Well..life begins again today with finally getting my blood drawn for the PSA test at 9 this morning and the right back on the bike as soon as I get back here…it’s only 9 degrees out there so I am going to fire the car up at 8:30 and let it run a bit before I take off….I really do need to tighten up the alternator belt since it has been squealing a bit in the cold…only got up once last night and then out of bed about 7 or so….feeling pretty worn out today and I’m sure it’s from keeping the calories down the past three weeks…not sure what I’m going to eat today but I need to do two meals….I have a leftover pork chop for one of them but didn’t take anything out of the freezer so it may have to be pasta….didn’t get much done yesterday and today is going to be just regaining my routines until I have the urologist appointment on the 14th and I find out if I’m dying or not….I should have the result of the PSA test by Monday and then I’ll know what is going on…not much to do today…just the doctor and then the bike rides are in the plans so far….it didn’t snow as much as they forecast overnight so no shoveling today so it appears I’ll be fighting boredom…more later….

Well…have spent a good part of the afternoon setting up another MyChart page for the upcoming urologist appointment I have on the 14th since it’s in the U of M system and not Spectrum Health…and I find that to be a little weird in this ultra connected age we live in…I wonder why they don’t just let us give access to our page that has our PCP and files in it?  That would seem to be a better solution than making a new file for every new provider…and no cross pollination from one file to another…I don’t know how they are going to get the information from my urology appointment back to my doctor…oh, well…I guess they’ll figure it out…

Well…another night of ups and downs that ended at 6:19 when I got out of bed…must have slept on my right shoulder since it hurts like crazy today…but it’s more than that, it even hurts down my side and I am getting tired of hurting myself sleeping….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get a lot done other than the grocery run and laundry…and today looks even easier with only getting the time for my blood draw set up for tomorrow….will be back on the bike for at least one ride tomorrow but after three weeks off the bike, I know I’m going to have to work back to fitness…it’s going to be a strange roller coaster with the weather the next few days and the little weather widget at the bottom of my screen is going nuts saying warmer temps and then temps plummet…it is going to get really cold and then into the high 30’s and lower 40’s for a week or so…and that gets us a week closer to spring…the high tomorrow is only going to be 14 with a low of 8 tonight and 9 tomorrow night….ick….not much to do today…going to grill a couple of chops if I have the gas and probably roast a potato to go with it…tomorrow I get back to two meals a day and I am looking forward to that….not sure what those meals will be…maybe some pasta to go with the chops? More later…

Well…I finally got some stuff done today and it felt good…after the grocery run where I did get some pork chops on sale…yeah, I know…just finished up a pork shoulder today and then right back into pork again tomorrow? Probably should change it up but I only have chicken drumsticks or soup in the freezer and neither one of those really grabs me right now…I can finally go back to two meals starting Friday with getting my blood drawn at some point that day…got the laundry done today, too and did dishes…all the normal stuff…I did start watching “Babylon” last night but damn, it’s 3 hours and 9 minutes long and I just couldn’t get through it so I have about a half hour to watch when I start my night…I am going to see if I have enough gas in the grill to grill the chops tomorrow…if not, I have to take the tank out and see if it can be filled…if not, I have 60 bucks to spend on a new tank and a fill…but that will last me two years so I guess that’s not too bad and it will be my last grill anyway and it is better than any grill I can afford anyway…but that will be next week…now it’s time to wind down for the day….

Well…that was another whiplash inducing sleep with tossing and turning all night..woke up at 3 and 5:04 and the out of bed at 6:34 but I’m having trouble getting going…and I need to get going since I need to be out of here in an hour to do the grocery run with planning to hit the Sternberg road stores and DD…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get anything done…I do need to do laundry today and Man U plays at 3 so I’ll need to be done by then..done with what, I don’t know…maybe some cleaning but I’m going to just wing it for a while….still don’t need to cook today but will use up the leftovers…I am getting some pork chops at Meijers today and I may see if I have enough gas in the grill to grill a couple of them tomorrow…it didn’t snow last night so that’s cool but I think there is more in the forecast and some pretty cold temps…then we get a warm up into the high 30’s for a week or so…and that gets us closer to March and spring…paid my gas bill yesterday and it was a bad one at 125 bucks but that should be the highest one I have this winter..I hope anyway…not much to do today…just the grocery run and then cleaning but I’m not too motivated to do that right now…maybe later in the day…more later….

Well…it’s the last day of the month so I thought I’d done more as I start getting ready for lots of money to go out and lots of doctor/dentist appointments to go to…haven’t done much today but clear and salt the walks out front since the snow has been light enough that the salt has kept the ones I salted yesterday clear…I did have a couple of sparrows on the feeder today so I’m expecting that I’ll see more of them over the next week or so…was just waiting for them to find it but it took them two years and I couldn’t figure that out….I wonder if it will turn into the mosh pit I had in GR? I am looking forward to getting back on the bike Friday and getting some exercise again….I have gained some weight over the past three weeks and I’ll probably need to stay with one meal a day for a couple of weeks to get rid of it…but, we’ll see…okay, need to do the dishes and my teeth so I’ll end here….

Well…damn, it’s only 9 degrees out there and I am thankful that my furnace just keeps on running like clockwork…was up and down all night last night with waking up for good at 6:11 but then lying in bed til 6:43 as the cobwebs receded….the broken sleep has left me pretty worn out this morning and I need the coffee to work soon…it was supposed to snow out here last night but my sidewalks are still clear so I may not need to shovel today…I don’t mind doing it but it would be a little cold at 9 degrees….didn’t get anything done yesterday and today will probably be the same with the lack of motivation I’m feeling right now…I did have lots of birds on the feeder yesterday and the sparrows have started to find it and I am curious how the Juncos are going to react to that…had a couple of aggressive Cardinals that stirred things up and attacked the Juncos to drive them off the feeder and sill before they got on the feeder….will need to go out and load it up again at some point…not much to do today…just going to ease into it as I normally do and enjoy the last few days of not riding the bike….haven’t gained much weight with not riding but I am looking forward to not starving myself…it’s a lot of work not eating…more later…

Well…as I was planning for the things Ineed to do this week, I looked on mychart to check when the appointment for the blood draw is…I really thought it was on the 6th of Feb but it is scheduled for the third…so that means it will be exactly 3 weeks off the bike and I can get back on it Friday after they take the blood…might even do a three ride day and I will be able to eat again…haven’t gained a lot of weight…some, but not a lot and it has been pretty hard keeping my calorie intake down around 600 per day….I’ll be able ot go all the way up to 1000 a day and that will mean two meals a day again…no matter how much torture riding the bike indoors is, I can’t wait to get back on it to get my fitness back…

Well…darn snow…it took me a hour to do the snow today and clear the walks of the 8 inches that fell last night…and now my back is under heat again and the whole thing is pretty stiff and painful…but the heat has been working and the pain is nowhere near what it was a few weeks ago so I can live with it….and it is sunny out here for the first time in 13 days so I had to wear sunglasses out there or my night vision would be non-existent later in the day….more later…