Well…he we go…it’s the start of my two days of no food in prep of my scope tomorrow and I just want it to be over…the bad part is coming tonight and I’ll probably be up all night…and that goes with getting up at 5:23 this morning….so there will be a nap this afternoon and I’ll get myself into survival mode as the day goes on….the only thing I get to eat today is apple juice and water…oh, and the coffee I’m having right now….the one decision I need to make today is if I get out on the bike or not….not sure if my body can support that with no calories going in but it may be a chance to lose some weight if I burn a thousand calories or so….I guess we’ll see in a hour or so when it gets light….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today looks the same but I really should clean some after I have more coffee…..and read the news….can I use the procedure as an excuse to veg out today? Nope….it will be a lot easier if I just do the day as normal…I did have the top down on the car going out to get the paper this morning and there was just this tiny sliver of the moon visible that looked really cool….and I looked up to see Orion hanging over my head it was so clear…pretty nice…and probably the last time I’ll do that on a Sunday morning since the temps are going to fall into the 40’s for highs later in the week…not much to do today….just going to wing it here for a bit and have more coffee as I ease into the day….can’t wait for tomorrow at 4 when all of this crap will be over….at my age, I think this will be the last colonoscopy I’ll have to go through…or they’ll find cancer and it will kill me and I’ll still not have to go through another one….more later….

Well…I’ll admit that I really haven’t thought about a topic in politics today, but that doesn’t mean that I not going to try soon…I’ve just had a lazy day today with just getting the rides in and then running an errand to get some cash for Tuesday lunch with T and then to Meijers to get some pasta sauce since I wanted to have pasta for my last meal until Monday afternoon today….my back is really bad today for some reason and every time I need to get up off the couch, it stabs me with pain and I actually said ow a few times…I did have some medical paperwork to do on mychart that I finished up so I don’t have to do it at the office Monday….and I have to remember to bring my vaccine card so they can update my records Monday, too….it is kind of cool to have my medical records available any time I want them….and I did look at what they are going to do at my doctor’s appointment on the first and it looks like they are throwing every test there is at me….cripes, they are going to need a lot of blood….oh, well….okay, need to watch the race since Man U is losing….more later….

Well…damn, running late this morning with getting up at 5:11 and the laid back down til after 7…but there wasn’t a lot of sleep in there and I am just tired today…and I have two bike rides to get in before Man U plays at 12:30 and I need to figure out what will be my last meals until Monday night…can’t have any dairy so no pizza or milk…I should run out and to get some cash for lunch with T on Tuesday but I’m pretty sure that is not going to happen…I could use some pasta sauce to make pasta today…that doesn’t have any fiber in it and that’s another thing I have to avoid….really not looking forward to prepping for the scope but it has to be done to make sure I’m not dying….had an okay day yesterday and I’m glad I got the outdoor ride in early with the wind coming up later in the day….it’s already almost 60 out there right now so I’ll be able to get out as soon as it gets light but I sure don’t feel like it right now….didn’t get anything done yesterday and I don’t think I’ll do much the next couple of days with the scope hanging over my head….I don’t like having so many things going on with the scope, the zoom meeting with the travel agent, the yearly checkup with my doctor, and then another dental appointment going on in the next two weeks…once this stuff is over, I’m taking a week off to watch the world cup…it’s already almost November and I haven’t even started on the dining room yet and I wonder where the time has gone….not much to do today….need to get started on my day right now since it finally getting light out there and I can get on the bike….at least I’m going to lose some weight with not eating for two days…could get down to my target of 170 if I keep this up…more later….

