Well…damn, I only have 23 minutes before I have to get on the bike and I wonder how much longer I can keep it up? Just poured the first cup of coffee and I’ll get at least one cup down before I need to get going…slept okay last night but I am just so worn out today that I may need to shift into go slow mode to survive it…the weather is going to go to hell later today with the winter weather advisory that is on and we may get 6-8 inches of snow over the next two days as the temp plunges down into the single digits for highs and I’ll be in full thermasuit to go out and shovel…I have enough groceries so I don’t have to go anywhere til Thursday of next week…the wind was howling out here all day yesterday and that is supposed to keep up until Wed…and these next few days will be the coldest since I’ve moved out here and I really do hope the power stays on…going to make some chicken/veggie stir fry today but I’m not sure what I’m going to make tomorrow…it’s looking like some potato soup or ham since my BP still sucks and nothing I do changes it…not much to do today…the Lions play tonight and I’m looking forward to that and the Mecum auction is on all day with some multi million dollar cars to be sold and I’ll have that on all day….more later…

Well…after being busy most of the week, today I decided to take it easier after getting the rides in this morning…still have the weight work to do right now but then I’ll be done…I did get the chance to read the rest of the James Patterson novel I started a couple of days ago and it was pretty good…and that gives me another author to look for at the book sale this fall…along with David Baldacci…do I feel like a slug for not cleaning…yep, but I can live with that…still don’t have to cook today but I am going to make chicken and veggie stir fry tomorrow using the bottle of stir fry sauce I got this week since Meijers didn’t have the packets I normally use…might get two meals out of that and I have enough chicken and veggies to make another batch to put over rice…and I have the ingredients of another batch of Masala in the fridge too but I think I’m going to make potato soup first to use up the potatoes that have started to sprout and the celery that has started to wilt…okay, I should go cut up some more celery and carrots for a snack for later…I did plug my jumper box in to make sure it’s charged up in case I need to start the car Monday or Tuesday in the single digit highs…

Well…out of bed a little before 6 this morning and I have no motivation to get moving but I know I have to get on the bike before 7…so that gives me 45 minutes to drink coffee and wake up and that should be enough…I was amazed that they plowed the streets up here again yesterday and that made it twice since Monday but I still feel bad for whining about it…didn’t have any pain in my gums yesterday after it was really bad Wed night and I can’t figure that out…the swelling is gone and everything is back to normal…I know I’ll take it but I still wonder what the heck it was…I did get the bathroom cleaned yesterday and need to do more today…the kitchen could use some work along with the dining room and I’ll probably work on them today….it didn’t get below freezing last night but we are going to see a crash in temps Sunday with the coldest weather since I’ve lived out here…0 or below Monday night so I won’t be going anywhere…not much to do today…don’t have to cook for a couple of days but then some stir fried chicken and veggies along with some more Masala to use the chicken I have thawed…more later….

Well…just finished shoveling the snow, cleaning the bathroom, and doing laundry and I am done for the day…Man U plays here in a few minutes so I’m going to take it easy for a bit…I did get the three rides in, too, but that is pretty much a given these days…I did try the pulled pork for lunch and it’s okay…nothing special but edible and I think it will grow on me as time goes on…nice to have some easy food…we must have gotten another 6 inches of snow last night and, with the wind, I had a 2 foot tall drift all along the front of my lots…and this was not the nice light fluffy snow we’ve been getting…it’s over 30 here right now and the stuff was pretty heavy…since I don’t have to go anywhere until late next week, I didn’t shovel the alley…might go out and do that tomorrow…my neck is hurting today so I need to stretch it out and give it some rest…the coldest weather since I bought my house is coming Sunday through Tuesday and we are getting down below 0 Monday night…ick…oh, well…only 6 more weeks til March…

Well…man, I feel like crap this morning and I slept in til 6:50 and that makes me late for the whole day…it’s after 7 now and I should have been on the bike already but I guess I need to relax and take it as it comes…had some pretty severe pain in my lower left jaw last night that had me reaching for the ibuprofen but it seems better today…the swelling has gone down and no pain this morning so I’ll take it…we did get 4-5 inches of snow last night and I am happy that I don’t need to go anywhere for a week or so and I’ll just hunker down here for that time….I’m still grinning that I found the key ring yesterday…it was always nagging me that they were gone…little darn things make me happy…I did thaw some of the pulled pork I got yesterday so I’ll try that with some bullseye bbq sauce for lunch…hope it’s not terrible since it’s taking up space in the freezer…but I still need to figure out other things to cook…maybe some more potato soup…and I have some ham in the freezer I could put in it…hmmm…not much to do today…the bathroom has been calling to me that it needs cleaning and it may be the thing I do today…who knows…more later…

