Well…Just a quickie on the news that was announced yesterday that everyone in the US is eligible to receive 4 more free covid tests through the USPS…it only takes about a minuted to order them and they will ship next Monday if the order is in by the end of the week…about a month ago, I ordered 4 more and have 18 in my covid drawer in the bathroom…so these 4 will make 22 and that should get me through the holidays at least…heck, they will probably get me through a year since I don’t go out anywhere other than the grocery store and don’t get exposed much…so order them, wear a mask, and avoid crowds…and I am still looking for a political topic for today…more later

Well…another night of identical sleep with waking up at 5:07 and then out of bed at 5:47 and have been waiting for the darn computer to re-boot after it did an update overnight….one of these days I’m going to buy a new one…it’s only 35 out there and the little widget at the bottom of the screen says ‘rain and snow” and the radar looks like it will be raining most of the day so it will be another day on the indoor bike…which is okay since it is so easy to just walk downstairs…had a taste for Mexican food so I’m going to make bean burritos in a couple of days…I do have a pound of burger in the freezer so I could make meat/bean burritos…hmmm…I am going to make turkey soup and another batch of potato soup, too, so I’ll have plenty to eat….just one more doctor appointment until the end of the year and will be happy when it’s over tomorrow and I can just settle in for a while…doing the grocery run today since I don’t want to be in the stores the day before t-day but I may go out to DD if they have anything good in their ad tomorrow…not much to do today…just the grocery run and then on the bike for two then winging it for the rest of the day….more later…

Well…as you know, I had to have blood drawn for another PSA test to monitor if the surgery was successful or not…that went okay but as I said earlier…I have a good sized bruise from the needle…but the results are relieving…no change from the September test and I still test <.1 or undetectable….so that is 5 months after the surgery with no PSA and that is a good sign…it can go off the rails at any point but I’ll take this little win and enjoy the rest of the week…need to talk to my surgeon Wed and I hope I’m not misinterpreting the results…still sucks to go through this every three months…

Well…after running out to get my blood drawn this morning, I have had a bruise forming near the drawing point but not over it and that’s a little weird…and now to sit here and wait for the results…again…and to realize I’ll be worrying every damn three months for the next two years sucks…oh, well…after I got back here and finished my coffee, I went out to pull the rear wheels off the car and lube the parking brake cables and linkages so they won’t freeze up over the winter…and I wd’d the wheel studs and hub so the wheels won’t freeze to them…after that, I waited a little while for the temp to come up so I could get on the bike but it was sprinkling off and on and the temp never got above 38 so I did two rides downstairs instead…and will likely be down there for the next few days with the rain that is forecast and the really cold temps that are coming…now all I have left to do is put the garbage bin out for pick up tomorrow and I’ll be done for the day…after I make the grocery list since I’m doing the run tomorrow so I don’t have to be in stores Wed…

Well…damn, I’m getting to be a broken record but I am so damn worn out this morning…up at 3:09 and then out of bed at 5:48 didn’t help that at all…my legs were really flat on the bike yesterday and they hurt right now along with my left shoulder and that is really unusual…normally my right shoulder hurts and I think this is part of the moving tendonitis that has been going on for years…I am so damn tired of all of health issues I’ve had this year…and I need to run out and get more blood drawn today for another PSA test that is probably going to show me that the cancer is back and more treatment needs to be done…and then I have a video appointment Wed morning with my surgeon…with all of the dental surgery and then getting my prostate removed, I am just done with any medical crap…so I’m taking from Wed until the rest of the year off and then it starts again in January…I can now see how this crap wears people out….didn’t get much done but make soup and the rides yesterday and I’ll be back on the bike when I get home if it’s warm enough…I am going to get a day off later in the week with the rain that is coming in…it was supposed to be snow but the cold temps have been pushed back a few days….not much to do today…just going to get the blood done and wait for the bad news….more later…

