Well…crap…after getting all of my yard work done that took all morning, I ignored the high wind blowing out there and got on the bike…it wasn’t too bad for the first couple of miles but when I made the turn to go straight into it, something popped in my right hip and then howling pain ever time I pedaled…almost had to get off the bike and walk it up the last climb up to my house…so now I’m sitting here on the couch with heat on my hip hoping that I can walk later…no ibuprofen yet but will probably need some later…whacked my left shin on the mower bag and now I have a 1/2 inch high welt across it the will be black and blue later…need to take the rest of the day of to repair this old body…

Well…damn, I’m worn out this morning…just poured the first cup of coffee so it hasn’t started to work yet….I’m a little impatient about that since I want to get moving soon…not sure why but that’s just me….it’s already almost 50 outside so I will be able to get on the leaves as soon as it gets light and I get at least two cups of coffee down…and I’ll be able to ride outside today, too…slept okay last night and I put earplugs in to do it…it had been weeks since I used them and they sure helped last night…tried to stay under a thousand calories yesterday and I was pretty close and that will help with losing the fat I’ve put on since the surgery….I am so tired of having to think about everything I do…when do I get time off to just live? Never, probably…and that sucks….I did see a couple of deer on the trail yesterday and that was a little unusual since I haven’t seen many lately…not sure where they went but there used to be some that wandered around right here in downtown…not much to do today…just the first pick up of the leaves and riding and I hope to have both done before noon but that means I’ll have to get off my butt soon…I do have to get a new aerator for the kitchen faucet since I broke it washing up after making the turkey…maybe today…who knows? More later…

Well…I wonder if no one knows the traffic laws anymore? When I was out on the rides today, the power was out to the traffic light down the hill at 31 and 7th street but no one was following the law that says you have to treat it like a 4-way stop…nope…people were just blowing through and all four times I rode through there was a near accident…idiots…other than that, I had a nice day today with getting two rides in before noon and not freezing my hands off even though the wind was blowing around 20 with gusts but it was out of the south so I can take that…after I got back here and had a turkey lunch that I will repeat all week, I gave myself a hair cut and trimmed my beard but then took the rest of the afternoon off and just read…but tomorrow I have to get at the leaves and get them picked up for the first time so I can put them out Tuesday…so I think I’ll do that before I ride tomorrow…now it’s time to read a bit more and then watch a little tv…only one meal today and I’m going to keep that up until I lose 10 pounds…

Well…just read a disturbing article that states that 50% of repubs are not going have their young children vaccinated…and the laws that require that children have proof of vaccination before they start school are being rolled back in every red state…and when asked if it matters that their unvaccinated child could infect others and cause severe damage, their answer is no, they don’t give a damn about anyone else’s children when they have the chance to “stick to the libs”…Are these people just stupid? Don’t they remember the thousands of children in iron lungs before the Salk vaccine for polio was developed in 1953? And to top this off, millions of kids in red states no longer have any health insurance as the repubs essentially ended Medicaid in the states they control…so I wonder why this “war on children” is not being covered more? Again, the media is falling down on the job sine most of it is now controlled by the maga assholes out there who want the idiot trump returned to the WH so they can continue their destruction of the country…or the stealing of the rest of it they haven’t already stolen…geez…

Well…darn, I know I say this a lot but I really am running late again today…woke up at around 6 but just laid there in my bed until 7:30 and now it’s after 8 and I’m just getting here…slept okay last night but my allergies are still really terrible and I have a headache that started last night and is still thumping the top of my head…might have to take something for it today…got a nice ride in yesterday outdoors when I was going to take the day off so I feel good about that…and I am going to try to get two rides in today as soon as it warms up…but it won’t get to 50 til around noon and I do want to watch the Lions play today but that’s not til 4 o’clock so I’ll be able to get that done…and I’ll make an early lunch before that of leftover turkey…still not losing any weight even with going down to one meal a day so I’ll have to figure out what’s going on and change….I wonder if I can just take it easy this morning and relax for a while? Not very good at that…going and going is such a habit that I don’t know how to relax…I think I may have to just force myself to take a day off and figure out how to derail the guilts that come with it….I do have leaves that need to be picked up and that should be done in the next four days when it’s going to be in the 50’s and no rain…see…still planning work and I’m tired of it….the wind is going to be nuts later but I’m going to go out anyway….more later…

