Well…damn, I’m worn out and need to take a day off…would like nothing better than to just sit here and watch tv as I wait for Man U to start at 9 but I won’t…have to get on the indoor bike in less than 20 minutes and that does not look too attractive right now…and I’m so damn cold that I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to it again…didn’t get a lot done yesterday other than the rides and today looks the same…I should start getting rid of the cobwebs downstairs and organizing all the crap down there and I may but it doesn’t look likely…just really don’t care about doing anything anymore but I’ll do the bike rides on autopilot since I have to…it looks like they are cleaning up the house next door to sell it and have a full dumpster in the driveway so I’ll have a new family of noisemakers to deal with and that sounds pretty daunting…won’t be able to get outdoors on the bike until almost noon unless I want to do full thermasuit and I’m not ready for that yet…today looks like just a survival day for me but I do need to figure out the second meal that could be a salad since I do have a head of lettuce and a tomato in the fridge….more later…
Drifting ships…
Well…got back to doing three rides today and that felt okay to get back to 30 miles for the day…and I’m down to only 900 miles left to go to hit the goal for the year…when I was heading out for the one outdoor ride today, just offshore of Heritage Landing there was a huge ship just drifting in the wind…no power or sound from it and by the time I got back fro the beach, the wind had pushed it backwards toward the west end of Muskegon Lake…pretty strange but no coast guard or any other small ships near it so I guess I’ll have to read the local news to see what happened…it was damn cold at 51 degrees when I went out so I guess the time has come to start wearing long pants and regular gloves to ride…I do have a couple of pairs of lightweight stretchy pants that my daughter gave me and I think I’ll try one of those tomorrow so I can get out early and not wait for the temp to come up…not sure if I’ll go full thermasuit yet but that day is coming…oh, well…
November 9th
Well…damn, I’m sore this morning and the yard work used new muscles that all hurt now….at least I have most of the yard work done and I don’t have to think about it anymore…it’s 7 am and I just poured the first cup of coffee so I’ll have to wait for it to work to get moving today…put heat on my neck last night and it helped a bit but I can still feel that there is something wrong in it so I’ll be pushing for x-rays when I have my yearly check up on the 19th…it’s hurt for 5 months now and that’s just not right…only did 2 rides yesterday and I’m just not motivated to do more than that…but, I’ll be dragging my butt downstairs here in a bit since it’s only 35 out there right now…might have to do two indoor rides today…with how I feel, it’s going to be a struggle to do much of anything today…I did cook yesterday but I still need to find the second meal for the next few days…but that won’t start til tomorrow since I still have the last bowl of soup to have for lunch….not much to do today…need to get moving soon…just noticed that it’s 7:12 right now and that is the address to the property I grew up on…712 Ada Drive…and I wonder how I got here…and I finally realize that my days are numbered…won’t make it through the next four years and I need to plan how that will work…more later…
Got some work done…
Well…got some work done today but only two rides since the wind was blowing hard and hurt my neck again…so then, like an idiot, I dragged the string trimmer out and did the flower beds and the entire fence line along with around the house…the dang thing was giving me problems starting all day and I even had to take the spark plug out and dry it with a lighter….but I got everything done and now I’ll just buy a new plug before spring since it still has the one that came with it…and then I’ll probably buy a spare for the mower, too…when I was riding by Muskegon Lake today, I noticed it was down another foot and I’ve never seen it so low…the shoreline has moved out another 20 feet where it used to be right next to the bridges along it…weird…okay, I need to get started cooking the big meal of chicken for dinner since it needs to simmer for a couple of hours…
November 8th
Well…feel pretty crappy this morning after having cocktails last night and I’ll probably do that again tonight…I’m already running late and haven’t gotten on the bike and it’s 20 to 8…still depressed as hell and that is keeping me from getting going…okay, and not having coffee is part of the problem…so I’m going to pour that down and see how it works…I did get three rides in yesterday and I’m over 9K miles so that gives me some flexibility in getting to the goal…I really do need a day off but that will come in 53 days….I did get the weed walk done yesterday and really do need to get the flower beds cleared out so I can put all the dried out flowers out Monday…the wind has helped with the leaves so it looks like one more pass with the mower and a little raking to get the yard ready for winter…it’s still under 50 right now so I may have to wait til after noon to go out on the bike…I do need to get the warmer clothes ready so that means sewing on my winter hat and gloves…it’s time to cave to the cold and dress for it…not much to do today…I do need to cook and will probably make the chicken/rice/potatoes that I like later today since I still have potato soup for lunch….more later…
