The aches and pains that start the day

It really does hurt.  I get up more slowly in the mornings because of the various and sundry aches and pains (particularly, the lower back) when I get out of bed.

Somehow, I do it mechanically during the middle of the night as, two to four times a night, I have to get up to pee.  Yet starting the day, waking up and being perhaps a bit more cognizant of what my surroundings and feelings are like, I get up, straighten up and start moving, albeit far more slowly than I once started out the day.

This morning I walked urban Bangkok, again.  I love my noise reduction earplugs.  I hate a smart phone but for my music collection on the phone.  That makes the mechanical marvel which I truly do not take advantage of (but for the music) an essential part of my life.   Fortunately, the humidity of Bangkok in the mornings is not overbearing as it will soon be in Guangzhou where, if I can set a new routine for myself, will get up and walk, then shower and proceed with my day, once we get home........I've got to keep the body parts in motion - not fast, necessarily.....nor slow, either.....just in motion!