Well…you know I was looking for bigger trash bags to put the new chair in when I go to the beach and they just came…and they work perfectly and are so heavy duty that I don’t think I can tear one if I try…and there is enough extra room in them that it will be easy to put on once the chair is full of sand…so, I’m all ready for the beach whenever it gets warm enough to go…pretty cool…and the two bags of coffee beans came too, but I did buy the Colombian beans again since they were cheaper and came in 6 ounce bigger bags…so now I have three full bags in the drawer that should last me the rest of the year…I was able to taste the pour over I made this morning so I’m holding out hope I may get my taste back…man, that would be so cool to taste hot sauce again or garlic or anything, really…I guess I need to look at the weather forecast to plan a day on the beach…I did get the kitchen cleaned from top to bottom today and that makes me feel good…going to do the living room tomorrow and rotate the couch cushions…I did a really stupid thing and picked up two books that I’ve already read so that leaves me with 3/4 of a book to read for the entire weekend…darn…time for tv…

Well…was just sitting here and got the idea to make some whole bean coffee since I didn’t have enough to keep me moving all day…and it has shocked me that I think my sense of tasted is coming back a little…when I got up this morning the white coating on my tongue had turned green so I think the medication is starting to work and I have 3 more days of it after today…it would be so cool to be able to taste food again but I’m not going to get my hopes up too high…but one of the effects of this yeast infection is the loss of taste and I really can taste the coffee…okay, these are words that I never thought would come out of my mouth…I’m happy with my weight…yeah, that sounds weird to me, too…down to around 170 pounds after this last checkup and, with the muscle I’ve put on my upper body, I don’t think I’ve ever looked like this…I could use to lose the little band of fat around my middle and I may keep trying to lose that but my face is pretty gaunt looking and that makes me look older and I really don’t need that since I am already really old…time for lunch and reading…

Well…up at 5:23 this morning and I wonder what it’s going to take to sleep in one more time before I die? Feel okay, though, so I guess the results are what matters….it’s warm enough to go out on the bike right now at 6am but I need to pour some coffee down before I do…the wind is going to be a problem today with it blowing 15-20 out of the east so coming back is going to be brutal…I really like my new beach lounger and I can’t wait to use it and go to the beach but I need it to be warmer before I do…there is no temp forecast to be over 80 for the next two weeks and that is really unusual for this late in June…and I need to order the big contractor bags to put it in to corral the sand…and I’ll order those today along with coffee and a spare set of pedals for the bike just to have them here…don’t have to cook today after making the flat pizza and cooking some chicken thighs yesterday so I’ll need to freeze the chicken breasts I bought Wed and make stir fry and Masala starting next week…I feel pretty fortunate to have the problem of too much food when a lot of older folks in this country go hungry every day…and there is something wrong with that….the medicine for my tongue has started to work but I still can’t taste much and I hope that changes…more later…

Well…they just delivered the new beach chair and it is really nice but a little too big for the 30 gallon bags I used to put the old one in to contain the sand…so I’m going to have to buy some contractor sized bags…okay, just looked on amazon and I can get 10- 3 mil thick 55 gallon bags for 12 bucks so I’ll order them when I order the coffee and new bike pedals tomorrow…the new chair’s frame is crackle coated grey and it is very sturdy…set it up and laid on it and it is really comfortable…will probably never have to buy another one…it has built in strap handles and came with a shoulder strap…can’t wait to try it at the beach…maybe next week…and it will be easy to carry it to the water’s edge since the beach is less than half as deep as it was when they dredged the sand…and it came with a cup holder and pockets to store stuff in…I think it’s really worth the 70 bucks since I tried one from walmart a couple of years ago for 40 bucks and it fell apart after the first use…and it has three legs that it stands on instead of the two that most of them have…might be overkill but I just want to be comfortable…ooo…the pocket is big enough to hold a book so I can read on the beach…have to be careful about sunburn…very cool…

Well…I get to have coffee this morning! That is a little thing but after having to skip it to keep my bp down yesterday made the bike rides a bit of a struggle…need to get on the bike in 20 minutes to get my day started and it will be a busy one again…need to get two rides in, then go out to get the prescription and then come back here and cook since I finished off the leftovers yesterday but I may leave the stir fry til tomorrow since I bought a cheap pizza at DD yesterday and I haven’t had one of those in more than a year…the potato salad I made with mayo yesterday came out good after it got cold in the fridge…before that it had a bitter taste that I thought was going to  force me to dump it…but again, that could be my distorted taste that I hope the prescription will fix…think I’m going to hit the library for more books this morning since I only have two left and I’ll be through those before the weekend…my new beach lounger should be here today and I am a little excited to see if it will work for me…I know the water will never be warm enough to go swimming but I might just go and hang out on the beach for some color…more later…

