Well…damn, I need to get going to get on the bike by 7:15 with the F1 race starting at 9:55 and needing to get two rides in before that…slept okay last night but was up and down a lot…I discovered that I can sleep on my back without snoring after losing the weight and I haven’t been able to do that in years….I had to tie my riding shorts up for the first time yesterday to keep them from falling off and I’ve used these shorts for 15 years…I did get the kitchen cleaned up and the house is coming into shape for my daughters visit in a couple of weeks…still have the bathroom to do along with the living room but that will be easy with two weeks to do it….I noticed that something new is causing my allergies to flare yesterday so I’ll get ahead of it today…just had the little widget at the bottom of the screen say “high pollen” so I guess it may be accurate this time….have the last periodontist treatment tomorrow and that starts my long week of appointments…three in all but then no more until the surgery but lots of follow ups after….not much to do today…just the rides and I’ll have to hose down the bike after the first ride since riding in the rain really coats it with dirt and grit…. and I need to figure out what shorts I’m going to wear after getting the normal ones filthy yesterday….more later….

Well…it’s been an okay day so far even with getting soaked to the bone on the second ride…starting yesterday, I heard this loud plane flying low over Muskegon with that big rotary engine sound that you just don’t hear anymore…I ran out to my front porch and there was a WWII B-25 bomber flying over the city and I think it’s one giving rides since it has gone over at least 5 or 6 times in the past two days…just neat to see these old planes still flying and hear that wonderful sound…the only better thing would be to hear a B-17 or a B-29 4 engine bomber come over…fingers crossed…oh, and I have the kitchen cleaned…almost….

Well…up at 5:08 this morning and didn’t sleep too well so it is going to be slow getting moving today…and it is raining…yeah, I’m shocked, too…so getting on the bike is going to wait a while so I’ll watch F1 practice and maybe get one ride in before qualifying…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but make a pizza and I made it in the air fryer on bake so I really had to make two of them and stack them in there…came out really good so that will be the go to way for a while….I do have chicken thawing and I’m debating on whether to just cook it in the fryer instead of on the grill….have to clean the kitchen today and mop the floor in there along with work on getting rid of the expired food in the pantry….and I still need to completely clear the dining room table and scrub it up so we’ll have a place to eat meals while my daughter is here… and I do need to clean the fridge, too even though I just cleaned it a bit ago….there are lots of old butter containers that need to be tossed along with old pickles, etc….not much to do today…just cleaning and the bike rides…have some of my beans to be cooked with the chicken along with a potato of some sort so that will be for lunch….even with being good, I feel pretty worn out this morning so I need another cup of coffee and to watch practice….more later…

Well…up at around 6 this morning and slept okay but didn’t eat enough yesterday so I’m a little worn out today….no dreams to speak of and that means I didn’t sleep deep enough…my shoulder doesn’t hurt right now and my back even feels okay today…it’s a pain when it’s warm and can’t use the heating pad or I’ll melt into the couch…it’s only 57 out there right now so I’ll have to have a long sleeve t-shirt on over the short sleeves but I think it’s close to having to put a fleece on…at least there’s no wind to work against…have to do better on getting my exercises done for recovery and I’ll do that 4 times today and every day until the surgery…need to have a well toned set of muscles to make for the best outcome after…have a huge 5 pound block of chicken thawing in the fridge but I’ll have to run the water over the bag so I can separate it into pieces…so it won’t be thawed for today….so I’ll grill tomorrow….I do have the ingredients for another pizza but I’m going to break it up into two little ones that will fit in my toaster oven…too much work to do it on the grill….not much to do today…need to get started on the living room or kitchen today but I’m making good progress on this place and will have it done by the time my daughter comes….more later…

Well…with my daughter coming to stay for two weeks on the 22nd of the month, I really did need to get started on the big jobs that I have been letting go lately…so I did today with cleaning the dining room, mopping the floor and then putting two coats of wax on it…looks pretty good for an 82 year old wood floor and I really need to keep up on it…need to do the same on the other exposed wood in the living room and I think I have enough wax to do two coats on it since it’s not a very big area….need to start on the kitchen tomorrow since she is bringing me newish pots, pans, dishes, glassware, and silverware so I need to get the old stuff out before that and then clean the insides of the cupboards since I haven’t done them since I finished them over a year ago…the mattress she ordered for her bed came today and the metal box spring will be here in the next week or so and I’ll have to assemble that…we did get the zoom problems ironed out and when I was talking to her, I held my tablet up and showed her the house which was fun….this will be the second night of no cocktails and I feel pretty good so I’m keeping that up til after the surgery…but that means that watching the new shows tonight won’t be as much fun…oh, well…

