Well…another weird morning with getting up at 3:54 and then going back to bed around 5 until 6, and sleeping  surprised the heck out of me….I really thought my foot was healed but putting my shoe on hurt like crazy again today so back to the medication for a couple more days…but, the pain is not bad at all…more stiffness than anything and I can live with that…but, my foot is still black and blue and red so maybe I’m pushing it a little…got a bunch of stuff done yesterday but I’m still feeling pretty crappy like I have a bug or something and I don’t know if it’s from the flu shot or not, but I do know my lungs have been bad on the bike the past couple of days and I don’t like it…need to wait for the trip over to the house today since I am taking one of my tv’s and I think it will only fit on the top after I put it down…don’t think it will fit in the seat but I’ll try that first…it is beginning to look pretty bare around here and I’m not sure how I feel about that…I mean, I’ve lived here a long time and it has mostly been good but having a house for a while will certainly quell that melancholy…and I am going to treat the floors today….or tomorrow before I move any more stuff in to get the wood as shiny and protected as it can be…and I do need to mow the lawn after I program the new thermostat and put some more stuff away…there is just so damn much storage compared to here that I am going to have to work to not fill it since I’ll only be there a little over a year…more later….

Well…didn’t get up til almost 6 this morning but that didn’t help feeling crappy again….I think I’m just worn out from all the house stuff going on and getting this place cleaned out…but, I’m almost there with more than a week to go so I guess I can slack off a bit here…but I do want to get more cleaning done both here and there so I guess I’ll just have to suck it up and get on with it…need to put the new thermostat up today and start putting stuff away…there is so much storage at the house that I think it will take some getting used to…even that little house is so much bigger than this place so it should be easy to find a place for everything….as I clear this place down to the stuff I need to move with the truck, it is even more apparent to me that two men and a truck are just a huge ripoff….and it appears the entire industry is in on the scam…not one other mover even replied to my request for a quote since it is not easy for them to pad their fees with such a small job….just a bunch of crooks…not much to do today…just the house run but not loading the car up since I do have the grocery run tomorrow morning…so I think it will be a light day tomorrow with just a tv and a few other things to move…more later….

Well….running about on time today with getting up at around 5 or so and I am just trying to ease into the day with coffee since I really don’t have any schedule this morning….had a pretty good day yesterday with getting the internet running at the house and getting the truck reserved for the 19th…and I got my address changed with the post office and one of my credit cards and now I have to go to the bank and get that one changed…and the mail is being delivered to the house so I can get the bills I need to pay…and I got the electricity shut off scheduled for here but still need to do that for the internet service…there really is a lot of stuff you need to do to move these days and I am getting there…and I nearly have this place cleaned out which I should have done by the end of the week so that will give me next week to finish….I can’t believe how much difference the new spark plugs made with the car…the engine sounds completely different and runs smoothly again and it doesn’t miss at idle like it did with the copper ones in it…so, it looks like the car will make it til the move which I wasn’t so sure about last week….it even shifts better for some reason but I think that’s just getting some of the air out of the clutch…which I need to bleed after I move…I do need to cook today since I have chicken in the fridge that has been there since last week…think I’ll make up some seasonings for it out of the cupboard before I pack that stuff and move it…need to clean at the house today so I can start putting things away….more later….

Well…I feel the move is getting close now with getting the internet up and running at the house and doing the first one from there…or here, actually and that feels good….all I had to do was call comcast and give them the modem info and it fired right up so that was cool…and now I can write from either place now…but, I couldn’t put the blinds up or the new thermostat on since I don’t have the right size drill for the blind brackets and the new thermostat is smaller so I have to fill a bunch of holes that were behind the old one and then paint around it so it will be a few days before I can get that put up….so, it looks like a short one today and I think I’ll go to uhaul and get the truck reserved instead….

Well…didn’t get up til 6 but that didn’t help feeling crappy and tired this morning…just damn exhausted and I could use another day of taking it easy but I don’t have the time for that…need to continue to get ready for the move and have to get the internet working at the house along with shades and new thermostat…and I need to get the back yard ready for the new fence so it looks like another busy week…at least my foot is not hurting much and I may be able to stop the medication…or taper it off like I was instructed…I’ll bet it will still hurt to put a shoe on but I can live with that….I did get a bunch of moving related prep done around here yesterday and even got a bike ride in but I will have to wait til later to go out with it being in the 40′s right now and I just don’t want to be cold yet…I know that is coming but I am not ready to give up shorts yet…I am under 300 miles to go to beat my record on the bike and it looks like I may get there riding on the trainer indoors…but that is still riding and it counts….more later…

