Well…it’s a typical Sunday so I’m running a little late after reading the paper before coming here…slept okay last night and my shoulder is better with barely any pain, just a little stiffness and that is a welcome change…but, it took three weeks to get here from the crash and that seems to be a long time…it looks like the workouts on the weight machine will start again tomorrow and I am kind of looking forward to it….feel like I’ve lost half my muscle mass and need to get that fixed…I did get a nice ride in yesterday but my toes got pretty cold and I may need to splurge on some wind proof socks to help that with the cold weather that is coming next weekend…highs only in the teens but I won’t be going out when it’s that cold…just no reason for it….didn’t get  a lot done yesterday but didn’t have to and today looks the same with no cleaning necessary again after the big clean last week…so, how bored will I be? Soccer doesn’t start for another 2 hours and Man U doesn’t play til 11:30 so it will be a chore to fill that time….maybe I will clean a little….more later….

Well…didn’t get up til after 6 this morning and, for the first time in 3 weeks, I was able to sleep almost pain free and do my normal flipping and flopping from right to left side all night…and my shoulder is almost pain free right now so I may try to do the bike ride without ibuprofen today….I have been waiting for this since the crash and I was wondering if it would ever happen…had an okay day yesterday and got a bike ride in but it was pretty cold going out at 27 degrees…I think that is the bottom edge of temp for me…made the ride uncomfortable but it is already over that right now so I can go out as soon as it gets light…the trails were dry and should be today, too, and it makes it more fun when I can zone out a little and not pay so much attention…didn’t get much done yesterday but didn’t have to with getting the place cleaned Thursday but I will have to cook today…have to look for a new recipe for chicken thighs since I am getting bored with the normal baked with potatoes and veggies…but that is pretty easy so I may just say the heck with it and go with what I know…more later…

Well….finally got a bike ride in this week and it was cold but it felt good…but, it didn’t help fix my problem that politics is killing me and turning my brain to mush so I think I’ll take today off from writing about the idiot boy and his cronies and just noodle around a bit to see what happens. Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the release of Led Zeppelin’s first album…and yes, I said album, and that is hard to imagine since it still sounds fresh and I listen to songs off it every day….it’s depth and longevity is still inspiring people today and even millennial rockers are trying to copy the sound…and getting good press for doing it but there will never be any more than a pale imitation of Zep. It was Donald Fagen’s birthday yesterday and if you’ve been here at all, you know how much his music means to me so I won’t go on about that again…just let me say happy birthday, Donald. Okay, that’s enough for now…I promise to come back to politics tomorrow…or try to anyway…

Well…running about on time this morning but don’t feel that hot…now I have pain in both shoulders for some reason so there was no way to get any relief sleeping last night…and now the neck pain is back so I did take some ibuprofen already and I am now waiting for it to work…I did get the chance to get out and have a couple with K and C yesterday afternoon and that was fun to get out of here for a while…and I did get this place cleaned up, too, so there is really nothing for me to do today but wait for the temp to come up and get out on the bike to see what the trails look like…have been off for three days now and that makes me a little grumpy and I just feel a little slow…going to wait until Monday to try the weights again since I think the pain in my shoulder is not muscle pain and it needs some more healing time…not much to do today…and that is true…so I am going to just have some more coffee and let the day start on it’s own….more later…

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….

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….

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….

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…

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….

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…