November 7th
Well…no, I didn’t sell the house and I am now surprised how depressed I’ve been…but the good news of having the mouth infection under control has made it better after working on that for over 2 1/2 years…so I am going to hang my hat on that for a while…one other thing, when I got up wed, the track pad had stopped working on the new laptop so I had to call Dell tech support and of course it is in India but I got a guy called Prividah who knew his stuff but it still took an hour on the phone to get it fixed…luckily, it was just a update that went bad and he could fix it remotely…and he gave me a piece of advice to buy a wireless mouse to use if that happens again so I can still use the computer…so I went over to Target and got one for 8 bucks that connects through one of the USB ports…not that smooth but usable and I do like the track pad better anyway…he also said to make sure I choose the updates for the computer and install them when they pop up and that won’t happen again…so, I do need to have cocktails tonight and think a bit about what I want to do…4 years of hell again…oh, well…I did get three rides in today but I think I need to start thinking about warmer clothes…I did get some long sport pants in the care packages my daughter sent last year so I may try one of those tomorrow…and I did get a new chin strap for my winter riding hat and need to replace the frayed on that is on it…and I’m using a sport shoelace to replace the cord from an old swimsuit that I sewed in the first time…that one lasted 5 years so I’m hoping the shoelace will go that long, too…see you tomorrow…
November 6th
Well…I guess more than half of the country wants me to die of starvation after they eliminate SS so I need to start planning my exit strategy to get somewhere safe…house is going up for sale today and I’ll be out of this country by the end of the month…so, you won’t be hearing from me anymore…goodbye…
The teeth are better…
Well…got the news I was hoping for from the periodontist today with no infection visible and the inflammation almost gone…so that means I can keep the teeth I have left if I keep working hard to keep them clean…no more antibiotics for now and that is letting my guts settle down some…so, I’m taking the rest of the day off with only 16 miles in but I’ll make up for that with 41 tomorrow…yay!
Here we go…
Well…getting ready to head out for the periodontist appointment and I’m pretty concerned that the 90 days of antibiotics I just finished aren’t going to be enough and they are going to want to pull more teeth to get at the infection…but this is where I draw the line…I can barely chew with the teeth I have left so I’ll just let it get worse until they have to pull them all I guess and then I won’t eat anymore…this has been such a pain…almost 4 grand and the infection is still there and today is going to cost me 150 bucks for this cleaning since it will be the 4th cleaning this year and insurance only covers two…and I’m going to hit Meijers for some cocktail materials since I think I’m going to want it later today…but then no more until the 19th after my checkup…I am so tired of having to take care of myself and deny any fun to be able to get through my checkup without my doctor trying to throw medications at me for high blood pressure and cholesterol…I mean what the hell do you have to do to keep that down…isn’t losing 35 pounds and riding 30+ miles a day enough? Haven’t even had any meat except chicken for over a month now…I guess my cholesterol could be like my last brother’s at over 400 without medication so I think I’m doing okay at 140…oh, well…just want this day to be over…maybe more later…
Election day is here…
Well…election day is here and I’m going into a news blackout for the day when there is a possibility that our fellow Americans are going to help the idiot trump betray everything that this country stands for…and I had this thought yesterday since I lived through the days of the Soviet Union and the propaganda that “Pravda” put out every day…lying to the Soviet people every day and the effects were the same as fox news on today’s maga idiots…the soviets believed only what “Pravda” told them…that they were constantly under danger of attack from the US and that the ruling Politburo was the only thing that could save them…sound familiar? Yeah, it’s the same damn thing that idiot boy does every day…instilling fear in his followers with the same kind of lies that every wannabe dictator uses…you remember “only I can fix it”? That was his theme from the 2020 election and guess who really “fixed it”…it was Biden and Harris and their team that led our economy to the best in the world that the idiot is planning to wreck by raising taxes on everyone but the rich and handing that money over to the oligarchs who have bankrolled him…but don’t just believe me…over 250 of the worlds leading economists have said the same thing…you want to cough up an extra 4,000 dollars a year in tariffs? Just to follow a guy who has nothing but hate to offer…I think Americans need to grow up and embrace objective reality again…that idiot boy will ruin this country and you’re going down with him…especially those of us who depend on Social Security…can you live with a 30% cut to the money you paid in? That’s what will happen next year if you vote for idiot boy…I wonder why hate is so much more important than self preservation to the maga folks? They are going to starve along with the rest of us…geez…