Well…man, that was a busy day yesterday with getting most of the old papers and trash out of here to get ready for the move…and one of my sons stopped over since he was on this side of the state and it was good to see him…and I put a new set of plugs in the car since I didn’t like how it ran with the ngk copper ones in it…we’ll see how that works when I run errands this morning…need to get the new shades and a thermostat for the house to get ready for the move on the 19th…which another of my sons and his wife are going to help with….just too damn much money for a mover to move 15 items 15 miles…I mean, 500 bucks? So, I hope my foot is healed by then and I can get some shoes on…it seems better today but I am still subconsciously favoring it and that is screwing up my back when I walk funny…I do have lots to do today and it all needs to be done before Man U plays at 11:30…it is almost warm enough to get out on the bike in a t-shirt but I don’t like being cold so I’ll need a fleece…more later….

Well…as you know, I’m getting ready to move in the next couple of weeks and have started to get quotes from movers to move the 12 pieces of furniture that I have…the first one that came in was from two men and a truck and I am still fricking shocked by what they want to charge…I mean 500 bucks to move 12 pieces of furniture 15 miles? Needless to say, they sure aren’t getting my business and I am waiting for  another couple to come in..hey Tom…you want to help me move one more time? I can rent a van for the day for about 25 bucks and the only heavy thing I have to move is my couch and it sure as hell won’t take 3 to 5 hours that the movers are charging…at 159 bucks an hour…cripes…

Well…woke up this morning way too early to no more progress with my foot and that is a little disappointing…I know I abused it working at the house yesterday but I was really hoping that yesterday’s improvement would be continued today….oh, well…and it was another 4:54 morning today and I am really tired of not sleeping even though I stayed up later than normal….I did make a lot of progress on the house yesterday, finishing the kitchen floor, painting the last two windows in the living room and then cleaning that floor, too…and I got the kit I need to get the internet working Monday so I can schedule the movers for week after next…and that is not a minute too soon…I think all the driving is wearing on the car and is not running right….I think it may be the spark plugs I put in a month or so ago and I think I’ll replace them with the platinum ones I normally use…the engine is just not smooth like it used to be and all I need to do is get it to winter when I’ll put it in the garage and work on it to fix all the little things that are wrong with it…I do need to cook today and get rid of some trash that will leave almost half of this place empty…and one of sons may be stopping by with being on this side of the state for a funeral…and it is too cold to get out on the bike until this afternoon so I may take the luxury of just starting the day off slow…more later,,,

Well…cripes, I just saw that I didn’t come back here for a second one yesterday and I am going to blame it on the pain in my foot…it did hurt like crazy all day and doing the errands I needed to do made it worse to the point I couldn’t get my shoe on anymore…but, when I woke up this morning I can feel progress and it doesn’t hurt as much as it did yesterday…I’m still walking funny favoring it and I think I now can feel a reaction to the flu shot I got Tuesday….feeling warm and coughing so maybe it’s actually a bug? Who knows? But, I do know the pain from this bout of gout…ha, that’s funny…was the most pain I’ve felt since the bike crash last year…and I’m probably going to aggravate it working on the house today…going to be over there most of the day waiting for a UPS delivery that will allow me to get my internet up and running Monday…then, the race to the move starts and I should be over there the week after next…got some of the kitchen loaded up yesterday and will maybe finish that over the weekend…don’t want to move my spices or pots yet since I do need to cook but everything else will be gone before next week…or, maybe I’ll take the weekend off and just hang out and veg to try to get my foot healed completely…I am having a couple with K this afternoon to celebrate the move and that should be fun….more later…

Well…running a little late today with doing a hobbling grocery run and my foot feeling like fire with every step….but, that is not the worst of it…just getting a shoe on is the most pain I have felt in years and even ibuprofen does nothing to help it…so, I may be resting it some today…Thursdays are normally days off anyway but that is to do my food errands but I think today will just be taking care of the foot…of course, I didn’t sleep for crap last night since the weight of just the sheets set the pain in my foot howling and there was no way to get comfortable…so, I am exhausted again today but need to load the car up for the trip over to the house tomorrow…but that is going to wait for a while as I let the coffee work some…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but do some repairs on window frames so I can sand and paint to get ready to buy some new shades and install them next week….I may try to get started to clean this place today but I have all month so we’ll see how the foot feels…I’m kind of glad it’s raining out there so I don’t feel guilty about not riding but I may try to get one in if it stops…my foot doesn’t hurt when I ride but getting the shoe on is going to be hard….more later….