Well…damn, can’t get started today and all I want to do is sit her for the whole day….but I won’t…need to get an indoor ride in soon and then make a run out to get food for Monday and some chicken broth that will be my only food Sunday and Monday….not really apprehensive about the procedure but just want it over with so I can get on with my life….slept pretty well last night but it’s only from self medicating and I need to stop that after Monday night and get back to healthy habits….it does look like I’ll be out on the bike later in shorts and a t-shirt if I wait til the afternoon with the high getting to 64 today…need to convert the mower to bag the leaves today and run it over the lawn to start the clean up process…I did get my water bill yesterday and I’m almost back to the normal cost after paying a hundred bucks a month to water the lawn…not sure what I’m going to do next summer when it’s dry…I did so much work to make a lawn that it would be a shame to lose it but maybe I should think outside the box to figure out a new way to handle that…I only have 10 minutes before I need to get on the bike and I’m feeling rushed this morning….that’s pretty weird when I’m retired and really don’t need to anything I don’t want to do….not much to do today…need to get moving and once I start, I’ll be able to muddle through the day and get things done…but it’s going to be a long one….and I just want to sit here…oh, well…more later…

Well…after I went on and on about how stupid it was to go out on the bike in the big wind yesterday and that I’d never do it again it was so brutal…well…I got tempted to do it again today for exactly the same reason as yesterday…I looked out the window and it was sunny and the wind didn’t look that bad up here…but today the wind wasn’t as bad as yesterday…and yep, that means I went out to do an outdoor ride today…and in shorts since it was 50 or so around 2pm…and this time, I was right about the wind…I looked at the weather channel on the tablet and it said that the wind was out of the NW at 8 and I go out in winds that strong all the time with the wind always blowing out here…when I hit the point, it was blowing more than that but I was able to come across it with the bike in 5th on the rear sprockets which is pretty normal and not the brutal 2nd gear pedaling from yesterday…and the rest of the ride was okay going out and fun coming back with the wind at my back the whole way…it was nice to get two rides in today with knowing I am going to have to take Sunday and Monday off prepping for the scope on Monday….and tomorrow is going to be in the 60’s and I may have to mow the lawn to start picking up the leaves…I’m still going to do a downstairs ride since that gets me one ride in before it gets light but I’ll work at doing an outside one, too…and I need to run to Aldis to get a self rising pizza to have after the scope Monday since there is no way I’m going to want to cook….okay, that’s enough for the day…need to get ready for a cocktail and some tv….

Well…as of today, the preparation for the colonoscopy begins…have to stop eating anything that has fiber in it for the next two days, and then eat my last food Saturday so it will be two days without any food at all and I am lucky that I do periodic fasts that go a day and a half for practice…and I talked to the doctor’s office this morning to get the loose ends tied up since they sounded like they don’t have any records for me and I can’t figure that out because mychart has all of that stuff in it…hmmmm….and then I talked to my brother who is going to give me a ride there and back so everything is a go for Monday…so now I can relax a bit until the cleanse starts Sunday and continues until 8 hours before the 2:30 procedure Monday…I probably should get a self rising pizza to eat Monday evening so I don’t have to cook anything til Tuesday…so now I go into anticipation mode for the next 4 days and then survival mode for Monday…I AM having cocktails Monday night….no matter what they find…either to celebrate that I don’t have cancer or to drown my sorrows if I do….Oh, well…

Well…I think all the effort I put in on the bike yesterday hit me last night and I slept through it…not too sore today but I do feel pretty worn out and I’m not sure if I’ll attempt an outdoor ride today…it’s going to be warmer but the wind is supposed to be about the same as yesterday and that was too brutal for me….it does look like the rain is over for a few days and I need to start thinking about mowing the lawn one last time without having the bag on it to pick up the leaves…. and I need to run the string trimmer one more time so the yard will look neat over the winter….but that can wait a bit…I think I need a day off everything and that will probably be next Tuesday after the scope….who knows, it could be found that I’m dying of colon cancer and then nothing will matter anymore….I wonder how I’ll react to that? Damn, I’ll miss the UK trip if that happens….but I’m not going to worry about that right now….I do need to start eating the right things today to prep for the procedure Monday but I have to read up on that to make sure I do it right….and I have leftovers that need to be used today so that may wait til tomorrow….not much to do today…just going to ease into it with more coffee and some news before I get on the inside bike…don’t have a lot of work that I need to do after that so it may be an easy day…and yeah, I will probably try to get an outdoor ride in, too, because I’m just not too bright…or stubborn…that’s probably a better description…more later…

