Whoever Said Age Ain't Nothing But a Number...

...is full of crap.

Its been a while since I’ve posted. I have come to the conclusion that life back here in SF is slightly less interesting on a daily basis than it was in Kabul.

Rather than tales of international development in the newly democratized Afghanistan, I am resorting to writing about body aches and pains and for the first time in my life signs that I am indeed getting old.

Its actually a pretty horrible moment when such a realization sets in. For me, this moment came merely three days after my 34th birthday. I was at the gym, completing the usual routine when after trying to complete a final sit-up, I felt a muscle pull in my back and that was that. It is now eight days and two chiropractic visits later, and I find myself signing up for eight weeks of treatment to repair a strained muscle in my back. Again, this is all from doing a flippin sit-up!

The bright side is that it is only a pulled muscle and x-rays show no major damage to my back at all. The doctor is quite certain that I should be 100% shortly, but still, a sit-up precipitated this pain. This injury can only be attributed to age. While Francis once mocked me when I said I think my best days are behind me, this is yet another sign that I might have been right.

The pain has subsided a bit since my last doctor visit, but sitting in an office all day definitely makes it tighten up. This is a bit distressing as the month of March will entail a ton of sitting for extended periods of times including 3 straight days of Pac10 hoops at Staples Center (plus the flight back and forth), and a cross country flight to NYC. March madness, indeed. I also plan on posting up on bar stools and seeing a few movies. (Top of the list is Pan's Labyrinth. The brief clips that I saw during the Oscars sold me. As did the numbers of trustworthy friends and family that mentioned that I would like it. I'm also down to support the rise of the Mexican directors that has emerged in recent years (Cuaron, Inarritu, and Del Toro)).

So far this doctor has proven himself to do me some good, but I’m hoping for a miracle and to be completely pain-free by next week. OK, enough whining, but I wanted to explain why the old blog was lacking updates.

I do have major blog plans for March including some detailed blogging of the trip to LA and the PAC10 tourney, live blog of Selection Sunday (like New Years Eve when the Bruins are in it), a St.Paddy’s weekend/Natalia’s bday in NYC photo entry, and of course detailed commentary of the Bruins journey to Atlanta (good god I hope we can pull it off!!) and the Final Four.