Well…it sure is a pain to be disciplined all the time…I sure would like to eat what I want and do what I want at least one day a month…pretty tired this morning with getting out of bed before 6 but I slept okay and don’t have a lot of pain this morning so I guess that’s as good as I can expect…it’s only 27 degrees out there and I can hear the cars crunching on the snow since they don’t ever plow the streets up here…sure not ready for winter yet but after 69 of them here in Michigan it should be easy…really trying to enjoy my 5 weeks off of doctor’s appointments but haven’t figured that out yet…oh, goody…a high wind warning has just popped up on the lower banner of my screen…and it is supposed to snow more today, too so there will be more shoveling….it’s a leftover day today so no cooking but I will have to plan something for later in the week…I do want to do the turkey soup later but have two containers in the freezer that need to be used…maybe I’ll make a pizza this week on the grill…who knows? Not much to do today…can’t get moving but it’s only 6:30 so that’s to be expected….think I’ve lost some weight but I need to keep it up to get back down into the 160’s…damn, it’s hard to be me…more later…

Well…darn, the plan for today was just to watch the F1 race and then Man U, then make some potato soup…but when I checked the whole milk, it had already gone bad so I had to change the recipe to add a Russet potato to thicken it up along with the yellow ones…but when I made the roux and added two cups of skim milk, it thickened up nicely and I couldn’t taste the difference…what was different was adding some apple bratwurst that I had in the freezer and that really made a unique taste that I liked…I really was going to not ride the bike but I had time between the F1 race and Man U so I went down and got the first one in…and right after the Man U match was over, I went back down for the second ride…so I kept the guilts at bay and even went out to shovel the snow and salt the walks….so it was kind of a busy day and not what I had expected…so now it’s almost 7 and I am done for the day..back to political ones tomorrow…

Well…that was really weird…slept all the way through the night until almost 6 and that never happens…so I feel pretty good this morning but my eyes are scratchy from allergies…it looks like snow all day today and we may get 3-6 inches of snow so I may be out shoveling later…the F1 race is on at 8 and Man U plays at 11:30 so the first ride will be in between them…if I do one at all…one of these days I’m going to take a day off…my damn left elbow has been throbbing with pain since yesterday and I think I’ll hit it with some voltaren here in  a minute….it appears that it’s just the pain that has been moving around from joint to joint…it was in my left shoulder for the past few days and it’s normally my right shoulder hurts…okay, everything normally hurts and that’s pretty tiring…didn’t get much done yesterday and today will be the same but I am going to try to make some more potato soup today to use the whole milk before it spoils…need to make some turkey soup next week to start to make some room in the freezer…not much to do today…just going to sit a bit and have more coffee and ease into it and let my body adjust to being awake…more later….

Well…darn, up really late today and I am having a hard time getting moving…one good thing is my legs are getting better and don’t hurt nearly as much as yesterday…and I’ll take it…had a good day yesterday and contemplated taking  day off the bike but didn’t…so will today be the day? Not sure yet but I know I need to burn those calories so probably not…it is only 26 degrees out there and I can see the money going up the chimney as the heat is on almost continually….but I can afford it so no stress…I do need to lube the bike up today so it will be ready to go when the temp gets back up into the 40’s next week…slept okay last night and feel okay this morning but I’m still pretty tired and I’m not sure why that would be other than not eating enough…but I need to lose 10 pounds so I really can’t eat much right now…trying to figure out if I need to cook today but I don’t want to make any decisions right now…maybe some potato soup later? Not much to do today…going to ease into it and have more coffee and then get some laundry in since I want to do smaller loads so they will dry with no wrinkling…should probably do the bedding, too, along with the towels I used to clean the kitchen…more later…

Well…damn, my legs hurt worse today than they did yesterday and I am stiff to go along with it…didn’t keep me off the bike today but both rides were inside…but, I did almost stopped when I started the first ride it hurt so much…all from shucking walnuts and doing yard work…damn, it’s a pain getting old…I did get some work done in the kitchen today and now have a clean microwave, steel table, and one counter…so tomorrow will be the other counter and the stove top along with the fan hood…it looks like I won’t be getting outdoors on the bike anytime soon since it’s going to be damn cold out here starting today when it never got over 37 and it’s already down to 27 and it’s not 7 pm yet…oh, well…have been getting some birds on the feeder already but most of them are noisy Bluejays that are pigs and I’ll have to fill it again tomorrow…now it’s time to try to find something to watch over on netflix…there’s an Italian mob series that looks promising so I’m going to start with that…

