Well….woke up this morning sore again and I just can’t believe it’s from working on the car yesterday…..oh, well….feeling worn out again and I think I just need to eat better…only about 900 cals yesterday but nothing appeals to me right now so that’s probably the best I can do….even got tired of turkey this year and that never happens….maybe I should get a pizza or something today? Or some fast food? I do have some stuff to do around here today…need to put the papers out for the last time and clean the bathroom if I can get motivated…more later…..
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A better day…
Well….the day didn’t start out too well but it has gotten better…I did get under the car and couldn’t find what is making the noise so I’m not sure how to go forward on that….darn….but, I did get out on the bike in shorts and no gloves and this one just has to be the last day like that….and I got the headlight bulb changed out with it being so nice outside…it is almost 60 right now and I knew I had to take advantage of that…I did just notice that I have the front tires rotating the wrong way and never noticed it all summer…oh, well…putting the snowies on in the next week or so so that won’t matter….I wonder how I didn’t look at the rotation arrow when I put them on in the spring? It looks like I may not make the goal this month since I would have to do 7 tomorrow and that is not going to happen…I have an excuse so I don’t feel too bad about it….
November 29th
Well…running late again today…just can’t get started…again…and I’m not sure what that is about…..can’t even think too well today and that could be a problem….maybe it’s not having coffee until now…this whole news blackout thing is still screwing up my mornings…I would normally get the papers and have my coffee by 7:30 but without the papers…I just don’t get going….didn’t even get out on the bike yesterday and I don’t feel bad about it…and that is the problem…I think my guilt system is out of whack…and that usually keeps things in check…oh, well…..not much to do today…haven’t said that in a while…I do have to work on the car here in a few but that is about it….more later…
Wasted days and wasted nights…
Well…yep, stole that one from an old country song but it is such a good descriptor of my day today that I just had to use it…was paralyzed all day today an just couldn’t get moving at all and I have leftover cocktail material to use tonight so it will be a waste, too…not sure what is going on but I am sure I don’t like it….still haven’t even looked at the car to see what is wrong with it and really don’t care…well…that’s not true….but, whatever it is is going to cost money that I don’t want to spend right now….a conundrum to be sure but tomorrow will be another day and warmer so I will get under it and take a look….not sure if I can survive another day like today…yeah…there is some hyperbole in that but the guilts from this one are killer….
November 28th
Well…finding it almost impossible to get started this morning…I think part of it is how gloomy it’s been lately…can’t remember the last time I saw the sun and that doesn’t help my mood any….I did get a bike ride in yesterday but that was just about it…and today looks the same with it raining already so I probably won’t get on the bike today….I am going to try to clean some but not for a while…Man U stunk up the place yesterday and that didn’t help and there was really not too much else to watch….I don’t hurt today so I guess I should be thankful for that….I do need more coffee so I think I’ll do that right now and just veg for a while….more later….
Old stuff….
Well…out on the bike today I cam to the realization that I am surrounded by old stuff…my life is entirely made up of old stuff….my car is 23 years old….I have a stereo that I bought in 1974…my newest pair of jeans is over 15 years old…..my road bike is from 1971…the gloves I wore to keep my hands warm on the bike today are from 1980….I wonder what that means? Is it that I’m cheap? Is it that I don’t like change too much? I’m not sure about any of that but I do know that over my entire life of owning cars, there have been very few of them that were not used up completely…that went straight from me using them to the junkyard. I guess it’s more that I just have never felt the need to have the latest and newest thing….I’m okay with that, too….I did buy new knives a few weeks back…but they were only $3.99 for three of them…I wonder what that says? Not much I’m afraid….
November 27th
Well…another disappointing day yesterday with Michigan losing in OT and all the rest of the things that are happening….started coughing again and I wonder if it’s still that bug I had last weekend….I did get a bike ride in yesterday and it was a pretty good one…and I am going to have to go out early today with Man U playing at 11:30 so I think I may have to double glove it with my hands freezing like crazy….but, my back doesn’t hurt today so maybe I’m past that….someone won the 400 million in the powerball last night so that can keep my hopes up for another day or so…..okay, need to get the coffee and hit the couch for the last race of the year…more later….
Comfort music?
Well…you hear people talk all the time about comfort food…that food from your childhood that you still eat and that makes you feel good when you do…like mac and cheese and and tomato soup…but, on the bike today, a new idea popped into my head…is there comfort music? I think so…every time I need a lift or some easy music on the ride, I always turn to my Joe Walsh playlist with songs like “the ashes the rain and I”, “Live my life again”, or the turkey song and the smile comes back and the troubles seem less than they were. I wonder if anyone else feels that way? Hmmmm….
November 26th
Well….note sure if I like these after holiday days…they seem to be a license to be lazy and just veg….oh.well….don’t really have a lot to do anyway so maybe I can get past the guilt today…didn’t shoot pool yesterday since Tom is still sick and I think I still have a little bit of the bug with coughing all morning but I still feel okay…didn’t get out on the bike yesterday with it raining most of the day and I just couldn’t muster up the energy to get out in the cold….might be able to get out today after F1 qualifying but it will have to be right after since I want to watch Michigan/Ohio State at noon…..might even get the gear on for that one…..I do have to get under the car to see what is going on but I took it out this morning and it’s not as bad as it had ballooned in my mind so there really is no sense of urgency…..next week will be fine….need coffee and the couch right now so I’ll end here…more later….
November 25th
Well…it was a slow, relaxing day yesterday and didn’t do anything but cook and watch sports…the turkey came out great again but I’m not sure I’m going to do one next year…just can’t see the point anymore….there was good sports news with the Lions and Man U winning and the Lions doing it on the last play of the game again…it would be nice if they would win big for once….I did get a bike ride in in shorts yesterday but today will be half thermasuit if I go out at all…it’s raining right now so I’m not sure if I’ll get the chance….not too sore today and I feel okay so it might be a good one to get out…just not too motivated right now so I think I’ll get more coffee and watch F1 practice…more later…