Well…running a little late today with doing the grocery run before the big rain and freeze comes in…it started to rain pretty hard on the way back from Meijers and that didn’t help the skating rink that is the parking lot here…glad I’ve got everything done and can just veg out here today…slept okay last night but was up at 4:44 to start but was able to get back to sleep until almost 6 so that was a bonus…and, with being good, I feel okay today so it looks like the skipping cocktails is going to turn into a thing that I am going to want to continue for a couple of weeks at least….and it saves me a bunch of money so that is cool…I did work out yesterday and it appears that the damage that I do to my shoulder is getting less every time…and I think the skipping days helps with the healing…so I’ll keep that up for a while and see where it goes…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but errands but I think I’ll try to clean some today…the kitchen counters need some work and I still need to vacuum so that will be the plan for this aft….more later….

Well…as you know, I braved the ice this morning to go out and get some groceries at Aldi’s…okay, I didn’t brave the ice…the only place there was ice left by the time I went out at 10 was in the parking lot here…the roads were just wet with a few slick spots so no big deal…oh, I did find out that I pulled the overflow hose off the radiator tank sometime when I was screwing around with the car…or it just came off with the hose being pretty old and stretched out so it didn’t fit too tightly anymore…so I lost a bunch of coolant and had to re-fill it today, and I found a small clamp to put on it to make sure it doesn’t come off again….but, that’s not what this is about….I just checked the packages of chicken thighs I got this morning…didn’t even check how much they weighed when I bought them…the two of them together weighed over 10 pounds…now, I’m not sure if anyone needs 10 pounds of chicken thighs but, damn, how can you pass up 69 cents a pound? Just knowing I have 10 pounds of chicken, again, made me laugh….

Well…running a little late for normal this morning with not getting up until after 6…okay…for last time after 6 but was up and down all night and wrenched my shoulder somehow so there was quite a bit of pain that seems to have subsided….but, I don’t feel too bad this morning with the first night of being good under my belt…going to continue that for a while just to see if I can get through the winter losing weight instead of gaining it like normal…looks like quite a bit of ice out there this morning and the Miata is coated pretty thickly so I need to get a photo of that to post today…it appears that the ice has already started to melt since there are rivers running down the parking lot and the rain is supposed to be over by 8 or so…I need to get out some time today to get some groceries at Aldi’s since they have chicken thighs for 69 cents a pound and can’t pass that up…a couple of trays will keep me in protein for a couple of weeks for about 7 bucks and I can make lots of different dishes with them…I did get a few things done yesterday and I am going to try to continue that today with clearing some of the dust and cobwebs along with vacuuming….and some laundry that needs to be done…and maybe some soccer if there are any matches on….more later…

Well…up at 5:23 again and I am just damn exhausted from not sleeping well…I think I’ll make it a project to try to figure this out today…after all, I have lots of time on my hands and what better way to spend it? Had a nice day yesterday and I won at pool and the ride out and back was fun…and the more I drive the Miata in the rain, the more I like it…it’s like a tiny little cocoon and fits me so well…looks like I won’t be going anywhere tomorrow with a huge ice storm coming tonight…3/10′s of an inch of ice is really quite a bit and that will take a while to melt so it looks like another day of hibernation and trying to melt the ice so I can get the doors on the car open…only burned through a quarter tank of gas during the frigid weather last week so I’m good to go with letting the car run…don’t really hurt too much this morning but I am still going to alternate days on the weight machine so my shoulder gets a rest and repair day…don’t want to stress it too much with it slowly healing….not much to do today…think I’ll just continue the cleaning that I started over the weekend and get a couple of rides in but that is about it…more later…

Well…damn, I wonder when this crappy sleep will end…feel so worn out this morning that I may have to try to take a nap later….almost shut everything back down and tried to go back to bed but I know there wouldn’t be any prospect of sleeping so what’s the point? Had and okay day yesterday and even got some stuff done…got my kitchen floor scrubbed and it finally looks good again…I do need to get at the counters and the oven tomorrow but don’t think I’ll get much done with pool this aft…I did get my Feb top down run in yesterday when I went over to the car wash to get quarters for pool and there were some huge puddles from the melt that splashed over the windows when I hit them….looked like riding in a boat…going to try the weight machine today before I get on the bike since my shoulder feels okay…the pain has been receding slowly the past few days and it didn’t get worse even with using it hard to scrub the floor yesterday so it should be okay…only did one run on the bike yesterday and will probably do only one today…I’ll get back to the normal routine tomorrow….not much to do today…going to just ease into the day and have some more coffee before reading the news…more later….

