Well…damn, woke up this morning feeling so cold that I’m sitting here with the heating pad on me just to get warm…tossed and turned so much last night that the covers were on the floor when I woke up at 5:04…didn’t get out of bed til 6:32 but I sure don’t feel like I slept at all and that is getting really old…it was an okay day yesterday and I think I shorted out my guilt machine since I was able to just sit here and watch three movies in a row and not do much of anything else….I wonder if I can do that again today? Probably should look out on emby to see if there are any movies going on right now that could start that pattern again? I forgot to marinate the ribs I took out of the freezer yesterday so I need to get on that in a few minutes so I can cook them for lunch…with how cold I feel, I’m not going to grill them but just put them in the oven…just don’t want to stand around outside in the cold today…not much to do today…just going to sit here for a bit and have more coffee as I try to get motivated to clean the bathroom….it needs it but it’s the last thing I want to do right now….more later…

Well…I’ve finally done it…I reached peak veg today with doing absolutely nothing but watch old movies and fart around on the internet…darn, nope I put the trash out…does that count? Oh, well…I guess I can try again tomorrow…but I won’t since I need to cook tomorrow and today was an all leftover today…I do need to give myself a haircut tomorrow and I want to get another walk in since I really didn’t get too sore from the first time and I do need to get myself in shape…and I need to do laundry with running out of clean clothes after the shower tomorrow morning…I finally have a new show with a new “The Last of Us” showing up today and I’ll pair that up with a couple “That 90’s Show” and then figure out what I want to watch after that…I did watch “The Banshees of Inisherin” last night and I just never got the point of it…it got rave reviews and I can’t figure that out…no more later….

Well…up at 3:04 and then out of bed at 5:55 and I know I’m going to feel that later….slept okay and got to the edge of dreams last night but still just the edge and that is a little frustrating….would just love to have an entertaining dream night one more time…watched “The Banshees of Inisherin” last night and I am still trying to figure out what the heck it was about…change? I did find out one thing this morning…Joe Walsh’s middle name is Fidler…must be a family name of some sort….didn’t get much done yesterday but cook and I have zero motivation to do much more today….I’m going to drag myself to clean the bathroom today but not until much more coffee….it’s a leftover day today so I don’t have to cook but I do need to plan for meals for the rest of the week…have been sort of successful limiting my calories since I’ve been off the bike and haven’t gained as much weight as I expected and I hope I can keep it up for two more weeks…I do need to get out for another walk today but I don’t want to think about that right now…not much to do today…just going to wing it for a bit and have more coffee and head over to Mastodon for a post or two….damn, I’m worn out….more later…

Well…yeah, I know I haven’t been doing a lot of political stuff lately but I will try to find a topic this afternoon…one thing I did want to talk about is the ribs I grilled this morning…making lunch kind of brunch I guess…I did not know how much I missed grilling until I had a small slab of ribs with some Bullseye barbecue sauce on them…I do need to spend 50 bucks here soon to buy a new tank and get it filled but I have bills of over 5 grand coming due in Feb so to spend even more money is going to be kind of tough…I did grill enough ribs so I have enough for another meal tomorrow but I guess I’ll have to take another bag out of the freezer…more later…

Well…that was an odd bit of sleep last night…up at 3 and 5 and then out of bed at 6:22 but I feel okay this morning…even went out in the snow to get the paper and I’m glad they hadn’t salted the roads yet so no extra rust on the car that I have to worry about…I did get out to get a two mile walk in yesterday and I went downtown past the arena and over to Hackley Park, then to the library so now I know I can walk to all of the places I want to go…may even walk down for a hockey game later this winter…and I’m not really sore from it but I did have to heat my back when I got back here since that used a bunch of new muscles I hadn’t used in a while…I am going to get some cleaning done today since the bathroom needs it and it will only take a half hour or so to scrub it….and the kitchen could use a once over but I don’t want to think about that…I did get the first batch of ribs marinated overnight and will put them on the grill this afternoon and I hope I have enough gas left in the tank to get through them….not much to do today…just coffee, soccer and maybe some football later along with cleaning but right now all I want to do is sit here and read a bit…more later….

Well..damn, I’m becoming a slug around here and I don’t like it one bit…haven’t done anything today but write a bit, eat lunch, and watch soccer but I think I’m going to put the new shoes on and head out for a walk after the soccer match is over in 15 minutes…it is still only 30 out there so I’m going to put the long underwear, stocking hat, and gloves on when I go and then we’ll see how long I’ll be out…it will be nice to get some fresh air and try out the shoes and it won’t be too strenuous…I think I’ll go downtown and just look around some but using these new muscles is going to hurt tomorrow…it looks like I’m going to have to rent an auger to clear out my main drain downstairs some time this week if the drain cleaner doesn’t work…it costs almost 60 bucks to rent one for 4 hours but it would probably be 200 to have a plumber come out…oh, well…

Well…running about on time with getting up at 5:04 and out of bed at 6:35….damn, I feel worn out today and all want to do is go back to bed…but I won’t…just started the first cup of coffee and I’m waiting for the first soccer match to start at 7:30….I am a little sore this morning and it has to be from the tossing and turning from trying to sleep last night…the comforter was tied into knots so it must have been fitful sleep last night and that sucks….I did figure out the water on the floor downstairs yesterday and I think I’m going to have to rent an auger to clean the main drain out but that won’t be til next week…I did pour two bottles of drain cleaner down it last night since I got them on clearance last week and that may help but I’m not holding my breath….didn’t get anything done yesterday but break down the 10 pound lump of  frozen ribs that I bought and get them in the freezer…and I need to marinate the ones I left out so I can grill them tomorrow…not much to do today…I do want to get out for a walk later to try out the new shoes but not if it’s 29 degrees…so, I guess I’ll watch soccer and have more coffee….more later….

Well…this has turned into a “Vinyl Friday” and I haven’t even turned the tv on yet today and it’s after noon….have “Barnstorm” by Joe Walsh on right now and I had forgotten how good this is…probably Joe’s best work and I’m going to play it all the way through…have done CSNY, The Doobie Brothers, Lee Michaels and now this one….feels like that kind of a day and felt transported back to my first house..I am playing the same equipment after all…

Well…sitting here listening to my vinyl copy of “Four Way Street” and even though I’ve heard it thousands of times, I still think it’s one of the best albums ever done…and the flood of memories that comes with it has take my breath away..and the comments the guys make in between songs still makes me laugh…and I have had this one for 52 years…I bought it when it first came out in 1971…kind of  a melancholy morning with David’s passing yesterday…not sure why it’s effected me so much but maybe it’s one of those days when I have to just feel and let it go at that…

Well…the pattern didn’t hold today with getting out of bed at 6:44 but I  sure don’t feel like I slept at all….it was such bad news to hear of David Crosby dying and it highlights my own mortality as I get older…not sure how long I have left and the thought enters my head at times that today could be my last one…I’ve been okay with that for quite a while now but it still sucks as the people who have been part of my life so long gradually disappear…oh, well…I do need to run an errand this morning to get some riblets that I want to grill tomorrow and I hope I have enough gas for the grill to get through a batch…didn’t do much but run an errand yesterday and watch a little soccer and today should be the same…but there is no soccer on so I’ll have to amuse myself some other way….my teeth and back still aren’t hurting and that confuses me a bit….but I’ll take it….haven’t had the heating pad on all week…it fell behind the couch and I should dig it out….it’s snowing out there right now and I hope they haven’t salted the roads yet so the car doesn’t rot even more…not much to do today….just going to sit here and have coffee for a while and post over on Mastodon but I feel a little depressed this morning and can’t get going right now…but I will at some point….more later….