Well…when I got up this morning, the pain in my back and legs was much better and I was able to move around quite easily so I got on the downstairs bike before I did the grocery run and got my 8 miles in…and after the run, I still didn’t have a lot of pain so after sitting here for a bit and looking outside to see the sun shining and having some lunch, I decided to give an outdoor ride a try…well…you’d think I’d learn the when the trees are whipping around up here that it is going to be even worse down by the lake…and it was..I barely made it across the point until my legs started to hurt like crazy but I kept going until the front tire started to come apart and was thumping the handlebars, so I turned around to came back here and put a new tire on it…but, when I tried a used tire that I thought was good and it wasn’t so I had to put the last new tire I had and then finally got out again around 12:30 to give it another try and the wind was even worse…but, did I turn around? Of course not…I’m an idiot, after all, so it was straight into the wind all the way out to the beach, straining the entire way just to keep moving…and let’s cap that off with rain…it started when I was almost to the beach and rained so hard I didn’t even stop for a water stop…and when the clouds came over it started to get cold again and 41 degrees in the rain is not a lot of fun…but, I survived it and might even have learned something…don’t go out when it’s cold and windy and raining…should have learned that by now…oh, well…

Well…damn, I think all the dust that got in my eyes yesterday has done some real damage to them…they are still full of crap and blurry and I hope that clears up later today…my back is still quite stiff from it but the rest of the pain is manageable and not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be today…and I still feel good that I still have the capability to bend like I had to getting into the edges of the attic near the eaves….you are not supposed to be able to do that at my advanced age….slept okay last night but was up at a little before 5 and I really thought I’d sleep better with all the work and riding the downstairs bike yesterday….going to get back on the bike this morning before the grocery run so that needs to happen here in the next half hour or so and I’m not ready for that yet….need to get on the work for the trip today to make sure I have all of the suggestions ready for next week’s meeting and I also need to do the recon run out to Holton road for the scope on Monday today, too…but I’ve got all day to do that….have to do the grocery run today, too, but I really don’t have much to get this week since I won’t be eating two days for prep…and I need to get on mychart for the instructions on what to eat starting tomorrow…damn, I can’t wait til Monday night and having the damn thing over….but then I have more dental and doctor appointments the first week of November and I just want all of them done so I can relax a bit…I think I’m going to delay the dental work since my teeth don’t really hurt anymore and I think it’s stupid to remove teeth that are still solid and that I can still chew with….not much to do today…just the grocery and recon run and then I’m going to sit here  a while and get some organization going for the trip…with working hours on the house for the past couple of days, I need to take some time to heal up a bit before I get started on the dining room….more later….

Well….after I got back here from errands, I had my last cup of coffee and it was only 10:30 so I decided to get back to working on the insulation upstairs…and I am still marveling that the previous owners took a look at the piles of fiberglass batts that came from the underside of the roof when it was replaced and just shot cellulose blow in insulation over the tops of the piles….and they left probably 25% of the plaster bare with no insulation at all and then piles of batt and blow in that were 3 feet deep….so I dug all the batt out of the piles and stuffed in down between the joists and then spread the blow in over it and now there is not an inch of the attic floor that is not covered…and then I cleaned up all of the crap that was left from putting the roof on and the rotten old paper from the batts and dragged that out to the trash so at least it looks better than it did…and, over the winter, I’m going to tap into one of the electrical boxes up there and put some lights up with a switch next to the door so I don’t have to use a flashlight or an extension cord with my portable light…I think it’s going to take a few days to get over all the dust in my lungs and eyes and the dust mask I was using was black when I finished…and I’m sore again so I’m taking the rest of the day off….it’s 1:30 and I have been going since 7:20 this morning and that’s enough…maybe more later….