Well… I may not get political for the rest of the day…so the last placeholder may be left until tomorrow…who knows….not a lot to do today, have been up since about 6 but that’s not bad…I think the sleep is getting better…still up and down but longer intervals so some progress.

I did make the decision to not ride today since it looked like it was going to rain and it just started so I don’t feel nearly as guilty now as I did earlier….as you know, I have a really well developed sense of guilt about just about everything that I do…growing up in West Michigan, you can’t help it…it’s the puritan capital of Michigan and it’s another reason that I don’t feel I fit here any more…but that’s another story for another time…

No plans for the Michigan game but to watch it here and that may be a good idea since I’m still working on cleaning out the liver….but I may have a beer or two during the game. Then, the Penn State Alabama game later in the day and I am loathe to root for Penn State but you have to support a Big Ten team that might knock off the number one. Don’t worry, I’ll go back to hating them later in the season when it gets to be time for us to play them.

Geez…I’ve already gotten everything done I wanted to do today and it’s only around 10….I do have more of the books that T gave me (down to the last two) and I want to have them finished before we have lunch next week so she can bring me another bag…much better than the library…it’s like having a personal book consultant but I am a little concerned that she has just ordered the new 3G Kindle…foiled again by modern technology but she has a whole wall of bookshelves that I haven’t read so I should be good for about a year…and then I may have to get a Kindle but I want to see hers first to see how it works in daylight…need to be able to read it at the beach.

That’s enough for now…may have some sports updates for later, especially if Michigan wins….Oh, I purposely didn’t comment on my feelings about 9/11 since I feel that it’s meaning is personal….not something to be worn on your sleeves and trotted out to show your bona fides as a patriot.

Well….saw some things out on the trails that puzzled me and thought I’d pass them along….the first is the top of weirdness to me…why would anyone discard the box for a pregnancy test out on the trail miles from nowhere? Did they use it out on the trail? Did they just take the box out there to dump it so no one would know? I’m sure someone using it is not something that I want to see when I’m on my bike…might even fall off. Then there was the guy that was running 50 ft up the trail, then turning and running back; this cycle repeated for about four times while I was in the area…was he an ex-con that was used to the exercise yard? Did he think he had to pay by the foot? Or, was that just his favorite part of the trail?

As I said, trail weirdness, but fun, too…I had a smile on my face the whole way today since I feel so good…and I have to remember that most 57 year olds can’t do what I take for granted everyday. I promise that there will be something topical today…don’t know what it is yet but something…more later.

Well….a strange start to the day…sorry I’m late but I have been musing on a few things that still haven’t really formed but there are a couple of things that I want to share….if I wouldn’t have been axed at SC, today would have been 34 years….don’t really think about it much anymore but when the anniversary comes, a flash always comes about how things would have been so different if it wouldn’t have happened. But, I feel good today, three days of being a good boy have made me feel quite a bit better and I am looking forward to working out for a fifth day in a row and then getting on the bike to enjoy this extremely crisp, clear day that is really starting to look like fall here in Michigan. My heart sank when I heard from T this morning telling me she had been rear-ended taking her son to school…just glad they weren’t hurt but why can’t people just drive and do it right? I’m a professional speeder and somewhat assertive on the road but haven’t had a ticket or accident that I caused since 74…and it is because I pay attention for everyone else along with myself….I wish the rest of the people on the road would do the same. I’m sure I’ll have more later today since I seem to becoming more lucid as the effects of taking it easy grow daily…

Oh, did the math wrong…it would be 36 years today…

Well…an interesting day yesterday…had a great lunch with T and then out to Ada and won at pool, again. I was a little flummoxed and out of sorts (thanks for the neat word T) out in Ada, though, and I think part of it was the lack of sleep with being up and down all night. And, last night was a repeat of Tues night so I’m pretty exhausted today. At least I was a good boy and took it easy…maybe it’s my body adjusting to the changes…who knows. Today is another try with the new slow cooker…going to make some pork loin chops with potatoes and carrots…and I may add some portabellos to the mix but I decide that when I go to the grocery store this morning. so…that’s the plan for this morning…not much else to do today…meeting up with C for a beer or two later so that is something to look forward to….more later…yeah, I know, I promised that yesterday, too, but the early one kind of made up for it, didn’t it? Hope so…I will try to get more out today so come on back….

Well…was up early this morning as you can see from the previous post and don’t feel too bad…maybe there is something to be said for taking a day off from beer and trying to sleep without any aids. I do have this weird heartburn that started last night and continues this morning but that may be from the acid rich foods that I had yesterday and the fact that I’m still not eating enough. You’d never think that to look at me….still carrying about 10 pounds too much but I guess I’ll have to live with it. It might be a fun day today…T might be able to go to lunch and I haven’t seen her in a while so that would be nice. And, as you know, it’s Wed and that means out to Ada for pool later….

I think there may be more topics for later, too, but you know that depends on how the news hits me when I go out for coffee…I’m going to try….