Well…just got to Baltimore and I’m at my daughter’s house…the flight was okay and I am getting excited to go to NYC tomorrow…we’re going to try to find the rock in Central Park that they used in “Doctor Who” and take a picture there so I can post that one on Facebook….looks like my daughter has a pretty cool trip planned and I can’t wait to see the sights and smell the smells of NYC….going out to dinner in a few but wanted to update here before we do that….going to be a pretty cool weekend….

Well…at the airport now and a bit early but since I haven’t flown in 6 years, I wanted to get here a little early to find the cheap parking lot…and it was pretty cool that the shuttle picked me up right at my car and they will deliver me back to it when I get back here Sunday….not much of a pain to get through security…only took about 10 mins so I have about a half hour until I board to head to Midway for the connection to Baltimore….I may post a few travel photos to facebook when I get to Midway but I’m not sure if it’s interesting enough….more later…

Well…running early today with getting up early to get ready to head to the airport…kind of excited to have some time doing something different and to see a couple of my kids over the weekend…and I am feeling better this morning with much less coughing overnight and I even slept okay so that’s good way to start the day…even took my blood pressure with the new toy when I got up and it was better with the result of 125/80 and a pulse rate of 61…much better than the 150 they got in the doctors office….maybe the no antihistamines  or cocktails is really helping…I’ll be curious to see what it is when I get back Sunday…didn’t get much done yesterday but packing and the grocery run and today will be taken up with traveling so I won’t get anything else done…I am pretty happy that the reaction to the flu shot is almost over and I can have a nice weekend….will try to update here as normal but I may not be able to do the two a day….more later…

Well….running a little late today with my site being down for a while …my son just fixed it so now I need to get this done before I get out on the bike and go to the bank again to get the cash for tomorrow…and, I forgot the fish I wanted at Meijer’s so I may have to go back there with being gone until Sunday….we’ll see…I am feeling a little better today and even slept some last night so I hope the improvement continues today…my head is not so plugged but I have decided to take medicine with me and use it if necessary and then go back to nothing on Sunday when I get home…I do need to check in for my flight online this morning to see where and when I can board the plane…I did start getting packed yesterday and will finish that up this afternoon…I really don’t have a lot more to do..it is easy to pack for 4 days if you just have shorts and shirts to pack…I do need to prep this place a little by putting the trash out and I do need to remember to shut the router and everything else off but that’s about it….more later…

Well….have been doing my best to avoid the shows on tv today that are about what happened the day of 9/11 since it has a personal trauma for me that isn’t really related to the actual events but is a reminder of a really bad time in my life. That same day, my mother in law was in the hospital for her declining health and the prognosis was not good…and it wasn’t the first time she had been in but this time was different when the doctors told us that the end was near…she died later that evening as the incessant videos were playing on the small tv in the corner of the room….the day had started with me in the cafeteria at work when the WTC took the initial hit and no one knew what was going on….and the entire day was just moving from shock to shock but I didn’t know of the bigger shock that was coming that night or the gut punch that was coming in a week…that I was going to be fired from my job of 28 years in a bout of downsizing that was decimating the company….I think it’s why I try not to think of that day too much…I am where I am today because of that day….and I’m not sure that is a good thing….

Well….running on time this morning and I am a little worn out from being up and down all night…got to bed at 11 and then up at two and back to bed at 3:30 and then up at 6 for good so there may be a nap in my future…had a good day yesterday with feeling good enough to go out and shoot pool…which I won for a change…and Tom gave me a huge steak for my last red meat and I had that for dinner last night…still feel full from that but it is chicken and fish from now on out…still don’t feel a hundred percent with the flu symptoms still here but I do feel a little better and I hope that continues until I get on the plane Thursday….need to check in online tomorrow morning to get my seat on the plane so I’ll have to remember that…need to do laundry and hit he bank this morning after I ride…but it is cold out there right now and I am already feeling cold right now so I don’t want to push it too much….more later….

Well…still feeling like crap this morning but at least I can breathe some and that is something…but I have no energy at all and I hope that will be fixed when I get on the bike later….not sure if I’ll ever get another flu shot since this is the reaction every time I get one…it’s like half flu and I sure hope that it’s gone by Thursday….slept okay last night but still feel like I have to ease into the day and let the coffee work before I get moving….I did feel okay for about an hour yesterday and I am waiting for that hour or more today… I do need to start getting ready for the trip but I think I’ll do that tomorrow and Wed….didn’t get much done yesterday and today will be the same with pool this aft and needing to conserve energy…need to go to the bank tomorrow and deposit the check before I travel….more later….

Well….sitting here watching a little soccer and it just hit me that I may be feeling a little better… not coughing as much but that is being replaced by sneezing for some reason….but, I am not taking any antihistamines any more so I guess I’ll just have to live with it…I may have some decongestants that don’t affect BP but I’ll have to look and see….I may feel okay by Thursday and for the big plans that my daughter has for Friday in NYC…I probably even could have taken a ride today but I don’t want to push it with the trip coming up….today is my last cocktail day, too, and I am looking forward to that…and to spending the extra 25 bucks a week I’ll save on some good seafood, veggies, and fruit….

Well…running about on time for a Sunday and I remembered to come here for a change so I guess that is something…still feel pretty crappy today but the sore throat is gone so that is an improvement…still coughing and feel hot so I think the bike ride is off for the day…it is only 50 outside and spitting rain and that wouldn’t be good for how I’m feeling so I think I’ll skip…at least the crap in my lungs is breaking up some…just talked to my daughter and she has the same reaction to flu shots so she is not getting one this year…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today will just be laundry to get ready for travelling Thursday and watching some races….need to plan some meals for the next few days, too but not right now…just want some more coffee and to read some news while I take it easy…more later….

Well… what a day…have had a sore throat that started last night and have been coughing all day and I really can’t have that happen with traveling on Thursday and going to NYC Friday of next week….so how the heck did this happen…not sure if it’s a coincidence that I got my flu shot Tuesday but this happened the last time I got a flu shot, too and it’s hard to say with such a small sample size…I know I’m coughing up crap out of my lungs and am feeling hot so there is something to it…damn…I did get through the bike ride this morning with no trouble other than it was pretty cool and it took me hours to get warmed up again…and now I’m sweating like crazy…again…crap….oh, well…I am not cancelling the trip…I’ll just shift down to low and just try to survive it….who knows? I may feel better by Thursday….