 17). She was doing Me Yung (sp?), the bo form (stick-fighting) for Fourth Degree black belts. She's not pleased with how she did it. I've seen her working on it very hard for the past month. She'll be performing it again in another tournament next month, this time as in the synchronized form division, performed with her instructor. I hope to get some videotape of her doing the form, which is quite complicated.