Well…damn, it got down to 50 out here last night and I really thought the heat was going to come on…and it still might…not sure where the heat went but 50 in August? I’ve never seen that before and I’m older than dirt…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and need to clean today but I don’t have any motivation right now…have a rehab appointment at 11:45 today but I’ll only do two more and then I’m done…not getting much out of it and at 40 bucks a pop, I’ve put in too much money for nothing….okay, the little weather widget at the bottom of my screen now says “record low” and I wonder if it’s for last night or tonight? Okay, just looked at the weather and it must be for last night since tonight it’s supposed to be 61 tonight…going to start taking the garden out today…or maybe wait one more week…not sure…I do have to figure out what to do with the tomatoes I have…I may seed them and put them in the food processor to make sauce but I don’t have any room in the freezer…probably should take the chicken thighs out so I’ll have something to eat this week…need to clean the fridge out soon so I’ll have nothing in there to spoil when I’m gone….not much to do today…just the rehab and some packing but right now just some more coffee and to sit a bit….more later…

Well…man, I need to get off my butt and start getting some things done around here…haven’t done anything but water the garden, flowers, and grass out front and make lunch so I feel like a slug….so, tomorrow I’ll get back to it and get more packing done but I don’t want to pack my shirts until the day before I leave so they won’t be as wrinkled when I get to the UK…have another rehab appointment tomorrow at 11:45am and I think I’m getting to the end of what I want to pay for…so this week will be the last week…and then I’ll keep up the exercises they have given me and just do them here….I do have to log my exercises from yesterday and today on my rehab page…so I guess I’ll get back to it…

Well..dang, it got cold out here last night and I forgot to close my bedroom window so I was freezing overnight….still cold right now but I can live with it after the heat and humidity….slept okay last night but my allergies are really bad today…I really want to get on the bike and this last week of waiting is going to be hard…I did expect that the heat was going to come on last night with it only 53 right now and having the window open but it hasn’t…the little weather widget at the bottom of the screen is shouting “humid” and “near record lows” still and now I’m waiting for “high pollen” to come up and I will have hit the trifecta….don’t feel too bad right now but I am still discovering new pains and I am not sure where the heck they are coming from…still have the neck pain on my right side and it must be from sleeping on that side lately…don’t have a lot to do today after getting the laundry done yesterday and I have leftover chicken masala to eat today so I don’t have to cook but I should do more than one meal even without getting any exercise….have to figure out what to do with the tomatoes I have in the fridge and plan on getting the garden taken out before the UK trip….I am just do damn worn out…need coffee….more later…

Well…man, it got colder than I expected with the low of around 60 last night and I tossed and turned enough to throw the sheet and blanket off the bed…so I didn’t sleep that well but that’s okay…it is going to be an easy day today with lots of sports and races on…Man U plays at 10 but they have so many injuries so who knows what the team is going to look like…my shoulder, neck, and back hurt today and I wonder if it’s from the swim or from sleeping…all I know is it hurts and I may put the rehab exercises off for a bit…okay, the little weather widget on my screen just changed to “near record lows” for tonight so it will be in the 50’s and I’ll have to close this place up later….yep, just checked and it’s going to be 53 tonight and that is getting close to having the heat come on…in August? That is just too damn weird…it’s supposed to be in the 90’s in August…hmmm…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I am going to do laundry this morning since I need to keep packing and there are clothes in the basket that need to go in the suitcase….have a lot of tomatoes that need to be eaten and I think I may just make today a tomato day and just eat those all day…but, I’m not supposed to eat more than 2 a day to avoid irritation of my bladder as it heals…too many damn restrictions…I really want to get on the bike and we are getting to 5 weeks after the surgery and I wonder if I could try a short ride today? Not much to do today…going to pretty much be a veg day after I get laundry started but it’s not even 7 yet so I have time before I have to get going….more later…

Well…got to the beach today and got a short, short swim in…more of a dip really since the water was so damn cold…the storms that came through yesterday must have turned the lake over and brought the cold stuff up since it felt like it couldn’t have  been warmer than the upper 50’s…so it was a splash and go…when I got back here I made a batch of chicken masala that came out good and now I’m sitting here feeling stuffed and looking for a political topic so I’ll get to that by reading some news over on Mastodon…be back in a bit…

