To the pain

First off -- Cosmic World was fun! It wasn't as cool as advertised (aside from the starting area and four color zones the run took place in darkness -- I didn't see "mesmerizing visuals" or "talented DJ's perform[ing] on intimate stages"), but I'm a sucker for events where people throw powdered colors on each other, so I had a great time.

In other news, my foot and knee have both been really starting to hurt again. I think I've been allowing myself to think of physical therapy as just another type of exercise, and because of that I haven't been as rigorous about doing the specific physical therapy exercises I should if I'm easing off from a period of increased exercise (like this recent volunteer appreciation week, when I was probably walking at least a couple miles a day). Cue my return to near-religious observation of specific daily physical-therapy-required reps -- pain is a tremendous motivator!

I've been thinking about starting a pain log, to better track it. I find that when I'm not currently in pain, it's easy to forget that I've been in pain at all lately. Whenever I am in the grip of pain, I want very badly to know whether my current pain fits into some larger pattern.