Well…up at 5:40 this morning and I feel like I’m running late since I have to get the weight work and one ride in before I head out for the grocery run…up and down all night last night and today just might be the day I take a nap in the afternoon…yeah, that made me laugh too…I haven’t been able to nap for years now and I really don’t think that is going to change today…need to make some potato soup to use up the potatoes before they go bad but I’m not sure if that will be today or tomorrow…have to hit DD to get some triscuits for 99 cents a box…they are 4 bucks a box at Meijers so that’s a pretty good deal…we’re supposed to get 4 inches of snow Friday so I need to hit the library tomorrow since I’m down to the last book and will finish it before then…not much to do today…I should clean some and I might but right now I just need to get moving and get the day started…more later…

Well…after running the successful errand this morning, I made a cheap pizza that I got for 1.67 at DD last week that came with pepperoni but that I added onion, ham, and olives too…and the weirdest thing happened…I could taste all of that…for the first time in years and I wonder if it’s from taking the multivitamins I started a few days ago…they say that zinc can help with losing your sense of taste and these vitamins have 200% of the recommended daily amount of zinc…I sure hope it continues to get better…starting Sunday we are going to have the coldest week of the year so far with highs in the teens…brrr…and it’s supposed to snow Friday through Tuesday so I’ll be out shoveling again…okay, haven’t had a minute read yet so I’m going to do that…

Well…I don’t know when dragging my butt out of bed at 5:09 became the new normal but I sure don’t like it at all…tonight is going to be the night where I take an otc sleeping pill to get more sleep…I’m just so damn worn out and I’m having a hard time getting going…I wonder if I need to keep taking my BP after the doctor appointment yesterday…it’s become almost a habit but I don’t think any more data is necessary after we made the decision that the med change has worked and we’re leaving it there…after I get the exercise in this morning I’m going to make a run out to envy to replenish some supplies…didn’t get anything done yesterday and that is getting to be an old record for me…the kitchen and bathroom need some work along with the living room but all I want to do is read and that needs to change…it’s only 6 weeks to March and this winter can’t be over too soon…I wonder why I live in Michigan when I could sell this joint and move someplace warm? Not much to do today…just the normal stuff and the errand but that will be enough….more later…

Well…after the 11am call from the doctor’s office about the recent changes in my BP medicine that have worked…they are happy and no more changes are necessary…after looking at the records I have been making that showed that I have only had 3 readings of over 130 for the past two weeks, and comparing them to the previous two weeks where there were 15 readings over 130, it is clear that the change has worked…I got started so early today after getting out of bed at 5:11 that I had everything done before 9am…and that was cool…even did two rides and they were quite easy…so now I have to activate my new credit card before I go back to reading…

Well…up at 5:11 this morning and that is getting really old…I may have to take an otc sleeping pill tonight since I am so worn out all the time…have a phone doctor appointment this morning so I need to get going and get the weight work and two rides in before that…but I’m barely moving so that is going to be a task…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I’m not sure why that is…need to stop reading so much so I can get this place cleaned up…and I need to figure out meals for the rest of the week…have been eating too many eggs and need to get back to chicken…and potatoes…might make some potato soup later in the week or take some ham soup out of the freezer…have 4 pizzas in the freezer so I may make one of those today but I’ll have to add onions and olives to go with the pepperoni…not much to do today…just want to get through the appointment and all of the exercise so I can take it easy this aft…more later…

Well…I did get out and shoveled the walks after the rides today and it was sunny enough to melt the ice off them so they are now clear…have a phone consultation at 11am tomorrow to go over what the results have been from the change in my BP meds…it appears to have raised my resting heart rate from the low 60’s into the high 60’s to low 70’s and I don’t like that one bit…have only been over 130 twice since I started it and I hope this is good enough since I tolerated the change pretty well…have some kind of medical thing every week for the next three weeks and that’s getting to be a pain in the butt…but I am looking forward to having this lesion taken off my face and hope it’s not cancer…okay, need to go out to amazon and look at some stuff…

Well…sitting here freezing my butt of again at 5:55 and I am getting really tired of being so cold…there really must be something wrong with me to feel so cold all the time…hoping the coffee helps warm me up…going to have to go out and shovel the 5 inches of snow we got yesterday but what I just couldn’t drag myself out to do…and I need to do an online check in for the phone call about my BP Monday…didn’t sleep much last night and was up at 3:11 and barely got back to sleep so I am worn out this morning…not sure what I’m going to eat today…probably finish up the chili dogs but will need to dig in the freezer for another one…or maybe I’ll just do a bagel and the chili dog and nothing else…who knows? More later…

Well…after doing the bike rides, it’s another day where I can’t get warm and I’m not sure what the heck is going on with this old body…was just reading on the couch with 2 blankets and the heating pad on but my hands are cold as if I went outdoors with no gloves on…oh, well…so I’ll be back under the blankets in a few minutes…it is still snowing out here and we have already gotten a few inches with more to come…almost all of the snow piles were gone yesterday but it looks like we’ll be warm enough to melt this snow over the next few days but then normal January temps come back with highs in the 20’s…no big storms in the forecast so I guess that’s something…okay, need to go look for a political topic…

Well…damn, out of bed before 6 again today and I feel like a skipping record…you remember records, right? Yeah, there are now two generations that never put vinyl on a turntable…and that is a little strange…so I guess I’ll have to play some today…didn’t sleep well at all last night and I’ll be paying for it later…but I still won’t be able to take a nap and that sucks…didn’t get a lot done yesterday after the no power debacle and the disruption in my day…it’s supposed to snow today and we have a winter weather advisory on and that seems like it happens every day…just want this damn winter to be over…but we still have months to go so I’ll be gritting my teeth and getting on with it…need to get on the weights here in a few minutes to get the day started but I’m so darn worn out I could just sit here and have more coffee and ease into it…but I won’t…more later…

Well…the day started off pretty well with getting the weight work and 2 rides in by 9:30…then I ran out to the library to get a couple more books since the library is closed Monday for MLK day and I didn’t want to run out before Tuesday…and then around 11 o’clock the power went out and it didn’t come back on til 2pm…and the reason they gave was scheduled maintenance…I think it’s a little weird they did it in the middle of the day…luckily, it was kind of bright so I could read with opening the blinds…really suited up to stay warm and laid here under blankets and read 100 pages of the new book I started this morning…it was a pain to get the clocks reset and get the washer reset, too since the power went out when it was in the spin cycle…so now I want to read a bit before tv time…