Well…running early for a Thursday since I decided to do this before the grocery run due to boredom while I wait to warm the car up in a half hour…slept okay last night and was able to roll onto my right arm for a while with just a little pain but I am feeling that right now…the pain is not as bad today but it is still there and I think most of it is from cleaning the bathroom yesterday…but, I got the bathroom cleaned! That was the first time in almost three weeks that I was able to clean anything other than a little spot work for too long and this place sure needs work…and I may get to vacuuming today since the carpet needs some work just like everything else…didn’t get a bike ride in yesterday and probably won’t for a few days with the cold weather and snow that won’t be melting anytime soon…and that is going to make me grumpy with not being able to work out either…oh, well….I may be able to get out to have a couple this aft with K and C if it works out and it will be fun to get out of here for a while and hang out with people for a change….have driven so little that I haven’t put gas in the car since before christmas and still have more than half a tank left…more later….
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January 9th
Well…running a little early today with going to bed a little early from pure boredom and from being good last night so I don’t have to ease into the day today….I think I have a bug of some sort since I have been coughing and my stomach has been queasy for the past day…I wonder if it may be from the ibuprofen I’ve had to take for my shoulder? It appears that my shoulder has turned the corner and I was able to sleep on it for a while last night with just a little pain and it really doesn’t hurt much at all right now…okay, my stomach is bad enough that I just took a zantac for it…and I haven’t needed any of that in over a year….didn’t get much done yesterday but cook a little chicken and I may have been under on calories again…but, who cares? I did get a nice bike ride in but I won’t be riding today with the snow last night covering the ice from the rain earlier in the evening last night….I’m sure the car will need to be melted to get the doors open later this morning but that will be a project for a little later since I am on the first cup of coffee and I need a couple more….I am going to attempt using the weight machine again today with the lessening pain in my shoulder…can’t wait to see how that goes….more later….
January 8th
Well…rolled over onto my right shoulder in bed last night and all I have to say is ow, ow, ow, ow, …ow, ow, ow…that was a huge mistake and my shoulder is howling in pain right now and it even woke me up and kept me up from about 3 or so…so, I feel like crap right now and will probably need to take something for it…at least Clemson beat Alabama last night and I was smiling how they dismantled them…but, all the god crap in the post game interviews showed me that there is a lot of delusion that is still rampant in this country and that we still have a long way to go to get to the enlightened state of rationality here….oh, I did lose at pool yesterday but it was fun to get out and do something for a change…and my new wiper blades worked like a champ without any noise so that was cool….didn’t get on the bike yesterday with the rain and wind but I am going to try to get out today before the rain starts since it is still over 40 but it looks like it is going to get cold and snow tonight so it will be a few days of hunkering down here…more later….
That was a mistake…
Well…after waiting for two weeks to get back on the weight machine after the crash, I did try it this morning and it was a mistake…only got about 5 reps in and the pain came howling back…had to even take some ibuprofen for it and I’m now waiting for the pain to subside again…it is getting better so I’ll be able to shoot pool today but damn, I need to be able to work out again with not being able to get on the bike today or tomorrow…was going to try it in the dry slot that is here right now but the wind is blowing 25 with gusts to 40 and I am not going out in those conditions….I did get out and get some winter wipers today but they are the beam type that I’m not sure I like…the ones I had on the car froze up and chattered all the time when it was cold and icy so I guess these can’t be any worse…we’ll see in the rain today….more later…yeah, I’ll try to get to politics before pool but I can’t promise anything right now…have to have lunch and get the dishes running first….
