Well…on the way back from the grocery run I finally stopped at the cop shop to put in a formal complaint against the idiots to the north of me…talked to a nice young officer who assured me that he is going to run it up the chain to make sure all of the officers know that they are not to give any more warnings but to start to cite them…I am going to take video every time they have a party in case we end up in court…at least it’s started and something is happening but now we’ll see what effect it’s going to be….

Well…I’m tired today and I’m not sure how I’m going to get going to do the grocery run…but that’s an hour and a half from now so I’ll let the coffee work and see what happens…got a lot of work done yesterday but don’t have a lot to do today…it was supposed to rain today but that was wrong, as always, so I’ll have to water the grass that has started to come up out front…and do the garden…going to start taking it out this week so I can get it out to the trash next week…I really should clean the bathroom today and that could be a project for later but we’ll see…I do need to go to the cop shop this morning to make a formal complaint about the assholes to the north of me and their constant parties…going into attack mode today and I am going to shut them down so I can use my porch again….it is kind of windy out here right now and I really wish that would mean some storms are coming…need to hit Target today to look for some new jeans for the trip along with some new footie socks to take with me…and I am going to buy more of the peanut butter pretzels…for the last time…don’t need to eat stuff that is bad for me…I do have way too many tomatoes and I’m going to have to eat them for meals for the next week and maybe puree them for use in sauces over the winter…not much to do today…have an hour before I need to get going so I’ll have more coffee and sit here for a bit….more later…

Well…damn, I hurt like crazy right now and it’s not limited to the surgery area…mowed the lawn, ran the string trimmer, and did two sets of my rehab exercises and now almost everything hurts…my back, neck, and abdomen are all in pain and I think I may have overdone it a bit today…but the lawn looks good and it feels like the exercises are doing something since I’m not as sensitive to the sound of running water after just two days so the muscles are getting toned up where they need to be….I will have to take an ibuprofen tonight but I haven’t taken any for a few days now so it will be okay…had the first of the 5 lbs of breaded chicken breast pieces I got last week and they are really good…very good seasoning and a nice crunch when I made them in the air fryer with some onion rings….and I still have 4 1/2 pounds left…yummy…

Well…running about on time this morning with getting out of bed a little after 6…just poured the first cup of coffee and I need it to work soon…got a few things done yesterday and I need to mow the lawn today along with attempting to use the string trimmer but I’m not sure if I’m healed enough for that…it has been a month since the surgery and I generally feel okay but I’ve had some pain in my abdomen the past few days but I think it’s more from gas than anything else…and the new pain from the exercises is going to need some ibuprofen later…I do need to get a set of the exercises done here in a minute but I want some more coffee first and to read some news…going to start pulling the garden out later this week since the cukes never set and the experimental end of it was a bust so I’ll be back to just tomatoes, peppers and beans next year…might use the food processor to make the leftover tomatoes into sauce that I can use over the winter…..not much to do today….just the lawn and trimming this morning and then maybe a walk later…it may rain a little overnight and I hope it does…the new grass seed in the front has started to come up and it’s a pain dragging the hose out there a few times a day to keep it wet….more later…

Well…had the first rehab session today and I am surprised at how comprehensive it was…and another surprise is that I am no where near as flexible as I thought I was…and they are not just working on the pelvic floor exercises but they are working on all of my core muscles since they all work together to help the healing…the only problem is they want me to come twice a week and the copay is 40 bucks per session so that’s over 300 bucks a month so it will go about a month and then I’ll just work the exercises here since I have to do them twice a day….it does feel good to be working on the core and to be making progress…

Well…damn, running late this morning and I need to get moving…have the first rehab appointment at 10 this morning and it is going to be a chore…going to be hot out there today and through Thurs with temps near 90 for highs…but then it goes down to the 70′s for a week or so and that will be welcome…it’s supposed to storm Wed so I’ll have to mow the lawn tomorrow…the grass seed I put in the front is starting to sprout so I need to keep that watered so the front will fill in…had a lot of pain from gas last night and I wonder if my intestines are still screwed up from the surgery…they haven’t worked like normal since then and I’m getting tired of it…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today looks the same with the appointment…need to get packing and don’t think I’ll have any more cocktails until the trip…need to feel better and even with just one last night, I feel crappy today….started to feel really worn out yesterday and I think it’s from not eating enough…again…had 3 soft tacos and a couple of small tomatoes yesterday but that should be enough without riding….but I’ve gotten 12 tacos out of a half pound container of taco meat so maybe that’s not enough….not much to do today…just the appointment and then back here to get some work done….man, I’m tired…more later…

Well…am still sore from yesterday’s walk but went out again this morning before 9 and got another hour and a half walk in…not sure far it was but I think around 5 miles again…there was another cruise ship docked down the hill so I walked over to Heritage and took a look at that for a minute then the normal route though town and stopped to look at an information plaque at the museum that said they found Mastodon bones just north of Muskegon and that was pretty cool…and I saw a tree full of scissor tail swallows at the lake’s edge…there must have been 20-30 of them just sitting there…and I took a new route back here and saw a cool tiny park that is full of flowers I have never seen before…but now I am going to veg for a while and watch the second half of the Chelsea match…

Well…running really late today with not getting out of bed til almost 7…and I am just pouring my first cup of coffee to try to get started but I have little hope it will work soon….had a crappy night last night and didn’t sleep at all…can I just melt into the couch and take it easy all day? They just gave Spain a penalty for a cheap hand ball and I really don’t know why…England just got jobbed and I’m not going to watch anymore…yeah…England’s GK just saved the penalty! Didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I really do need to clean the bathroom…and take another walk but the one yesterday gave me lots of pain and I was slathered in the painkiller to try to get comfortable…it worked a bit but my neck is stiff and painful this morning…didn’t eat much yesterday and I still have no appetite at all and that is going to be a problem with trying to gain some weight before the trip….not much to do today…just need to get the walk in this morning and stop grinding my teeth…they hurt from it and it doesn’t help healing from my mouth surgery…too damn much surgery on this poor old body….more later…