Well…I feel the move is getting close now with getting the internet up and running at the house and doing the first one from there…or here, actually and that feels good….all I had to do was call comcast and give them the modem info and it fired right up so that was cool…and now I can write from either place now…but, I couldn’t put the blinds up or the new thermostat on since I don’t have the right size drill for the blind brackets and the new thermostat is smaller so I have to fill a bunch of holes that were behind the old one and then paint around it so it will be a few days before I can get that put up….so, it looks like a short one today and I think I’ll go to uhaul and get the truck reserved instead….

Well…didn’t get up til 6 but that didn’t help feeling crappy and tired this morning…just damn exhausted and I could use another day of taking it easy but I don’t have the time for that…need to continue to get ready for the move and have to get the internet working at the house along with shades and new thermostat…and I need to get the back yard ready for the new fence so it looks like another busy week…at least my foot is not hurting much and I may be able to stop the medication…or taper it off like I was instructed…I’ll bet it will still hurt to put a shoe on but I can live with that….I did get a bunch of moving related prep done around here yesterday and even got a bike ride in but I will have to wait til later to go out with it being in the 40’s right now and I just don’t want to be cold yet…I know that is coming but I am not ready to give up shorts yet…I am under 300 miles to go to beat my record on the bike and it looks like I may get there riding on the trainer indoors…but that is still riding and it counts….more later…

Well…man, that was a busy day yesterday with getting most of the old papers and trash out of here to get ready for the move…and one of my sons stopped over since he was on this side of the state and it was good to see him…and I put a new set of plugs in the car since I didn’t like how it ran with the ngk copper ones in it…we’ll see how that works when I run errands this morning…need to get the new shades and a thermostat for the house to get ready for the move on the 19th…which another of my sons and his wife are going to help with….just too damn much money for a mover to move 15 items 15 miles…I mean, 500 bucks? So, I hope my foot is healed by then and I can get some shoes on…it seems better today but I am still subconsciously favoring it and that is screwing up my back when I walk funny…I do have lots to do today and it all needs to be done before Man U plays at 11:30…it is almost warm enough to get out on the bike in a t-shirt but I don’t like being cold so I’ll need a fleece…more later….

Well…as you know, I’m getting ready to move in the next couple of weeks and have started to get quotes from movers to move the 12 pieces of furniture that I have…the first one that came in was from two men and a truck and I am still fricking shocked by what they want to charge…I mean 500 bucks to move 12 pieces of furniture 15 miles? Needless to say, they sure aren’t getting my business and I am waiting for  another couple to come in..hey Tom…you want to help me move one more time? I can rent a van for the day for about 25 bucks and the only heavy thing I have to move is my couch and it sure as hell won’t take 3 to 5 hours that the movers are charging…at 159 bucks an hour…cripes…

Well…woke up this morning way too early to no more progress with my foot and that is a little disappointing…I know I abused it working at the house yesterday but I was really hoping that yesterday’s improvement would be continued today….oh, well…and it was another 4:54 morning today and I am really tired of not sleeping even though I stayed up later than normal….I did make a lot of progress on the house yesterday, finishing the kitchen floor, painting the last two windows in the living room and then cleaning that floor, too…and I got the kit I need to get the internet working Monday so I can schedule the movers for week after next…and that is not a minute too soon…I think all the driving is wearing on the car and is not running right….I think it may be the spark plugs I put in a month or so ago and I think I’ll replace them with the platinum ones I normally use…the engine is just not smooth like it used to be and all I need to do is get it to winter when I’ll put it in the garage and work on it to fix all the little things that are wrong with it…I do need to cook today and get rid of some trash that will leave almost half of this place empty…and one of sons may be stopping by with being on this side of the state for a funeral…and it is too cold to get out on the bike until this afternoon so I may take the luxury of just starting the day off slow…more later,,,

