Well…I decided to give myself a little break today by only doing one ride along with the weight work…so I substituted washing the car for a ride and it felt good to get the salt off it…the guy in the next stall came over and wanted to talk about the car so that was a little fun…didn’t make the ham today but used up some chicken and the rest of the green pepper to make an omelet along with bacon…and I tried hot sauce on the omelet since I can barely taste anything anymore…that was pretty good but should have put a lot more on it…and that will be the only meal for the day since I’m getting used to just having one…but that leaves me at about 700 calories for the day and I’m okay with that…I’ve found that I don’t need a lot of calories, especially on a one ride day…so now back to reading until the Lions play at 4:30…

Well…running late this morning with not getting out of bed til almost 6 but that doesn’t mean I slept well…I think it’s just the exhaustion from getting up from 4-5am for the past week…and I feel pretty crappy but I know it’s the result of only eating one meal for the past week or so….just don’t feel like eating anymore…need to get off my butt and get going but that seems like a lot of work right now so I think I’ll sit here for a bit and have coffee and if I don’t get the rides in before noon, what’s the problem with that? I do need to wash the car today and I would really like to get that done by 10 or so but that means I need to get on the bike by 7 or so and that looks like a tall order right now…not much to do today…going to make the big ham tomorrow since I have leftovers to eat and I’m going to make and omelet for lunch to use up the green pepper and bacon that is thawed….more later…

Well…got a call from my doctor’s office this morning that the lab screwed up my blood test and forgot to do two of them so I have to back in and get bruised again Friday so they’ll have the blood to do my cholesterol test and one more…going to get the chance to try out the re-balanced tires and see how good they are in freezing rain since that’s what’s in the forecast for Friday and the lab is just off the freeway…ick…so more crap to do but Monday will be the last health thing for the year and I know I’ll get bitched at for my BP, cholesterol, and everything else…at least my weight is down from last year and I am a little curious as to how much…really want to get into the 160’s again…going to wash the car tomorrow just to get it dirty again Friday and I found 4 bucks worth of quarters to do it with so that is cool…okay, need to read a bit…

Well…up at 5:14 again and I am just damn worn out from these short days of sleep…I know I’ve been bitching about that for a while now but I wonder how many days it will be before I really sleep? Probably hundreds and the thought of that is tiring by itself…oh, well…we lost a lot of snow yesterday and that is going to continue today and for a couple of more days…have bare patches on my lawn and really hope we don’t get more heavy snow since it’s so damn depressing….didn’t get much done yesterday and I am going to do that again today…don’t have to cook with the leftover chicken breasts I made yesterday…only had a quarter of one for my meal but I really do need to eat more than that…so I’ll try to figure out how to eat more but why? I like losing weight and not being able to taste anything leaves me not caring much about food…not much to do today…just the normal stuff and lots of coffee…will have a bagel and cream cheese in a few minutes with more coffee ut I just don’t have the energy to do it right now…more later…

Well…after the run into GR yesterday, K and I had a nice visit and she commented that our conversation was completely comfortable like we hadn’t seen each other for a couple of weeks when it was almost 3 years…and her daughter is now a teenager turning 13 years old this year…man, does time fly…and it was good to see her after all that time…I did get to discount and have an appointment scheduled for Friday morning…the person I talked to there said they had problems getting the weights on the wheels so I think they will use some stick ons for this time…so, it’s 11 am and I have everything done for the day…I’m glad I went to the library today since I forgot they will be closed on the 24th and 25th…so, I’m making some chicken breasts for lunch and then back into reading…

Well…up before 5 am this morning and didn’t sleep at all last night so I’m going to have to take something for it tonight…a full week of not sleeping and I am just worn out…so the coffee needs to work soon so I can get going…need to hit the library again today since I have 6 books to take back and I need enough of them to get through the week…going to buy another BAH since they are so cheap and I need another ham bone to make another batch of ham soup…put the other one in the freezer yesterday so I’ll have to make some chicken I thawed for a meal today…don’t have a lot to do but the grocery run but that is going to be a lot of work…damn, I’m getting old…more later…

Well…up and out of bed at 5am today and that is going to make for a long day…need to go out to the north end to get blood drawn for tests and I am getting damn tired of it…just tired of all of it from the tests to being told I’m not taking care of myself and getting my BP and everything else under control…cripes, I’m 72 years old and maybe my cholesterol is supposed to be a little high…but the thing that they should be working on is of little importance…I would love to be able to taste food again but when I complain about that they frickin ignore it…so yeah, I’m a little frustrated….oh, well…need to get my butt in gear right now but the coffee is not ready yet…going to get both rides in before I head out…or I may just leave it with one ride today…haven’t done that in a while…need to make the run into GR today the hang with K for a bit and I’m sure the car can use some exercise…more later…

Well…happy winter solstice everyone! Now the real hunkering down starts as it’s the first official day of winter…you’d ever know that with how much snow we’ve had out here…I mean we’re already over the yearly average in snowfall and there is still over two months of winter til March…but we got up to almost 40 yesterday which melted a bunch of it and, after the 20’s today, we are going to be in the 30’s and 40’s this week so the snow may be gone before New Years…I can use some rest from shoveling to let my body heal up from all of the abuse from it…so now the grind back to increased sunlight starts today and we should start to notice that in a couple of weeks…

Well…up at 5:07 again today and I am so damn tired of not sleeping…yeah, that was funny to me, too…it’s 20 degrees out there and it’s not going to get much warmer today but it will warm up some this week and we’ll be back in the 40’s for a couple of days…we’ve had a lot of snow melt here and the 18inches I had on my roof is gone along with the ice build up in my gutters…was a little worried that the ice would do some damage but none yet…I’m almost over the cold but I’m still sniffling so I need to get some allergy meds in me to get some relief from that…didn’t get much done yesterday and won’t today and that’s okay…I’ve had enough of working my ass off every day…okay, still going to do the weight work and two rides this morning but I need to get coffee in me first…going to need to hit the library Tuesday since I only have two books left of the 6 I got last week…need to get blood work done tomorrow morning and then the run into GR in the afternoon and that is going to wear me out…more later…