Well…up before 5 am this morning and didn’t sleep at all last night so I’m going to have to take something for it tonight…a full week of not sleeping and I am just worn out…so the coffee needs to work soon so I can get going…need to hit the library again today since I have 6 books to take back and I need enough of them to get through the week…going to buy another BAH since they are so cheap and I need another ham bone to make another batch of ham soup…put the other one in the freezer yesterday so I’ll have to make some chicken I thawed for a meal today…don’t have a lot to do but the grocery run but that is going to be a lot of work…damn, I’m getting old…more later…

Well…up and out of bed at 5am today and that is going to make for a long day…need to go out to the north end to get blood drawn for tests and I am getting damn tired of it…just tired of all of it from the tests to being told I’m not taking care of myself and getting my BP and everything else under control…cripes, I’m 72 years old and maybe my cholesterol is supposed to be a little high…but the thing that they should be working on is of little importance…I would love to be able to taste food again but when I complain about that they frickin ignore it…so yeah, I’m a little frustrated….oh, well…need to get my butt in gear right now but the coffee is not ready yet…going to get both rides in before I head out…or I may just leave it with one ride today…haven’t done that in a while…need to make the run into GR today the hang with K for a bit and I’m sure the car can use some exercise…more later…

Well…happy winter solstice everyone! Now the real hunkering down starts as it’s the first official day of winter…you’d ever know that with how much snow we’ve had out here…I mean we’re already over the yearly average in snowfall and there is still over two months of winter til March…but we got up to almost 40 yesterday which melted a bunch of it and, after the 20’s today, we are going to be in the 30’s and 40’s this week so the snow may be gone before New Years…I can use some rest from shoveling to let my body heal up from all of the abuse from it…so now the grind back to increased sunlight starts today and we should start to notice that in a couple of weeks…

Well…up at 5:07 again today and I am so damn tired of not sleeping…yeah, that was funny to me, too…it’s 20 degrees out there and it’s not going to get much warmer today but it will warm up some this week and we’ll be back in the 40’s for a couple of days…we’ve had a lot of snow melt here and the 18inches I had on my roof is gone along with the ice build up in my gutters…was a little worried that the ice would do some damage but none yet…I’m almost over the cold but I’m still sniffling so I need to get some allergy meds in me to get some relief from that…didn’t get much done yesterday and won’t today and that’s okay…I’ve had enough of working my ass off every day…okay, still going to do the weight work and two rides this morning but I need to get coffee in me first…going to need to hit the library Tuesday since I only have two books left of the 6 I got last week…need to get blood work done tomorrow morning and then the run into GR in the afternoon and that is going to wear me out…more later…

Well…yeah, I’m getting pretty repetitive with the titles lately so I’ll do better tomorrow…it WAS an easy day after getting the normal stuff done…went over 3,500 miles on the indoor bike today and with the 5,283 outdoors it gets me to 8,791 miles for the year…with just a bit over a week left I’ll get probably another 100 miles in…not bad for a year that I had no goals…and that is a record for indoors for a year from 3,151 last year…not bad for an old guy…going into GR Monday afternoon to meet up with K for a bit…haven’t seen her in almost 3 years so that will be fun…and the car could use a good run out…okay, need to read more…it’s another one meal day today…but I think I need to stop that…could be one of the reasons I feel so worn out…I guess we’ll see…

Well…still frickin exhausted this morning and I know it’s the cold but I can’t let that stop me from getting going…still want to get the weight work in and two rides done before 9 so that means I need to get going…out of bed before 6 and I know that sounds like I got enough sleep but I woke up at 2:26 and was up an down since then so that means about 5 hours and that’s been going on for a week now….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and with how I’m feeling right now, I won’t get much done today either…just going to be in survival mode and try to stay warm…not sure what the meals will be today but I have a lot of eggs and a green pepper to be used so probably an omelet…will probably stay with the one meal a day thing I’ve been doing but that could be why I’m so tired…700 calories is not enough but that seems to be where I’m at right now…more later…

Well…it appears I’m healing up from the moving damage that affected most of my body…I was able to do the weight work with my left arm today and it really doesn’t hurt much…my right hip is a little better but still hurts right after I get off the bike…but I can live with that…my cold seems to be better, too…at least my nose isn’t running like a faucet and I only had a little bit of a sinus headache today…but I didn’t get anything else done so that will have to happen tomorrow…I did have to shovel the snow since it was drifting over the sidewalk on the east side of the house and that was about a foot deep…but damn, it’s been cold after the 49 degrees yesterday, never getting over 20 today…but it’s getting 40 tomorrow but then back down to 22 for a high Sunday…just weird, weird weather…

Well…up at 5:13…again…and that was one of the crappiest nights of sleep I’ve had in a while…just frickin worn out from the cold and having my head plugged up all day yesterday…a little better today but it will probably take a week or so before I feel normal again…the wind is howling out here and we have a winter weather advisory in effect…4+ inches of snow so I’ll be out shoveling later even though I feel pretty crappy…radar shows there will be snow for the next few hours so I won’t go out until after lunch….it’s going to be a struggle to get the weight work and rides in and I may just do one ride today to give myself a little break…still working on the BAH but it needs to go in the freezer later today so I’ll have to make some room for it…not much to do today…just going to ease into it and see where it goes…more later….

Well…after coughing, sneezing, and having a runny nose today, all I can say is yep, it’s a cold…but I don’t feel bad and no sore throat so I’m not going to waste a covid test…we are now under a winter weather advisory for tonight and tomorrow with up to 4 inches of snow forecast…ick…and that is going to be on top of the ice that is going to come from all of the rain we had and that continues right now and the high is going to be only 23 tomorrow…they plowed again up here since they did such a crappy job earlier in the week so I had to go out and shovel the slush at the end of the alley and my front sidewalk…don’t have to go anywhere until Monday when I need to hit the lab for another blood draw so it will be okay…man, I’m tired…but I did get the weight work and rides in by 9am today and I’ll try to do the dame tomorrow..