Jake’s Life

Okay, mine’s higher than the picture. I’m not sure what happened, but the other day I woke up and my mid to upper spine was killing me. I was awake for a few hours, went to the store, came home, and went back to sleep. I wasn’t sleeping in a weird position or anything, just flat and normal. Nothing was sticking into my back. I wake up and I felt nearly paralyzed. I went all day yesterday feeling like that, and I woke up today feeling like that too. We’re on one night a week of mandatory overtime right now due to staffing shortages too, and which night do I pick as mine? Saturday. Of course.

It’s borderline excruciating. It hurts if I stand up straight, if I hunch over, so I have to find a sweet spot between the two to stay in. Every time I breath it hurts, and while I can turn my neck just fine, my waist is another story. I’m not really sure how I’m going to wear all my gear tonight, especially my vest.