I took this shot this morning. It was about 5:50am PST, and the singing birds woke me up. I grabbed my cell phone, and snapped a picture. The zoom wasn't working for some reason, so it's a bit of a distant shot, and you can't see the boats and the tanker way in the distance. But still a pretty shot, I think, even for a cell phone camera. Unfortunately, probably 5 or 10 minutes later, I was on the verge of fainting. I had the worst abdominal charlie horse monthly cramps you can possibly imagine. I quickly swallowed 3 Advil....which is a desperate measure on an empty stomach. Standing in the kitchen, I immediately broke out in a cold sweat....my vision darkened and I saw spots...and I ran back to bed before I passed out. I curled up in the bed and tried my best to relax, as the spasms of pain surged over me. I have only had this happen perhaps 4-5 times in my life. It's completely dreadful, as you know you are helpless until the Advil kicks in. Still no relief after 20 minutes. After 30 minutes, there was slight relief. I was praying for the pain to stop, and trying to breathe deeply and think about a calm and happy place to try and take my mind off the pain. I am not sure when I fell asleep, but it must have been before 45 or 50 minutes passed. When I woke up, the sun was higher in the sky, the birds were going about their business and no longer singing their 'rise and shine' anthem, and miraculously, the pain was gone. It is hard to describe to anyone what it's like, going through a moment of abdominal charlie horse cramps. It is like the muscles get suddenly and intensely furious with you, without warning, and they clench their iron fist unrelentingly for an hour to render you immobile, and leave you completely and hopelessly transfixed within their raging furor. Then, suddenly, the storm is over, and the fist unclenches, and though you lay limp and weak like a rag doll, there is peaceful reprieve.
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