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More home improvement, tra-la! Almost all of the linoleum is up, and my computer has been temporarily moved upstairs since my workstation is usually the 'breakfast nook' area of the kitchen. So I'm sitting on the floor as I type this. Not terribly comfortable, but not bugging my leg like sitting in the office chair was.
About that- I went to the chiro and she said that sciatica can be caused by a few things; pinched nerve, muscle spasm in the butt area (she gave me the anatomical name but I don't recall it), out of whack sacrum or out of whack lumbar. She checked, and both the sacrum and lumbar were out of whack, so she whacked them back in and told me the nerve is probably inflamed and will be so for another couple of days. The pain went away immediately and I felt kind of floaty, but it's come back a couple of times, though not as bad. Ellen taught me some yoga stretches to help too, and I've been trying those. Hopefully this is very temporary.
Anyway, so I pulled linoleum yesterday. Here's a tip for you: do NOT pull linoleum naked. Apparently in addition to the sheets I was pulling, it also splinters into fine, tiny shards and if you're sitting on the floor as you adze away, you will get a million and one tiny shards of linoleum in your ass. This is not a happy thing! Stop laughing!
We're going to check out area rugs today. The last thing we want is one of those $800 wool buggers with that flowery shit around the border, to heat up the room and stain when the cat barfs on it or bongwater gets spilled on it. It really wouldn't go with our decor either, which runs heavy to student industrial-grade apartment furniture and odd pagany knick-knacks. So we're hoping to find something a little more modren.
About that- I went to the chiro and she said that sciatica can be caused by a few things; pinched nerve, muscle spasm in the butt area (she gave me the anatomical name but I don't recall it), out of whack sacrum or out of whack lumbar. She checked, and both the sacrum and lumbar were out of whack, so she whacked them back in and told me the nerve is probably inflamed and will be so for another couple of days. The pain went away immediately and I felt kind of floaty, but it's come back a couple of times, though not as bad. Ellen taught me some yoga stretches to help too, and I've been trying those. Hopefully this is very temporary.
Anyway, so I pulled linoleum yesterday. Here's a tip for you: do NOT pull linoleum naked. Apparently in addition to the sheets I was pulling, it also splinters into fine, tiny shards and if you're sitting on the floor as you adze away, you will get a million and one tiny shards of linoleum in your ass. This is not a happy thing! Stop laughing!
We're going to check out area rugs today. The last thing we want is one of those $800 wool buggers with that flowery shit around the border, to heat up the room and stain when the cat barfs on it or bongwater gets spilled on it. It really wouldn't go with our decor either, which runs heavy to student industrial-grade apartment furniture and odd pagany knick-knacks. So we're hoping to find something a little more modren.
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Date: Jul. 12th, 2002 12:42 pm (UTC)From:Pros to nekkid:
*You aren't destroying any clothes.
*If you get dirty, you hop in the shower (which you usually have to do after working at home improvement anyway... why bother washing clothes as well?).
*You don't have to worry about the clothes you do have on, if that's some "good" clothes that you need to change out of.
*It's more comfortable (at least for me)
Pros to clothes (hey, that sorta rhymed!)
*Working with stuff that might hurt skin, clothes at least give a veiled sense of protection
*Helps to keep you from getting arrested if the home improvement is in the front of the house (does not apply in clothing optional havens)
*Could keep skin in very sensitive areas from getting sunburned.
*I'm sure, in the artic regions, it would be more comfortable to wear clothes...