I’ve been thinking about pain more lately. I think it started with a therapeutic massage, when the practitioner outright told me ”this is going to really hurt for 10 seconds” and he didn’t lie. It’s rare to get such a warning of pain coming, and to think about how you will react. It made me…

The general background level of grumpiness has been gradually building all morning. It began with a mediocre night, resulting in very sore eyes (my achilles…heel??) with lots of pins and needles. Then the heat and humidity started settling in (gotta love Sydney weather), which reminded me to sort the failed AC in the youngest’s room.…