Well…it was a long day yesterday and a little disappointing with the car still losing coolant and I’m at a loss to understand that..but, Obama won and we held the senate so it was not too bad of a day…way too many cocktails, though, and I feel like crap so this one is going to be short…really, going to end it right now since I have a pork shoulder to get in the oven for later today…and I do need to get back on the bike…more later…

Well…I just couldn’t wait to vote so I went over and got it done…only 30 mins from door to door and I feel pretty good about that…such friendly, nice people…and I still have smile on my face….it always feels good to vote, even though Michigan is going for Obama and there wasn’t the sense of urgency there was last time…now comes the waiting…I’m glad I have the workout to do and a bike ride, too, to burn off some of this energy I feel right now…or, maybe it’s the coffee and no cocktails last night? tonight is going to be different…I have cocktails and snacks to watch the returns and I hope it gets called early so I can text everyone…well…T anyway…more later…

Well…the day is finally here and I am waiting for the polls to thin out a little bit before I go over to vote…I am excited about the whole process and I really do hope one of the idiot poll watchers confronts me…I slept for crap last night with no cocktails and I forgot the melatonin so I was up and down all night and I had dreams that involved the Miata and some good looking woman that didn’t care about my unusual lifestyle…if only real life was like that…going to keep this one short since I do need to get the pork shoulder in the oven…I will be back for lots more later…yay election…

Well…it was another day yesterday and I didn’t do too much…I did get out on the bike but that was probably a mistake since I coughed so much when I got back that my chest muscles hurt today…and back muscles, too…so I may skip today..not sure yet, I do have to put a set pf plugs in the car today since it misses a little when it idles and it is one of the things I need to do before winter…I may not change out the gear lube though, since it was 25 when I went out for the papers today and it shifted okay…I still have that bug that I had but I am out of the medicine that helped yesterday so I may have to go out and get more…it was a good thing to find out that it was a bug yesterday and not exposure to antifreeze or other chemicals around here…I am getting excited about the election and am going to plan some food and cocktails for tomorrow night while I watch the returns…it looks good for our side so it could be a good night…I will be doing an election one for later today…I need to get some thoughts down about this long slog…

Well…still feel quite crappy today and I know it is a bug with the temp and coughing…so, today will be an easy day to try to get over it…does not help that I’m not sleeping again either…just realized that I wasn’t up at 5 as I thought…or, I was but it is actually 6 so that is about when I normally get up…but I was up til one so that makes it 4 hours or so…oh, well…I may have the car fixed since I took it out for a run on the e-way yesterday and it is still full after some miles…still have my fingers crossed, though, since I just guessed it was the radiator….I am sore everywhere from the work on the car, too, so I’ll have to take it easy on the bike today…if it gets warm enough to go out…I am getting so tired of chicken for dinner that I may have to go out for some fast food today…nah…maybe some pasta instead…I will be back for another one later..but right now it is time to get some water and hit the couch to watch the rest of the F1 race…

Well…up really early again and I feel like crap again…think I may have a bug, again, since I am coughing like crazy and my head is plugged up…glad I got the radiator in yesterday but that may have made the bug worse..and using a bunch of new muscles to work on the car has added to the normal pain…bruises up a down my arms from forcing them into shapes that they are not supposed to make is not fun either…let’s top that off with not sleeping well…but there was good news yesterday with K having her baby and she looks just like her…with red hair and all…okay…I’m about done for now…going to take it easy today and watch football..but first, Man U is playing at 8:30 so I need to get out to Meijers before then…

Well…yeah, I know, I didn’t come back for another one yesterday so that means three for today and I will try to do that…but the sense of urgency is not there the first of the month…I did have a day yesterday with going out later in the day to shoot pool..I did have the top down out and back but it was cold coming home so that will be one of the last times I’ll do that…I am trying to have the top down at least once in every month of the year so November is covered…but, right now, I am having coffee and reading the papers so I’m going back to it…I promise I’ll be back later for more…

Well…it was a kind of nice day yesterday with having lunch with T but, with the rain, it was the second day off the bike and I am starting to miss it…I’ve been good for 4 days now and I am starting to feel okay…even slept okay last night but still up at 5:30 and with no dreams I think I was bored sleeping if that is possible….well…that’s how it feels anyway, like an extension of being bored during the day…I do need to go out and track where my radiator is to see if I need to hang out around here today and wait for it…and I will come back for another today..but, right now I think I’ll veg for a bit…

Well…it’s been an early morning with getting up around 5 and the crappy sleep again is starting to wear a little but I knew this was going to be a consequence of taking it easy on myself….and even with the little sleep, I still feel better than I did….so, I’ll keep it up for the rest of the week and see where it goes…have been laying low waiting for the new radiator to come and it is funny that I was feeling trapped with being broke last week but I haven’t spent any money this week even with having some…I do need to try to get out of here and do some new stuff and meet some new people…it is getting a little boring being by myself all the time…I may have lunch with T today so that will be fun if it happens…and then I do need to continue the cleaning and writing…I have met the goal for the month with this one but I want to do a couple more today…

Well…another no cocktail night and I feel okay this morning…I think skipping the week is going to be good and I even slept okay…only about 5 hours but I guess I’ll take what I can get….I am at this one early today so that is one good thing…I did get the radiator ordered for the car and I really do hope that is where the coolant is going…but, getting it diagnosed would have cost me the same as the new radiator and the old one is pretty gunked up so it will be a benefit no matter what…it should be here Friday so I may even have it fixed by the weekend…the big storm Sandy has arrived here with lots of wind and rain so it looks like no bike ride today…still worried about my son who lives in NYC…talked to him yesterday in the aft and the wind had already gotten to about 40 with gusts of 60…waiting for an update that I hope comes today…not much to do today…it looks like a hibernation day after I go out and get the papers…so, that means I will come back least for at least one more…