Well…no, I didn’t sell the house and I am now surprised how depressed I’ve been…but the good news of having the mouth infection under control has made it better after working on that for over 2 1/2 years…so I am going to hang my hat on that for a while…one other thing, when I got up wed, the track pad had stopped working on the new laptop so I had to call Dell tech support and of course it is in India but I got a guy called Prividah who knew his stuff but it still took an hour on the phone to get it fixed…luckily, it was just a update that went bad and he could fix it remotely…and he gave me a piece of advice to buy a wireless mouse to use if that happens again so I can still use the computer…so I went over to Target and got one for 8 bucks that connects through one of the USB ports…not that smooth but usable and I do like the track pad better anyway…he also said to make sure I choose the updates for the computer and install them when they pop up and that won’t happen again…so, I do need to have cocktails tonight and think a bit about what I want to do…4 years of hell again…oh, well…I did get three rides in today but I think I need to start thinking about warmer clothes…I did get some long sport pants in the care packages my daughter sent last year so I may try one of those tomorrow…and I did get a new chin strap for my winter riding hat and need to replace the frayed on that is on it…and I’m using a sport shoelace to replace the cord from an old swimsuit that I sewed in the first time…that one lasted 5 years so I’m hoping the shoelace will go that long, too…see you tomorrow…

Well…I guess more than half of the country wants me to die of starvation after they eliminate SS so I need to start planning my exit strategy to get somewhere safe…house is going up for sale today and I’ll be out of this country by the end of the month…so, you won’t be hearing from me anymore…goodbye…

Well…got the news I was hoping for from the periodontist today with no infection visible and the inflammation almost gone…so that means I can keep the teeth I have left if I keep working hard to keep them clean…no more antibiotics for now and that is letting my guts settle down some…so, I’m taking the rest of the day off with only 16 miles in but I’ll make up for that with 41 tomorrow…yay!

Well…getting ready to head out for the periodontist appointment and I’m pretty concerned that the 90 days of antibiotics I just finished aren’t going to be enough and they are going to want to pull more teeth to get at the infection…but this is where I draw the line…I can barely chew with the teeth I have left so I’ll just let it get worse until they have to pull them all I guess and then I won’t eat anymore…this has been such a pain…almost 4 grand and the infection is still there and today is going to cost me 150 bucks for this cleaning since it will be the 4th cleaning this year and insurance only covers two…and I’m going to hit Meijers for some cocktail materials since I think I’m going to want it later today…but then no more until the 19th after my checkup…I am so tired of having to take care of myself and deny any fun to be able to get through my checkup without my doctor trying to throw medications at me for high blood pressure and cholesterol…I mean what the hell do you have to do to keep that down…isn’t losing 35 pounds and riding 30+ miles a day enough? Haven’t even had any meat except chicken for over a month now…I guess my cholesterol could be like my last brother’s at over 400 without medication so I think I’m doing okay at 140…oh, well…just want this day to be over…maybe more later…

Well…man, another night of up and down and I know I’m going to feel it later…but I did get a few hours of sleep and even had some dreams so I guess I’ll take it…it has been raining for two days now and looks like it will continue all day today…no way I’m putting the leaves out in the rain today so I’ll just leave them in the garage until next week…and then I’ll have more to go out since the leaves are really falling now…but my big tree is still green so those will be shredded and left on the lawn whenever they fall…did another day of 41 miles yesterday but today will be a light one with only two indoor rides since I have a dentist appointment at 2 this aft and the rain is continuing until dark tonight…but tomorrow is going to be clear but cold…so I’ll get to 9,000 miles Wed and begin the long slog to 10K…going to have to do one more weed walk since the warm temps have started lots of them growing and I want to stun them before it snows and not lose control of the lawn like last spring…have to stay on top of that….not much to do today…just the rides and out for the appointment and then back here for maybe a third ride indoors…probably not…but we’ll see….more later…

