Well…just went out to run a short errand and yow! The new tires are really, really crappy in the snow so I guess I’m going to have to put the worn out old snowies on the car since I could barely move with the “all weather” new ones on it…so that will be a project for the next couple of days….

Well…no news on Leslie yet so I’ll wait to write anything more until later…I guess I shouldn’t bitch about not sleeping, huh? Didn’t have any dreams to speak of but feel okay this morning…and my son got his cloud outage fixed so I have plex and emby working again…but, I missed Man U playing yesterday and it looked like a pretty close match until Man U pulled it out in the 88th minute and that puts them in the semi finals of the league cup….my oldest brother stopped over to chat for a while yesterday and it was good to see him…and it made me realize that I do miss hanging out with people some…I think I may have gotten some bad bird food last week since I filled the feeders with the new food and the birds stopped coming…so I’m going to go out to menards this morning and get different stuff and re-fill them…it’s really cold out there and I’m sure the sparrows could use the food…and I need to stop at the atm to get some cash since I only have 4 dollars in my pocket and I may need some cash…and I’m going to do that early after I do this and read some news since I’m not getting on the bike with how cold it is today….and probably won’t tomorrow, either….have given up on making it to 6K this year so taking a couple of days off won’t activate my guilt too much….more later…

Well…it would be nice if I had at least a little consistency in how I sleep…and not be surprised when a brand new pattern happens…woke up at 5:14 and then tried and tried to go back to sleep and that didn’t happen….so I got out of bed around 6 and only got as far as reaching for the light switch on the floor lamp before deciding that it just wasn’t time to be up yet…so I went back and laid in bed for another hour…don’t know if that did any good but by around 7 I was ready to get up….and I don’t feel too bad this morning other than the fact that there is a winter weather advisory for tomorrow so it looks like a white christmas for us here in GR…I don’t have anywhere to be so I can just hibernate over the next few days…I do have to run an errand this morning and get a bike ride in and I may be able to get out in light thermasuit since it is already 40 out there….didn’t get anything done yesterday but I will get back to the packing and cleaning today before Man U plays at 3….I am quite disappointed with finally realizing I’m going to end up back in an apartment after I leave here unless a miracle happens and I find a house in the next 9 days….but, I’m going to try to not let that depress the hell out of me and make the last days here crappy…it will be a little hard but life throws curve balls at you sometimes…and I’ve always been able to hit them….more later…

Well…running a little late today with not getting up until late but I still feel like I didn’t get any sleep last night…just damn exhausted and I’m sure part of it is the stress from house hunting without success…and I know part of it is just from getting old and I don’t like that much…I did get a ride in yesterday that went okay and my hands and feet survived it and it looks like I’ll get two more days in before it turns cold thurs…highs are only going to be in the low 20’s and that is just too damn cold to go out…but it is going to be almost 50 tomorrow so there may even be some thunderstorms tomorrow night…weird….I did get some cleaning done downstairs and need to do more of that today to start to pack my stuff back up for the move…still have most of it in bags and never unpacked it so it should be relatively easy…and I am going to do the grocery run today…I am going to look at some sirloin burgers at DD since they have it on sale for 99 cents a pound…you have to buy a 10 pound case but I can use it for tacos, too, so that won’t be too much…not much to do today…just groceries and then cleaning and looking for houses…another boring day in the neighborhood….more later…

Well…okay…just an observation on the winter solstice that is happening today…it’s 3:31pm and it’s already getting dark…I just had to put the floor lamp on here in the living room just to be able to see to do this one….one good thing about it is that after today, the daylight starts to get longer and longer….and with the lack of snow so far, it’s been okay…still getting on the bike every day and I can remember a few years back that I was off the bike starting around t-day since the trails were covered in ice and snow….and just looking at the weather, there are no big snow storms all the way til the 8th of January…but, that can change…it is going to be cold later in the week with a high of 22 on Friday but then it gets back into the 30’s for a while…but I’ll take two months without snow…and keep my fingers crossed for two more….

