Well…man, I feel worn out today and it may be restricting calories to lose the weight I need to lose….slept okay last night but I’m only on the first cup of coffee so that hasn’t had the chance to work yet and I sure hope it does soon…just had a gust of wind shake the house and it must have been close to 50mph…loud….and the wind is blowing like crazy without the gusts so the rides will be inside today…if I ride at all…I do need a day off even though I had one last Wed…it appears there are some showers coming in but not a lot of rain so I may be able to pick up the leaves tomorrow or Wednesday…it was nice getting an outdoor ride in yesterday and I may be able to ride out there again later in the week when it’s in the upper 40’s….I do need to clean the bathroom today so that means I’ll have to get on the bike by 8 or so to get two rides in before I get started…I do need to find a topic for a political one today and I will find something…just haven’t been too motivated lately…I do want to go outside and stand in the wind and feel a gust or two today…it’s warm enough to do that at 51…not much to do today…just the rides and cleaning…don’t even need to cook for a couple of days with leftovers of pizza and chicken Masala…I do have eggs that need to be used so I thawed some breakfast sausage and will be making that later in the week….more later…

Well…when I got up this morning, the plan was to take the day off the bike and have a rest day…but the guilts got the best of me after having my coffee so I went downstairs and got a ride in…then the plan was to take the rest of the day off and just watch races…but I made the mistake of looking at the weather and saw that it was 54 degrees and the wind was only about 12 out of the SW so I suited up in shorts and got a ride in outdoors, too…and that felt good but the congestion in my lungs really hurt and I had a hard time going full out the entire way like I normally can do…tomorrow may be a day off with the gale warning that is calling for winds of 25- 35 mph with gusts of over 50 and rain but I guess I can ride indoors…and I need to do that if I’m ever going to lose the 10 pounds I’ve gained since the surgery…but right now, I’m done for the day and going to watch a race…

Well…the time change is working it’s magic this morning and I’m back in conversion mode trying to figure out what the real time is…got out of bed at either 7 or 8 and whatever time it was I slept okay but I am in slow mode this morning…it is damn cold out there today so it looks like I’ll be back on the indoor bike again today for at least the first ride but I would like to get outside today…I think I need to make the coffee a little stronger since I can see through it with this pot and that’s just not right….and I could really  use the extra caffeine today….if I wouldn’t have take a day off last Wed, I’d take one today and just watch races and football but I won’t…had sports on last night and when that happens it just doesn’t feel the same as entertainment like “Svengoolie”…it’s like I wasted a night and I wonder why I feel that way? I did get a few things done yesterday and I have bedding to put in the washer today….need to clean up my bedroom and get the clothes put away that I’ve piled on my chair to make it less messy….and the bathroom and living room need cleaning, too…so there is a high bar for accomplishments today that I’m not sure I can meet…not much to do today…staying on the one meal a day plan to lose weight so there is no need to cook for the next few days…have leftover pizza and chicken Masala that will last for the next four days…or 8 days if I can keep up the one meal a day…and I can eat out of the freezer after that for probably a month…think I’m going to make the potato soup again since I bought yellow potatoes Wed…more later….

Well…when I got up this morning, I didn’t really feel like doing anything even with sleeping in til 7…and that continued for quite a while until after lunch…I did make the chicken Masala for lunch but that is the only meal for the day…had the chicken over some rice with one piece of Naan bread and with a glass of milk that should be about 600 calories for the day…then I got on the bike for two rides and got the laundry done so I did get a few things done…after that, all I did was finish up the 6th book I’ve read since I got the 30 books from the library…I do have to set the clocks back this afternoon so I don’t have to do it in the morning and my coffee maker will have the coffee brewed at the right time…it was a little relaxing knowing I’ve got the tree removal set up but now I think I’m going to replace that one in the middle of the yard and it’s down to either a red maple or an apple tree…I won’t live long enough to see apples off it but the next owner will…so I’ll need to have them chip the tree stump out…and I’ve decided to try to keep the low hanging branch on the big tree since it rebounded nicely after I trimmed the branches at the end of it and the leaves are not wilted so the circulation is still working even with a small crack in the bark….

