Well…damn, my jaw still hurts like crazy and it’s been a week since I had the dental work done and I need to figure out how to stop grinding my teeth to stop it…don’t feel as lousy as I did yesterday but I still feel pretty crappy but I’ve only been out of bed for a half hour and haven’t had any coffee yet so that could be why…it looks like a repeat day today with temps still in the 30’s so I’ll do two indoor rides and bake bread this afternoon…even had to make some pour over coffee since this is a coffee leftover day and I barely had two cups to have and that is not nearly enough…need to put the grocery list together but I really don’t have a lot of stuff to get other than the BAH that will feed me for a good week…I think I’ve got enough gas to heat it on the grill but I’ll have to get a refill next week…starting to be able to chew more normally as the pain subsides from the sockets and I really hope the new normal allows me to eat better…damn, it’s already 7am and I need to get going but I wonder why? I could wait til 8 to get on the bike and I’d still be done by 10 so I think I’ll have at least one more cup of coffee and sit here for at least a half hour….more later…

Well…took an easier day today with just doing two indoor rides since it never got out of the 30’s here and I just didn’t want to be that cold…especially in April…I did use some of the sourdough starter that I fed yesterday to make the dough for a loaf I’ll bake tomorrow but I’m not sure if I can even eat it yet…I guess we’ll see…going to have another cold one tomorrow so I’ll be inside for one more day then I have to start working on the yard and ride outdoors….felt really crappy when I got up today but two hard rides fixed that along with non stop eating all day since I was way under on calories for 5 days in a row and that is not good for me…okay…I have a weird science fiction movie called “Mickey 17” that I want to watch…

Well…I don’t think I’ve ever felt this crappy in the morning…my jaw hurts and I’ve already taken something for it and this is getting really, really old….I’ve already eaten something to see if not eating enough is part of it as I think it is….going to try to eat constantly today as my jaw will allow…and I may have to order some flonase since my allergies are terrible and have been for a week…will need to work on the yard later in the week but I’m not going out there when it’s in the 30’s…I do need more coffee if I’m ever going to get moving today…and that’s not going to be until 8am or so and I’m not doing more than 2 rides today…damn, I hate being this whiny but I really do feel like crap…going to buy another big assed ham this week since Meijers has them on sale for 89 cents a pound but I’ve completely lost my sense of taste so it will be just eating for fuel and that sucks…I think I need a reset for my body but I don’t know how to do that…everything seems out of whack and all I want to do is melt into the couch and stare at the tv for the whole day…but I won’t since I know that getting on the bike will make me feel better….more later….

Well…darn, me teeth hurt today and I’m pretty sure it’s from grinding them all day and eating and that just sucks…oh, well…I did get an outdoor ride in today but took it much easier so I didn’t feel rotten after doing it…but my energy level is still pretty low right now but with no food and 30 miles every day even my Mastodon friends are concerned…so, I’ll have to do better so as to not alarm people…I did feed my sourdough starter since I’m going to make a loaf later in the week..and it took off like crazy after having it in the fridge for weeks…but I’ll have to cut the crusts off of the slices since I can’t take hard food until the sockets heal…I can still taste the numbing agents they used on me since they used so much to get the teeth done…really bitter and I hope it goes away soon…just accidentally  ran my electric tooth brush across one of the sockets and it felt like an electric shock…yow!

Well…I think my body has finally given up on me after it went flat yesterday on the outdoor ride and not being able to drag my butt out of bed without lying there for more than a half hour…and that is just not me…I’ve always been able to just pop out of bed when I wake up but I have zero energy and I sure hope it’s not going to be the new normal….and I need to figure out why I’m grinding my teeth so much that I just had to take something for the pain…so I think I do need to take it a bit easy today and only do two rides indoors and call it good…it’s going to be in the 30’s for highs Monday and Tuesday and that sucks for April…I do need to get started on the yard work this week and I may even have to mow the lawn in the next 10 days or so and I’m just not looking forward to that…oh, well…with not being able to eat so much, I’m going to have a lot of food that I will be discarding this week as I try to get back into the normal routine and that sucks…going to steam some cauliflower to go with the leftover chicken thighs and mashed potatoes for lunch and then use up the ham soup and start thinking about what to make tomorrow…maybe some fish? Not much to do today…need to get moving now but I really do need more coffee first so I won’t be on the bike til 7:30…Man U play City at 11:30 but they suck so badly that I probably won’t watch the match….more later…

