Well…up at 5:14 this morning and I am so tired of this damn time…what is wrong with 6:14 or 7:14? Or 8:14 for that matter…feel like crap today after only having one meal yesterday but I’m going to do that again today…I guess I never learn…need to get moving soon to get everything done before 9am…why, I’m not sure…up and down all night last night and drinking so much water to try to stave off dehydration…my fingers looked like I’d been swimming for hours but they are better today…it is kind of nice that I don’t have to cook for the next week or so after making the big meal yesterday…I am going to have a bagel here in a minute before I get on the weights and I really need more coffee before I do anything…really should clean some today but I need a day off that I will never take and that sucks…going to read a lot today so I can go to the library and get more books in a day or so…the weather is going to get ugly for the next week with a couple of days that the highs will be in the teens…that sounds like hibernation time to me….more later…

Well…just got a text from my realtor brother and house prices in Muskegon went up by 11% this year and it’s the hottest market in the country right now…so that means I made almost 14,000 bucks on my house and that’s pretty cool…it could end up being worth close to 200K by the time I check out and that will leave 50K for each of my kids before I include the cash and investments…I could be worth a quarter of a million bucks by the time I go and that is a big step from being broke 8 years ago…it looks like the winter tires will get a real test Monday since they just issued a winter storm warning for then and we are supposed to get 4-6 inches of snow…ick…just have to go out to the doctor appointment and then I’m in til after the new year…do I feel rich now? Not really but 14 grand is nothing to sneeze at…

Well…anytime I’m up at a time that starts before 6 just frickin sucks…and today it was 5:15 again and I am worn out…at least I don’t have a lot to do today other than this and the normal stuff…need to get the weight work done before 7 so I can get two rides in before 9 and then get started on the big meal…I guess the winter tires are going to get a workout Monday since we are supposed to get 4 inches of snow and I have to be at my doctor’s office at 9am…oh, well…didn’t get anything done yesterday but errands but today looks better since I don’t have to go anywhere…don’t have a clue why I’m so sore this morning but it is probably from being on my feet so much yesterday…I am really tired of health issues and I know I’m going to get bitched at Monday for some damn reason…BP too high, cholesterol too high…at least they can’t call me obese anymore…don’t want any more tests or procedures…just want to live…more later…

Well…what an ordeal getting the car fixed this morning…went back to discount and they re-balanced the tires and then I took the e-way out to get my blood drawn and they were not better…so I went right back to discount and one of managers put my car in and re did everything…they had something called road force that was way off so they had to break the tires off the rim and move them around before they re-filled them with air…then I went to the e-way and ran the car up to 90 with just a tiny bit of vibration…so, thank you, Tyler for going above and beyond…and fixing my car…

Well…when I was younger, this was my favorite day of the year…when all of the hoopla of christmas was over and I had the day to just relax with nothing to do…it’s a little deflated now since I don’t celebrate the holiday anymore but the memory of those busy days is still in my head…up at 5:15 again today and need to get moving to be able to get things done…have to be at discount at 8:15 and then out to the lab to get blood drawn…again…probably shouldn’t have skipped the 2nd ride yesterday but I won’t today…will need to get riding by 6:30 to get the 1st one in before I head out…my eyes were full of crap this morning and I still feel like my allergies are working overtime…I do need to make the ham today with all of the other fixings but that seems like a lot of work right now…so I need to get going right now…more later…

Well…I decided to give myself a little break today by only doing one ride along with the weight work…so I substituted washing the car for a ride and it felt good to get the salt off it…the guy in the next stall came over and wanted to talk about the car so that was a little fun…didn’t make the ham today but used up some chicken and the rest of the green pepper to make an omelet along with bacon…and I tried hot sauce on the omelet since I can barely taste anything anymore…that was pretty good but should have put a lot more on it…and that will be the only meal for the day since I’m getting used to just having one…but that leaves me at about 700 calories for the day and I’m okay with that…I’ve found that I don’t need a lot of calories, especially on a one ride day…so now back to reading until the Lions play at 4:30…

Well…running late this morning with not getting out of bed til almost 6 but that doesn’t mean I slept well…I think it’s just the exhaustion from getting up from 4-5am for the past week…and I feel pretty crappy but I know it’s the result of only eating one meal for the past week or so….just don’t feel like eating anymore…need to get off my butt and get going but that seems like a lot of work right now so I think I’ll sit here for a bit and have coffee and if I don’t get the rides in before noon, what’s the problem with that? I do need to wash the car today and I would really like to get that done by 10 or so but that means I need to get on the bike by 7 or so and that looks like a tall order right now…not much to do today…going to make the big ham tomorrow since I have leftovers to eat and I’m going to make and omelet for lunch to use up the green pepper and bacon that is thawed….more later…

Well…got a call from my doctor’s office this morning that the lab screwed up my blood test and forgot to do two of them so I have to back in and get bruised again Friday so they’ll have the blood to do my cholesterol test and one more…going to get the chance to try out the re-balanced tires and see how good they are in freezing rain since that’s what’s in the forecast for Friday and the lab is just off the freeway…ick…so more crap to do but Monday will be the last health thing for the year and I know I’ll get bitched at for my BP, cholesterol, and everything else…at least my weight is down from last year and I am a little curious as to how much…really want to get into the 160’s again…going to wash the car tomorrow just to get it dirty again Friday and I found 4 bucks worth of quarters to do it with so that is cool…okay, need to read a bit…

Well…up at 5:14 again and I am just damn worn out from these short days of sleep…I know I’ve been bitching about that for a while now but I wonder how many days it will be before I really sleep? Probably hundreds and the thought of that is tiring by itself…oh, well…we lost a lot of snow yesterday and that is going to continue today and for a couple of more days…have bare patches on my lawn and really hope we don’t get more heavy snow since it’s so damn depressing….didn’t get much done yesterday and I am going to do that again today…don’t have to cook with the leftover chicken breasts I made yesterday…only had a quarter of one for my meal but I really do need to eat more than that…so I’ll try to figure out how to eat more but why? I like losing weight and not being able to taste anything leaves me not caring much about food…not much to do today…just the normal stuff and lots of coffee…will have a bagel and cream cheese in a few minutes with more coffee ut I just don’t have the energy to do it right now…more later…

Well…after the run into GR yesterday, K and I had a nice visit and she commented that our conversation was completely comfortable like we hadn’t seen each other for a couple of weeks when it was almost 3 years…and her daughter is now a teenager turning 13 years old this year…man, does time fly…and it was good to see her after all that time…I did get to discount and have an appointment scheduled for Friday morning…the person I talked to there said they had problems getting the weights on the wheels so I think they will use some stick ons for this time…so, it’s 11 am and I have everything done for the day…I’m glad I went to the library today since I forgot they will be closed on the 24th and 25th…so, I’m making some chicken breasts for lunch and then back into reading…