Well…just looked at my bank account and, with my SS deposit today, I reached a financial milestone that I have been working toward what seems like forever…even almost a thousand bucks over so that feels pretty darn good…and with that, I’m going to spend 49 bucks of it tomorrow at a new store out here that I have a coupon for…and then I’m running in to save a lot to get a 10 pound box of riblets for 11 bucks since I have enough room in the freezer for them and still have enough gas in the tank to grill them and I even have some rub for them left in the cupboard…or I can make some rub myself since I have the ingredients…so I have something to do tomorrow that should be fun…and now, man U plays in an hour or so so I need to get everything done before then…

Well…boy this was an early morning with getting out of bed at 6:03 and I lost an earplug overnight and will need to open another set tonight….the first Star Trek TNG is on right now and it is still a good show…had a good day yesterday but felt like a slug with not doing much and today could be the same if I don’t get some motivation soon…not sure what is wrong with just living but it seems like giving up and that has never been how I do things…at least my basement is still dry…I hope, haven’t been down there this morning….I did find a movie to watch last night called “Annie” by Luc Besson who did “The Fifth Element” and lots of other ones like “Nikita” that was the source for “La Femme Nikita”…a tv show that I loved…and that kept me entertained for two hours last night….I might have to go back to that tonight and start watching it from the first one…..I do have to do the grocery run today but don’t have a lot to get so it will be a short one….still may go to save a lot to get 10 pounds of riblets but not today….that can wait til I have room in the freezer….not much to do today…Man U plays Chrystal Palace at 3 so I will need to get everything done by then but that will be easy….more later…

Well…just checked the basement and it’s dry so I think I may have found the problem and fixed it yesterday…the two days I’m talking about is the two darn days it has been raining out here…I really wanted to get started breaking my new walking shoes in but I don’t want to get them all dirty in the rain…I have been keeping my calorie intake down to between 6-800 a day and it appears that is working but man it’s hard to do that and it’s hard to not get any exercise…but Friday I’ll be one week in and only have two more to do so I guess I can do that….my back only hurts a little so that may be from not riding and my neck pain is almost gone too…but I feel like such a slug without riding or working on the place so I am going to get started on that tomorrow or Thursday….but right now there is soccer coming on so I’m going to watch a bit…

Well…running a bit late today with getting up at coffee o’clock…which translates into 7:03 with the first wake up at 5:04….I am still a little disappointed that I’m not having dreams again but that has become the new normal and I guess I just have to accept it…at least my back doesn’t hurt and I got through the whole day without much tooth pain so that is a double….I did start watching “The End of Us” last night and there is no way I would rate it as a 9.5 that IMDB did…more like a 7.5 but it was entertaining and filled an hour and twenty minutes of my night….didn’t get much done yesterday but use the new grill and mop the floor downstairs again but I think I have that sorted…at least I hope I do…we’ll see….it is really strange to not have the bike ride to do every morning but it also feels like real retirement in that I don’t have anything to do at all…I should clean some today and probably will or I may run out to Menards to get a couple more paddle led lights since they have some 5 paddle 8,000 lumen ones on sale for 4.99 and that would work great in the garage….if I had room in the freezer I’d run out to save a lot and get 10 pounds of riblets for 11 bucks…had some of them before and they were pretty good….not much to do today…just going to wing it for a while and have more coffee before I get into my day….it’s still raining out there and I am sure glad it’s not snow…more later….