January 7th
Well…just can’t get started today and my shoulder is hurting again so that is disappointing…and I didn’t sleep for crap and that makes me a little grumpy to start the day…part of that might be that I know I won’t be getting on the bike today with all the rain we are going to get…raining right now and as far out to the west as the radar can see so I may plan to run some errands this morning instead…I am going to try to get back to the weight machine but with the pain I’m having, I’m not sure if that’s a good idea….I did get some cooking done with a new batch of turkey soup in the instant pot and it came out good but needed more carrots…I’ll have to adjust that the next time…didn’t get anything else done other than a little cleaning and I’m not sure if I’ll get to anything today…might have pool this afternoon and it will be good to get out to do something after a couple of weeks of just hanging out here….but, I need coffee now and to read some news….just feel exhausted right now and need to not think…more later…
January 6th
Well…looks like I’m on time today and I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or not…slept okay last night and don’t feel too bad today other than lots of little pains that I have been fighting for a while…but, I got down to only one dose of ibuprofen for the day yesterday and it was okay so I think I’ll try the same thing today…didn’t even take anything before the bike and my shoulder didn’t hurt until I picked the bike up to carry it down the stairs….so, that will be the plan for the day…didn’t get a lot else done yesterday but I am going to make turkey soup today since I have carrots and celery left over from making the pot pie filling and I haven’t used the instant pot for a while…and I do need to clean the bathroom that has been waiting since the crash and I’ll attempt that later after the soup…or maybe while the soup is working…more later….
Top down cruisin in January…
Well…I was going to talk about politics today but I decided to go out and take a drive in the car with the top down…it is 47 degrees after all and I needed to get my January run in…and it was fun to get the looks from the other folks in their suv’s and mini vans and I like to imagine they would prefer to be me for that one moment…or maybe not to be me but to be driving my car…whatever, it was fun and I may be able to do it again tomorrow…and get another nice bike ride in…that is if my left hamstring will let me do it…it has been hurting for a few days now but the lucky thing is that it doesn’t hurt much when I’m on the bike but it screams at me when I get off…at least the pain in my shoulder is getting better but I’ve noticed it is changing and I think I may have cracked my collar bone on that side since the pain now is centered on it…oh, well….just need to rest it and try to not use it too much…darn, that means no cleaning today…
Seaweed on the trail…
Well…noticed this out on the trail the last time the ice was all melted but just forgot about it until now…on the part of the trail that runs beside M-6, there is a spot that is always covered with water for some reason…and it is a little weird that it is not the lowest part of that section of trail…you would think the lowest part would be flooded…but this place is a good two feet higher than the low point and that leaves me shaking my head….back to the flooded part….a few weeks back, riding through the flooded part I noticed that there is seaweed growing in that water attached to the pavement of the trail…now, to me, that just shows how long that part has been flooded this year…and it is still flooded but covered with ice now…can’t wait to see what it looks like if it ever dries out…
January 5th
Well….you know, I really like fresh coffee days…got up a little early this morning and slept okay with the pain in my shoulder abating some overnight…was almost able to sleep on my right side last night but not quite yet…maybe tonight…didn’t have any dreams last night and that is a little disappointing but the ones from Thursday night will keep me going for a while…I think I’ll try to go without ibuprofen today just to see if I still need it…okay…maybe not since the pain has changed to be in the front of my shoulder, not in the joint anymore and that makes me think that I may have cracked a bone…if that’s the case, it will probably be a few weeks until it is healed…had an okay day yesterday and got some cooking done so today will be a leftover day…but, I am going to make turkey soup in the instant pot tomorrow….only have one carcass to use so it may be a little short on turkey…not much to do today…going to clean some and get the bike ride in but that’s about it….but, I need coffee right now or I won’t be motivated to do anything…more later….
January 4th
Well…it’s almost 7 so that means I’m running a little late today and I didn’t even get out of bed until 6:23 so that was cool…and I even slept well and had some weird dreams…but, trying to keep the pain out of my shoulder, I twisted my left knee and now that hurts…how the heck that happens I’m not sure but I do feel a little old this morning….so, I took some ibuprofen already since I am going to get on the bike as soon as it gets light and I want it to have kicked in by then….had an okay day yesterday but still didn’t get a lot done other than a little surface cleaning in the kitchen and I may continue that today but I am going to cook some pot pie filling with chicken for lunch today and all that cutting may just hurt my arm too much to clean after…we’ll see….it looks like it is going to be warm enough this weekend to get my January top down run in and I may wash the car today after the bike ride if the streets are dry to get the salt from yesterday off it…and that should be enough to do for today…more later…