Pain

 I'm not sure what I did, but I've pulled something on my side. The pain is just under my ribs, going down and around my back. Yesterday, I was trying to reach for something in the back of my closet. I felt something pull but thought I was alright, and I was, until this morning!

I've been trying to gently stretch it out; it feels a lot better than it did this morning. As I was making breakfast and obento, I realised that reaching for things was very difficult. Fortunately, it's on my left side, and I'm right-handed, so I haven't had to use that side too much.

Another problem is that it hurts to laugh, and of course, Christopher had a funny story to tell me this morning!

I don't know where he finds these stories; some Japanese site, I think. The story was about 2 men and a dead fish. One man had gone fishing and caught a large tuna; he called his friend, saying that the fish was too much for him to eat and would the friend like to have some. The friend said yes and turned up at the apartment a bit later. The man met his friend in the parking lot and explained that the fish was too big to carry upstairs by himself. So the two men are carrying a big fish, about 6 feet long, wrapped in a cloth to the stairs. As they were going, they were talking about how to cut the fish up. They decided that the best place would be the bathroom, as there would be a lot of blood and guts; one man suggested using a saw to start the cutting. What they didn't realise was that a lady was walking past, listening to their conversation. About 20 minutes later, the doorbell rings. The owner of the apartment goes to the door, wearing an apron covered in blood and holding a bloody saw. He opened the door to two police officers!

The story ends there, but I can imagine the scene; the officers must have been told that the men were dismembering a body!

I thought this was so funny; it was 6 o'clock in the morning, and I was in pain, maybe that's why I thought it hilarious!

It reminded me of the time I yelled at David to move the dead body, a cockroach that had been killed and left on the floor. I was wondering how I would explain that if the police came knocking on the door and asking where the dead body was!

It's pouring down with rain at the moment. I'm glad, as the past few days it's been very cloudy and humid but no rain. This is nice, gentle rain. I hope it stays like that, but we are under a thunderstorm advisory. 

The view from my window.

When I opened my window, this little guy came inside.

What should I do?

I don't mind these little lizard things, but I don't like the idea of it wandering around my room. I'll ask Christopher to catch it later.