Well…damn, need to get moving and it’s only 6:29…will be out on the bike here in about 10 minutes…the particulate number is down to 77 this morning so I think I can go out without a mask…there is a lot of fog out there today and I like riding in the fog…slept okay last night but don’t feel like it right now…having a hard time getting started today and I hope the coffee starts working soon…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but get my surgery rescheduled and the bike rides and today I need to get my paperwork done for the Monday zoom medical conference…it is going to be so busy over the next month and I am not looking forward to it….I am going to bake a pizza on the grill today and I think I’ll do that for lunch…and I need to figure out what else to make and I think it’s going to be eggs and toast since I have more than a dozen in the fridge…not much to do today…need to get the floor in the spare room mopped and get started putting the bed frame together….more later…

Well…the scheduler called me back this morning and I have my new surgery date…July 25th so that will give me two months to heal before the trip…and truthfully, the trip will be better when I won’t have it hanging over me…got two rides in today both masked and it was okay no shortness of breath no coughing or sore throat…so I think I’ll keep that up until the air gets a lot better…and once I have the surgery, I won’t be back on the bike until after the UK trip since I don’t want any setbacks….but I guess I’ll just have to see how I’m healing…have to be off the bike for 6 weeks or so…so, it’s going to be a busy July with getting my teeth done on the 10th…and that gives me 2 weeks for them to heal until the surgery…going to take a break and try to find a topic in politics….more later…

Well…took the day off yesterday with the air quality being over 200 again that is “very unhealthy” and you’re not supposed to do anything outdoors…but this morning, I’m going to put a mask on and go for a ride…can’t take two days off in a row…slept okay last night but a small storm came through around 5 and woke me up…it even rained a little but that won’t do my lawn any good….tried to contact the surgery scheduler yesterday but she didn’t call me back and I’m a little irritated about that….need to get in for the surgery in July so I can heal before the UK trip and I’m pretty concerned that is not going to happen…I did get started on cleaning the spare room yesterday and I need to mop the floor and clean the windows in there today so I can start putting the bed frame together….the little weather widget at the bottom of the screen says “rain coming” and it appears there will be a shower that will keep me off the bike until after I run out to Aldis to get the mozzerella cheese I forgot to get yesterday…going to make a pizza on the grill for the first time tomorrow…going to take some burger out of the freezer to have over the weekend and I wish I had room in the freezer for chicken since Gordon’s has it on sale for 1.39 a pound…oh, well…not much to do today…just going to try to get the rides in and figure out what to eat….more later…

Well…after being out in the “dangerous” air of 343 for 6 hours yesterday and just finishing up the grocery run in 223 air, I am having shortness of breath just sitting here so I must have had some damage from the rides yesterday…so, I won’t be riding today and I can keeps the guilts away since I did more than two rides yesterday…this does kind of suck to be forced to stay inside in a closed up house when it’s going to be in the 80’s today…but it’s supposed to get better tomorrow and I’m going to clean a bit today to have the spare room ready for my daughter…okay, need to make the call to the periodontist…more later…

Well…got the 75 miles in on the bike yesterday and I’m feeling it this morning…and the air quality was so bad from the Canadian fires that I’m still coughing today…and with the particulate readings over 200 right now, it makes it “very unhealthy” and recommends that you don’t do anything outside…I can see the smoke out there right now so I’ll have a decision to make after I do the grocery run…have to make a call to my periodontist to get the prescriptions in for my July 10th treatment and I’m still waiting to hear from my surgeon’s scheduler to get that moved up…man, I’m tired….didn’t get much done but need to get the spare bedroom cleaned out and start setting up the bed in there so I’ll have a place to sleep after the surgery when my daughter comes to stay…so, I’ll work on that today…I’m feeling my mortality today with the bad news from yesterday and I realized that I could really die from this…I’ve always said that I’m okay with dying and I think I am…but I sure don’t want it to be slowly eaten away by cancer….I guess I have some thinking to do….more later…

Well…got a call from my surgeon this morning with bad news…the cancer has spread and it needs to come out as soon as possible…so now I’m waiting for the scheduler to call so I can get it set up in July…crap…

Well…today’s the day…going to do 75 miles today to do the “ride my age” day and I need to get moving in 15 minutes…it’s cool out there right now and that will be a good start…still going to be on the bike for 6 hours and that is not going to be easy…but it’s like the old saying “why are you hitting yourself in the head? Because if feels so good when I stop”…didn’t eat enough yesterday to support it but I didn’t last year, either, so I think It will be okay…legs went flat on the third lap last year and I’m expecting it will be the same this year…but we’ll see….not much else on my mind right now so I’ll stop here…wish me luck….more later….

Well…damn, my thumb hurts…and I’m still looking for a topic in politics today but I really haven’t had much luck in finding one…so, I’ll do this instead…it rained until almost 10:30 this morning and it looks like it’s trying to do that again at almost 3…it’s suddenly gotten quite dark…so fingers crossed…I did get the kitchen windows cleaned and they look pretty good and I have them open but it’s only 63 out here so I think I’ll have to shut them soon to keep the heat from coming on…then I got the two rides in and used up the hard boiled eggs for lunch and gave myself a haircut…and now I’ll go back to looking for something to talk about…I think tomorrow is going to be “ride my age” day so I’ll have to do 5 laps around my 15 mile course…that should take about 6 hours counting the water breaks and recharging for my mp-3 player but I may just take a spare battery with me and put it in the bag…going to be a long day and I already have a lot of pain from today and pulling weeds the other day…so I guess we’ll see if I still have it in me…the extra 3 rides mean I can eat and extra 1800 calories but I don’t think I can do it…

Well…woke up to a pleasant surprise this morning with it raining out there and it looks like it is going to continue for a while so I can just sit here for a bit and enjoy my bagel and coffee…slept okay last night but feel pretty worn out this morning and that is starting to be normal and I’m sure I don’t like it…had planned on cleaning the windows yesterday but just didn’t have any motivation to do anything so I didn’t….if it’s going to keep me off the bike today, I will have to find something to do…probably clean some or do the kitchen windows…we’ll see….damn, I wish I had the capacity to just relax and watch tv…that could make for a nice day…have to make egg salad for a sandwich today since I’ve got two eggs hard boiled that have been in the fridge for 5 days and need to be used…and still have two thighs for tacos and that will last a few days….need to look at the radar to see if I can wedge a ride in between showers this morning….not much to do today….just going to ease into it with more coffee and some news….more later….

Well…damn…it was supposed to rain all day today but all we got was a 10 minute shower and now it’s over and that sucks…how bad are the forecasters when they keep telling us it’s going to rain and then it never does?  So the day off the bike is not going to happen today and that is disappointing…so, I’m pouring down coffee and I’ll get out on the bike by 7:30 or so and get two rides in…had an okay day yesterday and got a few things done but I really need a day off….need to get the prescriptions for my next dentist torture this week and I’m not looking forward to that….damn, I feel so worn out today….it’s 72 right now so I can get out with just a t-shirt when I go…I should get a bagel toasting but I have no energy for that….I did make chicken soft tacos for dinner last night and they were really good and I have them for the next 3 days but do I continue with only one meal a day? Probably since I like that I’m still losing weight….don’t have room in the freezer but Meijers has burger on sale at half price this week and I wouldn’t mind grilling a burger or two….not much to do today..I was hoping for an easy day of listening to the rain but that’s not going to happen so I need to get my butt moving and do something else….more later…