Well…just looked at the weather for the next couple of weeks and it is going to be brutally cold around here with a couple of days that the high is going to be zero and many of them below zero at night…so it does look like the hibernation for the winter is going to start this week…slept okay last night but have a cough like a cold this morning and feel like I have one…can’t figure out why I’m so exhausted lately and this may be it….my shoulder survived the night with just a little pain so I think I’ll try the weight machine again after the grocery run and coffee…not sure if I’ll try to do anything else today other than ride the bike but I should at least try to clean some…but, racing from Daytona starts this afternoon and I will probably just veg out and watch that instead…I did send a bitch letter to the complex here yesterday since the new company they have clearing snow is doing such a shitty job that there are piles of ice now that I have to climb over to get to my car and this is the first time in years that this has happened…I even moved my car yesterday so they could clean and they just ignored it and left the snow…will probably bitch to the guys today so that will get back to these incompetents…more later…

Well…after a month of not being able to work out on the weight machine, I decided to try it this morning since I have noticed a loss of muscle tone and I do need to use the 300 calories or so that it takes to do the workout. So far, so good…there was pain during the workout but not nearly as bad as two weeks ago where I couldn’t complete it since it felt like I re-separated the collar bone…but, today…the pain was perfectly tolerable and there was very little carryover to getting on the bike…it even is just a little stiff right now but I may need to take some ibuprofen later to be able to sleep on it tonight…would like to not do that but I know that tendon injuries in that shoulder have always taken a long time to heal…and I do want to sleep tonight…at least a little…

Well…I can tell I’m going to be grumpy today since it is just a little after 6 and I am feeling it…slept okay last night but did the tossing and turning all night so I still feel exhausted and that is making me grumpy, too….at least my shoulder doesn’t hurt too much but I did take something for it before I went to bed…it’s been over a month and it just needs to finish healing and that is making me grumpy, too…did I say I feel grumpy today? I am going to try to get back on the weight machine today with reduced weight just to ease back into toning up my muscles again….I can feel myself getting flabby again and that is making me grumpy, too…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and it looks like cleaning off the car will be the major project for this morning…it snowed quite a bit last night but is going to get to 40 this aft and I need to make sure the car melts before the cold comes back tomorrow…it is really depressing that it is going to be extremely cold from now until March but it is Michigan in winter and I have been through this before…don’t like it much….at least it’s warm in here….more later…

Well…running early today with getting up at 5 again and I am getting so damn tired of only getting 5 hours of sleep or so a night…literally tired…have been walking around exhausted the past week or so and that needs to change…how, I don’t know but it does need to change…my shoulder is back in pain today and I think it’s from forgetting to take some ibuprofen last night…I think that’s been keeping the swelling down along with the pain so I won’t forget it again tonight…had a nice day yesterday with getting a 10 mile ride in on the bike and then out to pool…which I lost…and I had a coolant leak in the car that I think I may have traced to a loose hose clamp…at least I hope that was it…going to go over them again this morning after it warms up some…it is only 10 outside right now and I am just not going out in the cold for that….I did move the bike out of the living room and back to it’s parking spot so that frees up some room here in the living room and I am used to having it parked there so it’s more normal that way…don’t have much to do today other than making some chicken alfredo for lunch and trying to get a nap this aft….more later….

Well…just finished up riding the bike on the trainer for the first 10 mile ride and I really do have to rename it the “torture machine”. Even on the lowest resistance setting and in 23rd gear, I came away sweating through my clothes and so winded that I had to rest before I could get in the shower…so much for thinking it was going to be too easy. I do have a plan on how to gradually up the effort as the winter goes on…after this week, that is, I am going to up the resistance one notch per week until I get up to 5 and then up to 24th gear and start the cycle over again. It was a tough 50 minutes to get to 10 miles but I feel pretty darn good right now knowing I’m getting back on track with exercise….

