Well…I am getting really tired of all of the medical stuff I’m going through…and today I had to go in for my pre-op physical and they were much more thorough than I expected…first off, my BP was good at 127/73 and that surprised the heck out of me when I was expecting it to be much higher…I guess skipping coffee and cocktails really does work…then they did an EKG on me and it came back “perfect” to quote the PA and that made me smile a bit…but then after two people and 5 tries to draw blood, they gave up and sent me to the lab in the north end where the nurse hit it first try and I didn’t even feel it…and I got to drive out to the north end in sunshine with the top down on the car so it’s all good…and I got the downspout unplugged already and I am having coffee right now and I’m going to read some news….more later…

Well…finally, it rained like crazy yesterday but that showed me I need to get the big ladder out and clear the gutter downspout since it was overflowing onto the front steps…just leaves over it and won’t take long to fix it….this is going to be a tough morning with no coffee to jumpstart my brain…trying to see how it effects my blood pressure at the pre-op physical this morning at 11…at least it just over at my GP’s office and that’s only a mile and a half from here…and I’ll have time to get the rides in before that if I get a move on and get on the bike by 7:30…my daughter is still sending me lots of stuff to prep for the surgery/recovery and two things showed up yesterday…a rack for the dumbbells she is bringing to work out during recovery and the metal box spring for her bed that I need to put together this afternoon after I get the gutter cleaned and have lunch…was up at 4:40 this morning but was able to get back to sleep til almost 6:30 so that is a win for me…was good for another day last night and I hope that helps the blood pressure, too….not much to do today…my teeth hurt from grinding them last night so I had to take an ibuprofen since they are still really pressure sensitive….that’s different from the last time and I hope it heals like the last time….more later

Well…darn, running a little late this morning and I need to get on the bike by 7 to get the first ride done before the grocery run…my teeth do hurt a bit this morning but I think it’s from grinding them overnight and not the surgery….have been doing that a lot lately and I need to catch myself and stop doing it….slept okay last night but I feel  a little worn out and it may be from all of the stuff going on…had to work on the bike yesterday since the rear shifter had run out of adjustment…so, I took the adjuster off the old shifter and adjusted it…it seemed to be working better on the short ride I took but I’ll find out this morning in 20 minutes when I get out for the first ride…it looks like rain this afternoon and we can sure use it…and it won’t start til after noon so I can get the second ride in before that…don’t need to cook today with still having leftovers and that will last into Sat when I’m going to grill some chicken for my birthday…and I still have eggs so I wont have to buy any protein this week…not much to do today…will probably clean the bathroom this afternoon and that will leave only the living room to clean before my daughter comes next Sat….I do hope to get out to the beach next week since I won’t be able to go once I have the surgery……more later…

Well…when I got up this morning, I was really surprised when I had no pain from the surgery on my teeth yesterday…and they still don’t hurt at all other than when I brushed them…only have a little pressure sensitivity but I’m still not chewing much on that side…when I was doing the two hour zoom meeting this morning Consumers came and changed my electric meter with no warning or even a knock on the door so, of course, I lost some time while I reset my modem and router and signed back on to the call…the call was pretty depressing when the emphasized how much my life is going to change…no sugar coating anything and basically my sex life will be over at my age and that really sucks….and I’ll be peeing myself for at least two months and that will take me right out to the UK trip…and I’ll have to find a yard service to mow my lawn since I can’t do anything for 6 weeks…damn, I’m so tired of this crap and I haven’t even had surgery yet….crap…

Well…running a little late today with not getting out bed til almost 7 and I need to get going by 7:30 so I can get a ride in before the zoom call at 9…it was supposed to rain this morning and I was planning to use that to stay off the bike today but there is nothing on the radar…it’s kind of weird that my teeth don’t hurt at all this morning so I have hope that they stay that way…they are still heat sensitive but I’ll take that…didn’t get much done yesterday but I need to get the paperwork done for my pre-op physical done for Thursday’s appointment but that shouldn’t take long…damn, I have 13 minutes before I need to get on the bike so I heed to get it in gear….the wind was blowing a lot last night but it was a soft wind an I enjoyed seeing it and sitting on the front steps to feel it….not much to do today….just the zoom call and that is going to take two hours…ick…more later….

Well…my stress levels are starting to rise with the dentist appointment getting nearer…have to take the valium in 45 minutes so I guess I should get my teeth cleaned but I’m not sure if I should eat something else first…had a piece of pizza but I’m sure that’s not enough at about 350 calories…I will try to eat something else later and chew on the left side but I’m not sure what that would be…I do have some eggs that would be pretty soft so I could make some of those later…but I think I’ll need to take a nap after I get back here…damn, I’m not looking forward to this….

Well…running a little late this morning with my damn intestines giving me fits…and the only reason could be not eating enough over the past few days…had a piece of pizza and 2 small chicken legs and beans from my garden yesterday…and that is well under 1k and that has been the pattern for weeks now…but I like how I look from it so I’m going to keep it up…and after the dental work today, I won’t be able to eat for a few days….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today looks the same…I’ll feel good if I get the bike rides in this morning and then get through the dental work with less damage than the last time…dental work will be over after this and it’s been going on for over a year and takes a lot out of me…and I need my strength for the surgery and recovery…need to plan out how to prep the house and yard for the weeks I can’t do anything…will have to mow the lawn and do laundry on the 23rd since I won’t be able to lift anything for 6 weeks or so…not sure if the lawn will wait that long but I guess we’ll see….not much to do today…just the dentist and rides and healing tonight…and that’s enough….more later…

Well…damn, the month of medical crap starts tomorrow with my periodontist appointment at 1:15 that will take two hours of wrenching on my jaw and teeth…and I am not looking forward to not being able to open my mouth for a month…then we go into a two hour pre-surgery meeting on zoom Tuesday morning at 9am followed by my pre-surgical check up and blood work Thursday at 11am…I’m going to be exhausted by the time I get to the surgery…I sure hope I can heal up and regain some energy before the UK trip…I’m already worn out…darn….

Well…damn, I need to get going to get on the bike by 7:15 with the F1 race starting at 9:55 and needing to get two rides in before that…slept okay last night but was up and down a lot…I discovered that I can sleep on my back without snoring after losing the weight and I haven’t been able to do that in years….I had to tie my riding shorts up for the first time yesterday to keep them from falling off and I’ve used these shorts for 15 years…I did get the kitchen cleaned up and the house is coming into shape for my daughters visit in a couple of weeks…still have the bathroom to do along with the living room but that will be easy with two weeks to do it….I noticed that something new is causing my allergies to flare yesterday so I’ll get ahead of it today…just had the little widget at the bottom of the screen say “high pollen” so I guess it may be accurate this time….have the last periodontist treatment tomorrow and that starts my long week of appointments…three in all but then no more until the surgery but lots of follow ups after….not much to do today…just the rides and I’ll have to hose down the bike after the first ride since riding in the rain really coats it with dirt and grit…. and I need to figure out what shorts I’m going to wear after getting the normal ones filthy yesterday….more later….

Well…it’s been an okay day so far even with getting soaked to the bone on the second ride…starting yesterday, I heard this loud plane flying low over Muskegon with that big rotary engine sound that you just don’t hear anymore…I ran out to my front porch and there was a WWII B-25 bomber flying over the city and I think it’s one giving rides since it has gone over at least 5 or 6 times in the past two days…just neat to see these old planes still flying and hear that wonderful sound…the only better thing would be to hear a B-17 or a B-29 4 engine bomber come over…fingers crossed…oh, and I have the kitchen cleaned…almost….