Well..damn, my coffee maker died this morning…ordered a new one from Target for pickup later…this Mr. Coffee lasted over 10 years so I bought another one like it…the price has gone up 10 bucks since I bought the last one but that’s to be expected…so I’ll pick it up when I come back from lunch with T in GH…it got down to 58 last night and it’s still under 60 but I’m going to put the top down on the car when I run an errand this morning……damn, didn’t get out of bed til after 7 this morning and now I’m going to feel like I’m running late all day…have been thinking about only doing one ride today since I’m really sore and could use a little rest after doing 130 miles this week…the good news from yesterday has me feeling pretty good today even with celebrating last night….undetectable PSA is what I needed to hear after the surgery and means that I may just live for a while….the little amount of cancer still in me is not exploding like I expected so I need to figure out how to react to that…not much to do today…just need to run an errand and ride the bike before I head down to GH for lunch…oh, and the Lions beat the Chiefs last night and I am in shock…couldn’t make it through the game but I will when they start to play on Sundays…yow! More later….

Well…as you know, I talked about the results of my PSA test that was done on the 6th that my doctor considered “still elevated” at .1….but, this afternoon, I got an e-mail from Spectrum saying I had a new test report on my mychart page which was curious since I had only had one test done…so I opened it and the “still elevated” was replaced with “considered undetectable” and in front of the .1 was a “less than” sign…and I talked to a PA at my GP’s office and he said it was a “great outcome” and there is nothing to worry about…still don’t know how the mistake happened but I’m glad my GP followed up and corrected it…man, I think I’m going sprain my emotions if this keeps up….but I’ll take good news anytime…

Well…crap…got the results of my PSA test and it is not zero so that puts me back into treatment of some sort…but, I’m so worn out from the surgery and follow up that I am questioning any further treatment…after all, I’m 70 and maybe that’s enough….there really isn’t anything left for me to do after the trip so maybe I just let go….we’ll see…had an okay day and got the grocery run in and two rides and I finally used the food processor to make some salsa and used half of the leftover tomatoes for it…didn’t eat enough yesterday since all I had was a sandwich and salsa and chips…but I really have no desire to eat so I’m not going to force it….I do want to get a ride in before my last rehab appointment at 10 and that means I have to be out by 8 or so…the weather has really changed and the high is supposed to be only 71 but it is still very humid according to the weather widget so I’ll be sweating like crazy even with it only 65 out there….it was nice to get some rain yesterday but that’s it for the rest of the month…nope, next Tuesday we may get rain…not much to do today…just the bike rides and the appointment but with how I feel right now, that’s enough….and the Lions start their season tonight so I may watch a bit of that….more later…

Well…it rained out here this morning! At times it was pretty heavy and the main drag through Muskegon flooded and I almost ran into it coming back from getting my blood drawn…and there is no place else that I’m going to go for that from now on…one try and I didn’t even feel it so that was cool…yeah, it rained so hard when I was going out there to Holton road that I could barely see and the car was really moving around hitting the standing water and on the way back, there was a foot of water over the road right in downtown and a Saab in front of me hit it at 40 mph and the car just died and he pulled over…so, I was paying attention enough to where I could slow down and move over to the curb but I still had water up to the bottom of the doors that I drove through…the Miata is a pretty low car….and now it’s time to sit here and wait for the last band of rain to come through so I can get one ride in…but it says “high winds soon” at the bottom of the screen and it now just changed to “rain coming” so I think I’ll do my exercises while I wait….

Well…up at the normal time of around 6 today and I’m feeling the busy day I had yesterday…pretty sore from abusing myself all day so I need to take it easy today and only do one ride after the grocery run….think I may have gotten back to the bike in full ride mode a little too soon…I should take an ibuprofen before I get going…it is supposed to rain today but I’m not seeing it on the radar so I don’t think it’s going to happen…I do have to go out to the lab to get blood drawn for the first post surgery PSA test after the bike ride and I am curious how that is going to come out…it should be zero but they left cancer in me so it could still be spreading and killing me…and that sucks…but I’m 70 and have lived 14 years longer than my father did so I guess that’s enough…..I will find a topic in politics today and then get off my butt and do one every day….don’t think I need to mow the lawn until just before I leave for the UK and it shouldn’t grow much while I’m gone….not much to do today…need to take it easier than yesterday and I will….and I need to do the rehab exercises twice today and keep it up til the trip…oh, and I need to make salsa in the food processor and that will make one meal every day for a week or so…have been able to eat tortilla chips again with the healing in my mouth so that is one worry I don’t have to think about….more later…