Well…just finished cleaning up after cooking the entire t-day meal today…dry brined the turkey and it’s a method I think I can work with…I will rinse the bird the next time I cook one even though you’re not supposed to…the skin is too salty if you don’t…but the meat came out nice and moist and tender so it seems to work…only the roasting pan to clean up and that is soaking right now…may go out and do and outdoor ride after the Michigan game…not much wind out there even if it is a little cold…we’ll see…

Well…I think I’ve finally gotten to the point where I’m going to take the day off today…I know it’s going to mean that I won’t be burning any calories and I am going to be eating a lot so it will be a set back in my weight loss struggle but I just need a day off….slept okay last night but don’t feel like it this morning…just so worn out that I’m going to have to suck it up to cook today…the turkey looks good in the fridge and I am really curious how it’s going to taste….the salt is pretty much gone and it looks like there is a glaze on it…I still need to prep it with the veggies inside for it to make a good base for the gravy and I’m going to add some breakfast sausage to the cavity that I have left over…have to try new stuff that might or might not work…need to get more flavor in it that has been missing….just remembered to take a stick of butter out of the fridge since I’ll need that to make the rosemary butter to put on and under the skin….not much to do today…just cooking and eating and that seems to be a bit decadent given my normal routine of riding and not eating…and Man U plays at 10 so I want to have everything done before that…and I should have the turkey in the grill by then to eat the big meal for lunch….more later….

Well…had a pretty good day today with getting some stuff done…finally…started the day with two bike rides downstairs and then checked the turkey and it had thawed enough to pat it dry and mix up the dry brine of kosher salt, brown sugar, sage, rosemary, and thyme that I spread all over it and it is now sitting in the fridge uncovered to let the skin dry out completely…and that means I am going to cook tomorrow instead of Sunday and that will set me up with turkey for at least a week….making the whole t-day meal with the green bean casserole, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy…yummy…so, after I got that done, I tore the bathroom apart and cleaned it completely but then just read for the rest of the afternoon…and now I.m letting my eyes get used to longer distances now so I’ll be able to see the tv clearly later….going to watch a really long movie tonight that will take up almost the entire night so I’ll start it at 7…nope…”Battlebots” first, then the movie so I may not get through the whole thing tonight…or I’ll move that to tomorrow night and just watch some shows tonight…who knows?

Well…running about on time with waking up at 5:24 but then staying in bed til 6:23….getting up has started to be a process as I’ve gotten older and I miss the days of just popping out of bed and getting on with the day…and yes, I know things change but that doesn’t mean I have to like it….slept okay last night and feel okay today if a little tired but that seems to be normal now so I can live with it…I am going to remember to take my vitamins today since they seem to help…it was so cool to have the tree guys come yesterday and now I have a cleaned up yard that I don’t have to think about…I did take the turkey out of the fridge this morning so I can make sure it will be thawed to dry brine it tomorrow and cook it Sunday…doing the whole t-day meal with stuffing, green bean casserole and mashed potatoes and gravy with brown and serve rolls…and I’ll be eating off the turkey for a week or more….it looks like it will be warm enough to ride outside staring Sunday and going for a few days until it gets cold again late in the week next week….not much to do today…have been looking for an excuse to take a day off but I can’t see it right now…so I’ve got an hour to sit and have coffee before I go down to the torture machine and get the miles in…more later…

Well…the tree guys are here and working and I got such a pleasant surprise when the quote was only 450 bucks…about a quarter of what I expected and it will be cool to have everything cleaned up…the old rotten tree is down and they have started the chipper…yay!