Tom pulled a back muscle a few days ago and it is getting better day by day. He thinks that due to stopping yoga that’s why. I keep backaches away by keeping my core strengthened with ab crunches and back flies, though nothing keeps the backaches away that I tend to get before periods.

Slept my usual 8-9 hours, but awoke nearly half a dozen times along the way as I always do, for no reason at all. I fall back asleep in just a minute or two, but I sure miss the days when I’d close my eyes and not open them again till it was time to get up. Haven’t done that in years, though, and I know that’s just a normal part of aging.

Had a dream that next door’s place was parallel to the street instead of the other way around. I was outside walking just after dark when I realized I could just about see into Bob and Virginia’s bedroom through the partially closed slat of their blinds. The room was long and large. It looked neat, modern and stylish. From left to right was a big-screen TV, a couch that faced the TV, and then a bed directly behind the couch, allowing one to watch TV from either the bed or the couch. Along the wall opposite the window was a long dresser. Bob was seated on the couch watching TV when I saw Jim amble into the room as he was going to sit next to Bob. Bob then turned and spotted me peering into the window and shouted in fear.