Well…darn it’s almost 2:30 and this day has gotten away from me with the weight work still to do…and the day started pretty normal with getting on the indoor bike because of the rain we had here all morning…after two of those, the rain stopped…for a few minutes anyway, and with it being over 60 outside and nothing on the radar, I got moving to get the first of two rides in around 10:30 but the rain started up again when I was only 2 miles out and I hadn’t put my rain gear on with nothing on the radar…I guess I should have learned by now that the radar is not too accurate out here…so after getting wet on the first ride, I came back here and got my rain gear and headed back out around noon…and it rained the entire ride…and I had so much muck, dirt, and grit on me that it filled the bottom of my shower and took lots of rinsing to get it down the drain…didn’t even get to lunch until after 1 and that is really late for me…I do need to put the bags of leaves out but I may wait til next week since it’s supposed to keep raining through the day tomorrow…we’ll see…

Well…not sure if I’m running late or early with the time change yesterday but I do still feel cold as heck this morning and I am going to put the heating pad on here in a minute….and that is strange with it almost 60 outside right now…slept okay and had some dreams last night but they were about the basement of my house collapsing…not this house but one I’d never seen before…strange…it’s raining here and is going to be all morning so there will be two rides indoors and maybe one outside again but the wind is going to be blowing a steady 20 with gusts again and I’m not sure if I want to face that today after freezing yesterday…it looks like I made way too much soup yesterday so I’ll be having nothing but that for a few days and I can live with that…need to avoid meat for the next week until I get blood drawn a week from tomorrow and the my yearly checkup a week later….I have a dozen burgers in the freezer that will be eaten after that…I think I’ve controlled my weight enough to get down in the 160’s but I’ll be eating light for the next two weeks to make sure…not much to do today…just the rides and putting the leaves out for pick up tomorrow but I think I’ll wait on that until Tues morning so the rain doesn’t soak the bags…or maybe even wait a week to put them out…who knows? More later….

Well…damn, when I was out at the water stop on the boardwalk, there were fire engines, police cars, an ambulance, and a boat running up and down the beach so that can only mean one thing, another drowning out at my beach…that is the third one this year and I wonder whey anyone would be in the water when it was only 45 degrees air temp…the wind was blowing hard again today so I wonder if someone fell off the pier again? Whatever it was, it’s still sad seeing the rescue boat searching and searching out there…I did get three rides in today but only one outdoors since I was cold and just out of synch…and it took me a long hot shower to warm up some but still needed to put the heating pad on to get back to normal…I did make potato soup this afternoon to use up the whole milk I bought last week for the scalloped potatoes and it came out great…made too much so I’ll be eating that for two meals a day until late in the week…okay, going to read a bit before the Lions play…

Well…damn, this is going to be a weird day with dealing with the time change and trying to get started that isn’t working right now…I should be on the bike but I just poured the first cup of coffee and I won’t go downstairs until it starts to work…I did get 41 miles in yesterday and now only have 1,100 miles to go and two months to do it…so I think I’m in good shape to make the goal….didn’t get much done yesterday and I really do need to clean today but Man U plays at 10 so that means a ride indoors before that…or maybe two since the time change gives me an extra hour…I am so tired of having to get going all the time but I guess it’s what is keeping me from feeling even older than I do…I forgot to plug the laptop in overnight and it is so cool that it still had over 50% of charge after a whole day…and it has gained to over 70% in about 10 minutes…don’t have any leftovers to eat today so I’ll have to cook something and it may be the bean burritos I’ve been thinking about for more than a week now to use up the tomatoes that are going to go bad soon…okay, this is going to be a jumbled day that I need to get started right now…but more coffee first and then downstairs in 14 minutes…more later…

Well…man, it’s only 30 degrees out here right now so that is going to make me really late getting outdoors for a ride today…it looks like it will be after noon and that kind of screws up my schedule for the day…and I wonder why I even have a schedule? Yeah, I know…discipline…and that has me getting on the indoor bike here in 26 minutes for the first of two rides this morning….slept okay last night and I feel okay this morning if a little worn out…as I always do and that is getting old as I am…getting old? Crap…I am old and feeling it…okay, that’s enough of that…there is a Saturday ahead of me and even though the weekend doesn’t mean anything anymore, it’s still a day to enjoy…don’t really need to cook today but I want to…going to make some potato soup later since I have some whole milk to use up before it spoils and I need to cut up some more veggies to replace the pretzels that were killing me…I do have two more chicken leg quarters to either cook or freeze and I’m not sure which right now…not much to do today…just need to drag my butt downstairs and get the day started in 15 minutes and then I’ll let the day flow as it will…yeah, I’m still planning as I always do but the bathroom is clean so that is not hanging over me and that’s not a bad way to start the day…more later…