Day 97: The Threshold of a New Dawn
Morning Drama and the Case of the Ignored Alarm After yesterday's osteopath appointment, I had no idea what to expect when I got out of bed this morning. Would it be pleasure? Would it still be pain? Or would it be that peculiar middle ground where you can’t decide if you’re healed or just temporarily distracted? To begin with, I ignored my alarm for fifteen minutes, which immediately introduced an element of chaos to the morning. Nothing quite gets the heart pumping like realising you’ve lost a quarter of an hour before the day has even started. I sprang out of bed—well, rolled out gingerly—and made myself a coffee before heading off to Rochester. A Surprise at The Math School It wasn’t until I arrived at The Math School that I realised something miraculous: my back was not hurting as much. There was still some soreness, but the searing pain running from my back through my hip into my leg had—dare I say it—disappeared. It was an unexpectedly excellent start to the day. However, my...