Well…just got back from my first visit to the doctor in 16 years and it doesn’t look too bad so far…my blood pressure was a little high but the doctor thinks it was the antihistamine I’ve been taking for my allergies..oh, and I do like my new doctor…seems to be a good guy and took lots of time just talking about exercise, vaccines, and other health stuff…so it was a pleasant surprise. It was cool that I planned for blood work and they have a lab in the same building so I got that taken care of along with getting a flu shot and a pneumonia vaccine, too…and there is no bruising where they drew the blood so that is a bonus…the doctor wants me to get a colonoscopy in the next month or so and that will be covered, too, and I am curious if there are any problems…so far, the doctor seems to be happy about my health other than the borderline blood pressure and it is cool that all of the work I’ve been doing on the bike and working out has been having some effect….now, I can’t wait to see where my cholesterol is with bingeing on burgers this weekend…oh, well…don’t have prescription coverage so I probably won’t do anything about it even if it is high…having a doctor again makes me feel like I’m a little more connected to normalcy again and that is not a bad thing…

Well…running a little late this morning with having to change out another tube on the bike…discovered the front was flat when I got up so I had to use my last spare tube from the old bike…hope it works since this is going to be a busy day…going in for a checkup this morning and then I have to have the maintenance guys come with the wet carpet by my furnace…and it is two of my boys birthdays today so I have to text them…not that busy but I do have to wedge a workout and a bike ride in somewhere today, too….I did get to looking for a house almost all day yesterday and there are a few things out there but not where I want to live….so that will get worked on again today with an eye to finding something in the next week or so….slept kind of crappy last night but feel okay today with being good last night so maybe that should continue today…I am a little apprehensive about what they’ll find during my physical today but it is what it is…maybe I’ll be the healthiest old guy they’ve ever seen…more later…

Well…running on time this morning and that is a little unusual…just haven’t been able to get moving the past few days but I do need to change that….slept okay last night but I am having trouble getting started and think that may be connected to yesterday’s problems on the bike….and not eating enough, again….didn’t get anything done yesterday with all of the races and soccer on…Man U finally won one but they are still in 11th place in the league and that is not good enough to get into the champions league later in the year…my feet still hurt from the long walk yesterday and I hope they heal up soon so they won’t be a problem in NYC…not much to do today…not sure about pool with it being a holiday today and it’s raining right now so I may have to take the day off the bike…the rain is strung out all the way to Iowa and heading here so it may be an easy one today…more later…

Well….after the debacle of the flat tire and the 4 mile walk home, I decided to abuse my body some more and go out and do another 15 miles this afternoon…that was a mistake…well…not really a mistake but I didn’t take into account that it is much hotter this time of the day and I went out as hard as I could…and that caused my body to go into limp home mode for the first time this summer…about 3 miles from home, I started to have a problem with my lungs and couldn’t get enough air so I had to stop at the top of the last climb to catch my breath and that never happens….so, I went just hard enough to get home and then into a cold shower to try to dump the heat that had built up…..still feel pretty lousy right now so I think I’ll take the rest of the day off and watch some races…..

Well…running really, really late today and it’s because I had my first flat on the new bike and had to walk it back 4 miles…and that was not fun with wet shoes and socks…have a huge blister on my left little toe that is going to hurt all week…but, I’m glad I had the chance to walk in these new shoes before I go to NYC so I won’t have to take them if they will blister my feet…I guess I’ll go with the new Sketchers instead…have been up since early with the storms waking me up at 5:30 but I think I slept okay before that….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get a lot done and today looks the same with the F1 race and then Man U and then two more races on this afternoon….I did change out the tube on the front of the bike and put the tire liner in to prevent any more flats…I found what looked like a piece of black glass stuck in the tread…I had been thinking about when the first flat was going to come…got to almost 2400 miles before that first one but now I have to think about the rear going flat…I may just put the liner in this week…more later….

Well…I have a tip for you…do not ever go out on the bike before you have coffee…did that this morning and the entire ride was torture…and I still feel lousy right now and that may mean I didn’t eat enough yesterday…yep, that’s it…slept okay last night but man, I do feel crappy so I may need to make some toast here in a minute…and I need to get this done before F1 qualifying starts in one minute…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I probably won’t get much done today with all of the sports on…soccer and racing is going to fill the day and I really should clean some and I might…but, I’m not going to think about that right now…I need the coffee to start to work right now and it isn’t…probably should just slam this first cup….more later….

Well…I was going to get out on the bike before the F1 practice but I just can’t get going so I’m having coffee and doing this instead….I will have to get moving tomorrow since I won’t miss qualifying but I’m not sure if I can even do that….slept okay last night but I’m not feeling that hot today… just have no energy right now and I hope the coffee will help…I think I’ll ease into it….I do have all day after all and nothing to do so I can do whatever I want….didn’t get anything done yesterday…no, that’s not right…I did clean the stove top but that wasn’t enough to keep the guilts away so I’ll have to do better today….not much to do today…I should go over to Target to get some more allergy medicine and I do need to stop and get my Mega tickets for tonight…but, I’ll do that on the bike today…should go to the bank and get some cash…and I might but right now there’s not enough energy to do anything…more later…

Well….running on time today but I am not really okay with it being 51 degrees outside in August…slept kind of okay last night but flipped and flopped a lot and it took an hour and a half to get to sleep so that made it about 5 hours last night but I don’t feel too bad so I guess I can live with that….after all, I can always take a nap later if I need it…didn’t get much done yesterday but I do have a couple of errands to run tsis morning since Meijer’s is so screwed up with the rebuild that they only had about half of the stuff I needed so there will be a trip over to Aldi’s to get the rest of what I need for the weekend…I am going to clean the kitchen today since I do feel a little guilty about not doing it this week…I did get a good bike ride in yesterday between the raindrops and I’ll do another one today as soon as it warms up to 57…not sure how long that is going to take but I do need more coffee and to read the news so that should work out….more later….

Well…running early today and maybe that is the new normal with not sleeping too much…or too well…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done…still not feeling 100% so I think I’ll continue to take it easy today and only clean a little…I do have a couple of errands to run this morning after the workout and bike ride…my allergies are going nuts right now so I need to get some more medicine for it…I am trying to eat a little more healthy getting ready for my check up next Tuesday and I’m taking the week off from cocktails, too, and that makes it a little boring at times…but necessary so I guess I can take it….didn’t get much done yesterday but I will clean the kitchen today and maybe vacuum some but not right now…I need more coffee and to read some news first…after all, it’s only 7 am and I really have no place to be….more later….

Well…as you know, I do this site mainly for myself to have a place where I can vent or just talk a little about things that mean something to me…and there are times when I am lucid and make some good, original points…not all the time but sometimes…and there are times when I am curious how much I really am doing this for myself and how many other people come here to read this stuff…so, being a little bored today, I went out to the stats section of my site to take a look…and I am a little humbled by how many people come here every day to take a look at what I have to say. Over this past month, there were almost 10,000 individual visits to this site…I know this is not a lot when compared to others but that is over 300 separate people a day that stop in to take a look….and there were over 141,000 page views in that same time so it appears that people are looking back into the almost 7,000 posts I have done here since I started this thing almost 10 years ago….and I really do appreciate that….being retired now through no choice of my own, this site gives me something to do on days when life seems interminable and boring….so, I’ll keep doing this as long as I can and I hope you find something that is thought provoking, or funny at times….or even silly…I’ll try to not be boring..but even that happens sometimes…