Aches over aches

If yesterday I thought my arms and back ached, well, it's nothing compared to how much the ache right now. After spending 4 hours this morning pruning my ixora hedges, I can hardly lift my arms. My forearms hurt like a bitch. The worst part was that I didn't get to finish pruning the ixoras. *sighs* They had grown so totally out of control that they were about as tall the house, and most of them were covering half of the walkway. So as you all can imagine, it took me 4 hours to reduce half of them to the level of the fence. Okay, yeah, it's all my fault not keeping an eye on them and pruning them more often. I know, I know, I know. Mea culpa.