Well…running a little late today with moving grocery day to wed this week so I don’t have to be in the store on t-day…didn’t have much to get but still spent 47 bucks and I am shaking my head about that one..I think my intestinal problem is almost gone as is the pain and that is a relief…should be back to normal in a day or so and that’s not a day too soon…have figured out…or remembered that I stay warmer on the bike if I go like crazy but that leads to big soreness that I may have to treat today before I go out…my sides hurt…along with everything else but that’s okay…it’s tolerable and a good indication that I’m doing it right….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and the only thing I have to do today is clean and get the turkey in the brine this morning and then the normal workout stuff….actually feel pretty good today and I hope it lasts for a while at least…more later…

Well….as you know, it has been my tradition to wear shorts at least until Thanksgiving every year no matter what the weather…this has been going on for almost 30 years now…of course not while I was working, but the rest of the time…but now that I am old and the reasons for doing it have receded into the fog of memory….I think it is time to end the tradition after tomorrow…so, no more shorts when it is too damn cold to do it….but, I will still wear them if it gets to 60 in January…after all, I do like to wear them…and I’ve still got the legs for it…

Well…running a little early today and I need to be…they are shutting off my internet for maintenance this morning so I will be going dark for a while today…got up at 5:30 again today and that is a little annoying…as always…but I guess I’ll live through it…still having problems with my intestines again today but they are not as bad as yesterday…yet…and I hope they continue to improve today and I am right about the peanut butter…went hard on the bike yesterday and that had made me really sore today but it is a good sore and reminds me that I have been slacking a little on the bike and need to pick up the pace….I think I’ll do a full sprint today…I think I ate enough to support that but we’ll see when I get out this morning…have had flat legs for weeks now and I may have to take a couple of days off to help that…didn’t get much done yesterday other than washing the car but I will clean to prep for t day the next couple of days…it is pretty relaxing to be having dinner alone again this year and I can’t wait to see how the turkey comes out…more later…

Well…as you know, I have been fighting some intestinal discomfort the past couple of days and I may have figured it out…about a year or so ago, I developed a sensitivity to peanuts where, whenever I ate them, they tied my intestines into knots with lots of pain…and this bout feels just the same…while I was on the bike today it hit me that in trying to get some more calories in me, I have been eating some peanut butter with toast in the morning and with crackers as snacks in the afternoon….it was one of those DUH moments that I get sometimes…so now the experiment comes where I cut out the PB and see what happens…but, I still need to get more calories in me so I’m not sure how to do that…we’ll see…..

Well…that was a little better…didn’t get up until 6:40 this morning and the extra sleep really did help…my intestines are still in a fit, though, and I’m trying to figure out why that would be….really tried to eat more yesterday but I’m finding it to be harder than it should be…maybe I’ll start the day with some toast and peanut butter and then try for a big lunch…need to do something…had an okay day yesterday but it was pretty boring with no soccer but that re starts this weekend and that should help…didn’t get much done and didn’t have to and have decided to wait until after I do the big meal Thurs to clean the kitchen…I do need to get the fridge ready for that one so that may be the project for the day…hey, I just realized my neck doesn’t hurt this morning…weird….it looks like a normal day today but no pool with Tom having to work so I will have another day of just hanging around here…more later…

Well…haven’t been feeling too well the past couple of days…especially last night when my intestines were screaming at me all night and I had to take a bunch of stuff to try to alleviate it…it’s better today but there is still something going on…doesn’t feel normal and I think I need to eat more today….but, that’s not what this is about…I refuse to write anything about the stupidest person on the planet today so I thought I’d lighten it up a little and get my weird credentials back….I think I’m shrinking…have worn 32 inch inseam jeans since I stopped growing in my teens but, with the last pair I bought last year, they are just too damn long and I am walking on the bottom of the legs…so, I went out to Target this week and bought a pair of 30 inch inseam ones of the cheap Wranglers that fit me so well since they don’t make them in 31’s which would be perfect….after I tried them on, they were okay but it seemed a little short so I got my problem solving hat out and it hit me that I could stretch them just a little which would make them 31’s…so, yesterday after I washed them, I hung them on my shower rod wet using pants hangers and then used another one to hang my bucket with 5 pounds of potatoes in it…it’s so damn funny that it worked great and now I have jeans that fit perfectly for only 20 bucks…and a little thinking…I told you this was going to get my weird credentials back…