Well…that was better…slept okay and didn’t get out of bed til around 6 and I’ll take that any day…allergies are nuts, though, and I’ll have to try some flonase here in a minute just to be able to breathe…don’t feel too bad this morning and I really should after having cocktails last night…so I’m not sure what the day is going to be…have been thinking about going out to the beach for a swim and it’s already 70 degrees out there so I may be able to…but right now I am enjoying the coffee and F1 is on in the background and it’s nice not having anything to do this morning….I do need to make some chicken masala this afternoon since I thawed the chicken but that all goes into the instant pot so it will be easy…need to make some rice to go with it and still have some nan bread too, so that will be a good meal instead of o-rings and chicken I have been having…and I have lots of tomatoes that need to be eaten, too so that will be my second meal for the next few days…not much to do today…just going to do the exercises here in a minute and then get ready for a lazy day…I feel cheated that the storms blew up after they went through here and we just got a few spits of rain…oh, well…more later…

Well…damn, that was a terrible night of sleep and I’ve been up since 4 or so…it never got below 74 last night and it’s going to be a hot one today….have to be at the rehab place by 7:45 this morning and that is going to be a stretch…and I’m going to the beach for a swim today since it’s going to be 90 or so and it will probably be the last one this year…still sore from using the string trimmer this week and I’ve been slathering myself with the menthol pain reliever my daughter left and it works some….I finally got some work done yesterday and my bathroom is cleaned for the first time in weeks…I did get started packing yesterday and realized I don’t have enough shirts that fit me anymore…not sure what I’m going to do about that but I may run out to Kohl’s and see if there are any clearance items left….might hit DD after the rehab appointment this morning if it runs an hour…they have Jalapeno poppers on sale for 3 1/2 pounds for 5 bucks and some dark meat chicken chunks like the breast meat ones that I got last week that I like….but are probably bad for me…not much to do today…just rehab and then the beach…it is so humid out here that I am sweating already….you would think this would be storm weather but no…dry as heck….more later….

Well…on the way back from the grocery run I finally stopped at the cop shop to put in a formal complaint against the idiots to the north of me…talked to a nice young officer who assured me that he is going to run it up the chain to make sure all of the officers know that they are not to give any more warnings but to start to cite them…I am going to take video every time they have a party in case we end up in court…at least it’s started and something is happening but now we’ll see what effect it’s going to be….

Well…I’m tired today and I’m not sure how I’m going to get going to do the grocery run…but that’s an hour and a half from now so I’ll let the coffee work and see what happens…got a lot of work done yesterday but don’t have a lot to do today…it was supposed to rain today but that was wrong, as always, so I’ll have to water the grass that has started to come up out front…and do the garden…going to start taking it out this week so I can get it out to the trash next week…I really should clean the bathroom today and that could be a project for later but we’ll see…I do need to go to the cop shop this morning to make a formal complaint about the assholes to the north of me and their constant parties…going into attack mode today and I am going to shut them down so I can use my porch again….it is kind of windy out here right now and I really wish that would mean some storms are coming…need to hit Target today to look for some new jeans for the trip along with some new footie socks to take with me…and I am going to buy more of the peanut butter pretzels…for the last time…don’t need to eat stuff that is bad for me…I do have way too many tomatoes and I’m going to have to eat them for meals for the next week and maybe puree them for use in sauces over the winter…not much to do today…have an hour before I need to get going so I’ll have more coffee and sit here for a bit….more later…

Well…damn, I hurt like crazy right now and it’s not limited to the surgery area…mowed the lawn, ran the string trimmer, and did two sets of my rehab exercises and now almost everything hurts…my back, neck, and abdomen are all in pain and I think I may have overdone it a bit today…but the lawn looks good and it feels like the exercises are doing something since I’m not as sensitive to the sound of running water after just two days so the muscles are getting toned up where they need to be….I will have to take an ibuprofen tonight but I haven’t taken any for a few days now so it will be okay…had the first of the 5 lbs of breaded chicken breast pieces I got last week and they are really good…very good seasoning and a nice crunch when I made them in the air fryer with some onion rings….and I still have 4 1/2 pounds left…yummy…