Well…it’s getting close to the trip since I’m going out next Monday morning so I had to get the Southwest app to work on my phone so I can do an online check in…and the flight is later in the morning than I remembered…the flight leaves GR at 10:40 and I have to be there at least an hour ahead of time so Tom, I ‘ll be on your doorstep before 9…went through and hour and a half zoom meeting with the travel agent to go over the trip Sat night and now all I have to do is make sure I have everything packed that I need…I really thought the big new suitcase my daughter was going to be too big but it looks about right for 18 days on the road…Ironed my Man U jersey this morning and have to remember to put it in just before I leave here…and I need to put a gallon of coolant and my jump start box in the trunk of the car just in case…and I need to put the trash out today so I’ll have a place to put the last bag that I’ll take out Monday morning…then I need to shut the water off and lock all the windows…but I have all week for that…I do have two zoom medical appointments this week, too…but only had to pay a copay for one of them…damn I’ll be happy when that crap is all done….

Well…it looks like no rides today with the rain starting here in a few minutes and that’s okay….the radar shows a huge blob all the way back to Minnesota and maybe it will keep the assholes away today…got a lot of packing done yesterday so I don’t need to do a lot today…it’s one week until I head to Maryland for the UK trip and I need to try to find out how to check in early for my Southwest flight….I have two medical zoom visits this week and need to check in for those today…it’s going to be a busy week and I’m not sure if I’m looking forward to it…only did one ride yesterday and I’m now trying to take it easier on myself so I’ll be physically ready for the trip…my right hip was howling in pain yesterday but it seems to be better today….I think I’m going to ease into today and try to figure out what to eat….I still have tomatoes to slice up and I will need to clear out the fridge before I leave…so no food on the grocery run this week…I’ll do that when I get back…this trip is going to be a lot of work….more later…

Well…yeah, it turned into a one ride day today with my right hip giving me fits all day…must have slept wrong on it since it has hurt since I woke up…at first it only hurt when I walked but, by the time I got back here, it was even hurting pedaling so I need to rest it and make sure I’m not in pain when I leave next Monday…even took something for it and that may be why it doesn’t hurt right now…don’t really have a lot to do today so I’m going to take it easy today…I will try to find a topic for later….

Well…I just realized it was 50 years to the day that I started to work at steelcase…I gave 28 years to that company and at 48 years old they just discarded me like a piece of trash…oh, well…feel pretty worn out today and may not get on the bike since I feel like I’ve been overdoing it on the bike with 180 miles last week…and I’m running late today since this site was not working when I got up…and it’s cold out here at 50 degrees and I really don’t want to be cold….so today could be a one ride day if I go at all….only one week til the UK trip and I need to take care of myself….I do feel the missing prostate when I’m on the bike…I feel hollow and sit completely different and it’s hard to get comfortable when I ride….I wonder if it’s depression again? Need to do so much this week to be ready for the trip and it appears so daunting…maybe I could take today off to regroup and then attack tomorrow? Not much to do today…going to have making the list for what to take on the trip as the goal today…no grocery run this week since everything in the fridge will spoil in 3 weeks….more later…

Well…damn, the new coffee maker makes hot coffee…haven’t had it this hot in years…and the coffee tastes great so I’m in a happy place this morning…it’s only 51 degrees out here so I’ll be waiting a bit before I get out on the bike and I am so sore that ibuprofen might be necessary….cold enough in here that I’m in a pair of my long sleeper pants today and it’s not supposed to get out of the 60’s today…okay, just looked at the weather and it’s only 49 right now so it might mean not getting on the bike til the afternoon…I can do my rehab exercises to warm up in a bit but I just want coffee and some news right now….I feel like I’m in mission control right now with working on my laptop and having my tablet and phone next to me lit up….something that would never even been imagined when I was young….had a good day yesterday and the term serenity entered my thoughts a lot on the bike since I felt good mentally after the good medical news…not much to do today…had to make a call on the idiots last night and the cops came and shut that noise down so I hope that will carry over to today….just going to hang out to start the day and figure out what meals to make….I had this weird taste for cheese curls yesterday and bought a bag of them….I know they are bad for me but I just had to have them….more later…