Well…I grilled today! Had some chicken legs that had to be cooked or frozen so I rolled the grill out the garage door and fired it up…even with this grill over 15 years old, it is still the best one I’ve ever cooked on…no flare ups or problems at all just needed to turn the chicken a bit and it came out great…and there is nothing that tastes like grilled food…as I sat out there leaning on the trunk of the Miata, the only thing I could hear was a crew putting a roof on a house nearby…no loud music or anything and that me feel like all the work I did making the neighborhood quiet worked…I’ll be back in a few minutes to do a political one…more later…

Well…running really late today with not getting out of bed til 7:43…was up at 5:04 but waking up was a slow process today when I normally just jump out of bed when it’s time…slept okay but I think the lack of calories is already starting to hit me but maybe it’s just the lack of coffee….I did find a new show to watch last night but I don’t remember the name…it’s the mayor of some town and it has Jeremy Renner in it and it may turn out to be a good filler….there are two seasons so there are a few to see….it’s another Taylor Sheridan show like Yellowstone but it got crappy ratings…didn’t get much done yesterday but watch soccer and football and I am feeling a little unmoored with not having the bike rides to anchor my day…I did make the best guac I’ve ever done yesterday and I think it was the addition of roasted garlic that I did in the oven until it was soft…and it doesn’t have  lot of calories in it so that is cool….boy, it looks like it’s going to be a wasted day today since I have no energy or motivation right now but we’ll see….I am going to fire up the grill and cook a bunch of chicken legs for lunch but can only have two for 300 calories…I wonder if I can roast some carrots, too…think I have some of those in the fridge…not much to do today….just going to ease into it…have a reply to a post on Mastodon I need to do right now about coffee and then I need to go out to Kos and do some reading….and I should take a walk and I may but we’ll see….more later….

Well…my brother just delivered my new/used Weber gas grill and I put it together and it even has a little gas in the tank and all 3 burners lit up when I got it together…and it has a working igniter and even a rotisserie…but with not riding the bike right now, I won’t be able to use it until that is over on the 6th of Feb…I do need to stay under 1K calories for this three weeks so I guess I’ll just have to wait…darn….and I have chicken legs in the fridge that would be perfect on it….maybe tomorrow…

Well…running a bit late this morning with waking up at 5:04 but not getting out of bed til around 7….slept okay last night and don’t feel too bad this morning but I am sore from the work yesterday but at least my neck and shoulder don’t hurt as much as they did yesterday…this is the second day off the bike and I have to get creative about not eating as I go along…only had two chicken legs and a handful of baked fries yesterday for about 600 calories and I’ll probably do something like that today…I am hoping that the avocados will be ripe so I can make guac today but I think they will probably need another day or two….and the guac will be the only thing I’ll eat on the day it’s made….I did get the bike washed yesterday and put downstairs so I’ll have room to put the grill in the garage but I will need to find space for the bike when I get back to riding outdoors….I may even try to fire the grill up this afternoon…have a package of dogs I can grill but that will put me over my calorie limit…hmmm…not much to do today…and I really don’t…just going to read a bit with my second cup of coffee and maybe get a post out on Mastodon but I’m not thinking past that right now….more later…

Well…made the run into Jenison to put a garage door opener up for my brother…not much of a job but I did take everything down and even new wiring for the electric eyes…it took a few hours but it was pretty easy…and we loaded up the Weber grill he is giving me into his car and he will be bringing that out for me later today or tomorrow…so I can finally cook after I put if back together and get some gas in the tank…now I need to go out and wash my bike so that can go down since the grill is going in that spot…..more later….

Well…damn, I feel worn out this morning and I need to get the energy up to head over to my brother’s house to help him with the door opener soon….not sure how I slept last night but I feel like I didn’t sleep at all….coffee, coffee….Man U is playing City right now and they look okay but no goals yet….it’s pretty cold out there right now so I am going to have to dress for the cold today…and I really hate being cold…didn’t get much done yesterday and today will be the same and I need to figure out how to keep the calories down for the next three weeks…not sure if I’m going to fast every other day or go down to one meal a day but I do have to do something….just can’t gain all the weight back that I’ve lost…damn, I’m tired….today is going to be the farthest I’ve driven the car in almost a year and that will be good for it…the short trips out here don’t even let it get up to temp….not much to do today…just the door work and then back here to warm up and veg the rest of the day…it is going to be weird to not ride the bike but it is what it is….more later…