Well…I was a little stressed out about finding the medical facility where they are going to do the ultrasound tomorrow way too early…but I chose 7am since the next available appointment was three weeks out and I sure don’t want to wait that long…and I’m glad I did the run since it took me an extra 20 minutes to find it that I won’t have tomorrow morning…have to stop eating and drinking in the next couple of hours and, of course, no cocktails tonight but I will have my contego cup filled with hot coffee for the ride home along with one of my hydro flasks filled with water and ice…it did rain a bit today but the next is not coming until Sat but it will be warm enough to put the top down for the run to GH at 67 for a low…and I’ll have to put the lights on for the first time in the car and that will be cool…okay, time for the weight work…

Well…up early again today and I’m really getting tired of it…I mean 3:41? But I didn’t get out of bed to 5:38 so I guess that’s a little better…it got down into the 50’s last night and it’s still only 58 out here right now so I’ll have a light fleece on when I head out on the bike before 7am….tomorrow is going to suck with having to be on the road to GH at 6am and trying to find a new place I’ve never been before…loads of stress from that…but I will get to see the lights on in the car for the first time so that will be cool…today is going to be an easy one with just the rides to do…no beach time or anything else but I am going to clean the bathroom and get started on the kitchen…I am so damn tired of the medical crap going on and I wonder what the ultrasound is going to reveal? Just more crap to do and more treatment and more doctor appointments….damn, I hate getting old….need to get moving soon but I am going to have more coffee first…more later…

Well…you know, I was thinking today that I am always busy and I wonder if everyone is like that…I mean two rides, a run to the library and an errand, mowed the front part of the lawn, and then made the chicken stir fry for lunch…didn’t really get done with everything until 1:30 and that was steady moving from 7am…don’t think I’ll be as busy tomorrow but I do have to do the grocery run since I have a 7am doctor appointment down in GH Wed morning…or I may just not do a grocery run this week since there is nothing I really need and I have plenty in the freezer to go with the 4 days of stir fry I have in the fridge..even have 2 full gallons of milk so I can make that last til next week…okay, time to read…

Well…damn, I’m running so late this morning…woke up at 5:07 but went back to sleep til 6:13 and I won’t be out on the bike til almost 7 so I’ll be running all morning…need to hit the library this morning and mow the front of the yard…and make the stir fry for lunch…so I won’t have any time to relax until after noon…it is a little cool this morning and that’s okay…it’s getting down into the 50’s for a low tonight so I’ll have to close this place up…or put a blanket on the bed…I guess we’ll see…didn’t get anything done yesterday but I am going to clean today and put stuff away…the dining room table needs attention…damn, only have 15 minutes before 7am and I am struggling to get going….I am old after all and I wonder when it’s going to happen that I just can’t get going anymore? Not today…so I need to get off my butt and prep for the rides…so damn tired…more later….

Well…we didn’t get the inch of rain that was in the forecast but it did rain for about 20 minutes this afternoon…not enough to fix my lawn but it may limit the damage some…I am going to have to mow the front of the lawn tomorrow but not anything else since it is completely dormant…so, I didn’t do much today…even skipped dinner since I didn’t feel like cooking so I’ll make the stir fry tomorrow…just don’t have any appetite anymore and I wonder if that will ever change…I did get two rides in this morning and I’ll try to keep that up with how warm it stays overnight…it was 76 with 87% humidity when I want out and I still didn’t sweat much and I wonder if that is a part of the dehydration I’ve been feeling or if it’s from losing 30 pounds? Haven’t even sweated through my hat to get it dripping at all this year…hmmm…okay, need to finish a book before the USA plays in the Gold Cup final at 7…

