2025-01-20: strangers in an unfamiliar city

i've been recovering from tweaking a lower back muscle. off-brand robax platinum helps, as it always does, at least loosening things up a bit. day 1 was the excruciating pain, day 2 was the aftershocks and general slowness. and even with taking pills according to the instructions on the bottle, i had real trouble sleeping. kept waking up, trying to find a position my body would agree with. no sudden movements. slowly shifting around, using my fists and elbows to lever myself around the bed. back to sleep, for an hour or two, maybe. no dreams.

last night i think i was catching up because i slept through the night. and strangely i dreamed i was in vancouver, exploring it with a girl, the one mentioned a couple years ago, a brief friend, an even briefer fling, who at a vulnerable point in my life made me feel welcome in an unfamiliar city. she made me dance with her despite the fact that i can't dance, that i never dance.

why her? why now? i don't know. but i'm at least happy for the night of uninterrupted sleep, a clear head, a back that's slowly healing.

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