Well…sitting here after doing my last bike ride for 3 weeks and it feels weird…I’m going to have to find something to fill those two hours that I rode every day and part of it needs to be something that will burn calories…will probably start to break in the new Fila shoes I got last week…might even walk over to the library since it’s only 5 blocks from here and read some newspapers…probably start that Monday but we’ll see….I’m not sure what I’ll do today but I still don’t feel like doing much so I may just sit here for a bit and do some reading or some posting on Mastodon….feel a little lost…but I will be back for a political one in a while…damn, it’s going to hard taking the calories down to around 500 a day…I’ve already had two chicken legs and a roast potato and that is almost 500 for the day already…and I’m planning on having two tacos for dinner so I’ll be near a thousand for the day…but I did ride so that won’t be too bad…

Well…running late this morning and I almost forgot to come here and do this before I run errands this morning….up at 5:04 and out of bed by 7 today but I don’t feel like I slept at all…and that is probably from just pouring my first cup of coffee at 7:40…it feels like a slow day today that I’m not sure how it’s going to play out…I do need to get out to Meijers to get my mega tickets for tonight and an onion for the guac I’m going to make as soon as the avocados are ready and I can’t figure out how I forgot it Wed….I did get some chicken legs in a marinade last night that I’m going to cook for lunch today and then I’ll finish off the tacos for dinner…then I switch to one meal a day for the next three weeks to make up for not riding the bike…not sue how that is going to work going down to well under a thousand calories a day….but I am happy that I’ve lost a lot of weight and don’t want to put 10 pounds back on in those three weeks…I guess I’ll have to see how my body functions on so little calories and adjust as I go…not much to do today…just the errands and the bike rides and then taking the day as it comes…more later….

Well….didn’t get a lot done today on the next to last day of riding until Feb 6th…I did find a urologist out here that works for the U of M medical system and the first appointment is on the 14th of Feb, and then my mouth surgery starts the next week but it will all be done by the end of Feb….then I will probably need some kind of treatment for the prostate problems but I am going to cut that off long before the trip on the 19 of Sept so I can be healed up and can walk a lot…it has been nice that it hasn’t been snowing but we are going to get some next week and I hope it goes through here before I have to start going to appointments…I still have no clue how I’m going to get to the periodontist appointments…medicare is supposed to provide rides to and from doctors appointment so I’ll have to check it out…didn’t get the chance to watch any tv last night so I have lots to watch tonight and I’m going to enjoy that…..

Well…running late this morning with getting up at 5:04 and then out of bed at 7:20….and my frickin back hurts again…not as bad as before but it does hurt and that is disappointing…at least my teeth don’t hurt right now but they probably will in a little while…I sure don’t want to get on the bike today but I probably will…just so damn worn out that all I want to do is melt into the couch for a couple of hours…talked to my oldest brother for hours yesterday and I’m heading to his place Sat morning to help him put a new garage door opener up…it was nice to reminisce about a lot of stuff and talk music and damn near everything else….I think I talked more yesterday than I have in months…and then Tom called right after that and we talked for another hour so I’m all talked out and want to be silent for the next two days…one good thing with being on the phone all night is that I have lots of shows to watch for the next couple of days….today is the last day of leftovers so I need to marinade some of the chicken legs I got yesterday to cook tomorrow but I still need to figure out a second meal for the next few days…I do have avocados to make some guac and I am going to try roasting the garlic for it and I have to remember to take a jalapeno out of the freezer to put in it for some kick…not much to do today…I am going to drag myself down to ride but I should be there now but just can’t do it…need more coffee and to read the news….more later….

Well…I think I’m going to quit early today instead of waiting for the FA cup match at 3…the weirdest thing just happened to me…one finger on each hand went numb and turned white, but 15 minutes later they are back to normal just like nothing happened…well, other than they feel cold but they’ve been cold all day today so I’m not sure what the connection is…the new battery cable worked great and I got the grocery runs done this morning but what the heck is the deal with Meijers and not having anything? They didn’t have the fat free milk I normally drink so I had to get 1%…and this is the second time this has happened in the past three weeks…and the register was not ringing up sale prices this morning so they had to manually change them to get to get them to the advertised price of a buck each for the avocados I get today to make some guac…and I got a fresh lime to juice for it since my lime juice is pretty old….but they won’t be ready for a couple of days….so I’ll make it  this weekend….