Well…cripes, I just saw that I didn’t come back here for a second one yesterday and I am going to blame it on the pain in my foot…it did hurt like crazy all day and doing the errands I needed to do made it worse to the point I couldn’t get my shoe on anymore…but, when I woke up this morning I can feel progress and it doesn’t hurt as much as it did yesterday…I’m still walking funny favoring it and I think I now can feel a reaction to the flu shot I got Tuesday….feeling warm and coughing so maybe it’s actually a bug? Who knows? But, I do know the pain from this bout of gout…ha, that’s funny…was the most pain I’ve felt since the bike crash last year…and I’m probably going to aggravate it working on the house today…going to be over there most of the day waiting for a UPS delivery that will allow me to get my internet up and running Monday…then, the race to the move starts and I should be over there the week after next…got some of the kitchen loaded up yesterday and will maybe finish that over the weekend…don’t want to move my spices or pots yet since I do need to cook but everything else will be gone before next week…or, maybe I’ll take the weekend off and just hang out and veg to try to get my foot healed completely…I am having a couple with K this afternoon to celebrate the move and that should be fun….more later…

Well…running a little late today with doing a hobbling grocery run and my foot feeling like fire with every step….but, that is not the worst of it…just getting a shoe on is the most pain I have felt in years and even ibuprofen does nothing to help it…so, I may be resting it some today…Thursdays are normally days off anyway but that is to do my food errands but I think today will just be taking care of the foot…of course, I didn’t sleep for crap last night since the weight of just the sheets set the pain in my foot howling and there was no way to get comfortable…so, I am exhausted again today but need to load the car up for the trip over to the house tomorrow…but that is going to wait for a while as I let the coffee work some…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but do some repairs on window frames so I can sand and paint to get ready to buy some new shades and install them next week….I may try to get started to clean this place today but I have all month so we’ll see how the foot feels…I’m kind of glad it’s raining out there so I don’t feel guilty about not riding but I may try to get one in if it stops…my foot doesn’t hurt when I ride but getting the shoe on is going to be hard….more later….

Well…got to the doctor and found out that the pain in my foot is gout…yep, I have the condition that people get from eating rich foods…and I never eat anything like that. So, I ranted to my doctor a bit that I eat right and after we talked a bit, he is pretty sure that my case was caused by chronic dehydration from riding the bike so much and working on the house….so, it looks like I have the next three days  off everything until the medication he gave me starts to work…and I have to elevate my foot and drink as much water as I can stand…one good thing about this whole mess is that the doctor visit and the prescription only cost me 13 bucks so I kind of like my health insurance now….this is my first prescription in almost 20 years and that is kind of weird…at least now I know that it is not a broken bone or bone cancer or something like that….

Well…the pain in my foot has gotten so bad that I had to shorten up the work on the house since going up and down stairs leaves me howling in pain…okay, just walking at all leaves me in pain and trying to put the brakes on in the car is damn near impossible…I just can’t have this now…only have two weeks to get the house done and get moved…luckily, my doctor has an open appointment today so I am going in to have him look at it…might just as well use the insurance I have been paying for for the past year…and the co pay for a doctor visit is only 5 bucks so it is worth it…sure hope it’s not arthritis or some other chronic condition…crap, crap, crap….

Well…damn…my foot still hurts like crazy and I am hobbling around trying to walk…this one might get me back to the doctor since it feels like it is not healing since I woke up with it Sunday….even took something for it already this morning and I need to have the pain subside with crunch time on the move coming up….so today may just be a run over to unload the car and then back here without cleaning…I do have two weeks until I want to be moved so I guess I can afford a light day…almost have everything out of the bedroom and the hall closet and have started on the living room and it looks like about 5 more trips will clean this place out except for the big stuff…man, I feel crappy this morning and I wonder if it’s a reaction to the flu shot I got yesterday…I know my arm still hurts from it and it was pretty puffy but it seems better today….it looks like no bike ride this morning with the rain coming in and that may help my foot but I’m not sure…just feel pretty decrepit today and I may just take the day off tomorrow to rest…okay, yep…going to call the doctor this morning and see if I can get in…more later…