Well…running about on time this morning with getting out of bed a little after 6…just poured the first cup of coffee and I need it to work soon…got a few things done yesterday and I need to mow the lawn today along with attempting to use the string trimmer but I’m not sure if I’m healed enough for that…it has been a month since the surgery and I generally feel okay but I’ve had some pain in my abdomen the past few days but I think it’s more from gas than anything else…and the new pain from the exercises is going to need some ibuprofen later…I do need to get a set of the exercises done here in a minute but I want some more coffee first and to read some news…going to start pulling the garden out later this week since the cukes never set and the experimental end of it was a bust so I’ll be back to just tomatoes, peppers and beans next year…might use the food processor to make the leftover tomatoes into sauce that I can use over the winter…..not much to do today….just the lawn and trimming this morning and then maybe a walk later…it may rain a little overnight and I hope it does…the new grass seed in the front has started to come up and it’s a pain dragging the hose out there a few times a day to keep it wet….more later…

Well…had the first rehab session today and I am surprised at how comprehensive it was…and another surprise is that I am no where near as flexible as I thought I was…and they are not just working on the pelvic floor exercises but they are working on all of my core muscles since they all work together to help the healing…the only problem is they want me to come twice a week and the copay is 40 bucks per session so that’s over 300 bucks a month so it will go about a month and then I’ll just work the exercises here since I have to do them twice a day….it does feel good to be working on the core and to be making progress…

Well…damn, running late this morning and I need to get moving…have the first rehab appointment at 10 this morning and it is going to be a chore…going to be hot out there today and through Thurs with temps near 90 for highs…but then it goes down to the 70’s for a week or so and that will be welcome…it’s supposed to storm Wed so I’ll have to mow the lawn tomorrow…the grass seed I put in the front is starting to sprout so I need to keep that watered so the front will fill in…had a lot of pain from gas last night and I wonder if my intestines are still screwed up from the surgery…they haven’t worked like normal since then and I’m getting tired of it…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today looks the same with the appointment…need to get packing and don’t think I’ll have any more cocktails until the trip…need to feel better and even with just one last night, I feel crappy today….started to feel really worn out yesterday and I think it’s from not eating enough…again…had 3 soft tacos and a couple of small tomatoes yesterday but that should be enough without riding….but I’ve gotten 12 tacos out of a half pound container of taco meat so maybe that’s not enough….not much to do today…just the appointment and then back here to get some work done….man, I’m tired…more later…

Well…am still sore from yesterday’s walk but went out again this morning before 9 and got another hour and a half walk in…not sure far it was but I think around 5 miles again…there was another cruise ship docked down the hill so I walked over to Heritage and took a look at that for a minute then the normal route though town and stopped to look at an information plaque at the museum that said they found Mastodon bones just north of Muskegon and that was pretty cool…and I saw a tree full of scissor tail swallows at the lake’s edge…there must have been 20-30 of them just sitting there…and I took a new route back here and saw a cool tiny park that is full of flowers I have never seen before…but now I am going to veg for a while and watch the second half of the Chelsea match…

Well…running really late today with not getting out of bed til almost 7…and I am just pouring my first cup of coffee to try to get started but I have little hope it will work soon….had a crappy night last night and didn’t sleep at all…can I just melt into the couch and take it easy all day? They just gave Spain a penalty for a cheap hand ball and I really don’t know why…England just got jobbed and I’m not going to watch anymore…yeah…England’s GK just saved the penalty! Didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I really do need to clean the bathroom…and take another walk but the one yesterday gave me lots of pain and I was slathered in the painkiller to try to get comfortable…it worked a bit but my neck is stiff and painful this morning…didn’t eat much yesterday and I still have no appetite at all and that is going to be a problem with trying to gain some weight before the trip….not much to do today…just need to get the walk in this morning and stop grinding my teeth…they hurt from it and it doesn’t help healing from my mouth surgery…too damn much surgery on this poor old body….more later…

