Thursday

"Do or not." There is no "try". So said the woman talking with her niece and an American accent and an unidentified man at Zarraffas this afternoon. There are two words that should be struck from the English language she said - tried (hence the "do or not" which she attributed to Yoda from Star Wars) and tired. You could use words like exhausted if you wanted to but not "tired" because it has been overdone and no longer really means anything. See, you never know when you're going to learn something new.

The doctor was great this morning - doing a check of my neck - when he equated what I had done to it to a sprained ankle, except in my neck. He took out his model of a spine to show me where the problem was - and confirmed that he wouldn't need to send me for an x-ray or other tests for it because it wouldn't change the management of the injury. As well as some anti-spasmodic painkillers, he also prescribed some exercises which are simple enough to do but seem quite effective.

I was well enough to go out to dinner and Trivia at the local tonight - and just as well too, otherwise we wouldn't have won first prize - a $50 voucher - and another six-pack of beer for correctly guessing (and being the first one up to Nikki with the answer written down) that Mary was the most popular girl's name in 1899. They don't call it Trivia for nothing! But it was quite exciting - and we're not going to let the thought that there were only three teams playing get in the way of our celebrations. We are convinced, though, that we definitely need help with sport and music.