Hurts so good

Went to the monthly Craobh Dugan  Irish session at the Mill last nite - usually don't miss that one - for me the smaller groups where you can hear are a lot more fun.    I was going to skip the session because I've been having pain in my wrist for a few months now that started when I crashed my bike.   It seems that playing music aggrivates this and I actually thought I'd give it a rest.   But the lure of sitting around a table with good friends passing tunes around (one of lifes true pleasures) was too strong so I went down.    Funny thing - as soon as I started playing the pain seemed to go away.   We were doing mostly tunes new to me, and it was challanging to keep up and play along.   20 more tunes to learn - and good ones at that.   The wrist held up (it was my pickin hand) but by the end of the nite I noticed my playing was loose and the wrist hurt in a good way - like the feeling you get at the end of a good workout.  Hurts so good......