I need to keep track of two things, and so I'm going to put them both here.

First on my mind is my back pain, which is much better recently, and I'd like to keep track of this so I can tell how I'm doing over time. Second, I want to focus on hunger.

Right now, it's 9:27, and I need to take some Naproxin, so I want something in my stomach first, so it won't hurt me. But also I'm hungry and I'm really looking forward to the tea that is in my thermos and a sandwich. I have my usual pb sandwich here, divided into 4ths, but today I also have a baguette-and-butter (or really, plant-sterol margerine, ugh, but it's healthier and a lot better than nothing or any of the other margerines) sandwich.

I'm hungry, and I'm really looking forward to this. I'm going to eat the b-and-b sandwich first. Two bites, noticing and thinking.

I had a good night, didn't take any Acetominophen at all, but had to take a Gabapentin at 6, about half an hour early. Not real pain, but I knew it would be easy to hurt my back and make things a lot worse, so I took it and was very careful moving, setting my abs and not pulling with my right leg. There's a very subtle tingling on the inside of my right knee, the Naproxin will help. So no pain, but the potential to make it worse is present.

Four more bites of baguette and margerine. My stomach feels ok. I'm noticing just now, on this last bite, what I don't like about the margerine, a flatness or fuzziness to the flavor that's some ingredient, an oily one, I think, that doesn't actually taste that good. The taste is covered up normally by the other ones, but at this point, I can taste it. So I'll stop for now.