Well…damn, this has been a tough day for me…have had no energy all day and dragging my butt out to do the third outdoors today was all I could do and my legs went completely flat on the way back so the pedal up the final hill up to here was just brutal…and I’m not sure what the heck it is…I know I haven’t been eating much and had two days of only one meal this week along with two meal days of only about 800 calories so I guess that’s probably it…but eating takes so much concentration since the dental work to not hurt myself that I just don’t want to do it…I did see Stupid the turkey today after not seeing him for a few days and that was a relief…I fully expect to see him flattened on the pavement since he has no fear of cars…I am going to try to get to a political one later today but I need to do the weight work first and it’s already 3pm…maybe the lack of energy is allergies…my head is plugged up and I’m coughing but not badly enough for this feeling…oh,well…

Well…if there was any day that I didn’t need to forget hitting the button on the coffee maker, this is it…and now I sit here waiting for the coffee to brew when I should have a steaming cup on the table giving me life…I must have grinded my teeth all night last night since my lower jaw is aching today and I just had to take something for it…darn…slept okay last night but I couldn’t get out of bed…just laid there for over a half hour I’m so damn worn out…and it’s after 7 already and I need to get on the bike by 7:30 to get the day started…okay, have coffee and it just highlighted how much my jaw hurts right now…owwwww….it’s only 30 degrees right now and I really don’t think we are going to have a spring this year and that is really depressing…I’ll be outside in half thermasuit today if I get out there at all…it’s supposed to be 49 for a high today and then cold and into the 30’s with a slight warm up coming Thursday….going to stop looking at the weather it depresses me so much…not much to do today…just need to drag my ass down to get on the bike in 6 minutes and I don’t know if I have enough fuel in me to do that…I mean one cup of coffee? Not enough….more later….

Well…had a pretty good day today and haven’t even had to take any painkillers for the teeth…and I even ate my normal two meals today…okay…a little pain just started so I’ll try to get ahead of it in case it gets worse…I did get a call from my dentist’s office today just to check on how I’m doing after all of the work they had to do to get the teeth out…and I thought that was pretty nice…I think they were a little surprised how well I’m doing…I did get three rides in today and one of them was even outside and it was nice to get some fresh air…didn’t see Stupid the turkey today but didn’t see a flat turkey in the road, either, so that was a good thing…and it looks like I’ll be able to ride outdoors at least once tomorrow but then the weather drops into the 30’s for a couple of days…it’s raining out here again right now and will be all night…again…so we’ll see if that keeps me indoors tomorrow…okay, just finished the first book and want to start the second one….

Well…I guess the two day rule works for jaw pain as it does for the rest of my body…my whole face hurts this morning and I’ve already taken some pain killers to try to cut it a bit….man, I feel like crap today and I’m still grinding my teeth like crazy and I wonder if this is going to be the new normal? I sure hope not….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I’m not going to do much today with how I feel right now…I do need to go out to pick up two prescriptions after I get a ride or two in and I am going to try to get an outdoor ride in this aft…I am already tired of having to take tiny little bits of food and keep the sockets from filling with it…and I have 6 months of that crap to get through….yeah…I do sound depressed because I am…it’s April 4th and it’s only 31 degrees here and there is no warm up in the forecast so that is depressing, too…it may get into the 50’s today but then back into the 30’s and that is just wrong…oh, well…not much to do today….just going to survive the day with how I feel and get on the bike here in a few minutes…more coffee first….more later…

Well… after feeling okay this morning, I hit the wall this aft and my energy levels dropped like crazy…it was all I could do to go down and get the laundry and make my bed…and eating lunch was a huge pain both figuratively and literally…had to try to keep the food away from the sockets and keep it in the middle of my palate but I slipped up a couple of times and now the lower left one is bleeding again…I do need to eat, though, with only about 800 calories total in the past two days…and my back hurts for some reason along with my jaw…I know why the jaw hurts but not my back so I’ll probably have to heat it later and I took some ibuprofen and tylenol and I’m waiting for that to kick in…think I’m going to makes some mashed potatoes this aft so I’ll have something soft to eat…it is a pain in the butt how small the bites have to be now…oh, well…I’ll live through it…