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I have strained or pulled a muscle in my back. It is aggravating especially with the cool weather. I believe it was caused by the compound lifting exercise in the weight training class. The exercise puts a lot of strain on the muscles in the upper back. Hopefully, the Qigong and movement classes tomorrow will help loosen everything and smooth out the tensions.

Had a good gait and balance class today. I noticed, once again, that most of the people in the class are having a lot of trouble with mobility. We did a patterned movement today that involved stepping forward, to the side, backwards, to the opposite side, and repeated everything for the reverse steps to get back to the starting point. Most everyone was having trouble with these movements, especially when the cadence was faster. I noticed that I could do the movements using a hopping step and could maintain the pattern and the cadence.

After class, I went to the H's to read aloud from the novel about Rimbaud. Then grabbed a tasty plate of pupusas at the new Salvadorian cafe. Had a cheese-stuffed (con queso) pupusa and a pork-stuffed one. They come with a pickled cabbage dish and salsa. They are a bit greasy but are really tasty.

Dreamed a series of dreams involving people from the men's group. We were planning and going on a camping trip. The dreams intermixed over the past few nights and afternoon naps. I awoke from today's nap having dreamed that we were at a camp site, but had brought too much food and forgotten certain items like sleeping bags. The ending dream was heavy and filled with the anxiety of not having done things well.