Well…running really late today with not getting out of bed til almost 7…and I am just pouring my first cup of coffee to try to get started but I have little hope it will work soon….had a crappy night last night and didn’t sleep at all…can I just melt into the couch and take it easy all day? They just gave Spain a penalty for a cheap hand ball and I really don’t know why…England just got jobbed and I’m not going to watch anymore…yeah…England’s GK just saved the penalty! Didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I really do need to clean the bathroom…and take another walk but the one yesterday gave me lots of pain and I was slathered in the painkiller to try to get comfortable…it worked a bit but my neck is stiff and painful this morning…didn’t eat much yesterday and I still have no appetite at all and that is going to be a problem with trying to gain some weight before the trip….not much to do today…just need to get the walk in this morning and stop grinding my teeth…they hurt from it and it doesn’t help healing from my mouth surgery…too damn much surgery on this poor old body….more later…

Well…it’s 30 days until I head out of Philly to the UK and I am getting a little excited…slept okay last night and think I’ve figured out something with my sleep and I need to try it again tonight to make sure…had an easy day yesterday but I am going to get out for a walk this morning before the 10 am soccer games come on…Man U plays at 12:30 so I need to have everything done before then….but it’s only 57 out there so I am going to wait for a while…okay, nope…it’s only 55 out here right now and I wonder if the heat is going to come on? Sure don’t want to wear a fleece to walk today….man, I am sore everywhere this morning and I noticed that my back started to hurt yesterday afternoon and I can’t figure out how I did it but I’m barely moving today…and the neck pain is bad again with stiffness so I am going to use some of the topical menthol stuff my daughter brought that seems to work okay…and I like how it smells….don’t have a lot to do today but to start getting the list together of what I want to pack and start getting things in the packing bags…had too much coffee yesterday so I only have a couple of cups of leftovers for this morning…not going to make more since I really don’t need more…not much to do today…still have leftovers to eat today so I’ll have tacos for lunch or maybe some breakfast for lunch…not sure yet….more later…

Well…as you know, I have to start rehab for my surgery next week but I couldn’t remember what time they said so I called them this afternoon and I’m glad I did…I knew that it is on the 21st of the month but I thought it was Tuesday when it is really Monday…and I would have missed the appointment and would have to wait until after the UK trip to get started…getting that straightened out means I’ll get three sessions in before the trip…not sure what they are going to be able to do for me but the nurse I talked to earlier in the week said I still need to do it to make sure everything in there is supported by the muscles that are left…doing okay but insurance will pay for it but I’ll bet I have a 45 buck copay for each session…and that’s going to hurt….oh, well…still waiting on the big bill to come and when it does, I’ll be down to about 25k in the bank but that’s still not too bad…

Well…running late today with not getting out of bed til after the coffee had brewed and that makes it after 6:20 or so….I really hurt this morning and didn’t do anything that I can point to that would have done it…damn, is it just from sleeping? I know I tossed and turned a lot since the sheets and blanket were on the floor halfway through the night…it looks like we are going to get high winds here today since they have a beach hazard warning out for waves from 6-8 feet…and, from experience, that would make the lake a mixmaster that is pretty dangerous to be in…it got pretty cold here last night…down to 58 and I had to close this place up to keep the heat from coming on…allergies are pretty bad today and I have a slight headache that will probably get worse as the day goes on…I really can’t waste another day doing nothing like yesterday but I am not motivated at all right now and I wonder if that will change anytime soon? Not much to do today…I should go out to DD to get some onion rings and breaded chicken pieces for when I get back from the trip and need a meal out of the freezer…and make a run to Kohls so I can look through the summer clearance stuff to see if I can find some shorts and maybe a new belt since I have run out of holes on the one I’m using now….more later….

