Well…I could say that it was an okay day yesterday…and most people would love to just lie on the couch all day…and, I would, too, if I wasn’t sick…so it was an kind of okay day yesterday and I started to feel a little better which is just too weird given how I felt Friday…but, the teeth woke me up with screaming pain this morning and after the past few days pain free, I’m not sure what is going on…slept okay last night but was up and down a lot and that is no fun…and it is snowing this weird, wet snow that is depressing me even more than the temps that are coming this week…supposed to be in the teens with below zero lows and I just hate it…but, it is January in Michigan so it had to come sometime….not much to do today…have an errand to run this morning and then back to the couch for the rest of the day…Man U is playing some strange team in the FA cup this morning and then the Lions later today…..more later…
The flu chronicles….
Well…you can tell that I am searching for topics when I have to start a new series about getting the flu….but, it’s been a couple of years since I had it so I thought it’s as good an idea as any….this is a weird one….I don’t feel that bad but I have absolutely no energy…oh, that along with the pain everywhere that I am reluctant to treat since I need to keep my temp up to try to burn this out as fast as possible….it was hard going to bed last night…as soon as I hit the bed the coolness of the sheets sent me into an uncontrollable bout of the shivers that took almost 5 minutes to get over…and then it was all sweat, all the time all night so bad that I woke up soaked this morning…and have been changing shirts all day so that is not a good thing…the weird thing is that I don’t feel that bad today…but my travels have been limited to the bed to the couch, the couch to the kitchen, and the computer to the couch…any more than that and I’m not sure how that would go….not going to try more any time soon….I do need to take something for the head, though….this is getting annoying…..
Political stuff….
Well…I’m really trying to think of something to write but it’s hard when when every time I move my eyes it feels like someone is sticking an ice pick into them…but, that’s the flu so what are you going to do? Haven’t done much in politics lately but most of that is because there is not much going on yet…not sure what kind of mischief the repubs are going to try for the next two years but I’m sure they are going to get a taste of the crap they have pulled since Obama got elected. There was one thing today that made my jaw drop….in Oklahoma, state lawmakers there (repubs, of course) have proposed a new law that would outlaw hoodies…yep…the most important thing on agenda is not jobs, or roads, or reining in business…it to outlaw hoodies….the last I heard a hoodie has never stolen trillions from the people of the country, have never polluted wide swaths of the country, or tortured anyone….but it is now the greatest threat to the people of Oklahoma…and SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!…..okay…the caps were to emphasize the the stupidity of those folks…and this is just the 3rd of January…can’t wait to see what comes next….geez….
January 3rd
Well….it was one of those days yesterday where all I could do is survive it…slept crappy and sweaty and that continues this morning….but, I don’t feel as bad as I did yesterday but I am not going to take that as a sign of hope…I know for a fact that this is just a lull in the storm….the pain is coming back slowly and I am on the second t-shirt of the day already….I did muster up the energy to go out and get the papers this morning but that was a cold, cold ordeal….but, I was really good last night so maybe that is going to help today…I do need to eat more today but that is going to be hard since nothing sounds good and I really am tired of the food I’ve been cooking…but, that’s my fault…may have to drag out some cookbooks today and try to find something new…not much to do today….have been up a couple of hours and I am running out of steam already even with the coffee…and I have this low level headache that is really annoying….but, I do feel fortunate that I can just take it easy and nurse the wounds today…more later…
Oh, on last thing…happy birthday Stephen Stills…70 years old today….
The flu….
Well….got up this morning feeling extremely tired and just couldn’t figure it out…but, with the onset of more and more symptoms as the day has gone on I finally have the answer…didn’t want this answer but, there it is…I’ve got the flu. I hurt everywhere all the way down to my fingertips with the worst of it in my hips and lower body….and then there are the chills and fever that hit this morning…had this place up to 78 degrees and still couldn’t get warm but now I’m way too warm…even had to skip pool day today since it takes all of my energy to walk into the kitchen and get a glass of water. It’s getting so bad that I even had to decline meeting up with T to see her before she leaves for the Bahamas for two weeks…but, there is no energy to do that and I would feel really crappy if she got the flu while she’s on vacation. So, what does that mean here? Posts may be a little spotty since tomorrow and Sunday should be the really bad days but this thing could last until the end of next week….man, I’m tired just writing this…..maybe I can turn this into a series?
