Last night I dreamt that the BBC were launching a new season of Shakespeare adaptations to be run weeknights on BBC1 straight after the news, and that the first one was going to be QUEEN LEAR starring Judi Dench in her last role before retirement. I recount this dream because I believe it’s indicative of the strength of the painkillers I’m currently on. I managed to blow out my lower back on Saturday morning and spent the entire weekend pretty much immobile. This morning I have a little more range of motion, and some gentle stretching is helping to put things back where they’re supposed to be, but I still have to shuffle out today for more painkillers and enough Voltarol gel to drown a rhino.
All of which is to say, I’m dealing only with essential communications this week and will be back here next week.