jaunthie | An open letter to my lower spinal column

Dear Back,

I have no idea what I did to annoy you so much. Nonetheless, I got your memo yesterday that you are quite annoyed with me. I will do my best to soothe you, but if you could let me know precisely what I did to irritate you in the first place, that would be appreciated. Believe me, I shall avoid doing so again if I can only figure out what pissed you off in the first place.

Sincerely,

Me

I'm not really prone to back trouble, so yesterday's flare-up of "hey, your lower spine is really annoyed with you - as in get ice on it and take some ibuprofen, and don't you dare think about doing all the watering you were going to do; you're done with stooping for the day" trouble was quite out of the blue. I have some suspicions as to the cause. We'll see if I'm right. I do wish I came with an owner's manual, though.