January 2nd
Well…it was an okay but totally unproductive day yesterday and all I did was watch sports from 8 am until I went to bed at 11 pm….I am really worn out today and I think it’s from not eating enough for the past two days…just can’t seem to do it…nothing tastes good and the tooth has been bugging me so I guess that’s the proper result…slept crappy and that may be part of it, too…it has bled over into my brain, too…just can’t think of much to say today…not much to do today…just pool and then back here to sleep…no more cocktails for a while and that may help, too…more later…
It’s just wrong….
Well….have been vegging completely today but thought I really had to make a little comment on the new college football playoff that starts today….first, it’s just wrong to not have a Big Team team in the Rose Bowl…in my entire life…and that’s a long, long time, the Rose Bowl was where I could root for one of the teams from the midwest and now that’s done….at least until the Big Ten get better…and, the other thing about this whole playoff scenario is that I have to hold my nose and root for that team from Ohio to beat Alabama tonight just so the big Ten will be in the championship game…really, really hard to do for a Michigan fan….and, with State getting beat today, it’s our last hope…I know…Wisconsin won it’s game in OT but they just aren’t Michigan….so, I guess I’ll go watch the Rose Bowl in a few minutes and maybe pretend that Oregon is a Big Ten team for the afternoon…anything to see the Florida team lose….
Okay…just a quick update….State didn’t lose…when I was writing this they were down by 21 in the 4th but they came back to win it 42-41…and I missed much of it since they looked so awful in the first half….oh,well…
January 1st
Well…it was a nice day yesterday with all of the sports and me not doing much of anything…and the Wings won so that was cool and was a good way to end the year…slept pretty well last night and even with having a couple of cocktails last night, I feel okay today…and I woke to a surprise that my teeth don’t hurt yet and that is a welcome bit of relief….but, I know that won’t last the day but I’ll take anything….not going to do the resolutions thing since I don’t want to think about that kid of stuff…there was a funny thing on the way out to get the papers this morning…some drunk had run over the stop sign at the end of my road and flattened it…not the first time that has happened…I do have to find the instructions for the bike computer so I can reset it to zero today…might even get out on the bike this aft if it warms up a little…the wind is blowing at about 20, though, and that will make it a hard ride…not much to do today…watching Man U play right now and then a football binge for the whole day…more later….
Last one for the year…
Well…it’s down to this one for the year and I’m not sure what I want to do….could do the old cliche of a summary of what happened this past year but that would be a little boring…looked for jobs, didn’t find one…rode the bike a lot, but you know that…drove the Miata some but you know that, too….so there you have the whole year. Not really…I am happy for a few things…only one repair for the car that cost about 20 bucks and 10 minutes of my time and I am still amazed how a 20 year old car can be so reliable….so, thanks to the PO for taking such good care of it….I do still have most of my health…nothing really wrong but the teeth and I need to get those taken care of in the next couple of weeks….have been feeling pretty healthy and getting my exercise in…trying to eat better, too, but for the next day or so I’m not going to watch what I eat…I did get to over 2,600 miles on the bike this year so that leaves about 2,400 to do next year to get to 25,000…..don’t really have any resolutions since I do those all year long in the continuing efforts at trying to be a better person even at my advanced age….okay, can’t really think of anything else to say right now other than “Happy New Year”….
December 31st
Well…it was an okay day yesterday other than my stupidity with going out on the bike in 18 degree and 15 mph winds weather. Hands were so cold when I got back they had shifted from cold to pure pain and I had to just sit and not move them for 5 minutes for the pain to subside even after running them under hot water…then, the neat little surprise was that my frozen toes had a time delay to their pain that came in about 10 minutes after I got back here…needless to say, not going to do that anytime soon. But, the good thing is I have the bike fixed and the shifter is working perfectly again…I am patting myself on the back for figuring out the water in the cable problem that I fixed with a little WD. Slept okay last night even without earplugs since the furnace in the unit upstairs has stopped howling…weird…but cool. But, the lower tooth under the bad one killed me last night and I was up to 3 ibuprofens yesterday….going to have to get that taken care of soon…but, it’s okay right now so I am going to just enjoy that….not much to do today….have already done the grocery run but there will be no bike ride today since it’s going to be in the teens all day…may meet up with T for HH later but that is about it…more later….