Susnot

Pains in the ****

It occured to me just now - where did the term "pain in the ass" come from?

I don't know about you, but unless I sit the wrong way, I rarely have pains coming from that part of my body. Perhaps the fact that it is so rare to experience pain there makes the term all the more special. But I just wonder where it came from.

I seem to have strained my neck. This past week I slept on it wrong. On Saturday I strained it while leaning over the table to address my friends' wedding invitations... somehow that made it worse... so yesterday I attempted to spend as little time moving around as possible. The funniest part if I really didn't feel better until I was sitting in my car, pressing the headrest into my neck. That was the best I felt!

Now I am at work and... ouch it's starting to feel stiff again. I remember when I was younger going through this, I used to just suffer through the pain and eventually it would go away. But man. It's been years since I had to experience anything like this. And it's not even that bad right now.

I can't imagine the sound of cracking when I turn my head is a good thing.

posted by Susnot @ 8:37 AM