Well….that’s a little better…slept all the way through til 6:45 but I am still exhausted….and my shoulder hurts where I got the shot yesterday but it’s no worse than a flu shot so I may live….I think I’m more mentally exhausted than anything else…looking for and buying a house is a lot of work and there is more to come with the closing that will be coming up this week…I just need one more day of doing nothing to recover from the shot and the stress…with the snow yesterday, I didn’t get on the bike but I did get the drive train lubed so it won’t make that awful popping and grinding sound it was making sat….and I may have to do a double ride today since I won’t be getting on the bike tomorrow with the snow that is on the way…possibility of 6 inches of snow overnight tonight so I think I’ll just hunker down here and do nothing for a day or so…don’t need to do the grocery run tomorrow with someone winning the big mega jackpot Friday so I’ll wait til my normal day on wed…not much to do today…going to just take it easy and have more coffee and start to think about packing….more later….

Well…went out and got my first vaccine dose this morning and it was pretty painless…both in the process and the actual shot. Got there at 9:45 and was back here by 10:30 and the worst part was the drive out and back with the roads pretty greasy…they had a dozen vaccination stations and were moving people through pretty fast and I think this is the first shot ever that I didn’t feel at all…they must have super sharp needles or something…and I got the PFizer vaccine and a card that shows that I am vaccinated and will probably put that in my wallet from now on. Have to wait three weeks for the next one and then I’m done…it’s been an hour and 15 minutes and no adverse effects so I guess I’ll make it…

Well…damn, another 4:54 morning and I tossed and turned all night so I am just worn out today…and I still have to complete my check in online for my first vaccine dose that I am getting at 9:45 this morning…still have a lot of stress now that I have a house and need to work out the logistics of getting the rest of the closing done and start planning the move….still going to be close to be out of here by the 14th of March but I think it can be done…need to get out on the bike today after just doing a short one yesterday since the drive train needs lube to quiet it down and I need to do that before I go out to get my shot this morning so it will be dry for the ride this aft…man, I could take a nap right now….and my heel has started to hurt again for some reason and I’m just shaking my head about that…and I have gained some weight with not riding…even with not eating much and that sucks….not much to do today…can I take a day off after the shot? I sure need one and I think the stress level is going to continue to rise until I am completely moved…but then I’m going to take a couple of months off as I get used to the new digs…more later…

Well… just got a text from my brother that my offer was accepted…so I have a house! Still a lot of stuff to do but it is such a relief that I have a place to land….my emotions are all over the place but I am looking forward to figuring out a new town and riding my bike over to Lake Michigan to swim this summer….it’s not much but it’s mine and I look forward to working on the lawn and sitting on the porch with the windows open when it’s raining…and growing some tomatoes….and knowing I never have to move again….lots of work to do but, as I’ve said before, I have one more house in me….still won’t sleep tonight….I need a cocktail…

Well…just got a surprise text from Spectrum health that I could schedule my first dose of the covid vaccine for tomorrow morning! I am a little excited about getting it and the protection it provides…and I thought I was going to have to wait a long time to get it but that will make it the first week of Feb to get the second one and get to the 95% immunity it provides….man, that takes a load off my mind and I’ll be part of the solution to get this damn thing behind us….Yay!

Well…just got back from looking at the house and my brother is going to put an offer in this morning…pretty nice house…new roof, windows, furnace, water heater and the basement is painted and clean…quiet neighborhood and a double lot with a porch on the front that is enclosed…and the neighborhood is in transition with new houses going up just across the alley at the back…and it’s only a mile to the bike trails that go all the way to Montague and it’s only a mile and a half to Lake Michigan and the state park and a city park on the water…so there will be swimming! They are asking 80K but my offer is going to be 90K to make sure I get it….and even with that my payment is only going to be 500 bucks a month including taxes and insurance…it does need some work but it’s just stuff I can do like painting…and I do need to buy a washer but there is a dryer and kitchen appliances that work so I don’t need to buy those….oh, and it has a garage with an opener so I don’t need to buy that…needless to say, I’m pretty excited…and I do have my fingers crossed….

Well….another 5 am morning and I am really tired…and driving a hundred miles yesterday didn’t help…and the house I drove out to look at in Hastings was a dump so it was a total waste of my time…but, I have an appointment to look at one out in Muskegon this morning that just came on the market yesterday and looks pretty good…only 80K but I think I’ll go over that if it looks as nice as the photos…small house on a double lot with a garage and an immaculate basement…it’s an estate sale and the people who lived there were there for 50 years and took great care of it…and it’s only a mile and a half from Lake Michigan in an area where they are building new houses to replace the old ones…but, the whole thing is paneled and looks very 70’s…can live with that if the rest of it looks okay…so, obviously, I didn’t get anything done yesterday and it was too cold to ride the bike so I need to get out today when I get back here….my heel is almost done hurting and that is a relief after how long it has been driving me nuts….not much to do today…probably be depressed since someone won the Mega last night and I’m pretty sure it wasn’t me…darn….could be a home owner today…wish me luck…

Well…damn, another 5 am morning and I am just worn out…and I didn’t sleep much and that doesn’t help, either…..but, my heel is better…good enough so I can walk on it again but it still throbs which is really weird but I can live with that….I am still re-training myself how to walk on it again since it’s been so long that I’ve had to walk on the front of my foot that it’s become a habit and I find myself doing it even when the pain is not there..didn’t eat much yesterday since I only did a short ride…think I only had about 700 calories all day and I know that’s not enough but I just don’t feel like eating right now…I do have a house in Hastings I need to go take a look at today and need to be there by 10 so that is going to be a lot of work with how I feel right now….but I can relax when I get back here before noon….spent most of the day yesterday trying to get my car started and looking for houses so I didn’t get any work done…need to pack today and get some cleaning done but we’ll see how that goes later….don’t feel like doing anything right now but have coffee and read the news…more later….

Well…finally, got the car started after putting my trickle charger on the battery for 3 hours and letting my battery box charge for the same time…so, I got my errands run today and can go out to Hastings tomorrow to look at some houses….and I did buy a new battery charger but not from HF…got one from Amazon that does basically everything…it’s a regular charger, a float charger, a 40 amp car starter, a battery conditioner, and an alternator checker…and it can be used on AGM batteries and it was only 5 bucks more than a normal charger at HF…only 45 bucks so I don’t think that is a bad deal…and I needed one anyway…the day has gotten better…and I got my 900 million dollar Mega tickets for tomorrow…now I need a nap after a 4 hour of sleep night before soccer starts…

Well…crap…when I went out to the garage to get in the car for errands this morning, the trunk was open and that means I forgot to disconnect the battery when I used it Tuesday….so, the battery was dead and I hadn’t charged my battery box so it wouldn’t start the car…and I don’t have jumper cables or anyone to jump it to get it started…so, my whole day has been a pain…if I ever get it started, I’m going out to HF and buy a battery charger…which I should have done when I moved in here…the only reason I bought the box was living in an apartment, there is no electricity to run a charger outside…so, here I sit waiting and hoping that my battery box will charge up enough to start it one more time…can get a 15 amp charger for 39 bucks so that’s not a bad deal…..still…crap…