Well…up at 4:54 this morning and it is one of those mornings that I knew there was no point of staying in bed so I’ve been up for 47 minutes already and it’s still before 6…slept okay last night even with being on the wagon until after the surgery so I’ll take it…lot’s of tossing and turning and soreness from swimming yesterday but I don’t think I’ll need to take anything for it, though….I did figure out the problems with using zoom on my tablet and used it to talk to my daughter for quite a while yesterday and takes a lot of stress off with the two hour meeting next Tuesday morning…I do need to continue cleaning today so the house will be ready when my daughter gets here on the 22nd…she is staying for two weeks to make sure I’m okay after getting catheter out on the first of August….we did get some rain last night but nowhere near enough and no more until next Wed…it is already almost 70 out there this morning so it will be a t-shirt and shorts ride…I do have to do some work on the bike before I go since the rear shifter adjustment is moving and that means the cable is not tight enough….not much to do today…just going to get on the bike when it gets light and then I’ll probably clean the dining room and get ready to eat meals at the dining room table while my daughter is here….more later….

Well…I have been having a hell of a time coming up with political topics that I’m interested in and it keeps getting worse…and I really don’t know what to do about it…have been reading and reading and I wonder if it’s the prospect of all of the damn appointments I have starting Monday? Have one Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and I won’t have cocktails to look forward to since I am going dry until after the surgery to give my body it’s best chance of healing…my daughter has invited me to a zoom meeting to do a check on my tablet to make sure it works for the two hour meeting I have next Tuesday morning…and we’re going to do that at 4 this afternoon…I think I may have fixed it but we’ll see…oh, I have a political one…be right back with that one…

Well…there are so many assholes out here with their fireworks that I had to close up the house to keep the smell from them out of here….I am going to start writing letters to my reps and the governor to try to get this repub backed law repealed…there is no reason for people like me to have to endure this bullshit every year…have a bunch of prescriptions to pick up this morning…I think there are 5 of them and I have other stuff to get from the pharmacy so I can’t get there before 9…that means the first ride is going to happen before that in about 15 minutes….last night was my last cocktail night until after the surgery and that will help me survive the anesthesia without damage…next week I have three appointments with one of them a zoom thing again and I think I’ve figured out the sound problems with my tablet…we’ll see…got a lot done with finishing up the windows yesterday and mowing the lawn but today is going to be just the rides and a trip out to the beach to swim…man, I’m worn out today and I know I didn’t eat enough yesterday and I don’t have to cook today with more leftovers in the fridge…..have 7 minutes to get on the bike so I need to get going….more later…

WeIl…talked a little bit this morning about the kittens that were living under my front steps and the nice woman who trapped them and who is now taking care of them…they have their shots, de-worming medication ( they really had worms), and lots of food…it seems they were very malnourished but they were fluffy so you couldn’t tell….and the last report said that they are even allowing some petting so there is a good chance they can be tamed and placed in homes without a lot of work…the woman who did all this caught a raccoon in one of her traps and sent me a photo of it…I thought she might get a skunk here but I haven’t seen one this summer…I miss seeing the kittens but they are in a good place for them and that’s important…and this woman is a volunteer at one of the shelters here in Muskegon…pretty neat…

Well…man, I’m worn out today and I wonder if I should take a day off? Have been pretty stressed out about the failed zoom calls that I need to do before I can have the surgery in 3 weeks…and I got the instructions on the mychart page and it is going to be a huge pain in the ass…but it’s that or die so I guess I’ll work at it…don’t feel like doing anything right now but I have 5 more windows to clean today…I’ve been entertaining the radical idea of sitting on the couch and watching movies today…after the bike rides that is…I did get the two windows in here done yesterday and one of them was the bird feeder window that was the worst one to clean…it is nice to have them open and get more air in here….the animal rescue people trapped the other two kittens last night and are taking care of them…cleaning and de-worming them and socializing them for adoption…very nice people…and that is 4 less ferals out here….they were malnourished and have been eating almost constantly since they got them….don’t have to cook today since I have leftovers to use up…not much to do today…just going to have more coffee and get out on the bike here in 20 minutes or so….no wind this morning so it will be a good ride…more later….