Well…when I got up this morning, I was really surprised when I had no pain from the surgery on my teeth yesterday…and they still don’t hurt at all other than when I brushed them…only have a little pressure sensitivity but I’m still not chewing much on that side…when I was doing the two hour zoom meeting this morning Consumers came and changed my electric meter with no warning or even a knock on the door so, of course, I lost some time while I reset my modem and router and signed back on to the call…the call was pretty depressing when the emphasized how much my life is going to change…no sugar coating anything and basically my sex life will be over at my age and that really sucks….and I’ll be peeing myself for at least two months and that will take me right out to the UK trip…and I’ll have to find a yard service to mow my lawn since I can’t do anything for 6 weeks…damn, I’m so tired of this crap and I haven’t even had surgery yet….crap…

Well…running a little late today with not getting out bed til almost 7 and I need to get going by 7:30 so I can get a ride in before the zoom call at 9…it was supposed to rain this morning and I was planning to use that to stay off the bike today but there is nothing on the radar…it’s kind of weird that my teeth don’t hurt at all this morning so I have hope that they stay that way…they are still heat sensitive but I’ll take that…didn’t get much done yesterday but I need to get the paperwork done for my pre-op physical done for Thursday’s appointment but that shouldn’t take long…damn, I have 13 minutes before I need to get on the bike so I heed to get it in gear….the wind was blowing a lot last night but it was a soft wind an I enjoyed seeing it and sitting on the front steps to feel it….not much to do today….just the zoom call and that is going to take two hours…ick…more later….

Well…my stress levels are starting to rise with the dentist appointment getting nearer…have to take the valium in 45 minutes so I guess I should get my teeth cleaned but I’m not sure if I should eat something else first…had a piece of pizza but I’m sure that’s not enough at about 350 calories…I will try to eat something else later and chew on the left side but I’m not sure what that would be…I do have some eggs that would be pretty soft so I could make some of those later…but I think I’ll need to take a nap after I get back here…damn, I’m not looking forward to this….

Well…running a little late this morning with my damn intestines giving me fits…and the only reason could be not eating enough over the past few days…had a piece of pizza and 2 small chicken legs and beans from my garden yesterday…and that is well under 1k and that has been the pattern for weeks now…but I like how I look from it so I’m going to keep it up…and after the dental work today, I won’t be able to eat for a few days….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today looks the same…I’ll feel good if I get the bike rides in this morning and then get through the dental work with less damage than the last time…dental work will be over after this and it’s been going on for over a year and takes a lot out of me…and I need my strength for the surgery and recovery…need to plan out how to prep the house and yard for the weeks I can’t do anything…will have to mow the lawn and do laundry on the 23rd since I won’t be able to lift anything for 6 weeks or so…not sure if the lawn will wait that long but I guess we’ll see….not much to do today…just the dentist and rides and healing tonight…and that’s enough….more later…

Well…damn, the month of medical crap starts tomorrow with my periodontist appointment at 1:15 that will take two hours of wrenching on my jaw and teeth…and I am not looking forward to not being able to open my mouth for a month…then we go into a two hour pre-surgery meeting on zoom Tuesday morning at 9am followed by my pre-surgical check up and blood work Thursday at 11am…I’m going to be exhausted by the time I get to the surgery…I sure hope I can heal up and regain some energy before the UK trip…I’m already worn out…darn….

Well…damn, I need to get going to get on the bike by 7:15 with the F1 race starting at 9:55 and needing to get two rides in before that…slept okay last night but was up and down a lot…I discovered that I can sleep on my back without snoring after losing the weight and I haven’t been able to do that in years….I had to tie my riding shorts up for the first time yesterday to keep them from falling off and I’ve used these shorts for 15 years…I did get the kitchen cleaned up and the house is coming into shape for my daughters visit in a couple of weeks…still have the bathroom to do along with the living room but that will be easy with two weeks to do it….I noticed that something new is causing my allergies to flare yesterday so I’ll get ahead of it today…just had the little widget at the bottom of the screen say “high pollen” so I guess it may be accurate this time….have the last periodontist treatment tomorrow and that starts my long week of appointments…three in all but then no more until the surgery but lots of follow ups after….not much to do today…just the rides and I’ll have to hose down the bike after the first ride since riding in the rain really coats it with dirt and grit…. and I need to figure out what shorts I’m going to wear after getting the normal ones filthy yesterday….more later….

