Well…when I got off the bike for the first ride, I had some work to do over at mastodon since it had gotten very political in my feed and I didn’t want that…I did remember that the changes happened when I followed a few people that appeared to do nothing but boost posts all day long which cluttered up my feed…after unfollowing them, it is back to what I wanted it for…to talk to people and see what other people are doing in their lives…I did get the second ride in and, with having toast with peanut butter early, I’m only going to have one meal today….so I have the dishes done and only have to set up the coffee maker for tomorrow morning….just wrote checks for another 600 bucks today for my house insurance and electric bill and that brings the spending to 1600 bucks out of the 5 grand I’m going to spend by the end of the month…and that’s extra outlay over and above the normal bills so I guess the electric bill shouldn’t be included….

Well..damn, I feel like crap this morning and my head is plugged up and can barely breathe…my allergies are flaring up and there is no reason for it that I can think of….didn’t sleep well at all and I’m in slow mode again today…with barely enough energy to sit here let alone get on the bike…but I will, not for a while but I will….had an okay day yesterday and got a few things done but just vegging out is looking pretty attractive right now….okay, that’s enough of that….heard from C last night and he is leasing out his farm for a huge solar panel installation that is going to pay him a bunch of cash so that is really cool….it was nice to hear from him since there are very few people from the old group that I still have contact with…it’s already 43 degrees outside but there is a gale warning on with winds of 30-40 mph and gusts of 50 today so I think a lot of the snow will melt….and it’s been raining some so that should help, too….was thinking of taking the bike out but with those winds that is not going to happen….not much to do today…going to need to get moving soon but I don’t want to….if I can force myself to get on the bike, I’ll consider that a success for the day….more later…

Well…it’s actually been kind of a busy day today with getting back to the normal routines and that felt good…got two rides in this morning, and in between them I ran out to menards to pick up the LED paddle lights that I had a rain check for…2-8,000 lumen ones for 10 bucks…they will light up my work area downstairs like crazy and that will be cool when I get back to work on this place…the I got the second ride in and made some lunch and after that I cleaned the kitchen, did the dishes, and a few more little things that kept me working til 3…my daughter texted me and told me she is sending me a new suitcase for the UK trip…I guess she thinks my 40 year old/green target ones are kind of worn out…and they are…and she sent me a list of all of the old folks ride services that I can use when I get my teeth worked on in a couple of weeks…will look at the list tomorrow and see if I can get on the schedule…I really do want to try to ride outdoors this week but my house is still surrounded by ice and I don’t want to dump the bike and get hurt so we’ll see….it’s supposed to rain tonight so maybe that will melt the ice…okay, I’m done for the day….

Well…running a little late today with waking up at 5:04 but then going back to sleep until 6:36…laid in bed for what felt like an hour but it was only 9 minutes and I finally crawled out at 6:45…feels like I slept an hour or so and that is going to make getting going a chore today….at least it didn’t snow overnight so I can run an errand this morning…need to run out to Menards to get a couple of paddle lights that I have a raincheck for….8,000 lumen lights that are only 4.99…not sure where I’ll use them but for 5 bucks each? Can’t pass that up….and it will be nice to get out of here for a while….I feel pretty irritated with myself after skipping the second meal yesterday and not riding the bike…I made popcorn for a snack last night with real butter and that must be 600 calories or so…so I am going to do two rides today and I’m not looking forward to it…just can’t get motivated but I think I can survive it if I go into slow mode and just put one foot in front of the other….not much to do today…just need to get the rides in and then the errand but that will be it for the day….just feel worn out and want to just sit here and have coffee….more later….

Well…running so damn late today and I even forgot to come here until right now…took the entire day off and didn’t even get on the bike and I should have…but, I did compensate by only eating one meal today but I will do better tomorrow…I’ll even do a political one or two…just have lost my discipline with finding out I’ve got health problems to face for the entire month…and longer, maybe the rest of the year…who knows? At least it didn’t snow today so I guess that’s something, but the birds stayed away and with the clouds of Juncos I’ve had that’s a little weird…did feel pretty crappy today and sore but that’s from riding yesterday….I may get some walking in this week since it’s not going to snow and it is going to be over 30…I do need to break my new shoes in….

Well…running a little late this morning with getting out of be at 6:43 and then running out to get the paper…it looks like a bunch of the snow is going to melt today with the temp getting up to almost 40 today and I’m okay with that…I think I slept okay last night but I’m still pretty worn out and I’m not sure if I’m getting on the bike today…or if I’m going to just do one ride…not thinking that far in the future….the rides yesterday were a chore and way too much work so I’m not ready to decide yet….had an okay day yesterday and I did get my kitchen sinks cleaned and drain cleaner down the drains but that was about it….and today will be much the same with the motivation I feel right now….not too sore today other than my right thumb that the skin split the other day and that is strange with keeping them lotioned all the time….I guess that just getting old since my entire right palm is shiny from having it in soap and water when cleaning…not much to do today…I think I may take the day off today or just do one ride….after having 3 weeks off the bike, it was kind of nice to just do what I want instead of having a schedule….so I’m going to sit here and have one more cup of coffee before I decide anything….more later…

Well…after some big cups of coffee, I finally got moving and did get both rides in before 10….feeling a lot better about things today and even went out to participate on Mastodon for a while and got another 5 followers this morning and that always makes me smile a bit…I can’t believe how different Mastodon is from the rest of the social media world…I was on twitter for 15 years and ended up with 9 people following me…I’ve been on Mastodon since November 30th of last year and I have almost 200 followers and over 4,000 actions that I’ve taken like posting my own thoughts or boosting someone else or favoriting a post….lots of interaction and lots of nice people out there and I invariably laugh out loud a couple of times a day….I know I’ve been slacking a bit on the political stuff but I will try to get one of those out this afternoon if I can find a topic….more later….oh, my daughter is working hard to make me feel better about my health problems…texted me this morning about a friend of hers family member who had a PSA of over 40 and they were able to correct his problem and that was almost 20 years ago….so there is hope….

Well…running about on time today with waking up early but not getting out of bed til 7…just feel deflated today and I think it will be a struggle to get going…need to get two rides in before 10 when Man U plays but I have no motivation to do that right now…don’t even want to go out to Mastodon to talk to people so I won’t…didn’t get a lot done but ride the bike yesterday and that will be my day today…I did have to repair my earbuds yesterday since the vinyl coating on the outside of the wires had cracked near the switch and it looked like the wires were starting to fray…so I used some adhesive and it appears like it’s fixed…I did have to use a spare set for the second ride yesterday and they were not anywhere near as good as the ones I repaired…probably should buy a new pair before the UK trip…after the bad news yesterday, I talked to my daughter for an hour and a half and it was nice to catch up….damn, I have to get on the bike in 14 minutes if I’m going to get two rides in before 10…not sure if I can…not feeling it right now…and I need to read some news first…along with more coffee….more later…

Well…just got the results of my PSA test and it is even worse than the last time…even with being off the bike for 3 weeks…so, it looks like I have prostate cancer and that really sucks…so, I see the urologist on the 14th of this month to start treatment…crap….

Well…got 16 miles in on the bike today after getting my blood drawn this morning…but, it took them 4 tries to finally get the blood to flow…the back of both hands are going to be black and blue tomorrow…I am going to be sore from the waist down tomorrow but damn, it feels good to be back on the bike and sweating it out again…and now I can have two meals a day again but I’m still having coffee so lunch will wait a while…the phlebotomist put a bad thought into my head…what happens if I can’t ride at all anymore? That never even came into my head until this morning and it will really suck if I can’t ride without killing myself…crap…