Well…damn, I hurt almost everywhere today and that might result in taking that elusive day off the bike for the first time in about a month…haven’t had this much pain in my legs in quite a while but it’s not normal pain…pretty sure it’s from sitting on the stool and shucking the walnuts Wed…but my back and shoulder hurt too, and that’s from doing the leaves yesterday…okay, so I won’t bitch about pain anymore…slept okay last night and only woke up at 5 am but was able to go back to sleep until almost 7 so that made for an almost restful night…it’s only 27 outside with the high of 35 today so there will be no outside ride…and snow is coming in for Sunday so I’ll be indoors for a few days…I do need to make a second meal for today and I should make another batch of potato soup to use up the whole milk before it spoils and I do have to make turkey soup to use up the veggies before they spoil…so it’s going to be a soup week here and I like that…not much to do today…going to just sit here for a bit and have more coffee and watch the F1 practice that starts in 5 minutes or so…it’s the last race of the year and I don’t mind the season being over…it’s been quite a bore….more later…

Well…I didn’t know how relaxing not making a big turkey meal would be…had a really nice day even with getting out early on the bike for a nice ride and then coming back here to do 2 1/2 hours of work on the yard and now have all of the leaves picked up before the snow we’re supposed to get Sunday…the lawn looks quite good compared to every other house around here and it had to be done because Tuesday is the last day of leaf pickup…didn’t look like there were many leaves but I have 4 full bags that came up and have to store those in the garage until I put them out so the paper doesn’t get wet and fall apart….can’t figure out why my legs are so sore today but it might be sitting downstairs for a couple of hours yesterday shucking all of the walnuts…the damn bag fell off the mower again and I bashed my left shin…again..and it hadn’t healed from the last time…have another huge lump that is going to take weeks to heal…so, I’m going to take the rest of the day off and look for something to watch tonight…going to read the news first and maybe come up with a topic…

Well…woke up at 4:55 today and out of bed at 6:05…and that always makes me think of this Steely Dan lyric from “Glamour Profession” “6:05, outside the stadium, special delivery for Hoops McCann”… I could see a planet through my bedroom window this morning and I’m not sure which one it is but I guess I could look it up…but don’t feel like it right now…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but the indoor rides and shucking the walnuts I had laid out on a drop cloth in the bike room…and that hurt my right thumb so much I had to slather it with voltaren last night to be able to move it…and I need to get moving soon to get the rides in and the leaves picked up by 12:30 when the Lions play…I had considered that it would be a good day to take the day off the bike and relax a bit and just let the day unfold as it will…yeah, that’s not going to happen…it is a little weird that I’m not cooking a turkey today for the first time in 22 years but it’s time to move on and keep losing weight…and I like burritos and need hot sauce for flavor….only need to make the taco meat for the burritos and that will only take about 5 minutes…and that may even wait til later since I still have potato soup leftovers to use up….not much to do today….need to jam everything into the morning and  get moving soon…on the bike for 80 minutes and then two hours on the yard gives me a little time to have more coffee….more later…

Well…as I mentioned earlier, today was the zoom meeting with my surgeon and it went well…talked for about 20 minutes about the plan going forward and we are now in wait and watch mode with PSA tests every three months for the next two years, every 6 months for the next three and then down to one per year…he did tell me one thing that I didn’t know…10 years ago they would have put me right into radiation treatment to attack the rest of the cancer but in studies they did, the outcome is no better than waiting until the PSA starts to come up again and then doing the treatment and for 50% of patients, they never need treatment…so I’m done with doctors for the rest of the year and that feels good…and I am going to have some cocktails tonight to celebrate…

Well..this is getting to be a habit…woke up at 5:07 again this morning but stayed in bed a whopping 12 minutes more until 6…it rained all day yesterday and I just checked the radar and there is one little blob of it coming over right now but the rest of the day looks dry…so, do I ride indoors or out today? I have about an hour and a half to decide since I’d like to get two rides in before the zoom appointment with my surgeon at 10:40….and that means I have to get on the bike by 8…but then I have the next 5 weeks to do what I want…I have decided to end the tradition of making a turkey for myself for t-day and make burritos instead…have had a taste for spicy food for a while since I can barely taste anything anymore….took a pound of burger out of the freezer yesterday and I’ll add some taco seasoning but today will have to be just a bean burrito since it won’t be thawed until tomorrow…have enchilada sauce to make it a wet burrito and leftover lettuce and tomatoes from the BLT’s to top it along with a pound of shredded cheddar….I do still have to do one more pickup of the leaves before next Monday so it needs to stop raining…and it looks like tomorrow would be the day with highs in the 40’s but thee crashing down into the mid 30’s for highs and snow Sunday…ick…not much to do today….just the meeting and rides then the day belongs to me…not sure what to do but it belongs to me….more later…