Well….running really late today with both my phone and my tablet dead this morning and screwing around with them to try to get them to work…what are the chances that both of them would be dead when I got up? It appears that I have both of them working again but I wonder why the tablet didn’t just restart itself after the updates to the software overnight? Hmmmm….oh, well…slept okay last night but feel a little crappy after having a couple of cocktails….and I was good all week to give my liver a rest…my right shoulder and neck really hurt after sleeping wrong on them and I may have to take something for that this morning…just feel a little off today and I wonder if I have another cold….or if it’s just more allergies that are annoying the hell out of me….I did get a bunch of cleaning done yesterday so I don’t have much to do today but cook and I am going to try out a new recipe for chicken for lunch….I do like the rice I made the other day so I may make some more of that to go with it….need to get away from ham and all the salt that comes with it….I did get a bike ride in yesterday and this time my feet froze instead of my hands…my toes were numb all afternoon from it and I may have to buy some wind proof socks to help…but they are 25 bucks and I’m not sure if I can justify that much money even though I hit a milestone in my checking account Weds….more later….

Well…up at 5:55 this morning but, with being good three nights in a row, I feel okay even with tossing and turning all night….and after shutting down the downstairs project, my allergies are better and I’m not coughing at all…we’ll see how long that will last…had a few new dreams last night, too, but I don’t really remember them at all…I just know I had them….and tonight will be 4 days in a row of being good…I am looking forward to tomorrow night when I can have a couple and get started on the new season of the Expanse that showed up yesterday…I did get my colon cancer test prepped this morning but I’m not sure if I want to know the results…but, they are sending me a 25 buck check just for doing it so I guess that’s some incentive and it’s better than doing another colonoscopy…will probably have to do another one next year but maybe that can wait after this test….I did get a bike ride in yesterday and froze my feet to the point that they hurt like crazy when I warmed them up in the shower and I can’t figure that out…it was warmer than the last time I went out and it was worse than that…strange…I do need to clean up this place some today since my brother is coming over to pick up some equipment this afternoon…and I’m running out of time to find a house and need to get that done in the next 3 weeks or I won’t be able to close and get moved on time…I guess I’d better start working on plan B and look for apartments, too…don’t want to do that…not much to do today…just clean and look for houses after I run out to the post office this morning…and try to get a bike ride in before 3….more later…

Well…running about on time this morning and I was good last night for the first time in  quite a while so I feel pretty good this morning as compared to how I have been feeling…I even slept okay last night but woke up a lot all night and had dreams about voting and losing a hat that were pretty weird…took the day off the bike yesterday since I just couldn’t take being that cold again but I will be out at some time today to get to 5800 miles and I still do like riding even after so many miles….I basically took the day off yesterday other than a little cleaning and all I have to do today is the grocery run and I don’t have much on my list for today….want to get the freezer emptied out and I have enough in there to last me a couple of weeks….I am tired of ham so the chicken I’m getting today will be a welcome change…and a little roasted cauliflower with it will be good…and I made some brown rice yesterday to go with some veggie egg rolls and that was good so I’ll have some of that, too…not much to do today….I do need to find a house int he next two weeks but it appears the listing have slowed down some…I did laugh the other day when and unused high school in Nashville came up…24,000 square feet for only 99K…all brick building but you’d have to be an expert in boilers to heat it but it would be cool to have a full size gym for my own person use….more later….

Well…not sure if I’m running late or not today with forcing myself to stay in bed after I got up at 5…I do know I fell pretty crappy today and part of it is cleaning up downstairs with all of the dust…my head is plugged up and I’m coughing again and that makes for a miserable morning….good thing I don’t have a lot to do today and it’s too cold to get out on the bike…and probably will be all day so I may just take a day off…I did get a package from my daughter yesterday and the socks and hat she knitted for me are pretty cool and fit great…have the socks on right now and it is nice to have a little color to wear instead of the all black that I normally wear…I just thawed some half and half that I froze a week or so ago so it would keep and it looks weird in my coffee so I may just toss it…might try to shake it up to get the milk fats to reincorporate better but it tastes okay so I think I can live with it…had to buy a pint of it since they were out of the small containers but I wonder if I can just use milk instead? Probably, but it isn’t as smooth and I think I can splurge a little on the calories….not sure what I’m going to cook today since I am out of leftovers…might do some pasta for a change of pace or look in the downstairs freezer to see what’s there…there is finally some room down there but I don’t want to fill it again until everything is gone…not much to do today….going to just take it slow and ease into the day with more coffee and news and not think for a while….more later….