Well…okay, it’s damn cold out there this morning and I’m glad I don’t have to be anywhere until it warms up…I did get out to take a look at the eclipse last night and that was pretty cool and the moon is still damn bright right now…slept okay last night but haven’t had any dreams in a while and that is a little disappointing…at least I got 6 hours last night which is a lot for how it’s been going lately….I can say my shoulder doesn’t hurt at all this morning…well….twinges of pain but no restriction on movement so that is cool…I did hurt it on the bike yesterday and will probably do that again this morning but that will be worth it…I just realized that the new bike trainer sounds something like the noise the Tardis makes when I am riding the bike and that is a little funny…I am glad I put an old towel under the bike since I was dripping when I got off it yesterday and will probably be sweating even more today since I am going to do the full 10 miles…it is a little boring riding indoors but it was better once I put the music on and I rigged my mp-3 player to the handlebars with a rubber band…it is a little strange not looking at the weather report to see if I can ride…didn’t get much done yesterday but some light clean up and I’ll probably not do much today with pool this aft…just don’t have a lot of energy and can’t figure out why that is….oh, well….more later…

Well…just got done doing 5 miles on the bike indoors and have some first thoughts that I want to share…yow! Sweating like I just did 15 outdoors in 80 degree weather….it is louder than I thought it would be but knew that from the ratings on Amazon that it was not quiet…so I think I’ll use it when my neighbors are gone …it’s no louder than a vacuum when I get it to 15 mph and it does allow you to get into a rhythm so that is cool…I was a little concerned that it didn’t have enough drag to it and it would be too easy to pedal but that is not the case…I even turned it down a bit and that helped with making it smooth…the bike is very stable, too, and I can get on and off the bike just like I would riding outdoors and that is a pleasant surprise for a unit that only cost 39 bucks…and with free shipping that made it even a better deal…I’ll probably wear it out over the winter, though, and that’s okay…I’m thinking that this will be a test unit to see if I like riding indoors and I can get a nicer one next year…and I got it with points so it really didn’t cost me anything at all…and that’s the kind of deal I like…

Well…man, it’s cold outside…down to 0 this morning and the car barely started to warm it up to go out for the paper…but, the sky and the moon look pretty cool and it did feel good to breathe that cold, fresh air…I don’t think it will start without the box tomorrow since it is supposed to get to 5 below tonight…it is nice to know that it will start when it is this cold so I don’t have to worry about that…slept okay last night and woke up to just a little pain in the shoulder and my range of motion is pretty good so I can live with that….slept on it again last night and it didn’t wake me up so I think I’ll stop talking about it…I did get the parts I needed get the bike on the trainer so that will be a project as soon as I finish this….can’t wait to see how it works and get some exercise in the warm….didn’t get much done with all of the sports on yesterday and will probably not do much today other than ride…or clean the kitchen…not sure right now, though, need more coffee and to read the news first…think I’ll work on the bike before I do that….more later…

Well…damn, slept pretty well last night and didn’t get up until 6:35…after getting up for the first time at 4:30 that is…but I’ll take it anytime…and I’m going to knock on wood this morning with there being no pain in my shoulder at all, just a little stiffness and that is welcome after the last month of healing…I do think I’ll wait until Monday to try to work out again since the last time didn’t work out too well…I did get the bike cleaned and ready for some indoor riding….got the computer pick up mounted to read the rear wheel and now I just have to wait until the rest of the parts get here to get started riding indoors…I am going to miss the scenery going by but I am not going to miss being so careful in the snow and ice…and I am also not going to miss being cold  and not being able to warm up all day after a ride….I did get to cook yesterday and made a mushroom sauce to go with rice and chicken and it came out pretty good…but the rice has come out sticky the past two times I’ve done it in the instant pot but I think I’ve figured that out for the next time…going to make chicken stir fry to use some of the rice for lunch today but that is about all I have to do…I did clean a little yesterday and will probably do some more today but we’ll see…soccer starts in about 15 minutes so that and coffee is the only thing I want to think about right now….more later….

Well…have been trying to figure out why I’ve been so exhausted the past couple of days  and I think I’ve figured it out…I think I have a cold…not coughing yet but have a little sore throat and I’m a little warm…but mostly, I’m just so damn tired and have no energy at all…I think I’ve been eating enough but I’m not sure about that…hmmmm…the bike trainer came today…yay! It wasn’t supposed to get here until Tuesday so that is pretty cool…but, I can’t use it until the new rear axle gets here that replaces the quick release one that’s on it now for one that fits into the hold downs….and I bought a molded block for the front tire that will raise the front so it won’t feel like I’m going down hill all the time. I don’t think the magnetic drag is going to be enough for me so I have rigged up a rubber band that will use the rear brake to supply drag and make me work harder…and I am going to use some poster putty to locate the computer pickup on the inside of the rear caliper so I can still know how far I’ve ridden…will have to keep these miles separate so I can know how many miles I’ve really ridden…I’ve already gotten to 130 for the year and that was s good start….kinda looking forward to trying the new toy…