Well…up and moving at 5:40 this morning and I feel like crap with a bad headache and no energy that I’ll have to get over soon so I can get the day started…feel really old today and need to get over that so I can do my busy day and get the grocery run done…don’t have a lot to get but I do need to hit the library and pay the water bill…we are supposed to get an inch of rain tomorrow so a lot of the snow will melt…and it’s getting to almost 50 tomorrow then the temp will drop into the 20’s by Sunday and I’m not sure if I’m ready for that…yeah, I know…it’s winter in Michigan so I have to get used to it…I do need to put the books aside today and get some work done around here…the bathroom needs to be cleaned and the stove needs a once over so I’ll have plenty to do…my BP soared yesterday into the 140’s and I’m not sure what I did to have that happen…not much to do today…just lots of coffee and then weights and a bike ride before I get going….more later…

Well…it took the entire week but I just finished up the 7th book this week so I can take them all back tomorrow and get a few more…so you can imagine that it was not a productive day at all…so I’m not going to get as many books this week so I can get some work done around here…I did put long pants and a long sleeved t-shirt on to ride the bike downstairs today and that seems to have helped since I wasn’t shivering on the couch after I finished and my fingers didn’t turn white so that’s going to be the new normal for me…doesn’t look like I need to cook for the rest of the week since the soup is lasting longer than I expected and I still have at least 4 days of chili dogs…okay, I need to get the grocery list for tomorrow done…

Well…up at 5:34 this morning and that’s okay…didn’t take anything to sleep last night and slept okay so I can live with that…still feel worn out, though…so I’m going to ease into it this morning and let my body do it’s wake up thing…I was looking at the paperwork from my yearly check up yesterday and saw that my BMI was over 25 and that says I’m obese but I sure don’t look or feel like I am…I have put 15 pounds of muscle on my upper body and that screws up the calculation…oh, well…didn’t get anything done but reading yesterday and I do need to finish the last book so I can hit the library tomorrow so I’ll need to get my butt moving soon….just poured the first cup of coffee and I’m going to pour another one right now so I can get started…it’s warm enough out there that it’s going to rain and I’m happy that I don’t have to shovel snow today…going to try to get through the winter with the 5 year old snow shovel but I will have to buy one this year…not much to do today…just need to get the exercise in and start to feel human again…more later…

Well…as you know, I have been struggling with the cold this winter and today was the worst day yet…after doing the rides downstairs in a t-shirt and shorts, I ended up shivering sitting here on the couch even with a long sleeved t-shirt over another one and my long pajama pants on…it got so bad that I was reading under two blankets with the heating pad on my chest…and my fingers still turned white like they always do from the Reynauds…finally got warm enough to sit up and do this one without the heating pad on so maybe I’ve turned the corner for today…having a hot bowl of soup helped I think but damn this is getting annoying…hope it doesn’t get worse…and no, I’m not turning the heat up from 66 where I’ve had it since I bought this house…oh, well

Well…up at 4:30 and out of bed at 6:05 but there is a cost to it…took a benadryl to sleep last night and I feel like crap this morning so I guess I’ll have to stop that and just take my chances on sleep…I did get most of the way through the book that is due back this week and I’ll finish that today…and then I’ll read the rest of the other book I’ve got going so I can take them back Wed and see if there are more that I haven’t read…I know there will come a time when I’m out of books and that is going to suck…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I’ll try to do more today but don’t have a lot of hope that I will…need to get on the weights now and get the rides in before 9am or so…didn’t snow overnight so I don’t have to shovel and it looks like it won’t this week with the temps over freezing until Sat…not much to do today…just need to do the normal stuff and then figure out the rest of the day….more later…

Well…up and moving before 6 today and I’m pretty worn out…again…and I need to get off my butt and get moving since Man U is playing at 7:30 and I need to get the weight work and one ride in before that…had an okay day yesterday and even got some cleaning done…not sure if I’ll do more today but the house can use it…it is going to warm up this week with above freezing temps all week and I’ll take that any time in January…might have to go out and shovel the snow since we got a little yesterday and I want the walks to be clear with the warmer weather…don’t have to cook today with the big batch of soup I made yesterday and I have eggs and smoked sausage to make an omelet so I may just do two meals today….who knows? More later….

Well…damn, I completely forgot to come here and do a political one today…I will use being busy as an excuse since I made a big batch of ham soup and put 2 2 qt containers in the fridge along with keeping one in the fridge along with an overflow container…I can’t taste if it’s good or not but it looks good and the extra veggies were a good idea…very hearty soup…then I cleaned my bedroom to get rid of the dust and cobwebs along with washing the bedding…oh, and I read 135 pages of the last book…so it was a little busy and now it’s time for Svengoolie…

Well…up after 6 again today and that is the benadryl talking…not sure how long my body can support that but it is nice to sleep a little…still so damn worn out that I can’t get going but I need to get on the weights soon to get my day started…just poured the first cup of coffee and it really does need to work soon…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I am going to clean my bedroom today…it’s just so dusty that it may help me sleep if I clean it…going to make ham soup today after I get the bike rides in but I’m not sure if I’ll do a 2nd meal…I do have eggs to use so maybe a smoked sausage omelet? I’m getting used to only one meal a day so maybe just a bowl of soup for the day…I do need to wash the bedding today but that seems like a daunting task right now…not much to do today….just need to let my body adjust to being up and ease into it…it looks like today is going to be a lot of work…more later…

Well…I did get a few things done today but it is still a pretty lazy day with starting the next to last book…I did get a run out to DD to get some beef smoked sausage and self rising pepperoni pizzas for 2.50 each…and I have ham, onions, and olives that I can put on them to dress them up a bit…going to make another batch of ham soup tomorrow using two ham bones and this time I’m going to put a lot more veggies in it…a whole onion, 6 stalks of celery, and 6 carrots…I even had room in the freezer for the pizzas and getting ham bone out of there will make more room I even discovered some chicken in there I didn’t know I had so I won’t have to buy any protein this week…another one meal day today and I think that makes it a full week of eating less…and I think I’ll keep that up until spring…a show that I ordered showed up on plex called “Pluribus” that is pretty weird but that kept me interested…it’s like a sci fi alien horror show…so back to that to start the night..and I didn’t even get to “Landman” so that will be tonight, too…time to read…

Well…man, I feel worn out this morning and it’s probably from taking a benadryl before bed so I could sleep a little…not going to be able to keep that up with how much it takes out of me but I really needed to not get up 5 times a night…had a really nice day yesterday with just taking it easy and kinda watching football and reading all day…need to get on the weights in a few minutes so I can get the bike rides in before I run errands this morning…need to pick up my new prescription and make a run to DD to pick up some smoked sausage…not sure if I’m going to put some of it in the ham soup I’m making tomorrow but it sounds like it would be a good fit…or maybe put it in an omelet since I have lots of eggs…I will need to shovel the snow before the errands since we got 5 more inches of snow overnight…it’s going to warm up into the 40’s this week and that is going to make a mess of the streets up here…oh, well…not much to do today…I really need to clean my bedroom since the dust is pretty thick in there but all I want to do is read after I get the errands run….more later…