Well…it was an okay day yesterday…well…not really…with the bike crapping out twice on the trail and having to cripple it back here with it stuck in a low gear, it could have been better…and that doesn’t include the two hours of working on it to try to fix it…had cleaned the shifter the other day but I still ended up with grease everywhere and my nails are still black even with brushing them…it appears that it is fixed…at least from the adjustment rides through the lot here…will have to wait for it to warm up to know for sure….slept okay last night and had some dreams that were re runs and you’ve heard about them already so I won’t bore you with more of the same…the Lions looked like themselves yesterday and really stunk up the place so I’m not sure if I’ll watch the playoff game next week….just too disappointing….not much to do today…I do have some errands to run but that is about it…it is a little frustrating to have gas down to $1.91 and not needing any but that means I’m not spending any money and that is a good thing….more later…

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I finally got the bathroom done…not sure why it took so long to get to it since it only takes about a half hour to take care of it….even got some laundry done, too, so it was a little more productive than a normal Saturday.  Slept okay again but still no dreams but that appears to be the new normal so I won’t complain too much….even feel okay this morning which is a nice surprise and I will get on the bike in a little while but the Man U match is on right now so that’s more important…the bike still won’t shift consistantly into 8th so I do need to look at that before I go out…it’s still a little too cold to go out anyway…not much to do today……going to think about doing the kitchen and then watch the Lions play…notice I didn’t say lose….hope they don’t….more later….

Well…if you’ve read this thing before, you know that there are times that my attention wanders around like a dog…heading one place then the next, sometimes settling on things that are interesting…at least to me anyway….and that happened this morning heading out on the bike ride. By the time I had gotten to the outer drive to the complex here, I had already seen 15 squirrels and thought to myself that it was kind of unusual so I decided to count them for the entire 13 miles today…just like I do with caterpillars, snakes, bunnies, and other things I have seen…and, that leads us to the title…on the ride today I counted 322 squirrels and some of them were even of the suicide variety…running out in front of me like they were trying to get run over…not sure if this is interesting…it is strange, though….

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and I won at pool so that was cool….slept okay last night but no dreams again and I am a little irritated about that….feel a little run down today so far but I need to do a short grocery run in a few minutes so I’ll have to gather it up and get going….tooth hurts a little this morning, too, just as I expected it to and that is a little disappointing but it still much better than it has been…..not much to do today…going to do the grocery run and get the bike ride in then maybe do the bathroom….and come back here for another one…more later…

Well…I do have to stay current here….or not fall further behind anyway so I thought I’d come back for just some more easy stuff…don’t really have anything earth shattering to say but it has been a nice day. Had the top down on the car both out and back to pool today and that is just how the Miata should be driven….but, I do kind of wish it was next thurs so I could get my January top down ride in…oh, well….and with my tooth not hurting for two days now, I seem to have much more energy and that is a good thing….but it can flare up at any time and that is always in the back of my head and I can’t shake it…need to stop anticipating the pain and just live in the moment and appreciate that it doesn’t hurt….okay…I know I’m not doing my job and I promise I’ll find a worthwhile topic tomorrow….

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and so relaxing…didn’t do anything but what I wanted to do and watched a lot of Doctor Who…this day used to be my favorite day of the year…when everything gets back to normal after the holiday and there is time to decompress…but, without doing the holiday this year it is a little anticlimactic….slept okay last night and had dreams with Patrick Stewart in them but I don’t remember what they were about…I’ll bet they would have been good….not much to do today…it’s pool day but that is about it…and Man U plays at 10 this morning so I need to get out on the bike by 9 and get the ride done…more later…

Well…have been thinking about this for the past couple of days…ever since the “Alone at Christmas” post and thought I’d come back and revisit that for a few minutes. That was probably the most commented on post that I’ve done of the almost 3,500 since I started this thing a few years back and opened my eyes a bit…some of the comments were so heartfelt, personal, and full of pain that I have decided to not post them…I think the subject of the holidays and being alone, while relatively easy for someone like me who, as you know, is skewed about 45 degrees off from normal, is tough for many, many people and I didn’t mean to make light of it…if that is how you felt, I truly am sorry….and, I hope you can all keep putting one foot in front of the other and carry on….I will try to think a little more in the future…but, if you’ve been here before, you know that might and might not happen….

Well…it was a long day yesterday but I woke up with no pain in the teeth so I am a little confused about that…even slept okay and was surprised to see that the snow they predicted didn’t happen…that means that I can get out on the bike as soon as I finish my coffee since it is 37 degrees already and dry…I did get some cleaning done yesterday and if my teeth continue to cooperate, I will get the bathroom done today…and maybe even some of the kitchen…who knows? Not much to do today…going to just veg out the day mostly after I get the bike ride done…and, I’m going to make some venison tacos for dinner that I have been looking forward to all week….more later…

Well….it has been a pretty crappy day with the teeth going off the edge in pain all day and it looks like I’ll have to spend a bunch of money to get them repaired…but I haven’t been to my dentist in a long time so they probably don’t even have my records anymore so maybe I’ll have to find a new one…what a pain in the ass and jaw…other than that, I did get a few things done today but not enough…okay…still too much pain to keep writing right now so I’m going to quit here…and I’ve taken all the painkillers I can today so this is going to be a long night….