Well…it was a pretty nice day again today and I got a double ride in outdoors but that will be the last one until March at least…the roads were completely clear and it just felt good to be outside for the 4th day in a row…and I continues my 2 day streak of getting things done after cleaning the bathroom yesterday, I got the laundry done and a little more cleaning…so I really wasn’t a slug today and that felt good too….only one day left of burning the hell out of my face and scalp and then I can start using the steroid to get the lesions to heal…it’s supposed to rain and snow tomorrow but we are getting towards March and the temps are going to stay in the 30’s so all of the snow should be melted tomorrow…and that’s okay with me…I do need to go out in the morning to pick up the BP med prescription that I phoned my doctor for…but that will be after the weight work and one indoor ride…only did one meal today along with the bagel for breakfast and I’m going to keep that up until I run out of energy…back to reading…

Well…late late late getting up this morning and I wonder if that is the goal after weeks of not sleeping? Had to take something for that last night and that makes getting moving on time a chore…I did get some work done yesterday and cleaned the bathroom and I’m not sure what I’ll do today to keep the progress going…Maybe the kitchen? Finished up the leftovers yesterday so I’ll have to cook something today…leaning toward breakfast for both meals today since I thawed some turkey sausages and some bacon and I have 10 eggs…might even make an omelet since I have green pepper in the fridge, too…man, I feel worn out this morning and it is going to be hard work to get going…almost all of the snow has melted and I may be able to get another outdoor ride in before it gets cold out there for the rest of the month…but March is coming…my face looks like I’ve been near a nuclear explosion it is so red…but I only have today and tomorrow to treat and then I can start with the cortisone and start healing…more later…

Well…when I was watching the women skating the other day at the Olympics, one of them had “Stairway to Heaven” for their music and I immediately flashed to the perfect music…the combo of “Time” and “The Great Gig in the “Sky” by Pink Floyd came to mind…and they have been running around in it ever since…yeah, you don’t want to be in there…

Well…with the heavy rain we got this morning, I think about 50% of the snow is gone off my lawn and it’s not too soon for me…just got back from another outdoor ride and I extended this one to about 10 miles I was having so much fun…can’t wait to get out on the trails in a month or so…and I’ll get back to 25 mile days and then I can eat two meals a day again…my hands and arms are still pretty sore and I’m going to have to treat my thumb with voltaren again but that should get better after I break the adhesion scars in it…but right now I’m going to start a new book and watch the USA men’s hockey game…

Well…running late with not getting out of bed until almost 6am today but that was by design after not sleeping much for the past couple of weeks…and it’s raining pretty had so I don’t think I’ll be getting an outdoor ride in today…damn, it’s almost 6:30 and I’m just getting to this and that means I won’t be on the bike downstairs until almost 7:30…I did sleep okay with only getting up once at 4am so I guess I’ll take it…just want the coffee to start to work so I can get going and be done with everything by 10 or so…I am curious about how much snow will melt today with all of the rain and the 42 degrees out there right now…and we have one more day of warm weather before it gets back to the 30’s for at least a week…but there is no big snow in the forecast and March is coming…not much to do today…I really should clean the bathroom and I just might substitute that for te outdoor ride…but the rain is supposed to stop this morning so I could get an outdoor ride in this aft…more later…

Well…it got up to 45 degrees again today so I went out and did an hour riding around my little city…it is a great way to see all of the new restaurants…we even have a brand new upscale Mexican place that I may even have to try it out…my hands are hurting pretty badly with all the shifting and using the brakes and that won’t go away until I start getting on the trail around the 3rd week of April…it looks like we have a couple more days of 40’s here and I’m glad the big storm is staying way to the north on the UP where it is dumping close to 3 feet of snow…we’re just going to get rain here tomorrow and that should get rid of some of the snow pack…at least I hope it does…back to reading…

Well…up a little after 5 again today and I am really tired of it…I remember times when getting up this early never happened and I could sleep in til 10am and I am quickly coming to the idea that I need to take something for at least one night of sleep…it’s almost 6 and I need to get going so I can be done with the indoor ride by 8 or so…going to get an outdoor ride in today but then the temps drop again into the 30’s but we are getting towards March and I sure hope some warmer temps…need to figure out some meals after the pizza leftovers are gone tomorrow but nothing grabs me…maybe some pasta? Have a whole loaf of garlic bread that’s been on the freezer for quite a while and two jars of sauce so that may be the easy thing…not much to do today…need to clean the bathroom at some point but I’m not sure if it will be today…more later…

Well…heard a hell of a noise a little while ago and went out to investigate…a 300 pound block of ice took down a 12 foot section of my gutter along with the drip flashing…so, I straightened out the flashing as best I could and nailed that back up and it will have to do until spring when I’ll get new pieces to put back up…not sure if I’ll replace the gutter…too small of a job to get anyone to come out and replace it…oh, well…

Well…I guess it doesn’t matter when I get out of bed since I always feel like I’ve never slept at all…that said, I was out of bed a little before 6 today but woke up around 4am and just laid there trying to get back to sleep…it’s already over 30 out there so I will be doing the 2nd ride outdoors today and I’m looking forward to that…my skin has started to peel from the chemical I’ve been putting on it and I only have 5 more days until I can start to heal the ugly red blotches with cortisone…it looks like I’ll have leftover cream to use if I have any more keratosis that shows up as I get exposed to the sun…put spray on sunscreen when I rode outdoors the other day and that hurt like I put acid on my face so I’ll have to look for some lotion sunscreen when I go out today…didn’t get anything done yesterday and probably won’t again since I am so late getting going today…more later…

Well…up a little after 5 again today and I really do need to figure out why I can’t sleep anymore…I did eat more yesterday but I can’t feel the effects of that yet and I wonder if I will at all…I was going to take an easy day yesterday with one ride indoors but I did take advantage of the nice weather to get a 10 mile ride in outdoors and I am going to try to do that again today…but the forecast says it’s only getting to 40 today so I guess we’ll see…I do need to clean the bathroom today but that is going to wait til later…the lesions on my face hurt like crazy when I put sunscreen on to go out or the outdoor ride so I won’t be able to use the 100 spray on until they heal up some…only 6 more days and I can start using the cortisone cream to get some relief…my skin looks really bad and red and I hope all of the lesions will be gone after I’m done…not much to do today…just need to pour coffee down and get it to work right now…damn it’s almost 6 and Ineed to get going…more later…