Well….haven’t been on the bike in three days…just can’t take the cold right now but I think I’ll try tomorrow….have been feeling crappy enough that I just want to rest….I am waiting for the coughing to start from this bug…not bad yet but I know it’s coming….and I have been out of the world now for two weeks…and it just dawned on me that this is the longest time since I was five that I haven’t read a newspaper….but, it’s already saved me 52 bucks so I guess I can live with it…I am going to really try to get back to topics that mean something in the next few days…at least I hope so…
Monthly Archives: November 2016
November 21st
Well…it keeps getting worse and I feel pretty crappy this morning….and the thing I don’t understand is that I’m never around people anymore so how do I continue to get these bugs? I wonder if my immune system is compromised by not being around people and being exposed to the bugs? All I know is that I’m going back to the couch and having more water…need to rest….more later…
This…
“The roof is leaking and the wind is howling…the kids are crying since the sheets are so cold…woke this morning and my hands were frozen…tried to fix the fire but the damn things’s too old….but me, I’m getting stronger by the minute….”
Now I know why I hurt….
Well…earlier, I couldn’t figure out why I hurt again…now I know…have been going down hill all day in how I feel…now I am exhausted and hot and feel pretty crappy….so, it sounds like flu to me…..ick….
November 20th
Well…it was a busy day yesterday and I made some cash so that was cool…I think I have enough cash in the drawer now to get through December and that takes a load off…I now know that my morning back pain must be caused by how I’m sleeping…the pain was gone yesterday and now it’s back this morning…and I skipped the bike ride yesterday so it can’t be that…and it looks like I’m going to skip again today with it being cold and really windy and I’m just not ready for that yet…I will try to find the entire thermasuit today, though, so I can get out tomorrow…..was in the car for three hours yesterday and that is tiring but today looks like just sports and vegging…I do need to clean the kitchen to get ready for thurs and that sounds like all I’ll do today….more later…
November 19th
Well…sitting here watching the Man U game and I am hoping they do better today against Arsenal…they have just stunk up the place to start the season and that is disappointing….I did win at pool yesterday but only put one 8 in on my own…drove the car a bit yesterday and there is no coolant leak so that is cool…and I’m not too concerned about the steering leak…so that is off my mind for a while…,made some cash yesterday and am going to make more today so it looks like I’m good for another month or so…and I am going to win the power ball tonight so I’ll be good forever…I can dream, can’t I? Just looked outside and it is snowing which really disappoints me…and that will mean I’m taking the day off the bike today….just too wet and windy to go out and I do need a break anyway….not going to do a lot today but clean the counters in the kitchen and watch some football…..more later…
November 18th
Well…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I did go over the car for winter and found some problems…I think the steering rack is leaking a little and there may be a coolant leak…added an eighth of a pint to the PS and a little under a pint to the coolant but I hadn’t checked either in a year so maybe it’s normal….don’t have the cash to have any problems right now….it is pretty nice outside right now and I think I’ll be able to get out in a t-shirt for the last time this year….it is 57 right now and I want to beat the wind that is coming….my back is better today and I hope that continues..it was getting to be draining with it hurting all the time…I am going to make a little cash over the weekend so the car has to not fail me…it is pool day today and it will be nice to get out of here for a while…more later….
The scavengers are getting lazy…
Well…there is a part of my trail that runs along 60th street between Wing and Hanna lake that seems to be a deer killing zone….over the course of the summer, there have been 4 deer hit by cars and thrown up on the sidewalk that I could tell were there even without seeing them…nothing like the stench of 200 pounds of rotting venison….but, in the first three instances, some scavenger dragged the carcasses down the bank and into the swamp and gradually ate them over a week or so…but, I think they are either full or lazy since there has been a huge doe lying at the side of the road for 5 days now without being disturbed…..I was really looking forward to watching nature take it’s course and maybe catch a glimpse of the animals that did the cleanup on the first three…yeah, I know, I am so bored right now that even waiting for scavengers to do their job is entertainment to me…oh, well….but I don’t want the damn thing to stink..so scavengers…get on the ball and do your job….
Lee Michaels….
Well…no, Lee is not dead…let’s get that out of the way right off the bat….but, there was good news that I read yesterday that I wanted to relay….after the wreckage of the election, music has been the one thing saving my sanity. Yesterday, while just looking for some videos of Lee on youtube…I came across an article that said that Lee has regained the rights to all of his catalog from his record company in settlement of a lawsuit… and the even better news is that he is remastering them and is going to release them on cd and in digital for the first time…..now, you’ve heard me talk about Lee and how important he was to me and many others when he was hot in the 70′s…but that didn’t translate into the present since none of his stuff was on Pandora or Spotify or any of the other streaming services….if you want to know why I still like the guy, just go out to youtube and search for “Stormy Monday” and listen to it….and, when you are doing that, just remember that there are only two guys playing on the track…Lee on the Hammond B-3 and playing bass with his feet, and Frosty on drums…I still get chills when I hear him scream in the break….
November 17th
Well…got up this morning to no fog…finally…while I like fog quite a bit, it was just too damn dreary for me…I did get a nice ride in it and it was so thick that I couldn’t even see M-6 from the top of the hill…it was cool in the woods, too…even took photos….made me think of Lord of the Rings….not as sore this morning but my back muscles still hurt some….not sure what I did but I am really tired of it….it is a little boring in the morning without the papers…coffee and tv aren’t the same as reading….oh, well….it looks like a nice day today with the temps getting close to 70…and I spent 70 bucks on groceries today…yow…but I did get all the stuff for turkey day and stocked up on a bunch of staples so that is okay…should make some cash next week so I can get by until then….more later….