Well…when I get a day like today, I really need to make sure I smile and realize how good it was..I mean getting such a good checkup and having my doctor prescribing 4 pills that have the potential to give me my sense of taste back and I am really excited about that… and then making sourdough bread that I’m going to bake tomorrow…and driving over to DD and getting some bargains…and just driving the new car around made me smile…and I am going to celebrate with a cocktail or two after not having any for 3 days prepping for the checkup to get my BP down…and I got to see my regular doctor today and he seemed happy to see me as I was to see him…and I should sleep better tonight after having 3 nights of tossing and turning and sweating…I did do laundry and bedding so I’ll have a clean bed to sleep in…so, I’m going to enjoy tonight…I’m still smiling from today and I hope that continues tomorrow…time to dit on my butt for a while and do nothing….oh, and my laptop froze up completely and a nice man from India did a hard reset of it to get me going again…and sent me instructions so I can do it myself next time…

Well…just got back from my checkup and the news is good…BP is down to 122/72 and the doctors says that’s just where it needs to be…I am going to have a huge freckle on my forehead removed later in the month give that my brother is on his 7th melanoma removal and we have the same skin tone…so white we’re almost transparent… and when I showed the doctor my white tongue, he thinks it’s a yeast infection and it is what is causing me to lose my sense of taste…so I pick up a prescription that I take for only 4 days and he thinks that will clear it up…damn, it would great to be able to taste food and coffee again….I miss potato chips….so, it could not have gone better and I guess all of the hard work I do to take care of myself is paying off…and that was the joke I made to the doctor when I said it would be a shame to have a freckle kill me after all the work I do to stay in shape…I can be funny at times…more later….

Well…darn, up at 4:23 this morning but I went to bed before 10 so I guess 6 hours is not too bad…feel okay this morning but it’s only 50 degrees here right now so getting on the bike is going to be iffy to get the rides in before the checkup this morning…but the temp is supposed to rise pretty fast and it will be 56 or so by 7 so I’ll get it done…no coffee until I get back from the appointment to try to keep my BP in acceptable range and I am going to take both BP meds this morning to see if that helps…going to be almost 70 before I head out at 10:15 so I can put the top down on the car…might even run over to DD since they have 12 oz packages of thin sliced ham or turkey for 1.29 and that’s pretty cheap…going to assemble the potato salad this morning before I go out on the bike since it just a little after 5 and I won’t be going out til 7 or so…not sure what is going on but I was freezing again last night that turned into sweating again with my winter sleep clothes on…I do need to make the sourdough dough for the bread I want to bake tomorrow but I can’t start that until I have a few hours that I can dedicate to it…so I’ll do that this aft…not much to do today…might wash the car this aft since it’s pretty dirty from driving in the rain the other day and I want to try out my new soap and wash mitt….more later…

Well…as you know, I have been feeling lots of pain on the bike and I had to try to figure out what the heck was going on…so, I decided to cut back to only two rides and 25 miles a day starting last Saturday…that made me feel like a slug but the fruits of that decision showed themselves today when I rode both rides without pain for the first time since I started to ride outdoors this year…no thigh or knee pain or any tricep pain either and that has been killing me for better than a month…the only bad thing about that is it makes me feel like my body has just given up some of it’s capability that I’ll never get back…but I am going to try to start alternating 25 and 38 mile days just to see what happens…and I do need to train for the “ride my age” day that has to happen before my birthday in July…I did go crazy at Menards today and bought car wash soap and a new bottle of Meguiar’s wax along with a new wash mitt since the old one is 15 years old an getting pretty raggety…so I spent a hundred bucks today that I shouldn’t have…oh, well…I can always not buy anything next week…

Well…have been waffling about buying a new beach lounger for weeks no but today I bit the bullet an ordered a really nice one…it was 70 bucks but it looks so nice and it sturdy, not like all the rest of them I looked at…and it will never fit in the trunk even folded up so it will have to fit in a garbage bag to contain the salt…the seat surfaces are cloth and look pretty damn comfortable and it sit higher and more stable that my old jelly chair….again, this could be my last chair to go with my last car and last house…it is pretty heavy at 15 pounds but the beach is only half as wide as it was after they dredged and I can manage that with the shoulder strap that comes with it…I shouldn’t be spending any money right now but it’s heading to July and I’m going to need it…and guess what color it is? Gray, of course and it has a hanging bag that has room for a cupholder and my phone etc…so I guess we’ll see if it a good purchase or not by the end of the week…time for weight work…