Well…I guess there’s no excuse for not doing a political one today other than I just realized it right now at 5:17…so I’ll do this one for a warm up and then make the rounds of the news sites to see if I can find a topic…today started pretty early with getting on the bike for the first time at 7:30 and then struggling through the 30 miles…came ever so close to turning around on the second ride when my whole body went flat and it was so damn much work…but I got through it and checked the water temp while I was out at the beach and it was warm enough to swim so that changed my plans to a light lunch and then out to the beach…got a half hour in the water but took it really easy since the first dive in hurt my abs quite a bit and they are still sore right now…nothing big but still a little pain so I had to take the day off the exercises to not hurt them more…but I did have to clean up the rest of the yard so I could put the garden plants and the dying flowers from the back of the house out, too so now I have three bags out with the trash…it is still damn hot out here at 90 and I have the fan on high but that is making it tolerable in here and I can live with it…have had more than a gallon of water and three showers today after all the sweating and dirt from riding and the yard work…after all that, it’s time to take a short break and figure out the topic….more later….

Well…it sure didn’t cool off much last night and it’s still 77 at 6:39 this morning…so, it’s going to be a hot one today with getting to almost 90 and high humidity so the fan will be on all day today…slept okay last night but feel a little sore and worn out from doing 30 miles yesterday and I think it will take a week or so before I’m used to it again…will be heading out here as soon as it gets light but I do need to remember to WD the bike before I go out….I do need to work on the yard a bit today to get the big bags ready to put out tomorrow…have branches that have fallen that need to be cut up and bagged and I am going to cut the trash bushes down a bit along with pulling the rest of the stuff from the garden and take out the rest of the flowers at the back of the house…it is supposed to rain all day tomorrow but I’ll believe it when I see it…it’s only rained once since the surgery and that was six weeks ago…but then it barely rained while the storms popped to the SE of me…not much to do today…I wonder if I should do the grocery run or wait til tomorrow? I do want to use the food processor to make some salsa before the tomatoes spoil and I have healed the sore in my mouth enough to be able to eat again….but it it’s going to rain tomorrow it may be the day to do all that….more later…

Well…I did get two rides in this morning before 11 and it did feel good…even got a couple of sprints in and probably pushed a little too much but we’ll see later…don’t have any abdominal pain at all but my right hip and shoulder both hurt so it will be a volataren day today….need to try to find a topic for one in politics today and I think I have it but I still need to think a bit….be back later…

Well…damn, getting started this morning has been a chore…woke up at 5:04 but knew I wasn’t going to get out of bed so I rolled over and got back to sleep until a little after 6:30….must have slept wrong on my neck since it hurts again and I can barely move it right now…might have to put some voltaren on it before I get on the bike…had an okay day yesterday but the assholes were back at partying and I had to make a call…we’ll see about today….going to get out on the bike as soon as I can since it’s already 69 degrees out there with no wind but I am still a little unsure if it’s going to be a two ride day today…my legs don’t hurt from the 12 miles yesterday so I could do two today but it does feel weird sitting on the bike…no pain but I know something is different….darn…it’s 7:30 and I’m still sitting here and I already miss not having to ride and having the day open to whatever I want…crap, have to get a new normal going so I can get back into shape…it’s two weeks to the day until I leave for the UK and I need to get in to my dentist so they can look at the sore in my mouth that hurts like crazy….not much to do today…just need to get the rides in before the live drag races start from Indy…was going to make salsa today but I don’t have a green pepper to put in it…or any tomato sauce…or any tortilla chips…do I go to Meijers today? Sure don’t want to but I might….more later…

Well…I know it’s 2 days early but I got a bike ride in today…went really easy and only did 12 miles so I don’t hurt at all…at least right now but I am anticipating that my legs will hurt tomorrow…it does feel different sitting on the bike but I guess that’s how it should be since I only have empty space where an organ used to be…the bike worked perfect both on the up and downshifts but I may have put too much air in the tires sine the ride was a little jarring…they are finally taking the railroad tracks that went out to the paper plant out and it’s making a mess along the trail so now I have to detour from the detour and ride up past Cole’s bakery and then back down towards the marina to pick the trail back up again and that is a pain…oh, well…