Well…up kind of early this morning with waking up at 5:04 and out of bed at 6:27 but my back doesn’t hurt much so I’ll take it….and my teeth don’t hurt much either but they’re going to later if they stay with the normal pattern….still pretty worn out and I know part of it is from not eating enough with only two tacos and a burger yesterday and that will be the same today…I need to continue to restrict my calories since I’ll be off the bike starting Friday….think I’m going to start walking around the neighborhood to try to burn some calories and break in my new walking shoes but I know that won’t burn the calories I need to so I’m thinking of going down to one meal a day…if I can stay under 1,000 calories a day I may be able to limit my weight gain…and then do three rides a day to make up for the time off…didn’t get much done yesterday but I am going to try to keep going on the kitchen today….the stove, microwave, and floor needs cleaning and that is going to be the goal today…I am curious about how the new battery cable end is going to work…the car should start better but we’ll see…..more later….

Well…took it pretty easy again today after getting the bike rides in and fixing the car and that may have helped my back since it doesn’t hurt right now…I am going to keep my fingers crossed that it continues to get better and that my teeth will heal up some…still have that weird bruise on my finger that I still can’t figure out how I got but it must have been working on the car….I did get started cleaning the kitchen and got the sinks done and will do the stove tomorrow along with the microwave….and the grocery run first thing since I’m going over to Stermberg road so I can stop at Ollies on the way back and get some more t-shirts…need a couple more long sleeved ones and at 1.99 even some more short sleeved so I can just toss the ones that have holes in them….but right now it’s time to settle in for the night and watch some shows…I am really liking the new version of “Leverage”…it just so old school and I don’t have to work hard to enjoy it…

Well…a month or so ago, I noticed that the battery cable that I remove from the battery when I’m not going to be using the car had gotten kind of floppy and loose but didn’t think much about it since the car ran fine…but this morning when I was going out to get my mega tickets, I took a closer look at it and the main cable had sheared completely off and I had been running everything in the car on one separate 12 gauge wire that remained….so I stopped into autozone to pick up a new cable end for 8 bucks and installed it when I got back here…and I just noticed that I bruised my right ring finger in the process somehow since it is black and blue now….I really don’t understand how everything in the car including the lights and starter could run on that one small wire without melting it…it will be interesting to see how the car starts tomorrow for the grocery run…sure glad the cable was long enough to reach without replacing the whole thing….

Well…running about on time today with getting out of bed at 6:23 after waking up for the first time at around 3….one good thing is my back is better today with just a little pain so I’m not heating it right now and I hope I won’t have to later…it does feel tight but I can live with it that way…slept okay last night but I still have that feeling of fatigue that has plagued me for a long time and I wonder if that is ever going away? Didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I do have to run an errand to get my mega tickets after the first ride here in a minute…I think I’m going into slow mode today to save some energy but I still need to get everything done before Man U plays this afternoon at 3…I don’t have to cook today with leftover tacos and a burger for the second meal…I probably should look in the freezer to plan the second meal for the rest of the week but I am getting some chicken drumsticks at aldis tomorrow so that will take care of one of them….not my favorites but at 59 cents a pound, I can’t pass them up…so I’ll get a 5 pound bag….not much to do today….need more coffee and to get on the bike in 20 minutes or so but it is hard to get started right now….more later…

Well…just went downstairs to check for water on the floor and now it’s been dry for more than a day so maybe I don’t have to be so freaked out about it? I did get back on the bike for two rides today and that felt good and I had to call and cancel the urologist appointment since they set it up in GR and there is no way I’m driving 80 miles for an appointment…so I need to call my doctor tomorrow and see if they can get me in to a spectrum doctor in Grand Haven since that is only 12 miles one way…I wonder why they don’t have one here in Muskegon with how big spectrum is in west Michigan? I do need to make tacos for dinner since I didn’t feel like cooking for lunch and just finished off the chili I made last week….but I’m still full from just one bowl of chili so maybe I’ll just make the taco meat and then only eat one for dinner….I do need to drag my butt out to Meijers tomorrow morning to get my mega tickets since the jackpot is up over a billion dollars and that cash would come in handy…okay, soccer starts here in about 15 minutes and I need another glass of water before that….