Well…running a little late this morning…for what has become the new normal and it felt good to not get out of bed until 6…slept pretty crappy again but I’m not going to bitch about that when it’s over 40 outside already and the car started up fine…which it should at 40…feel a little sore today and I’m not sure why that would be other than scrubbing the bathroom yesterday…oh, and two runs on the bike so maybe there is good reason? Didn’t take anything for my shoulder yesterday and I think I won’t today, either if it it keeps up with just the low grade pain that I have now…I think it should have healed by now since I hurt it before christmas but I think I just keep re-injuring it…but that won’t keep me from working out tomorrow…still going to go down on weight, though, just to make sure I can get through the workout….I sure hope the ice melts off the streets before Tuesday when it is going to turn cold again…and stay cold for the rest of winter…doesn’t look too bad for temps with lows staying in the teens and every day we get closer to spring….not much to do today…need to clean the kitchen to keep the momentum going from yesterday but that is about it…and Man U plays at 9 so I need to get on the bike soon to be done by then….more later…

Well…the way I felt this morning, I was expecting today was going to be one to be endured but it has surprised me by being a better day than I could have hoped…have been able to get motivated to get the bathroom cleaned and to get on the bike two times so that is a good sign…and I don’t feel as depressed as I did when I got up and I’m not sure why that would be…I have been able to keep busy with soccer and now rugby on so that could be part of it…and my son got the tv from this week to download to plex so I have a lot of stuff to catch up on for tonight…and a funny thing happened during the Everton match this morning when a black cat ran onto the pitch and then just ran around for 7 minutes while everyone just stood around and watched it and the tv cameras gave us lots of closeups…some of the players just walked around behind it until it took off up one of the tunnels and the match restarted…quite funny…and a better day…

Well…another 5 hours of sleep night and I think the cumulative effect of that is wearing me out…I have been exhausted lately and I know it can’t be normal to be getting up at 5 every morning with getting to sleep at 11:30-12…oh, well…at least my legs and shoulder don’t hurt this morning so I guess I’ll take that…but I did have to take something for my shoulder and neck last night and I need to stop doing that soon…started feeling depressed again yesterday and I’m not sure if it’s the weather or what but it’s still here this morning so today may be a day to just survive it and not feel bad if I don’t get a lot done…it’s been quite a while since I’ve felt like this and that makes even writing this a chore that I am struggling with…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I will try to clean some today if I can get myself motivated to do anything…and that is not looking too likely right now…more later…

Well…woke up at 5 again this morning but did try to go back to sleep and, as usual, it didn’t work and that left me with another night of less than 6 hours of sleep and it is starting to wear on me…and my shoulder hurts like crazy again this morning for some reason so I’ll take the day off the weight machine and rest it until Monday….the warm up has finally started to happen with it being a balmy -1 this morning but I’ll still use the battery box to start the car today to keep the strain off the battery….it barely started at -9 yesterday morning and I didn’t take it anywhere so the battery probably isn’t charge up all the way…I have been having trouble keeping track of what day it is this week with thinking that today is sat and yesterday was Fri…I think that was from doing the grocery run on Tues…it’s weird how changing my routine has that kind of fallout….didn’t get much done yesterday but the two bike rides…I just noticed that my legs don’t hurt this morning and that’s the first time since I started using the trainer that I’ve been pain free…strange…not much to do today…going to clean some and run one errand but that is about it….still not too motivated with the weather being so wearing….more later…

Well….had a heck of a time getting the car started at 9 below this morning but finally got the booster hooked up and it started with lots of struggle…but, that’s not what this is about…hit another milestone of sorts today when I got to 200 miles for the first time in January…took two rides today to do it but it was worth it…at this pace, I may be able to get to 600 miles on the bike this year even before I get out on the trails in April…and that would put me on pace to hit my goal of 4,000 miles this year which would make it the second most miles in any year so far. Riding on the trainer is so different from being outside, though…when I’m out and get 10 miles out of twenty, I know I have to ride it back another ten miles so I don’t think about how far I have to go…it’s automatic…but, on the trainer, I am tempted to stop when my legs start to hurt since I can just stop…so I’m finding it takes much more discipline to ride indoors than out….but staying warm in the winter outweighs all of that….and that is 80 of these for the month…a new record!