My husband has been confessing all kinds of things regarding my upcoming birthday. Apparently my sister-in-law has some big plans for it. Normally I'm happy with the bare minimum, but I think my husband's family would find that too odd. I told Hubby to just allow things to happen as they do. I'll be OK with whatever, as long as I'm not expected to make a long speech in Czech, a language that I can't yet speak. My main desire is to go to Vienna. It will happen, but perhaps not in a month. I doubt the covid pandemic will have eased significantly enough by then.

My back was absolutely killing me earlier today, but then Hubby gave me a very nice back rub using a super-powered Mexican-made version of Arnica gel. It was like a miracle! I'm thinking he should put more on my back before I go to sleep. I also plan to take acetaminophen in a few minutes. I almost never take OTC pain relievers, mostly because I rarely need them. But tonight it will be preventative. I'm going to fight this the best that I can and hopefully get a better night's sleep.