Well…still working on days in a row of riding and two weeks into the new year of riding I’ve already done 350 miles…and that means a 700 mile month is possible and that leads to being able to ride over 8,000 miles this year…do I dare to try to beat my 10,449 mile record? I will have over 3K indoors before I can get back outdoors and I’m still thinking about rebuilding the driveline on the outdoor bike before I take it back outdoors…I have the parts here already but the bike was still working fine when I cleaned it up and put it away…so, I don’t think I’m riding outdoors in the slush this year…it’s just too damn comfortable to walk downstairs and not have to suit up to go outside…still so happy that I found the set of keys today…had looked everywhere and really thought I’d dropped them in the trash by accident…and they are a full set that unlocks every type of lock I have on the house…okay, still have some reading to do…

Well…it’s been such a good morning this morning and it has me smiling…started out with getting three rides in and then getting ready to head out to Meijers and DD…when I got my heavy woolen coat out to wear, I found the key ring and keys I have been looking for at least two years…on a space needle key ring that I bought at the space needle when I was out there for my daughter’s wedding…I thought it was lost and gone and now all three sets of keys are on key rings associated with her…she gave me a Mazda key ring, and I bought a Statue of Liberty one when I we took the tour of the statue and the rest of NY city….then out to DD to get some boneless/skinless chicken for 2 bucks a pound and 5 pounds of seasoned pulled pork for 8 bucks…glad I have enough room in the freezer now…then to Meijers for a few things and the prescriptions and laughed out loud again when the clerk told me the cost…1.20 for 90 days of two BP meds…one of them was free and the other was 1.20…so very cool…so now I don’t have to go out again for a couple of weeks…okay, need to have some lunch…more later…

Well…it’s 6:45 and I’m already running late to get the things done I need to today…want to get three rides in and run an errand to pick up the new prescriptions and hit DD to pick up 5 pounds of pulled pork for 8 bucks…made enough room in the freezer over the past two weeks and it will come in handy to have some easy food…slept okay last night but I still feel pretty worn out as I always do until the coffee gets to work and I may even make some good coffee later…the weather is going to be pretty extreme over the next week with lots of snow and the high temp on Monday is going to be 6 degrees so I want to get everything done today so I can hunker down and wait it out…it’s supposed to be almost 40 tomorrow and then crash Friday…oh, well…didn’t get a darn thing done yesterday but I am going to clean the bathroom today…I made some whole wheat bread yesterday but it fell like a bad souffle and it is the strangest looking loaf I’ve ever seen….it tastes okay so I’ll have some of it with the Masala today….not much to do today…just need to get off my butt and get moving right now so I can get three rides in before I head out for the errands….more later…

Well…it’s almost 2:30 pm and I am finally done for the day and it’s been a busy one…got the three rides in, made Masala, worked on the car, and then shoveled the snow…and I was freezing after I finished and I couldn’t figure out why…and then I looked at the weather channel to find that it’s only 15 degrees out here and we are now under a winter weather advisory that lasts until 1am wed morning with the possibility of 5 more inches of snow…but it looks like the lake effect has set up just offshore so the snow is pretty light here but could change in an instant if it just moves inland…I did get the results of the blood work I had done yesterday and I normally get that from the mychart page but today they called me and that freaked me out a bit…but no problems with my kidneys or electrolyte levels and they still can’t believe that I have no health problems other than the high BP…I do have to get out tomorrow to pick up the new prescription but that won’t be til after I get three rides in…okay, time to make some bread…

Well…I feel so damn small this morning…got an e-mail from the city commissioner that I whined to about the snow removal problems and she told me that she just lost her son and that’s why she didn’t get back to me sooner…I guess that puts my tiny little problem in perspective….and I really don’t know why I reacted so strongly to the snow…after all, I’m really good at driving in it after doing it for the past 56 years…and doing it on bald tires when I was younger….I will e-mail her back this morning with my condolences…okay, I just did that…but I don’t feel better…I know the world continues to spin but the loss of a child is terrible…it changed my brother when he lost AJ and he was never the same…okay, life goes on…damn, I slept okay last night with not getting up til after 5:30 and then out of bed a little after 6 and I need to get moving…why, I don’t know but I want to get on the bike by 7 and that is 14 minutes away…more coffee first…today is going to be an easy day with only having to make some Masala for lunch…BP was down to 127/72 this morning and the pharmacist gave me the same advice the NP gave me…stop taking your blood pressure so much…and I am going to take that advice…not much to do today…just the rides and cooking and a little introspection….and maybe some cleaning…and I am going to let myself understand how lucky I’ve been in my life…more later…