Well…it’s 4:30 in the morning and I’m sitting here writing in the dark since I can’t sleep and I feel pretty crappy from the cold or flu that I have…..but I am going to try to go back to bed here in a few minutes to try to get about another hour…or maybe not…I don’t have anyone coming over today for dinner so I can nap to my heart’s content later..it’s probably a good thing that no one is coming…I wouldn’t want them to get this bug…it’s not that bad of one on the sickness scale but most other people have to work and that would not be fun to do feeling this way…I did talk to my middle son last night and he told me he has a girlfriend for the first time, I think, and I could not be happier for him…he sounded elated and that can really make a father smile….not much to do today…just make the full boat turkey dinner for me but don’t even have to start on that until one so the morning will be one of coffee and the newspaper…I do need a new tv but I won’t be going out to get one in the craziness over the next few days….and then I do have to watch the Lions try to beat the Packers…not sure which team is going to show up but it will be interesting….I will try to get another one out later but no one is reading today so I guess I could take it easy…

Okay…I did get back to sleep around 6 and got the other hour I was hoping for so I feel okay if still a little tired….I did brine the turkey yesterday in orange juice with onions and garlic…and I’m going to roast it with rosemary butter under the breast skin along with carrots, celery, onion, and garlic in the cavity….and the gravy should be good with the sweetness of the orange juice and the savory from the veggies…well…last weeks “Burn Notice” is on so I’m going to go watch it….

Well….feeling really crappy today and it’s not from cocktails this time…I think I have the flu and can’t really think very well right now…I have to have my car fixed at 8 and I don’t know how I’m going to get through it….I’ll be back later for an update….

Okay…here’s the update…couldn’t afford to get the care fixed so I guess I’ll just drive it loud for a while….I did start feeling okay again so I will be getting out on the bike here in a few minutes…after the temp comes up some though…it is still only 42 so I guess I’ll have lunch first…not much else to do today…I did get the turkey in the brine and that gave me an excuse to clean out the fridge some so it would fit….I am still not feeling that well but maybe the bike ride will help…I can take it easy later in the afternoon after all…and there is a Wings game on tonight so there will be a cocktail or two with that….

Well…another night and I know I’m coming down with something but not sure yet how bad it’s going to be…I’m sure the bad sleep is compounding things but there’s not much I can do about that…just realized it’s November 22nd….the day Kennedy died…I wonder if anyone else still remembers where they were when they heard the news? I sure do…it’s still a clear as a bell….oh, well. If you get the chance, take a look at the Barney Frank interview on the “Countdown” website…very insightful on how the repubs overplayed their no tax hand again and have boxed themselves in…just showing again that….nope, not the place for that one….I’ll get to that later…not much to do today…have to take the car in again for more exhaust work but it may be a part that I’ve already replaced so it may be cheap…at least I hope so since I don’t have a lot of cash…it is getting to t-day and I am getting excited even though I’ll be alone this year….but I’m getting used to that so it’s okay…making the whole deal again this year and can’t wait for turkey…more later…

Well…running late again this morning but again, I don’t know why other than I can’t get motivated….it was a pretty good day in sports yesterday with the Lions and the Wings both winning….but I am coming down with something and feel pretty crappy with a fever and sore throat…I wonder how I can get anything when I never go anywhere or get exposed to anything…maybe that is why I’m late today…not much to do…I am debating with myself whether to go out for coffee or not since the car is ice covered and I’ll have to warm it up…not sure yet…more later…

Well…another night of boredom that I survived (barely) and I feel okay today even thought I had a couple of cocktails…the car is failing me again with the exhaust getting to the point that I can’t tolerate it…but I can’t afford to have it fixed, either, so it looks like I’ll be a hermit for a while until I come up with some cash…oh, well…no dreams or anything last night but I think it’s because I didn’t sleep for crap…but, you don’t care about that either so I won’t mention it again…not much to do today…waiting for the temp to come up so I can get out for a ride and get to 2600 miles for the year…but it looks like this could be the last week…okay, going to go check the weather…be right back…it looks like the weather is going to change to the hit and miss that it does this time every year…but I will get a couple of days in this week…and t-day looks like it will be nice so that will be something to look forward to…oh, back to the to-do list for today…not much is on it….I am going to watch the Lions after the pummeling they took last week…they can’t get worse, can they? Then, there is the last race of the year that I want to see, too…then, another Wings game tonight so maybe I won’t be so bored today…more later….maybe…