Well…only did one ride today since feel I’ve been overdoing it and it hurt like crazy when I was out…I did get back to my rehab exercises and that felt good…but, my coffee maker died this morning after 12 years so I guess I got my money’s worth…so, I got online to look at Target and got 15% off so this one cost me 29 bucks and the previous one was 24 bucks so not bad 12 years later…and this Mr. Coffee has a basket so you don’t have to use filters anymore and I am trying that to start with but may use up my stock of filters that I have left since it’s easier to clean it up…I think…so, I have a new streamlined coffee maker that looks cool and I hope it lasts as long as the old one did…

Well..damn, my coffee maker died this morning…ordered a new one from Target for pickup later…this Mr. Coffee lasted over 10 years so I bought another one like it…the price has gone up 10 bucks since I bought the last one but that’s to be expected…so I’ll pick it up when I come back from lunch with T in GH…it got down to 58 last night and it’s still under 60 but I’m going to put the top down on the car when I run an errand this morning……damn, didn’t get out of bed til after 7 this morning and now I’m going to feel like I’m running late all day…have been thinking about only doing one ride today since I’m really sore and could use a little rest after doing 130 miles this week…the good news from yesterday has me feeling pretty good today even with celebrating last night….undetectable PSA is what I needed to hear after the surgery and means that I may just live for a while….the little amount of cancer still in me is not exploding like I expected so I need to figure out how to react to that…not much to do today…just need to run an errand and ride the bike before I head down to GH for lunch…oh, and the Lions beat the Chiefs last night and I am in shock…couldn’t make it through the game but I will when they start to play on Sundays…yow! More later….

Well…as you know, I talked about the results of my PSA test that was done on the 6th that my doctor considered “still elevated” at .1….but, this afternoon, I got an e-mail from Spectrum saying I had a new test report on my mychart page which was curious since I had only had one test done…so I opened it and the “still elevated” was replaced with “considered undetectable” and in front of the .1 was a “less than” sign…and I talked to a PA at my GP’s office and he said it was a “great outcome” and there is nothing to worry about…still don’t know how the mistake happened but I’m glad my GP followed up and corrected it…man, I think I’m going sprain my emotions if this keeps up….but I’ll take good news anytime…

Well…crap…got the results of my PSA test and it is not zero so that puts me back into treatment of some sort…but, I’m so worn out from the surgery and follow up that I am questioning any further treatment…after all, I’m 70 and maybe that’s enough….there really isn’t anything left for me to do after the trip so maybe I just let go….we’ll see…had an okay day and got the grocery run in and two rides and I finally used the food processor to make some salsa and used half of the leftover tomatoes for it…didn’t eat enough yesterday since all I had was a sandwich and salsa and chips…but I really have no desire to eat so I’m not going to force it….I do want to get a ride in before my last rehab appointment at 10 and that means I have to be out by 8 or so…the weather has really changed and the high is supposed to be only 71 but it is still very humid according to the weather widget so I’ll be sweating like crazy even with it only 65 out there….it was nice to get some rain yesterday but that’s it for the rest of the month…nope, next Tuesday we may get rain…not much to do today…just the bike rides and the appointment but with how I feel right now, that’s enough….and the Lions start their season tonight so I may watch a bit of that….more later…

Well…it rained out here this morning! At times it was pretty heavy and the main drag through Muskegon flooded and I almost ran into it coming back from getting my blood drawn…and there is no place else that I’m going to go for that from now on…one try and I didn’t even feel it so that was cool…yeah, it rained so hard when I was going out there to Holton road that I could barely see and the car was really moving around hitting the standing water and on the way back, there was a foot of water over the road right in downtown and a Saab in front of me hit it at 40 mph and the car just died and he pulled over…so, I was paying attention enough to where I could slow down and move over to the curb but I still had water up to the bottom of the doors that I drove through…the Miata is a pretty low car….and now it’s time to sit here and wait for the last band of rain to come through so I can get one ride in…but it says “high winds soon” at the bottom of the screen and it now just changed to “rain coming” so I think I’ll do my exercises while I wait….