Well…another morning up before 5am and I’m so damn tired and I wonder why I can’t take a nap in the afternoon like I used to be able to? And the weather forecast of rain is just frickin laughable since it never rains here…twice in 90 days? Didn’t sleep for crap last night and that is getting to be a pattern…I mean how long can you sleep only 5 hours a night before it starts to affect your health? I did make whole bean coffee for this morning and it really sucks that I can’t taste it anymore….and I have 6 more pounds in the drawer that I won’t be able to taste either…not sure what I’m going to cook today…have chicken thawed for a stir fry but then chicken tacos got into my head…maybe I’ll get more chicken and do the tacos later in the week….need to get on the bike to do two rides before 10 when the F1 race is on but I’m losing interest in it…like everything else…still have the feeling they are going to find liver cancer with the ultrasound  Wed and that will be the end of me…so I need to get my life in order over the next week or so…not much to do today..just the rides and races and reading…and trying to enjoy my last few days of no cancer…more later…

Well…damn, it got up to 92 degrees out here today so I really didn’t do much but the two rides early this morning and then sat in the shade of my fan all day and read…just finished the 4th of 5 books I picked up Wed…on more James Patterson to do and that will be tomorrow…but there are 3 races on, too, so that will fill some of the time…not sure when I’ll get the rides in tomorrow since it’s supposed to rain off and on but I’ll believe that when I see it…so it could be a wet ride if it’s not storming…didn’t eat much today but I did make a pork loin fillet along with some weird popcorn cauliflower that I got at DD for 99cents…so now all I have to do is finish the race that’s on now and then try to find a movie to watch on plex…tv time…

Well…it really sucks when you wake up at 4:23 and know you’re not getting back to sleep…so it’s a little after 5 and I’m pouring the coffee down to get the day started…it never got under 78 last night and it’s getting to over 90 today so it is going to be uncomfortable later…the humidity is almost 100% right now and I’m already sweating….I really do like the day after holidays when the crap that people do is over…I think that started with having to do everything for christmas when my kids were growing up and all of the traveling that came with it…and I’ve always said that my favorite day of the year is December 26th….didn’t even hear the fireworks before I went to bed last night and that is okay…it is so dry out here that I was expecting lots of fires from the fireworks the idiots were setting off but I didn’t have to put my lawn out so I guess that’s a bonus…just stumbled on the weirdest show on British tv…James May just reassembling an old record player….5 am tv is strange…need to get on the bike as soon as it gets light to get two rides in before 9:55 when F1 qualifying comes on but that gives me an hour to have coffee…not a lot to do today…should clean the bathroom but I don’t think I’m going to have the energy for it…I really miss naps…more later…

Well…I am damn tired of all the health crap you have to go through when you get old…I’m tired of the tests, biopsies, and ultrasounds and just want to live what’s left of my life…and I’m tired of busting my ass to stay healthy every day when it just doesn’t mean anything…but, I’ll be on the bike in a half hour to get the rides in before the rain comes in…and yes, it’s not going to rain even though there is a huge blob over in Wisconsin heading this way…man, I feel old…didn’t eat much yesterday and I’m finding it harder and harder to even try to eat when I can’t taste anything anymore…even coffee and that sucks…the air quality is poor again today and I’ll be coughing again after the rides…the rain is supposed to be here in three hours so that give me time to get the rides in before that…have a lot to do today to just keep this place a little presentable so I may skip the beach and get my ass in gear and clean…I’m sore and tired and old and depressed…and I have 13 minutes before I have to get on the bike…more later…

Well…I finally got the liver ultrasound scheduled but it is so damn early…I have to be there at 6:45am on the 9th and the only corewell facility that does it out here is in Grand Haven…only 13 miles from here but still, they should have a place here in Muskegon…oh, well…didn’t get a lot done today but the rides and going to the beach…the water is still really nice and I got a half hour swim in…but it’s supposed to get into the mid 90’s Sat but I won’t be at the beach any weekends…just too dam busy…I may go out for a bit tomorrow if I can get out there early before the crowds…there are air quality alerts on til Sunday and I can feel it in my lungs…have been coughing a bunch today and I know part of it is allergies…okay, want to get a little more reading in…