Well…running late today with not getting out of bed til 6:23 and having a hard time to get going…I did sleep okay so that is some consolation but that doesn’t stop the fact that I need to get on the bike here in 20 minutes or so so I can get three rides in this morning…my BP is really up this morning with it 137/72 and I wonder if they will up the dosage of the meds on Monday? That is if I can get out of here with the winter storm warning that is on right now…and it’s supposed to snow tomorrow and Sunday, too…crap…oh, well…I do need to get a little work done today with changing out the bedding and then out to shovel the snow that is coming…I wonder if this could be a day where I only do two rides? Yeah, no…I’d just feel guilty the rest of the day and it would dominate my thoughts all day…and the bathroom won’t clean itself so that will be the afternoon project….it’s been over a year since I took a day off and just lived and I don’t know why I just can’t relax anymore…okay, I know…I don’t want to weigh 300 pounds and I will unless I torture myself every day… and burn some calories…damn, only 6 minutes before I need to get on the bike and get going…more later…

Well…took and easy day today with only doing the rides and then out to shovel the couple of inches of snow we got overnight so that gave me time to start another Harlan Coben novel that I’m going back to after this…I do like having leftovers and not have to cook for a few days…but I still only had a bowl of soup and two pieces of pizza today and that will continue until Monday when everything runs out…so I guess I’ll have to plan to take something out of the freezer in the next day or so…this is a little funny…since they were invented, I’ve used shave gels to shave with every morning…but the prices of a can has gone over 4 bucks when they were 2.29 just a year ago…so I picked up a can of Barbasol shave cream to try and it works better than any of the gels…and it’s only 2.59 for a huge can so I guess I’ll use that for a while…and it’s made in the US and says it on the can…I was going to clean some today but just didn’t feel like it…so that makes tomorrow clean the bathroom day if I can get the rides in early enough…okay…I need to take a look in the freezer to start thinking about meal planning…oh, ran across an article on cleaning off the haze on the inside of windshields hat some cars get and they recommended using either alcohol or vinegar mixed 1:1 with water…that was for you , Tom…

Well…damn, I feel so worn out today…like I do every day and I know part of it is only having a bowl of soup and one piece of pizza yesterday…one good thing is I don’t have to cook for the next few days…but I will have to plan meals soon and I need to do more than the 4 meals that I seem to have fallen into…I did remove a skin tag from my left nostril last night and the damn thing bled for 3 hours like it always does…and I have to remove it once a year…damn, it’s only 13 degrees out there right now and it has been cold as heck out here for weeks now…it’s still hunker down time with the cold and the snow we’ve been getting…January in Michigan can test you if you’re not used to it…but after 71 years, I’m used to it…just not in Muskegon…darn, I need to get on the bike here in 26 minutes and I sure don’t want to…I keep whining about taking a day off but I know that won’t happen and I’m not sure why…it would be luxurious to just keep pouring the coffee down and watch old movies all day…not much to do today…I do have to clean the bathroom at some point but need to torture myself on the bike first….more later….

Well…in the hour it took me to go down and get the third ride in, we must have gotten 4 inches of snow out here…and it is still snowing huge flakes like crazy so I’ll be out shoveling in a bit…but I really want to take a rest first since I’ve been moving since I got up this morning…two rides in before 9:30, then built and baked the pizza, back down for the third ride and I just started the laundry…the variety of bird on the feeder changed today with my first pair of cardinals showed up with sparrows, nuthatches, chickadees, bluejays, too damn many doves, and even a downy woodpecker….I did start a new author two days back…Harlan Coben…and I’ve read him before but not this particular novel…and I have another of his that I got two years ago that I never got to so I’ll have stuff to read for a week or so…the doves are amusing the heck out of me right now…6 of them on the feeder/sill right now and it looks like a mosh pit…fun…