Well…running a little late even with getting up at 5 and I blame the newspaper…felt like crap last night and I’m not sure what that is about…my intestines were and still are giving me fits and the only reason could be not eating enough…or a bug maybe? I think I have been overestimating the calories in chicken lately…you know, you would think I’d have that figured out by now…and that goes for veggies, too…all I know is I need to eat much more today since I’ll be getting out on the bike as soon as it’s light….slept crappy again last night…oh, I wasn’t going to bitch about that anymore…so I won’t….was so sore yesterday I had to take some ibuprofen last night and that seems to have helped some with my neck…I can move it this morning without much pain and that is a plus…and it helped with my legs, too so I may try that again before I get on the bike…my legs have been dead for almost a week now so I think I’ll have some toast before I go out and see if that helps…not much to do today…didn’t clean much yesterday and I think I’ll wait on the kitchen until after t-day…so that means the bathroom needs to be done so I don’t feel guilty about not doing anything again today….more later….

Well…back to an almost normal schedule this morning with getting up at 6 or so…for the second time…the first time was 3:54 and that gives me 5 hours of sleep and I guess that is about par for the course lately…I am sore everywhere again this morning and I think it’s from riding in the ice yesterday that took a lot of effort…and it took all day to get warm and dry from it…but, it looks like it is dry out there this morning so all I have to do is wait for the sun to come up and I can get going today…didn’t get much done yesterday but I do need to clean today and get the kitchen ready for t day….did a bunch of cooking yesterday so I won’t have to do any today or tomorrow…need to manage my leftovers so I can clean the fridge before Thurs, too….not much to do today…need to watch some football but there is no soccer so the morning will be a little boring until I can get on the bike….more later…

Well…another day of getting up at 5 and and another day of being a little depressed with it snowing 3 inches again last night…just not ready for it to be winter already…slept okay but I know I have a little cold and I am feeling it this morning…so I will be taking it easy for the day and just cooking and doing the bike ride…the modifications to the hat worked like a champ and kept my ears covered through the ride so that is solved and it is making me smile a little…I did get the run to Mt. P in yesterday and the car stayed cozy and dry even though the snow started about 5 miles after I left to come home and it was pretty messy…had ice about an inch thick on the front of the car when I got back and just had to post that to one of the Miata sites I belong to…didn’t eat enough yesterday with all the traveling but I will fix that today with chicken for both lunch and dinner…I think I have enough to get me through til next thurs…will be eating out of the freezer until then to make room for the leftover turkey after I get tired of it…I do have a couple of errands to run this morning to get some stamps and some more of the generic flonase that works for my allergies…along with my Mega tickets so I can dream a little tonight…more later…

Well…running early again today so I thought I’d come here before I go out to do the grocery run…slept okay last night but feel a little slow this morning and it may be I have a cold…sure feel like it…coughing again and my head is plugged up so we’ll see how it goes as the day goes on…got a few things done yesterday and I need to make a run up to Mt. P this morning so that will be all I do today…other than ride the bike when I get back…I did get my hat fixed so it will keep my ears covered and I am curious to see how it hold up to riding…looks pretty geeky but if it works, who cares? Getting all the stuff I need for t-day today so the turkey can thaw in the fridge until it goes in the brine next wed….going to do the normal methods for the turkey since I have refined it over the years and makes for a juicy bird….and I am looking forward to it…need to make sure there are no leftovers in the fridge by wed, too, since it will be all turkey, all the time for a few days after thurs…more later….