Well…I don’t know how I’m going to do it but I need to break this pattern of waking up at 4:30 and getting out of bed at 5am….it’s just not sustainable and I really do need more sleep…but I’ll dig deep and get things done…the men’s hockey final is on at 8am so I’ll need to get at least one ride in before that…didn’t eat anywhere near enough calories yesterday with just a bagel and two bowls of soup so I’ll have to fix that today…thinking of trying one of the 4 cheese self rising pizza that will add lots of calories…going to add pepperoni, green pepper, onions, and ham along with some extra cheese…should be about 700 calories for two slices so I’ll get close to the thousand calories I need for the day…not going to do much else today since the lack of calories has me in go slow mode today…edging toward March but it’s not going to warm up for 10 days or so…so I guess I’ll just hunker down and survive it…more later…

Well…I did suck it up and get two rides in indoors today since it is cold out there and it snowed overnight…and I had everything done by 9am other than making the potato soup for lunch…I really do have to get going and look at the other two cities we’re visiting in Italy so my daughter can get them on the schedule…I finally finished the Robert Ludlum novel I started working on wed…his are packed so densely and long so it’s not an easy read…and I still have a pair of James Patterson’s that I have to do…but races are starting right now with the trucks and then the sportsman race a little later…and I may take the rest of the day off and just watch…I may just have a second bowl of soup for dinner so I don’t have to cook anything…

Well…damn, up at 5:01 this morning and I’m going to pay for that later today…didn’t sleep much last night but I really don’t want to get back in the habit of taking something for it…I guess that just comes with getting old…almost all of the snow was gone until it started to snow again yesterday afternoon but I’m used to that after this long crappy winter….my skin has already started to heal after finishing off the peel cream yesterday and I just treated it again with the steroid to help that…it doesn’t hurt much now so I’ll take that, too…plan on making some potato soup today but I’m not sure if I’ll get to it…have lots of other stuff to eat but some of that is going to end up in the freezer even with eating 3 meals…and that is going to be the plan for today since I do feel better with doing that yesterday…not much to do today…have two races to watch from Atlanta and two bike rides to do so I need to get going right now…more later…

Well…When I got up way too early this morning, I felt like crap and had no energy so I immediately knew it was from not eating enough…so today I had a bagel for breakfast, a salami sandwich for lunch, and the an egg sandwich with ketchup for dinner…that may have gotten me to 1K calories for the day and I know I feel a lot better right now…I finished off the treatment of the lesions today and started coating them with the steroid ointment but I’m going to wash it off before I go to bed so I don’t stain my pillowcases…it looks like they’ve started to heal some since they are not the blazing red they were…sure hope it’s going to fix it…I do have enough of the medicine cream left to do the whole treatment again if I have to…but I sure don’t want to…more hockey and reading..

Well…up a little after 5am today and I just didn’t see the point of trying to sleep more…so I’m going to be in slow mode today and just ease into the day…I do need to get the weight work and one ride in before I head out to pick up a prescription and then make a run to DD to pick up some 4 cheese self rising pizzas for 2 bucks each and then just look for other deals…and some honey ham for 3 bucks a pound which is not a screaming deal but still a good deal…it’s supposed to snow this aft but the radar isn’t showing it yet…but I can’t do anything about it so I’m not going to think about it…it is still winter in Michigan so getting snow is expected…and it’s been warm enough to melt most of the snow so it will be easy to get out and in with the car…it’s the last day of treating my skin with the peel and I am looking forward to starting the healing process tomorrow…or maybe even later today…more later…

Well…it was a pretty nice day again today and I got a double ride in outdoors but that will be the last one until March at least…the roads were completely clear and it just felt good to be outside for the 4th day in a row…and I continues my 2 day streak of getting things done after cleaning the bathroom yesterday, I got the laundry done and a little more cleaning…so I really wasn’t a slug today and that felt good too….only one day left of burning the hell out of my face and scalp and then I can start using the steroid to get the lesions to heal…it’s supposed to rain and snow tomorrow but we are getting towards March and the temps are going to stay in the 30’s so all of the snow should be melted tomorrow…and that’s okay with me…I do need to go out in the morning to pick up the BP med prescription that I phoned my doctor for…but that will be after the weight work and one indoor ride…only did one meal today along with the bagel for breakfast and I’m going to keep that up until I run out of energy…back to reading…

Well…late late late getting up this morning and I wonder if that is the goal after weeks of not sleeping? Had to take something for that last night and that makes getting moving on time a chore…I did get some work done yesterday and cleaned the bathroom and I’m not sure what I’ll do today to keep the progress going…Maybe the kitchen? Finished up the leftovers yesterday so I’ll have to cook something today…leaning toward breakfast for both meals today since I thawed some turkey sausages and some bacon and I have 10 eggs…might even make an omelet since I have green pepper in the fridge, too…man, I feel worn out this morning and it is going to be hard work to get going…almost all of the snow has melted and I may be able to get another outdoor ride in before it gets cold out there for the rest of the month…but March is coming…my face looks like I’ve been near a nuclear explosion it is so red…but I only have today and tomorrow to treat and then I can start with the cortisone and start healing…more later…

Well…when I was watching the women skating the other day at the Olympics, one of them had “Stairway to Heaven” for their music and I immediately flashed to the perfect music…the combo of “Time” and “The Great Gig in the “Sky” by Pink Floyd came to mind…and they have been running around in it ever since…yeah, you don’t want to be in there…

Well…with the heavy rain we got this morning, I think about 50% of the snow is gone off my lawn and it’s not too soon for me…just got back from another outdoor ride and I extended this one to about 10 miles I was having so much fun…can’t wait to get out on the trails in a month or so…and I’ll get back to 25 mile days and then I can eat two meals a day again…my hands and arms are still pretty sore and I’m going to have to treat my thumb with voltaren again but that should get better after I break the adhesion scars in it…but right now I’m going to start a new book and watch the USA men’s hockey game…

Well…running late with not getting out of bed until almost 6am today but that was by design after not sleeping much for the past couple of weeks…and it’s raining pretty had so I don’t think I’ll be getting an outdoor ride in today…damn, it’s almost 6:30 and I’m just getting to this and that means I won’t be on the bike downstairs until almost 7:30…I did sleep okay with only getting up once at 4am so I guess I’ll take it…just want the coffee to start to work so I can get going and be done with everything by 10 or so…I am curious about how much snow will melt today with all of the rain and the 42 degrees out there right now…and we have one more day of warm weather before it gets back to the 30’s for at least a week…but there is no big snow in the forecast and March is coming…not much to do today…I really should clean the bathroom and I just might substitute that for te outdoor ride…but the rain is supposed to stop this morning so I could get an outdoor ride in this aft…more later…