Well…I am so tired of being exhausted all the time…ha, yeah, that made me laugh too…I did sleep okay last night and even went to bed early and not out of bed til a little after 6 today and I only have 29 minutes before I need to get on the bike to get three rides in before 10am or so…going to make another pizza today for lunch and with the potato soup I made yesterday, I won’t have to cook again until next week…and that will probably be another batch of Masala…didn’t get anything done yesterday but the errands and rides but today should be a little easier and should be done before 3pm…I would love to have a little time to just sit and read this afternoon but I can’t carve out enough time if I do the cleaning I need to and get three rides in…oh, well…still damn cold out here and it looks like it will stay that way until the 16th when it finally gets above freezing…but we are edging through the winter and for the next 10 days at least, there are no big snow storms coming…and I’ll take that…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike in 10 minutes and get the days started…more coffee first…more later…

Well…another day that almost got away from me and I have been running since I got up at 6 this morning…started out with doing two rides, then out for an errand and back here to make potato soup, then back down to do the third ride that I just finished…so now I just have the weight work that I’ll start after this…so now I don’t have to go anywhere until Monday for the follow up to my BP meds when I’ll see if they need to adjust it or not…haven’t had any side effects at all other than my right foot is not as swollen as it had been…I guess that’s not a side effect since these pills have a diuretic in them, too…I did find my pair of leather gloves and that made a big difference in the car this morning and I think I’ll treat the leather since it looks dry…okay, time for the weights…

Well…damn, I wish there was a jump starter for my body…woke up a little after 6 but it is 7 now and I’m barely functioning….I know normal people would go back to bed or lie down on the couch feeling like this but I’ll get on the bike in a few minutes and start torturing myself…I do need to cook today and I’ll be making potato soup later but I would really like to not cook for a change…or have someone else cook…but that’s just whining so I need to suck it up and get more coffee…I can shift into low and slow mode as I’ve done lots of times and try to enjoy just being alive and I think I will…that helps to get going just a bit…more coffee…I’m pretty darn tired of the cold weather out here with it not getting out of the 20’s for over two weeks but that’s pretty normal for January in Michigan and I’m just happy that the lake effect snow hasn’t set up and dumped feet of snow like it can…I was able to get out for the grocery run yesterday and that was not easy with the fact that they haven’t plowed the streets up here this year….I wonder where the heck my tax dollars go? Not much to do today…going to be grinding out the day starting here in 5 minutes or so and I can’t wait til 1pm or so when I’ll be done…but that’s 5 1/2 hours from now and I so damn tired of going all the time…more later…

Well…even though I really like just hanging out here in the winter, it was nice to get out and do the grocery run today and do something different…I had to hit the city offices first to pay the water bill and then Aldis and Meijers…didn’t buy and cauliflower today with the prices over 4 bucks a head and I was tiring of it anyway…so now I’ll go back to just carrots and celery for a while and I can live with that…I did get three rides in even with doing the run so that allowed to to have two meals today…just a bowl of Masala and two small pieces of pizza…I will have to cook tomorrow with only having one type of leftover so I’m going to make another batch of potato soup and then another pizza Wed to use up the mushrooms and green pepper before they spoil…and that will keep me going the rest of the week until I make a batch of ham soup next week…I did remember to buy the diced tomatoes I need for that soup but they didn’t have the chicken bullion crystals that I need for potato soup but I have enough for tomorrow’s batch…started up Harlan Coben novel today and I think I’ll go back to it right now…

Well…darn…another busy day ahead with getting on the bike here in a few minutes for the first ride and then running out to do the grocery run to avoid the snow Wed…and I really do need soup ingredients and no one has protein on sale so I’ll be dragging stuff out of the freezer…have a couple of pork chops and some chicken in there and I can make some pasta if I feel like it…slept okay last night and I think it was the third night without earplugs and my ears are thanking me since they don’t hurt today…but I’m still pretty worn out but that’s just from getting old so I’ll continue to get worse and that sucks…I really do need to clean today so I may just do two rides on the bike today…the bathroom needs work along with the kitchen and I do need to clear off the dining room table that I started the other day and need to change out the bedding but I’d like to have a day to take it easy…I say that all the time but never do it…it would be so luxurious to just wing it for a day…it has been quite cold here and it is going to stay in the 20’s for highs this week…but no snow storms so I can take it that…more later….