Well….running late as always on the weekend…just forgot to do this until now with needing to get the papers read and coffee made….not sure what is going on…fell asleep on the couch again last night and only had a couple of cocktails….but then slept really crappy in bed so I was up at 4 or so again….so, now you’re saying “what took so long to get this out?” well…I came upon a new show on Netflix called “The Borgias” and have been watching that when I get up….not a very good show but it is something now that I’m running out of episodes of “30 Rock”…..I am going to cook a recipe that I got from T that is a chicken pot pie without the crust and it is so good…forgot about it when the recipe fell beside the fridge but found it when I was doing the deep clean last week…so, that is about the whole day for me today..other than Michigan at noon and then the Wings at 4…maybe out for a couple with K in the aft but not sure yet…. okay, I need to get going out on the bike before the wind comes up…yesterday was just miserable trying to ride into the face of a 30 mph wind…

Well…a kind of fun day yesterday…did get to hang out with T for a while and it was great to see her….and then later int he day it was out with K and V for a couple….still wearing shorts even though it was 31 degrees when I went out but I really wasn’t cold…maybe I should try to get to New Years day? Was kind of good when I got back so I feel okay today and the toothache is finally gone so it might just be a good day….I might not go out for the papers today since i am getting bored with the same routine…but if I don’t go it will even be more boring…a conundrum to be sure. Not much to do today…I do have to get out on the bike since I’ve been in for the past two days and I ‘m feeling sluggish….I will be back later for some political ones or maybe just some noodling around…who knows?

Well…a fun if a little fluid day yesterday with pool being off, then on and the same thing with meeting up with T…I did win at pool again and I’m not sure why….that could be 6 weeks in a row…strange…and it was a long day so I’m feeling a little run down this morning….it may be that I’ve been up since 5, too, and that is two days in a row now and I need to stop that. I had dreams of a 1988 Dodge Caravan that I once owned and a bar called the Tip a Few Tavern in GH…not sure what the reason was for that but it was interesting….not much to do today…I may go out and get the t-day food this morning so the turkey can thaw for a week but I’m not sure yet…more later….yeah, I know…this one is not too interesting but I’m not too interesting right now so it all fits…

Well…a strange thing happened last night…I actually slept pretty well and don’t remember a lot of tossing and turning….there were dreams, too, which I remember but don’t understand at all….but that’s okay. I wonder if it’s the three nights in a row of no cocktails? i do feel pretty good today so that is a bonus…I did have bad news on the car yesterday with another exhaust leak that I just can’t stand…but, since I’m so broke, I’m going to let it go for a while to see how long I can make it last before it gets really bad. Oh, well…I do have something to do today..going out to shoot pool with Tom and might be able to make the string of 4 wins in a row last longer….but that doesn’t matter, really….I will be back later for another one….and that one may be interesting…

Well…another night and no cocktails so I feel pretty good today..even slept okay but the dreams were about the Indy 500 but I don’t remember who I was there with or what the reason was for the dream…still, quite entertaining. haven’t heard from G in quite a while and I wonder what is going on there….oh, well….it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t move forward at all and that has become quite troubling to me….just another thing to feel bad about but I won’t let it get me down….the snow that is coming later in the week might, though, and it could be a problem getting to Thanksgiving wearing shorts but I’ll give it the old college try….not much to do today….still eating out of the freezer and I think I can get a couple more days before I need to replenish…trying to wait until I do the t-day run so I can get my turkey for about 4 bucks and I will need to get it by the end of the week so it will thaw…looks like no “orphans” t-day dinner this year but I will still make the whole big deal….just love the leftovers….more later…