Well…it’s been an okay day so far even with getting soaked to the bone on the second ride…starting yesterday, I heard this loud plane flying low over Muskegon with that big rotary engine sound that you just don’t hear anymore…I ran out to my front porch and there was a WWII B-25 bomber flying over the city and I think it’s one giving rides since it has gone over at least 5 or 6 times in the past two days…just neat to see these old planes still flying and hear that wonderful sound…the only better thing would be to hear a B-17 or a B-29 4 engine bomber come over…fingers crossed…oh, and I have the kitchen cleaned…almost….

Well…up at 5:08 this morning and didn’t sleep too well so it is going to be slow getting moving today…and it is raining…yeah, I’m shocked, too…so getting on the bike is going to wait a while so I’ll watch F1 practice and maybe get one ride in before qualifying…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but make a pizza and I made it in the air fryer on bake so I really had to make two of them and stack them in there…came out really good so that will be the go to way for a while….I do have chicken thawing and I’m debating on whether to just cook it in the fryer instead of on the grill….have to clean the kitchen today and mop the floor in there along with work on getting rid of the expired food in the pantry….and I still need to completely clear the dining room table and scrub it up so we’ll have a place to eat meals while my daughter is here… and I do need to clean the fridge, too even though I just cleaned it a bit ago….there are lots of old butter containers that need to be tossed along with old pickles, etc….not much to do today…just cleaning and the bike rides…have some of my beans to be cooked with the chicken along with a potato of some sort so that will be for lunch….even with being good, I feel pretty worn out this morning so I need another cup of coffee and to watch practice….more later…

Well…up at around 6 this morning and slept okay but didn’t eat enough yesterday so I’m a little worn out today….no dreams to speak of and that means I didn’t sleep deep enough…my shoulder doesn’t hurt right now and my back even feels okay today…it’s a pain when it’s warm and can’t use the heating pad or I’ll melt into the couch…it’s only 57 out there right now so I’ll have to have a long sleeve t-shirt on over the short sleeves but I think it’s close to having to put a fleece on…at least there’s no wind to work against…have to do better on getting my exercises done for recovery and I’ll do that 4 times today and every day until the surgery…need to have a well toned set of muscles to make for the best outcome after…have a huge 5 pound block of chicken thawing in the fridge but I’ll have to run the water over the bag so I can separate it into pieces…so it won’t be thawed for today….so I’ll grill tomorrow….I do have the ingredients for another pizza but I’m going to break it up into two little ones that will fit in my toaster oven…too much work to do it on the grill….not much to do today…need to get started on the living room or kitchen today but I’m making good progress on this place and will have it done by the time my daughter comes….more later…

Well…with my daughter coming to stay for two weeks on the 22nd of the month, I really did need to get started on the big jobs that I have been letting go lately…so I did today with cleaning the dining room, mopping the floor and then putting two coats of wax on it…looks pretty good for an 82 year old wood floor and I really need to keep up on it…need to do the same on the other exposed wood in the living room and I think I have enough wax to do two coats on it since it’s not a very big area….need to start on the kitchen tomorrow since she is bringing me newish pots, pans, dishes, glassware, and silverware so I need to get the old stuff out before that and then clean the insides of the cupboards since I haven’t done them since I finished them over a year ago…the mattress she ordered for her bed came today and the metal box spring will be here in the next week or so and I’ll have to assemble that…we did get the zoom problems ironed out and when I was talking to her, I held my tablet up and showed her the house which was fun….this will be the second night of no cocktails and I feel pretty good so I’m keeping that up til after the surgery…but that means that watching the new shows tonight won’t be as much fun…oh, well…