Off work...

Officially on medical leave for the next few days. I was trying to pull a pallet out of the freezer last night (just after midnight this morning, actually) and landed flat on my back. The floor is always frosty, and we all have had near misses, but this one took me by surprise. One second I've got the pallet moving, next thing I know I'm looking up from the floor. Landed on my tailbone, and it hurt so damn bad I couldn't get up. The other guy in frozen came in a few minutes later, thank God, and then I had to have a couple of the managers help me up. Then a trip to the emergency room to make sure nothing was broken - thankfully just a very very nasty bruising. Drove myself home - never realized how painful it can be to shift gears, or how many fucking bumps there are on that highway. Hurts to walk, hurts to stand, hurts to sit, hurts to lay down... even with the painkillers.

Damn.