Well…didn’t come back for a second one yesterday, as you can see, and it was just because I was giving my brain a rest day…with everything going on, I just needed to not think about anything…slept okay last night and even had a short term dream that I really don’t remember…my heel is finally not hurting anymore and I think that will help my back as I get back to walking normally…..I am closing in on ordering the new bike this week and the weather looks like I may even be able to get out on the old one before that…going to be 50 today and 60 tomorrow with lots of rain so that may clean the trails enough to get out…and, I really do need that….not much to do today…not going to even attempt to clean but I may start taking the old bike apart to make room for the new one….more later….

Well…running a little late today and I almost forgot to come here and do this one…but, there was a nagging that something needed to be done and I finally remembered…slept okay last night but still feel a little slow today and I know why…wasn’t good last night and I don’t feel one bit guilty about it….I am getting bored with the Olympics and I’m not sure why….and, I did see an article this morning that said the same thing so maybe there is something to it…didn’t get much done yesterday but I did do the bathroom and today I should do the kitchen and I just might…but, maybe not….my back is hurting again and that’s a little irritating…okay, need to have more coffee and read some news….more later….

Well…running a little late today with getting up a little late…don’t consider it sleeping in unless the time that I get up surprises me on how late it is….and, it was only 7:16 so that doesn’t qualify…feel a little slow today but it is a good slow that means I had a nice night last night…and the coffee hasn’t started to work yet so I guess I’ll just sit here and wait for it….it was a nice day yesterday but I didn’t get a lot done…I did get out to run an errand but that was about it for the day…I am going to clean today before Man U comes on at 12:30 but I am not really enthused about that…might just wait until tomorrow…or maybe not, who knows? My back is back to hurting again and I was hoping that it would relax overnight but no luck….it’s not too bad so I guess I can live with it….not much to do today….just going to ease into the day by watching some FA cup soccer and some Olympics…more later….

Well…not sure if I mentioned that I’ve been trying to repair my credit after paying cash for everything for the past 15 years…the goal being that I want to buy a house later in the year….and I think it may be working since I got my first unsolicited credit card in the mail today. I find it kind of funny that all it took to have banks want to give me a card was three months of paying off my card completely and on time….and that’s pretty cool…I think….oh, and they just upped my internet speed to 25meg for free…and that is cool….

Well…running late this morning since I didn’t get up til 7:20….I guess the bitch about not sleeping in was a little premature….I did sleep okay last night but feel pretty slow this morning…don’t really want to get going right now and the coffee is not helping…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t do much…I was going to clean the bathroom but just didn’t get to it…I am going to try to do it today but I’m not sure I will….I did have a funny thought yesterday that I forgot to talk about…on the days that I have a new pot of coffee going, I have a smell based alarm clock that wakes me up….when the coffee maker starts, it always gets me up when I smell it at 6:30…okay, you know I’m weird…not much to do today…need to run an errand this morning but that is about it….I do have to cook today since there are no leftovers…think I’ll make some chicken since I am so tired of pork….more later…

Well…running a little late today with the grocery run and having a real paper to read….slept okay last night and feel pretty good today and I hope that continues for the rest of the day….have been fortunate with the bugs this winter with just low level stuff but the flu is all around me and I sure don’t want to get it at this late date….I did get out and get my hair cut yesterday and even got a top down run in so that takes care of Feb….didn’t get much else done, though, and I need to change that today….I will need to cook with no leftovers in the fridge and I may even have the pizza that I have had in the freezer for a couple of weeks….not much to do today….I am going to do the bathroom and maybe even start tearing the old bike apart since I am going to order the new one next week and need to make room for it….more later…..

Well…as I sit here watching the Olympics, it finally hit me that I really don’t like the idea that I was forced to retire when I still wanted to work. The idea that I have nothing to add to any company galls me to no end, especially when on an almost daily basis, you see companies being quoted that they just can’t find qualified people anymore…well, I got news for you idiots, there are plenty of us out here that are qualified but YOU are the ones who are artificially restricting your pool of potential workers just because of the stereotypes that you have in your heads that all of us older workers are going to cost you more than newbies straight out of college…and that may be true since we do expect to be fairly compensated for our contributions, but there is one thing we don’t need, and that is to have our hands held and our egos massaged to keep us productive…we are well past that nonsense and just want an opportunity to contribute…I wonder if any hiring manager gives a crap about that…nope, that would make them have to think instead of just running resumes through the computers and rejecting every experienced worker….so, don’t cry me a river if you can’t find “qualified” people to fill your needs..you did it to yourselves….

Well…running kind of on time today since it is before 7 am…that is getting to be kind of normal lately and I wonder why I can never sleep in….not sure what is going on with the cold but I am not feeling it today other than I feel a little warm….I’m hoping it’s the end of it today since I am not coughing right now and I have some energy….my heel finally feels like it is healing and it doesn’t hurt too much today…can even put weight on it without to much discomfort….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I am going to finally resign myself to being an Olympics slug for the next week and I am not going to feel guilty about it…one thing that is happening is my tv shows that go to the server are starting to pile up and it is going to take a concerted binge to get caught up…especially since many of them are coming back next week with new episodes…not much to do today…going to get my hair cut first thing and then I need to figure out what to cook today….more later….

Well….forgot to set the coffee up last night so that puts me late today and a little out of sorts…and I woke up feeling like I have that damn bug again…have been coughing again this morning and I feel warm again…darn…I did get out to have one with K last night and it was good to see her….then I was good when I got back here so I should feel better today…didn’t sleep for crap last night and that might be part of it….didn’t shoot pool yesterday so I didn’t win or lose….didn’t get much done yesterday even with being here all day and today looks the same….nothing really gets messed up when you live alone so that’s a good thing…really don’t have much to clean but the bathroom could use a going over….I do need to run an errand this morning but that is about it for the day….more later….

Well….have been sitting here trying to figure out a topic for the day with no luck…I know I could go on about the idiot trump or his embrace of wife abusers but I don’t want to pollute myself with that today….so, I won’t. Have been watching the Olympics quite a bit since Thursday and this just popped into my head….why do they start the women’s luge lower down the track than the men? What’s the difference between women and men? Do they think that women don’t have the ability to go as fast as men? It just seems like such an anachronism  to treat them differently…they don’t start the women in the NHRA 100 feet down the track so why in luge? Or, I guess golf, too, since they have women’s tees that make the holes shorter…hmmmm. I think I may be getting over the cold that I had the past couple of weeks and that is a good feeling…and I am glad it wasn’t the flu….haven’t coughed at all today so far and that is a good thing….hoping to dodge that bullet for the entire winter…and it’s only two more weeks til March and only one more week until I order the new bike…so there are things to look forward to…more later…maybe…