Well…with time running out to be able to buy a house before my son moves back to town, I have moved to plan B and cut my requirements down to just a house with a garage and I have discarded the other things I needed like a basement, not in the city, and some acreage…but, that’s not working in this new real estate environment where houses sell too damn fast and it doesn’t give me any time to think…so, I’m not sure what to do…I have 10 days to make a decision on something or I will end up back in an apartment in March…crap…I sure don’t need this stress….

Well…got up at coffee o’clock but just couldn’t get going so it took me an hour to get here…and I didn’t sleep much so this is going to be a rough day…and I wonder why that is after sleeping okay for a few weeks? Oh, well….I did get out to see my grandson yesterday and he is growing like crazy can’t wait til he can see me without a mask…it was nice to see him smiling and laughing…and I know it was good for the car to get it out on the e-way and get it warmed up all the way for a change….didn’t get anything else done but the bike ride yesterday and today looks the same but I should clean some to get ready to move…not sure if I will but I should…and I can get out on the bike as soon as it gets light since it is already about 35 out there and I’m used to freezing my butt off…well…not used to it but I know I can tolerate it…but it still takes the rest of the day to warm up…not much to do today…I need more coffee before I even think about what I’m going to do today so I think that’s what I’ll do…more later…

Well…things sure are back to normal with waking up at 5:24 and then out of bed before 6….and that is a little disappointing…but, I feel okay this morning and not too sore so I guess that’s all I can hope for…and I didn’t take anything for my allergies since I’m running out of medicine and can’t get more for a few more weeks…but that brings my sinus headache back and that is pretty annoying…oh, well…the damn mice are back in the garage and one of them chewed a hole in the bird food bag…that didn’t last long as I got two of them in the traps over the past few days and the trap that is left was empty this morning so maybe I got them all…I really do hate to kill anything but it is annoying to leave a trail of bird food out of the garage when I go out to fill the feeders….didn’t get a lot done yesterday other than look at house listings but I have plans to go out and see my grandson this afternoon and hang out with my son and his wife for a while…he’s growing like crazy and is almost 5 months old and I’ve only seen him once with this damn virus still around…can’t wait for my turn to get vaccinated to help put an end to this crap…I don’t think I’m going to make it to 6K miles on the bike…just can’t bring myself to do any doubles after getting cold on the first one…but I think 5900 miles or so should be enough for the riding to be successful…not much to do today….just going to take it easy until it gets light and then get on the bike and then more work on finding a house….more later….

Well…it appears things are back to normal with getting up a little before 6 and not even trying to go back to sleep…and I tossed and turned all night so thing really are going back to normal…darn….and I feel worn out this morning but I probably should as old as I am…I did get a nice ride in yesterday but I am a little confused about it…it was the same temp as the day before with the same clothes but my hands were not frozen and my toes were just a little numb….weird…and I am getting out today as soon as it gets light since it is already warmer than yesterday out there right now…maybe I’ll do one of the doubles I need to make it to 6K today…but I’m sure not motivated to do that right now but we’ll see as the coffee works and the morning goes on….at least my phone and tablet are working this morning so I don’t have to think too much yet…not much to do today…just looking for houses and riding and I guess that is going to be the plan for the rest of the year…it is looking more and more that I am just going to have to buy something I don’t want just to get out of here and have a base to start looking for something I do want…more later….

Well…two weeks until the end of the year and I hit 5,815 miles today…and that made me think “I wonder if I can make it to 6,000 by the end of the year?” After all, it’s only 185 more miles and that works out to 14.23 miles a day…but that is with no days off for cold, wind, or soreness…there would have to be a few doubles in there to make sure…but I wonder if I need any more goals for the year? It would just add to my stress level of not being able to find a house that I want and only having three months to find one and buy it and move…and I really don’t need that right now…so, I guess we’ll see….