110) Pain In The Neck

At some point in the middle of the night I did whatever it is people do to earn a vicious pain in the neck.  Not sure if I slept on it wrong or if my head fell off the side of the bed, but today I must walk around with my neck and head unnaturally straight like I am wearing a neck brace.  Following are all the annoying things I noticed today while having a pain in the neck:

• Driving:  I think driving might be the worst.  On my drive to work I had a difficult time checking my blind spots, changing lanes, locating pedestrians in the parking garage and cat calling pretty girls jogging on the side of the road.  And more than once I forgot about my tender neck and simply turned to look in my blind spot, only to feel excruciating pain shoot through my neck and back.  Completely no bueno.
• Answering Co-Workers:  In advertising, the fad nowadays is to have a completely open work environment.  This means, no cubicles.  This means, large open room with tables and desks and we are all positioned out in the open with little storage space and little to no privacy.  This means at any given moment someone is calling your name from across the room because it is easier to do that than use the phone, or god forbid, walk all the way over to tell me something.  Several times today I had someone call my name and I instinctively turned in their direction, causing my face to wince in pain.  And my friendly co-workers have already given all the sympathy they have to give, so they are just annoyed with me at this point.  
• Sleeping:  Sleeping last night may have been worse than driving.  Once I realized the pain, it was hard for me to get comfortable.  I move around when I sleep, so there were several instances where I woke up from moving into an uncomfortable position.  And when the pain woke me up, I think I would jump/twitch slightly which caused the dog to wake up.  She would venture out from under the covers to see what was wrong, and would listen a few moments before burrowing back toward my feet.  Neither of us slept well.
• Peeing:  As a dude, I must look down in order to aim properly and minimize splash.  I have gone to the bathroom 3 times so far today and each time I have trouble looking down due to the pain in my neck.  It is an odd feeling simply unzipping and releasing without looking where I am aiming.   Feels liberating in a strange way.  But like most things that feel liberating, I am sure I am making a huge mess.  

And to make things worse, I sprained my big toe in a collision in yesterday's late night soccer game.  My toe is swollen and hurts when I put any pressure on my right foot.  So today I am hobbling around like a miserable old man, limping slightly and constantly grabbing for my neck in a futile attempt to lessen the pain.  I look like Quausimodo, or Gene Wilder's assistant in Young Frankenstein (is it Igor?).    Anyway, have I complained enough today?  Feel sorry for me yet?  Didn't think so.