Well…I finally got some stuff done today and it felt good…after the grocery run where I did get some pork chops on sale…yeah, I know…just finished up a pork shoulder today and then right back into pork again tomorrow? Probably should change it up but I only have chicken drumsticks or soup in the freezer and neither one of those really grabs me right now…I can finally go back to two meals starting Friday with getting my blood drawn at some point that day…got the laundry done today, too and did dishes…all the normal stuff…I did start watching “Babylon” last night but damn, it’s 3 hours and 9 minutes long and I just couldn’t get through it so I have about a half hour to watch when I start my night…I am going to see if I have enough gas in the grill to grill the chops tomorrow…if not, I have to take the tank out and see if it can be filled…if not, I have 60 bucks to spend on a new tank and a fill…but that will last me two years so I guess that’s not too bad and it will be my last grill anyway and it is better than any grill I can afford anyway…but that will be next week…now it’s time to wind down for the day….

Well…that was another whiplash inducing sleep with tossing and turning all night..woke up at 3 and 5:04 and the out of bed at 6:34 but I’m having trouble getting going…and I need to get going since I need to be out of here in an hour to do the grocery run with planning to hit the Sternberg road stores and DD…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get anything done…I do need to do laundry today and Man U plays at 3 so I’ll need to be done by then..done with what, I don’t know…maybe some cleaning but I’m going to just wing it for a while….still don’t need to cook today but will use up the leftovers…I am getting some pork chops at Meijers today and I may see if I have enough gas in the grill to grill a couple of them tomorrow…it didn’t snow last night so that’s cool but I think there is more in the forecast and some pretty cold temps…then we get a warm up into the high 30’s for a week or so…and that gets us closer to March and spring…paid my gas bill yesterday and it was a bad one at 125 bucks but that should be the highest one I have this winter..I hope anyway…not much to do today…just the grocery run and then cleaning but I’m not too motivated to do that right now…maybe later in the day…more later….

Well…it’s the last day of the month so I thought I’d done more as I start getting ready for lots of money to go out and lots of doctor/dentist appointments to go to…haven’t done much today but clear and salt the walks out front since the snow has been light enough that the salt has kept the ones I salted yesterday clear…I did have a couple of sparrows on the feeder today so I’m expecting that I’ll see more of them over the next week or so…was just waiting for them to find it but it took them two years and I couldn’t figure that out….I wonder if it will turn into the mosh pit I had in GR? I am looking forward to getting back on the bike Friday and getting some exercise again….I have gained some weight over the past three weeks and I’ll probably need to stay with one meal a day for a couple of weeks to get rid of it…but, we’ll see…okay, need to do the dishes and my teeth so I’ll end here….

Well…damn, it’s only 9 degrees out there and I am thankful that my furnace just keeps on running like clockwork…was up and down all night last night with waking up for good at 6:11 but then lying in bed til 6:43 as the cobwebs receded….the broken sleep has left me pretty worn out this morning and I need the coffee to work soon…it was supposed to snow out here last night but my sidewalks are still clear so I may not need to shovel today…I don’t mind doing it but it would be a little cold at 9 degrees….didn’t get anything done yesterday and today will probably be the same with the lack of motivation I’m feeling right now…I did have lots of birds on the feeder yesterday and the sparrows have started to find it and I am curious how the Juncos are going to react to that…had a couple of aggressive Cardinals that stirred things up and attacked the Juncos to drive them off the feeder and sill before they got on the feeder….will need to go out and load it up again at some point…not much to do today…just going to ease into it as I normally do and enjoy the last few days of not riding the bike….haven’t gained much weight with not riding but I am looking forward to not starving myself…it’s a lot of work not eating…more later…