Well…as I’ve talked about before, I have been trying to get all of my monthly bills set up to auto pay before the UK trip and I just got my 5th/3rd credit card set up…and the reason I did that today was I didn’t get my bill in the mail and it’s due in a week…so I figured I’d set that up today while I looked at my balance…did it all online and it took about 3 minutes…now I just need to do the same for the water bill but they have an outside firm handling it and it costs 1.50 per month for that…I know it’s only 18 bucks a year but still…no other bill charges to pay online since it is cheaper for them to do it that way…I thought I was going to have to actually go to a bank branch and it was a pleasant surprise to be able to just sit here on the couch and get it done…

Well…having a hard time getting going today and have very little energy…it looks like there are some storms coming through in a few minutes but I’ll believe it when I see it….I am going to take the day off today with feeling so run down…have been trying to eat more but I don’t think that’s working yet…yow..the wind just started blowing so hard I can hear it over the tv so I think the storms are coming…sure hope so…okay, so now the wind has stopped and it was just a gust for some reason….got a few things done yesterday and I really should do more today but I don’t feel like it…need to get packing for the UK trip and I need to get organized in the next couple of days….damn, this one is pretty hard to get flowing for some reason….can I just live for a bit? Not sure if I know how to do that…but I am going to try…I think I need to buy a timer for the light here in the living room when I’m gone to simulate that I’m still here when I’m on the trip…and I think I should get another set of earbuds so maybe I’ll buy that stuff today….but I just hate to give that money to amazon and make the idiot billionaire that owns it more money…not much to do today…just want to sit for a while and have more coffee before I even contemplate moving at all….I may just sit on the porch when the storms come if they do…damn, I’m depressed this morning….more later….

Well…got the day moving, finally, with getting the zoom meeting out of the way and then heading out to do the grocery run to get the ginger and Greek yogurt for the chicken masala I’m making in  a couple of days…started breaking in the new shoes and they are going to need it but they are really comfortable already so no big deal…have the laundry in and I’m getting ready to saute some peppers and onions for the soft tacos I’m making for lunch but I just want to sit here for a bit and have some more water since my right big toe is hurting and a reminder that I need to stay hydrated to avoid a flare up of the gout…now I’m going to read a bit of the news to find a topic for later….

Well…running about on time today with waking up around 5 and then lying in bed until almost 6 and I feel okay even after all the work yesterday….today will be easier with just the zoom meeting at 9 and then the rest of the day is open and I do need to start figuring out what to pack for the UK trip…I did find the small bags to use inside my suitcase for t-shirts shirts and shorts…I need to buy another pair of jeans and some new bootie socks to use to go with all of the compression socks my daughter sent me…and I have to remember to buy some new earplugs for the plane and sleeping in strange hotel rooms…should probably put a list together for all of the things to do so I can stay organized….had to make two calls on the assholes last night and I will be going over to the cop shop to put in a formal complaint next week so the cops can then start watching the house and cite them for a public nuisance and disturbing the peace…damn, I’m working too hard on this….not much to do today…just the meeting and then maybe the grocery run after if it doesn’t go too long…but right now I need to have more coffee and read some news….more later…

Well…the plan for the day was to just run an errand early to pick up some top soil and pretzels from target and then just take it easy…but when I got back here and finished my coffee, I took the soil out front and planted some grass seed in the spots that have died during the drought out here…and then did the weed walk after I finished that, had lunch, and then noticed I had an hour before soccer started so I decided to mow the lawn and got that done before two…then some phone tag to get the zoom meeting set up for 9am tomorrow and I was finished around three…but that was a long time after the 9am that I had planned…but I only have the grocery run to do tomorrow after the meeting or I may just wait to do that til Thursday since I like to get the run done really early…I do want to make the chicken masala in the instant pot so I’ll need to get some ginger and some other stuff for that….but, right now it’s after 6 and I am done for the day….

Well…damn, it’s still raining out there and it has been since about 3 yesterday afternoon…and it looks like another hour or so until it’s over so the mowing will have to wait til tomorrow…had a waiting day yesterday and didn’t get much done as I sat here waiting for the nurse to call me back and reschedule the zoom meeting…oh, well…used some new roll on cooling stuff for my sore neck and it seems to have worked okay…still hurts but I can move it better so that’s a plus…going to use it again this morning so I don’t have to move my whole body to move my head…it’s 60 degrees with heavy rain right now and we have a flood watch on…it looks like we had more than an inch of rain overnight but I have no problem with that sitting up on my little hill…not sure what I’m going to do today…still working on leftovers that my daughter left here two weeks ago but those will be finished in a couple of days so I’ll have to cook again…I feel like I’ve gained about 5 pounds of the ten I wanted to so I’ll have that done before the trip…still look too thin but I’m getting there…not much to do today…just going to ease into it and wait for the reschedule as I have lots more coffee….more later….