I walked over 3 miles on Thursday and again on Friday. At least walking doesn't bother my back although I can't do much walking when my back is bothering me. I went to physio on Friday. My Australian physios are excellent! There are 2 who work there that I see depending on who is there or on vacation etc. This time she worked on mobilizing my C2 cervical vertebrae joint which was really stiff against my skull as well as my lumbar vertebrae and my sacroiliac joints. Had the usual interferential on my back and neck traction. Felt a lot better afterwards.

Tonight we went and saw the movie Snakes on a Plane with Samuel L. Jackson. I really enjoyed SoaP. Ray thought it was far fetched as "snakes don't do that in real life". But I never even thought that. I yelled out loud, laughed out loud, and cheered out loud along with a lot of the audience. Not sure if any other actors could pull off this role. Maybe Tommy Lee Jones. If you liked Jackson in Pulp Fiction then you'll like this show. I saw Pulp Fiction twice when it was at the theatres and that's the only time I've ever gone to see a movie for a second time. If you're afraid of snakes, a feminist or don't like to see a lot of gore or are squeamish then I wouldn't recommend it. Definitely not a show to bring kids to.

Mom came over for the day to see the Phantom at QE last weekend. It was excellent of course with awesome singing and costumes. I want to get the CD from the one I saw in '91 with Michael Crawford. We were in the 8th row in the centre so had a great view. No need for binocs :) Before the show started we were told that recording devices of any kind were not allowed. I assumed this meant during the show. Little did I know that no photos of the stage at all were allowed even when the performance wasn't going on. Oh well, I still took a few photos!

We went out for dinner at Horizon's last week. Forgot how chilly it is up there - brrrr. Beautiful view though.

I started walking more last week. Did 3 miles on Tuesday, then 6 miles on Wednesday and 2 miles on Friday. Got a blister from the 6-miler. Went out and got double-layered socks and a 2nd skin dressing kit for blisters. Was going to walk again today but my back was bothering me. Will see how it goes on Monday. I can't wait to go to physio again on Friday. Too bad my regular physiotherapist is on vacation for another few weeks. She's been my best one so far.

Well, N came over for the Czech Republic fireworks. She and her mom came from Nanaimo and stayed with her bro. They went shopping in Seattle then her mom went home and N stayed at my place for a few nights. We watched the fireworks from T's place. Went out and got some food and brought it back to his place and ate on the balcony. T and N were quite entertaining as T played his guitar and sang. N also sang with him and as chorus. We had a good time. I stayed up until about 1:30 both nights N was here so was extremely tired that week.