Well…as I was planning for the things Ineed to do this week, I looked on mychart to check when the appointment for the blood draw is…I really thought it was on the 6th of Feb but it is scheduled for the third…so that means it will be exactly 3 weeks off the bike and I can get back on it Friday after they take the blood…might even do a three ride day and I will be able to eat again…haven’t gained a lot of weight…some, but not a lot and it has been pretty hard keeping my calorie intake down around 600 per day….I’ll be able ot go all the way up to 1000 a day and that will mean two meals a day again…no matter how much torture riding the bike indoors is, I can’t wait to get back on it to get my fitness back…

Well…darn snow…it took me a hour to do the snow today and clear the walks of the 8 inches that fell last night…and now my back is under heat again and the whole thing is pretty stiff and painful…but the heat has been working and the pain is nowhere near what it was a few weeks ago so I can live with it….and it is sunny out here for the first time in 13 days so I had to wear sunglasses out there or my night vision would be non-existent later in the day….more later…

Well…running late today with not getting out of bed til 7:25…woke up before 6 but forced myself to try to sleep some more since I knew I wasn’t going out to get the paper today with all of the snow out here….there was no way I was going to bury the Miata on flat ground and then have to dig it out…slept okay but I feel pretty slow today with not eating enough….so I may have some toast this morning as I wait for the coffee to work…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done so maybe I’ll do more today…I know I need to shovel the snow at some point but I’m going to let the rest of it come down first….so it will be an easy morning with coffee and news to read….there are a few FA cup matches on today that start at 8:30 but I already have my background tv  with the 24 hours of Daytona on til this afternoon so I may just watch a bit of that since Man U is not playing….not much to do today…just need to wake up but that won’t happen til I get more coffee in me….so I’m going to go get my second cup…more later…

Well…yeah, I know I’m late getting here this afternoon but I just don’t feel like writing today…okay, I do see the irony of me writing that I don’t feel like writing but how else do I get that across? It has started snowing out here…at least that is what the little weather icon says on my front page but I got up and looked and it isn’t….but the radar says the heavy stuff is coming and we are still forecast to get 5-8 inches out here….so I’ll be out shoveling after the Man U match…I was out in almost dark for the last shoveling yesterday and that was kinda fun since I’m never out after dark…at least in the winter…still going to keep at the one meal a day thing until I just can’t take it anymore but I don’t think I’m at that point yet…I was feeling it when I got up this morning, but after lunch I feel better so it’s getting close….need to fill the bird feeder again today since I have so many birds using it…still no sparrows but lots of Juncos and some Cardinals, too….should probably open that blind so I can watch them…it’s why I bought a window mount feeder after all and it’s kind of weird to hear them out there and not see them…okay, done for now…might be back later…who knows?

Well…running late today with not getting out of bed til 7:25 but I was up at 1:44 and 3:04 so my sleep was pretty broken and I’m feeling it right now..it feels like I need to do more than 600 calories today and I may have some toast soon to try to settle my stomach a bit…the only thing I got done yesterday was shoveling the snow twice and my back is feeling it along with my right thumb from slamming the shovel into the drifts I had…it’s black and blue and hurts to do this…it looks like a pretty easy day today and I’ll be watching FA cup soccer all day with Man U playing reading at 3 this afternoon…so I’ll have something to have on in the background as I read and get more of these done…snow is going to be coming in later and we may get 5-8 inches overnight but it won’t be too bad if the wind isn’t blowing…and it’s going to be colder so the snow should be pretty light…and the salt cleared the walks completely so I won’t have any ice to shovel through…not much to do today…just going to ease into it and have more coffee and read some news…and get a couple of posts out over on Mastodon….looks like a lazy day….more later….

Well…I probably shouldn’t bitch too much about having to shovel the snow twice today since it was pretty easy other than the two foot tall drift along the entire front walk that took some time…but it is going to snow again tomorrow night and we are supposed to 5-8 inches so I won’t be going out for the paper Sunday morning and that’s okay…I did salt the walks, too since they were icing up some and I had a brand new bag to open….only had one meal again today and should have been able to keep my calories around 600 for the day…only two more weeks of one meal a day…yay! I am sore from shoveling, though, so I may just heat it a bit since I’m just going to be sitting here watching tv…