Terrible timing

I have a very sore back. And not in a 'hmmm, that's a bit painful' way but in an 'oh Christ if I ever have to twist myself to the left again I will be screaming, throwing up and collapsing' kind of way. I stupidly tried moving something yesterday that was a very awkward shape and heavier than I expected, and I moved it in a way that put too much strain on my lower back. I mean - I joke about, and complain about, all the silly little courses that we have to do in the workplace, but it turns out the 'manual lifting' one is quite accurate, and quite important. Too late now, but I should have paid more attention and written things down, and then re-read them before attempting to drag an A-frame advertising ice creams from one side of a play park to the other.
It's Gavin's fault, really. He was here for the day and was in one of his usual 'I have to justify my title as Managing Director by changing something while I'm onsite, even if it doesn't need to be changed' moods, and the target of his efforts yesterday was Ice Cream Alley. To give you the background - earlier this year we converted a small, vintage caravan into a booth for serving ice creams, which are supplied by a local producer. It's placed in the shade down a nice walkway that links a play park to an open area with a pond and I have called that walkway 'Ice Cream Alley'. It's a new feature for this year that isn't exactly groundbreaking, but shows that we are always adding things and not keeping the site stale. It's one of my ideas that was frowned upon initially but has turned out to be rather popular, but yesterday Gavin decided, as he does, that something should be changed very slightly - so he could tell people (in the way that managers do) that he had made the important decision in the whole thing and therefore feel like he had had an input - and he wanted the lovely, well-designed and hand-painted sign 'slightly more visible from the other side of the park' and I reacted in my usual immature, obstinate way and said, "Right, well we'd better do that straight away and I'd better do it myself" and proceeded to grab it and drag it to its new position.
And now I am a bit broken.
I've booked to get manipulated by one of the talented ladies in the onsite spa, but she didn't have a space until Friday, so I'm stuck with the pain and discomfort for a bit longer.

And the real pisser is - any other time I would be able to ask my wife to use her wonderful training as a sports physio to give me some relief, but I actually hurt myself at the very time that she was driving to visit her friends for a few days....

RC 7-8-25