Well…that was a little better…slept through the night and didn’t get up til almost 7 and I’ll take that rather than getting out of bed at 5…but I still feel worn out at almost 8 but I’m hoping the coffee will help with that….had the doctor appointment yesterday and there was nothing alarming found so I’m not seeing him until next fall…I am going to go to a seminar they are offering to get my end of life stuff all set in a couple of weeks…I’ll get my DNR and will and the rest of it done then so I’ll have a packet for my daughter in case I croak….I did hear from the tree people last night and I’m in the queue and it looks like it will only be a couple of weeks until they can get to me…and I like these guys so that takes a load off…got all of the branches piled up and took the branch off the mulberry tree that was shattered so now all I have to do is wait….I have gained 10 pounds since the surgery and that is not acceptable to me so I’ll get on losing that weight after I go through all of the bad food I bought…I am going to try to get an outdoor ride in today but the F1 sprint race is on at 10 so I need to work around that and Michigan plays at 7:30 tonight so that will conflict with a race so I’ll have to figure that out…I do need to figure what I want to plant to replace the tree they are taking down…either a red maple or an apple tree but I know I’ll never see apples from it…but I think the next owner of this place will appreciate it…not much to do today…just going to sit here for a bit and have more coffee and then make chicken Masala for lunch…indoor ride for the first one here in a minute then outside….

Well…at the doctor appointment this morning, I mentioned to him that I have been coughing for a month and it is damn annoying…so he listened to my lungs and sent me out for a chest x-ray just to make sure it’s not pneumonia and I got my blood work done at the same time…the whole mess didn’t cost me any copays today so that was cool…even without my coffee, my bp was high today but I’m resisting having any treatment for it…just don’t think I need it and I really don’t want to get into the whole taking multiple medications thing…I feel good with no symptoms of anything so I think it’s a good decision…now I get to have the coffee I didn’t have this morning and I’m going to sit here for a while and watch F1 practice….more later…

Well…damn, up at 5:04 this morning to go with getting up at 4:53 yesterday so I am worn out today…and there will be no coffee to get rid of the cobwebs until after my doctor appt at 9…I did get two indoor rides in yesterday but it is already 52 out there so I may be able to do an outdoor ride after I get back here…forgot to buy fresh ginger yesterday for the chicken Masala so I’ll have to stop at Aldi’s or Meijers after the appt so I can make it tomorrow…and I think I’ll try to drag some more of the downed branches into the pile…still haven’t heard from my brother about a tree service so he must be on vacation….so I’ll start researching companies over the weekend….have been good for a week but that ends tonight….have a lot of shows in the queue to watch that go with cocktails and I’ve just discovered a show called “Bosch: Legacy” that is pretty good along with the soccer documentary “Welcome to Wrexam” that I’m working through the first season of….so, plenty of entertainment for later today…not much to do today…just riding and the doctor appointment this morning and then I’ll be winging it for the rest of the day….more later….

Well…damn, the string broke this morning and I didn’t sleep in…up at 4:54 and I went to bed late so about 6 hours of sleep and I’m feeling it today…didn’t get much done yesterday but I do need to do the grocery run this morning and try to get a name of a tree service from my brother so I can get in the queue and get my yard cleaned up…it is going to make me cringe driving the perfectly clean car in the slop this morning since there is still snow on the roads that they never plow up here…but I do need things and I can’t wait til tomorrow with the doctor appointment at 9…I do need to get on the bike today since I took the day off yesterday but I just don’t feel like it right now…so maybe after I do the grocery run…might be able to ride outdoors tomorrow and Saturday with the highs in the 50’s…it’s only 36 right now so I’ll be inside today….not much to do today…just need to get moving in an hour or so but I’m not motivated at all…and I do need to clean more today but that won’t happen til this afternoon…more later…

Well…after another tree fell and hit the house this morning, luckily no damage to the house, I called my insurance agent and she passed it on to my insurance company…whatever you do, don’t use Frankenmuth for your home insurance…they don’t cover trees falling unless it falls and damages your house…so, it looks like I’m on the hook for 2-3000 dollars to get the other half of the rotted tree taken down and get all of the branches cut up and get the sagging ones cut off…and it’s going to be almost 7 weeks before anyone can get here…fun, huh?

Well…damn, at least the power stayed on last night…but I lost so much of my big tree that I’m not sure it will survive…and it’s 16 frickin degrees out there on the first of November when the normal lows are in the mid 30’s…and we got 13 inches of snow yesterday so that means I can’t even get out to do the grocery run…have a doctor appointment Friday morning and I’m not sure if I will be able to get to it since they never plow the streets out here…so here I sit…depressed as hell hearing more and more branches fall outside and knowing I’m going to have to spend thousands to get my place cleaned up…so today is going to be just sitting here and doing nothing…don’t have the energy to clean and don’t want to ride the indoor bike…crap, I’m getting too old for this shit…more later…