Well….I guess I’m not used to the cold yet…went out for a ride at 28 degrees this morning and I am still frozen from it…and I even added some poly long johns under my wind pants since I thought that would happen….it did help my feet a little but I still need to figure out how to keep them warmer…it was just damn unpleasant but the good thing was that I had the trail to myself with not seeing one other person in the entire 15 miles….and the problem with the garage opener light is not the bulbs since they didn’t light after I replaced them…but it’s too damn cold to take the cover off and see if I can fix it so I am going to wait until it gets a little warmer later in the week to work on that….I sure hope I warm up some soon….this is really pretty annoying….

Well…made it all he way til 6:20 this morning but I still feel pretty crappy right now….and I had weird dreams about fixing outboard motors and getting laid off…but even in the dream I remembered that I’m retired so it wasn’t as stressful as it should have been…and in the dream I was still young…ish…and I think what I looked like was still how I see myself, not how I really look on the outside…it was sure a relief feeling better yesterday but I am still concerned that feeling lousy and exhausted is going to come back as the damn coughing has….I did get a nice bike ride in yesterday but it is going to be cold today with a high of 31 and I’m not sure I want to get that cold anymore…we’ll see if it’s going to be sunny or not and that will probably decide it for me…I do have an errand to run this morning to return the faucet I bought and the lights in the garage door opener have burned out so I need to stop at the dollar store and get some leds that should hold up to the vibration better….and I should have a couple of spare bulbs around here as the incandescents go out…and I need a spare pair of sunglasses for riding the bike, too….other than that, it is going to be an easy day…didn’t get to the cleaning yesterday so that should be on the agenda for today, too….but, who knows? Just haven’t had any motivation lately and don’t have any right now either…jsut need more coffee…more later…

Well….after spending the day yesterday…really the past few days feeling like crap…I think I’m starting to feel better…at least I got past noon without being exhausted so that is a marked improvement over yesterday…and I got a good bike ride in even though it was only 33 when I went out but with no wind, I can deal with that…my toes were cold when I got back here but the hot shower fixed that pretty quickly….now I just hope that the exhaustion doesn’t come back as the day goes on….I wonder if I ate enough Friday or yesterday? Still haven’t gotten the proper adjustment for only riding once a day yet I think….so, we’ll see…

Well….that was a little more normal with getting up at 5 or so but being able to get back to sleep until 6….and I think I feel better this morning and I’m not sure why that would be…of course, I’ve only been up for an hour or so and my energy can leave at any time so I think I’ll enjoy it while it lasts….at least I’m not coughing as much today and I think I’ll enjoy that, too….didn’t get out on the bike with all of the rain yesterday but I am going to try to get out today but that won’t be til later since it is too damn cold right now…but no wind so I’ll take that when the F1 race is over and I suit up to go…I did get a few things done yesterday but just small things and I do need to clean more…with how much I talk about cleaning, you would think this place is slathered in dirt but that’s not it…it is a very dusty house and I haven’t done any dusting in a month and that annoys me…along with the little things like junk mail and newspapers that seem to accumulate little by little until there is a pile there that needs to be dealt with…and the kitchen sink needs to be scrubbed along with the dish rack so I do have things to do…if I feel like it and that is not at all certain right now….not much to do today…just more coffee and some soccer until F1 comes on and then just wing it the rest of the day….more later…

Well…you know, I’m tired of feeling crappy..it’s been days now but I really don’t have any symptoms other than I’m exhausted…okay, it does feel like a cold but again, how the hell do I get a cold when I wear my mask out and my hands are drunk all the time from soaking them in so much alcohol? I’ve had another day today where my stomach felt lousy, too, along with some coughing and wheezing….oh, well…I guess I’ll stop bitching now…it’s time to watch some tv and have a cocktail or seven….oh, and I figured out how to make Pluto work on my roku again…and that was by accident…so it was a Doctor Who marathon this afternoon….

Well….that was weird…slept all the way through til 6:35….and it’s raining outside! It’s raining outside! Does it sound like I’m happy it’s raining? Yep, that makes it so much easier to take the day off the bike that I need and it opens up the day to be a relaxing “choose your own adventure” day…and I finally got the leak under the sink in the bathroom fixed yesterday so I don’t really have anything to do today other than cleaning…and I got started on that yesterday so I don’t even have a lot of that to do today….I did have a pretty good day yesterday even though I didn’t feel too hot most of the day after doing some work cleaning up downstairs….but, I feel better this morning and can breathe again so I hope there is improvement coming…but, I am coughing like crazy again and that is still damn annoying….coffee, coffee, coffee….I sure hope it starts to work soon…not much to do today…F1 qualifying is on in a few for the last race of the year and then Man U plays in the Manchester Derby against City later this morning so I think I’m going to veg it out and just take it easy…I have two big bags of veggie egg rolls in the freezer downstairs that I think I’m going to try today and with the leftover ham, I don’t have to cook at all today, either….lazy day…more later….