Night 3

I went to bed earlier, about 10:30, still with the pillow under my head. It did take a little longer to fall asleep, but it was still much more comfortable than Night 1 with no pillow. I think the Egyptians were onto something. I find I end up sleeping “mummy style” with my arms folded in a cross on my chest and my legs close together with my feet touching.

The way that I've begun to sleep (and the realization I'm going to be writing about it in the morning) has led me to take an inventory of my body. “Legs and feet feel great; a little pain through the lower mid-back region (the place that regularly gets me lately); breathing-slightly labored, probably due to the back pain; head and neck feel good, although there's a slight tightness in the left side of my neck.” I should probably apply this to my life, too. At night, just take a few minutes and inventory my day and be grateful for what happened. Once I relax it seems to take away the labored breathing and it's light's out.

I woke up a few times last night again. (I'm realizing that ever since I had a kid, I just don't sleep well.) It was the same as last night, just slightly rolled to one side or the other. I guess my 30 year side sleeping habit is getting kicked faster than I thought.

As promised, here are some “before” pictures of me. I'm using these because they were at times where I was just standing relaxed and not worrying about my posture. 

Notice in the rock climbing picture, you can see my crooked shoulder blades and crooked hips. If you look at the fishing picture, you'll notice my rounded shoulders and too much arch. You can't really see the jump in my spine, but right below my shoulder blades my spine does a little dance for about 3 inches. The only other thing that is invisible on these pictures is my tailbone. It doesn't continue straight down like it should; if you were to look at my back, you would see it take a sharp left turn. It's literally turned 90 degrees and pointing at my left butt cheek. I blame it on a bad fall while learning how to snowboard. It still makes my butt hurt to think about getting on the slopes.