Well…it’s 30 days until I head out of Philly to the UK and I am getting a little excited…slept okay last night and think I’ve figured out something with my sleep and I need to try it again tonight to make sure…had an easy day yesterday but I am going to get out for a walk this morning before the 10 am soccer games come on…Man U plays at 12:30 so I need to have everything done before then….but it’s only 57 out there so I am going to wait for a while…okay, nope…it’s only 55 out here right now and I wonder if the heat is going to come on? Sure don’t want to wear a fleece to walk today….man, I am sore everywhere this morning and I noticed that my back started to hurt yesterday afternoon and I can’t figure out how I did it but I’m barely moving today…and the neck pain is bad again with stiffness so I am going to use some of the topical menthol stuff my daughter brought that seems to work okay…and I like how it smells….don’t have a lot to do today but to start getting the list together of what I want to pack and start getting things in the packing bags…had too much coffee yesterday so I only have a couple of cups of leftovers for this morning…not going to make more since I really don’t need more…not much to do today…still have leftovers to eat today so I’ll have tacos for lunch or maybe some breakfast for lunch…not sure yet….more later…

Well…as you know, I have to start rehab for my surgery next week but I couldn’t remember what time they said so I called them this afternoon and I’m glad I did…I knew that it is on the 21st of the month but I thought it was Tuesday when it is really Monday…and I would have missed the appointment and would have to wait until after the UK trip to get started…getting that straightened out means I’ll get three sessions in before the trip…not sure what they are going to be able to do for me but the nurse I talked to earlier in the week said I still need to do it to make sure everything in there is supported by the muscles that are left…doing okay but insurance will pay for it but I’ll bet I have a 45 buck copay for each session…and that’s going to hurt….oh, well…still waiting on the big bill to come and when it does, I’ll be down to about 25k in the bank but that’s still not too bad…

Well…running late today with not getting out of bed til after the coffee had brewed and that makes it after 6:20 or so….I really hurt this morning and didn’t do anything that I can point to that would have done it…damn, is it just from sleeping? I know I tossed and turned a lot since the sheets and blanket were on the floor halfway through the night…it looks like we are going to get high winds here today since they have a beach hazard warning out for waves from 6-8 feet…and, from experience, that would make the lake a mixmaster that is pretty dangerous to be in…it got pretty cold here last night…down to 58 and I had to close this place up to keep the heat from coming on…allergies are pretty bad today and I have a slight headache that will probably get worse as the day goes on…I really can’t waste another day doing nothing like yesterday but I am not motivated at all right now and I wonder if that will change anytime soon? Not much to do today…I should go out to DD to get some onion rings and breaded chicken pieces for when I get back from the trip and need a meal out of the freezer…and make a run to Kohls so I can look through the summer clearance stuff to see if I can find some shorts and maybe a new belt since I have run out of holes on the one I’m using now….more later….

Well…as I’ve talked about before, I have been trying to get all of my monthly bills set up to auto pay before the UK trip and I just got my 5th/3rd credit card set up…and the reason I did that today was I didn’t get my bill in the mail and it’s due in a week…so I figured I’d set that up today while I looked at my balance…did it all online and it took about 3 minutes…now I just need to do the same for the water bill but they have an outside firm handling it and it costs 1.50 per month for that…I know it’s only 18 bucks a year but still…no other bill charges to pay online since it is cheaper for them to do it that way…I thought I was going to have to actually go to a bank branch and it was a pleasant surprise to be able to just sit here on the couch and get it done…

Well…having a hard time getting going today and have very little energy…it looks like there are some storms coming through in a few minutes but I’ll believe it when I see it….I am going to take the day off today with feeling so run down…have been trying to eat more but I don’t think that’s working yet…yow..the wind just started blowing so hard I can hear it over the tv so I think the storms are coming…sure hope so…okay, so now the wind has stopped and it was just a gust for some reason….got a few things done yesterday and I really should do more today but I don’t feel like it…need to get packing for the UK trip and I need to get organized in the next couple of days….damn, this one is pretty hard to get flowing for some reason….can I just live for a bit? Not sure if I know how to do that…but I am going to try…I think I need to buy a timer for the light here in the living room when I’m gone to simulate that I’m still here when I’m on the trip…and I think I should get another set of earbuds so maybe I’ll buy that stuff today….but I just hate to give that money to amazon and make the idiot billionaire that owns it more money…not much to do today…just want to sit for a while and have more coffee before I even contemplate moving at all….I may just sit on the porch when the storms come if they do…damn, I’m depressed this morning….more later….