Well…that was okay…tossed and turned a bit but I had some dreams and only got up once at around 3 and then not out of bed til after 6 so I’ll take it…and I feel pretty good this morning…compared to how I felt with having cocktails at night…I’m still old and creaky but I can live with that….had a good day yesterday and I am looking forward to today with loading up my slow cooker with chicken, potatoes, carrots, onions, and pasta sauce…and I just had the idea to add some pasta at the end and I’m not sure if it is going to be the half box of elbow mac I have or the 8 lasagna noodles that I can break up or some egg noodles that I have…or maybe a combo of all of them that I will add at the end so they don’t go too mushy…I am going to get out on the bike for two rides today but I’ll have to wait til 11 or so to get started since it is pretty cold out there right now and I still want to go out in shorts…I did get laundry done yesterday so I only have working on the house to do today and I’ll get at that after I get the slow cooker going….still haven’t healed my back or obliques even with the two days off the bike and I think part of it is the straining I’m doing with the sanding on the door so I guess I’ll just resign myself that I’m going to hurt until the work on the house is done…I did have a surprise the other day when I went out to work on the door opener in the garage…it was cold so I dragged out a pair of jeans that always were too tight and they just slipped on and were even a little loose and I got a little smile out of that….have been working hard to control my weight and it’s nice to see some success….not much to do today…just going take it easy and have some more coffee, read the news, and enjoy the day….I do have to figure out why I have such a headache this morning and how to deal with it….it’s probably from the dust from sanding combining with my allergies so I’ll just have to live with it or suffer the side effects of allergy meds…and I think that is worse….more later….