Well…darn, have been looking for a political topic sine I got back from the rides around 2 and it’s pushing three now so I may have to re-think how I’m doing this lately…I have been busy so maybe that explains it…started out with making the new batch of potato soup that came out pretty good with bacon in it…the problem is that I can barely taste bacon anymore and that sucks…then I did two rides back to back after lunch and I am a little sore from it…I would really like to have some relaxation time to just read but I’ll head out to the news sites first just to see if I can find anything to write about…more later…

Well…damn, I’m worn out today…slept through til 5am today but then I did get back to sleep until 7:12….I am pondering the idea that I may not get on the bike today…I hurt just about everywhere and slept on my right shoulder so that really hurts…okay, enough bitching…I feel good that I got some work done around here and I wonder how long it will be before the birds find the feeder this year? Need to open the blinds so I can see but not right now…seems like too much work…it’s only 32 out there right now and that’s too damn cold to go out on the bike…I am going to make potato soup today and then I may try to ride this afternoon but I do want to see the Lions play…and that’s at 1 and I’m getting tired of having a damn schedule every day…shouldn’t you be able to take some time to yourself when you get old? I guess not when you get fat and need to lose 10 pounds…I am going to find a political topic for today but that will be a little later since I need to go over to Mastodon and do a post soon….not much to do today…just soup and the rides…you know, I used to be satisfied doing 12 miles a day and now 30 is not enough and I wonder how that happened? More later…

Well…with being busy almost nonstop today, I just forgot to do a political one today…crap…so I’ll do this one and get off my ass to try to find a topic in the next half hour…I did get out on the bike today in the lowest temps I’ve been out in since early spring…it was only 40 degrees but I got through both of the rides and could still feel my feet and hands so that was good….had a quick lunch to finish off the turkey and then got to work on little tasks that I had been putting off for a while…cleaned both east facing windows in the living room so I could put the bird feeder up and fill it…then I took the couch apart to wash the cover that my daughter got me, rotated the cushions and beat them back into shape, and then vacuumed the rug and dusted a bunch, then got rid of the clutter on the coffee table and cleaned it….so I won’t have a lot to do tomorrow unless I want to clean my room up and get rid of the dust in there…and vacuum another rug….and get the clothes off the chair and put away…damn, I still need to make ice for cocktails tonight…oh, well…

Well…damn, that sucked…had probably the worst night of sleep I’ve had in a month with waking up at 2, 4, and then out of bed at 6:24 and I feel like crap and I think it’s from only doing one meal a day for the past 9 days…so I will do two today with finishing up the turkey for lunch and then making a BLT for later…it’s only 27 degrees out there right now and it looks like it won’t be warm enough to go out on the bike until almost 10  today and I need to get the rides done before noon since Michigan plays then….didn’t get much done yesterday and today will probably be the same even though I have lots to do…need to tear the couch apart and rotate the cushions today along with washing the cover that my daughter gave me since I’ve never washed it since she gave it to me in July….so that gives me work to do today and I’ll be cooking tomorrow with making the potato/bacon soup that I am really looking forward to that…going to make turkey soup later in the week and I may even go out and get another 5 pounds of bacon before Wed….will have room for it in the freezer when I take the turkey carcasses out….not much to do today…just need more coffee in me before I do anything else and it’s going to be a struggle to get moving…more later…

Well…got the grocery run in this morning and two bike rides then cleaned up the kitchen a bit but that’s all I did…oh, I did call my surgeon to see if I needed to get another PSA test for our meeting next Wed and his nurse said yes so I’m going out to the lab Monday to get it done at the lab out here…I sure hope this one is still negative or I’m not going to be happy since that will mean more treatment that I may not do depending on how aggressive they think it is…yeah, this is just what I went through with the initial one back in early September and I have to remember that and not react that way this time…either it will be bad or good but I’m betting on good so I can have a winter without worry….until the next one in another three months…and that goes on for a couple of years…damn, I want this whole ordeal over…