Carmen and random whine

I have neglected this journal, mainly because I have been very busy rehearsing for Carmen with Indianapolis Opera. The opera is going to look great, but it has been a trying time because of the sudden death of one cast member and problems with the set that led to very long rehearsals. We have our final dress tonight and really I think it will be fabulous.Now for the whine part. My upper back has flared up again and the chiropractor can fix it but it goes right back out, which means that lots of muscles in my upper back and shoulders simply can't relax. They feel more like wood than muscles (hmm, maybe I am turning into one of my Dryads). The pain is certainly not excruciating and I can do everything I need to do, including stage combat, since nothing I do seems to make it worse or better. But it is constant, which makes it get really, really old. I finally broke down and called my doctor today to see if I could get some muscle relaxants, and made an appointment for next week hoping I can get maybe referred to a physical therapist to get to the bottom of this. I've been working out at the gym, doing yoga once a week, but none of that seems to make it worse. It felt a little better after yoga this week. Everytime I move something cracks in my neck or upper back, and I never know whether it will make it feel better or worse. I'm hoping if I can take some mild muscle relaxants just to get those muscles out of their knots a little, a chiropractic adjustment might actually stick instead of the tense muscles just yanking it back again.Then some idiot collection agency keeps calling me wanting to talk to a "Soloman Denham." I do not know nor am I related to such a person, and I have told them this on multiple occasions, to no avail. I was all ready to complain and ask to talk to a supervisor this time but the guy hung up on me. Grrrrrr. Oh well, I can take out my aggression on stage tonight in the act I fight where I get to knock a guy down and then get dragged by my hair. :)