For some reason, I decide now's a good time to try standing. When going about it the usual way doesn't work, I prop one knee on the ground and use my hands to boost up to my feet. I've made all sorts of unflattering noises by the time I finally stand. My lower back is stiff. There's a bandage on my hand-the spot where little Wilmer bit me-and I can feel the cooling/heating effect of medical salves at work beneath the bandage on the back of my head. Out of everything, that's the part that ...