Well…got to the beach today and got a short, short swim in…more of a dip really since the water was so damn cold…the storms that came through yesterday must have turned the lake over and brought the cold stuff up since it felt like it couldn’t have  been warmer than the upper 50’s…so it was a splash and go…when I got back here I made a batch of chicken masala that came out good and now I’m sitting here feeling stuffed and looking for a political topic so I’ll get to that by reading some news over on Mastodon…be back in a bit…

Well…that was better…slept okay and didn’t get out of bed til around 6 and I’ll take that any day…allergies are nuts, though, and I’ll have to try some flonase here in a minute just to be able to breathe…don’t feel too bad this morning and I really should after having cocktails last night…so I’m not sure what the day is going to be…have been thinking about going out to the beach for a swim and it’s already 70 degrees out there so I may be able to…but right now I am enjoying the coffee and F1 is on in the background and it’s nice not having anything to do this morning….I do need to make some chicken masala this afternoon since I thawed the chicken but that all goes into the instant pot so it will be easy…need to make some rice to go with it and still have some nan bread too, so that will be a good meal instead of o-rings and chicken I have been having…and I have lots of tomatoes that need to be eaten, too so that will be my second meal for the next few days…not much to do today…just going to do the exercises here in a minute and then get ready for a lazy day…I feel cheated that the storms blew up after they went through here and we just got a few spits of rain…oh, well…more later…

Well…damn, that was a terrible night of sleep and I’ve been up since 4 or so…it never got below 74 last night and it’s going to be a hot one today….have to be at the rehab place by 7:45 this morning and that is going to be a stretch…and I’m going to the beach for a swim today since it’s going to be 90 or so and it will probably be the last one this year…still sore from using the string trimmer this week and I’ve been slathering myself with the menthol pain reliever my daughter left and it works some….I finally got some work done yesterday and my bathroom is cleaned for the first time in weeks…I did get started packing yesterday and realized I don’t have enough shirts that fit me anymore…not sure what I’m going to do about that but I may run out to Kohl’s and see if there are any clearance items left….might hit DD after the rehab appointment this morning if it runs an hour…they have Jalapeno poppers on sale for 3 1/2 pounds for 5 bucks and some dark meat chicken chunks like the breast meat ones that I got last week that I like….but are probably bad for me…not much to do today…just rehab and then the beach…it is so humid out here that I am sweating already….you would think this would be storm weather but no…dry as heck….more later….

Well…on the way back from the grocery run I finally stopped at the cop shop to put in a formal complaint against the idiots to the north of me…talked to a nice young officer who assured me that he is going to run it up the chain to make sure all of the officers know that they are not to give any more warnings but to start to cite them…I am going to take video every time they have a party in case we end up in court…at least it’s started and something is happening but now we’ll see what effect it’s going to be….

Well…I’m tired today and I’m not sure how I’m going to get going to do the grocery run…but that’s an hour and a half from now so I’ll let the coffee work and see what happens…got a lot of work done yesterday but don’t have a lot to do today…it was supposed to rain today but that was wrong, as always, so I’ll have to water the grass that has started to come up out front…and do the garden…going to start taking it out this week so I can get it out to the trash next week…I really should clean the bathroom today and that could be a project for later but we’ll see…I do need to go to the cop shop this morning to make a formal complaint about the assholes to the north of me and their constant parties…going into attack mode today and I am going to shut them down so I can use my porch again….it is kind of windy out here right now and I really wish that would mean some storms are coming…need to hit Target today to look for some new jeans for the trip along with some new footie socks to take with me…and I am going to buy more of the peanut butter pretzels…for the last time…don’t need to eat stuff that is bad for me…I do have way too many tomatoes and I’m going to have to eat them for meals for the next week and maybe puree them for use in sauces over the winter…not much to do today…have an hour before I need to get going so I’ll have more coffee and sit here for a bit….more later…

Well…damn, I hurt like crazy right now and it’s not limited to the surgery area…mowed the lawn, ran the string trimmer, and did two sets of my rehab exercises and now almost everything hurts…my back, neck, and abdomen are all in pain and I think I may have overdone it a bit today…but the lawn looks good and it feels like the exercises are doing something since I’m not as sensitive to the sound of running water after just two days so the muscles are getting toned up where they need to be….I will have to take an ibuprofen tonight but I haven’t taken any for a few days now so it will be okay…had the first of the 5 lbs of breaded chicken breast pieces I got last week and they are really good…very good seasoning and a nice crunch when I made them in the air fryer with some onion rings….and I still have 4 1/2 pounds left…yummy…

Well…running about on time this morning with getting out of bed a little after 6…just poured the first cup of coffee and I need it to work soon…got a few things done yesterday and I need to mow the lawn today along with attempting to use the string trimmer but I’m not sure if I’m healed enough for that…it has been a month since the surgery and I generally feel okay but I’ve had some pain in my abdomen the past few days but I think it’s more from gas than anything else…and the new pain from the exercises is going to need some ibuprofen later…I do need to get a set of the exercises done here in a minute but I want some more coffee first and to read some news…going to start pulling the garden out later this week since the cukes never set and the experimental end of it was a bust so I’ll be back to just tomatoes, peppers and beans next year…might use the food processor to make the leftover tomatoes into sauce that I can use over the winter…..not much to do today….just the lawn and trimming this morning and then maybe a walk later…it may rain a little overnight and I hope it does…the new grass seed in the front has started to come up and it’s a pain dragging the hose out there a few times a day to keep it wet….more later…

Well…had the first rehab session today and I am surprised at how comprehensive it was…and another surprise is that I am no where near as flexible as I thought I was…and they are not just working on the pelvic floor exercises but they are working on all of my core muscles since they all work together to help the healing…the only problem is they want me to come twice a week and the copay is 40 bucks per session so that’s over 300 bucks a month so it will go about a month and then I’ll just work the exercises here since I have to do them twice a day….it does feel good to be working on the core and to be making progress…

Well…damn, running late this morning and I need to get moving…have the first rehab appointment at 10 this morning and it is going to be a chore…going to be hot out there today and through Thurs with temps near 90 for highs…but then it goes down to the 70’s for a week or so and that will be welcome…it’s supposed to storm Wed so I’ll have to mow the lawn tomorrow…the grass seed I put in the front is starting to sprout so I need to keep that watered so the front will fill in…had a lot of pain from gas last night and I wonder if my intestines are still screwed up from the surgery…they haven’t worked like normal since then and I’m getting tired of it…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today looks the same with the appointment…need to get packing and don’t think I’ll have any more cocktails until the trip…need to feel better and even with just one last night, I feel crappy today….started to feel really worn out yesterday and I think it’s from not eating enough…again…had 3 soft tacos and a couple of small tomatoes yesterday but that should be enough without riding….but I’ve gotten 12 tacos out of a half pound container of taco meat so maybe that’s not enough….not much to do today…just the appointment and then back here to get some work done….man, I’m tired…more later…

Well…am still sore from yesterday’s walk but went out again this morning before 9 and got another hour and a half walk in…not sure far it was but I think around 5 miles again…there was another cruise ship docked down the hill so I walked over to Heritage and took a look at that for a minute then the normal route though town and stopped to look at an information plaque at the museum that said they found Mastodon bones just north of Muskegon and that was pretty cool…and I saw a tree full of scissor tail swallows at the lake’s edge…there must have been 20-30 of them just sitting there…and I took a new route back here and saw a cool tiny park that is full of flowers I have never seen before…but now I am going to veg for a while and watch the second half of the Chelsea match…