Well…I did get off my butt and got everything done before Man U started at 9…had to do two rides today since I’ll only do one per for the next two days with being in GR hanging with Art…I do have to take a lot of stuff with me so I’ll have food for the two days along with all the chargers for my electronics and warm clothes for walking Art…still darn cold here at 7 degrees but at least it’s not snowing so I won’t have to shovel today…have to reset my emby channels since they all disappeared last night and that is a pain…at least it’s working today so I can watch soccer…and I’ll start rebuilding it at halftime…

Well…damn, it’s cold out here at 1 degree but I expected that with it being clear with a full moon overnight…up at 5:04 again today and that is still the pattern and I know I don’t like it one bit…haven’t really slept much this year so far and I sure hope this doesn’t continue…need to prep and get stuff ready for being gone for two days and I’m already looking forward to getting back here Tuesday…after everything that has been happening, I just want to be left alone for a few weeks to do what I want which is nothing…just feeling old but need to get moving soon to be done with the rides before Man U plays at 9…and it’s a little strange that I’m sore everywhere today and I know it’s from having to sleep differently and not on my incision…it is healing okay but I do want the stitches out…not much to do today…just the normal stuff that I need to get started on soon but I need more coffee first…more later…

Well…just finished up shoveling the snow, what little we got, and there is not a cloud in the sky and I am not used to how bright it is out there…after it being cloudy every day this year, this is too bright…but I’ll take it as long as it means no snow…still cold as crap but there is very little wind and I’ll take that, too…still wrapping my head around the idea that I’ve had cancer for a second time and dodged the bullet again with the surgeon getting all of it…again…let’s hope there is no third time…have everything done that I planned on doing so I’m going to take the rest of the day off to read and watch soccer…still no pain from the incision and my back even appears to be healing after shoveling so much snow but my right thumb hurts just typing so I guess I’ll have to treat it in a bit…time to make lunch…

Well…damn, another night of crappy sleep with getting up at 2:44 and then dragging my butt out of bed at 5:40 and in between staring at the ceiling…feel pretty beat after the cancer diagnosis and the stress from life…didn’t get a lot done yesterday and I really don’t want to do anything today but I do need to get on the weights here soon and get two rides in…the incision is itching like crazy and I think that means it’s healing…at least I hope that’s the case…it only got down to 11 overnight and that is where the high has been for too long…the cold is really wearing on me but I’m going to grit my teeth and take it for the next month…maybe this year February won’t be the coldest month…I don’t think it snowed overnight so maybe I won’t have to shovel today…just need the coffee to work right now so I can get started…more later…

Well…just got the biopsy results and it is invasive squamous cell carcinoma…crap, cancer twice now and I really do need to start watching my skin and get this stuff treated sooner…one good thing is that it probably won’t need further treatment and now I understand why the incision is so big…they had to go down into the lower dermal layers to get it all…the 5 year survival rate after treatment is 99% so I’m not too concerned…but damn, cancer really is trying to kill me and I don’t like it one bit…I’m glad everything timed out to get it treated after only a couple of months…not sure if I should be happy or concerned…I guess I’ll find that out after they take the stitches out in a week….

Well…darn, up at 4:14 and out of bed by 5am again and I’m worn out…and it’s 2 degrees out there an I’m really tired of the cold…I do have to run an errand to pick up the prescription for my face that is going to cost 31 bucks but I can live with that…still can’t sleep on my right side and that is causing lots of pain in my neck that I’ll have to stretch out to try to help that…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but the normal stuff and that looks the same for today…have leftovers to eat today but I am going to make a roast beef sandwich with horseradish sauce with the beef I got for a buck at DD and I’ll pretend I got it from Arby’s….will heat it to make it complete…face is still healing okay…no redness or infection so the scar shouldn’t be too bad…have to start figuring out what I need to take with me Monday for the dogsitting…food, coffee, and electronics to get me through two days…really can’t wait to get back here Tuesday….not much to do today…just going to read and start looking for what to do in Italy when we go later this year….more later…

Well…today was an easier day today with just a little snow overnight that took about 20 minutes to clear…then the normal stuff that I got a late start on for some reason…my incision seems to be healing pretty well and the swelling is going down and I still can’t believe I’ve had no pain at all after the topical wore off…pretty cool…my daughter is getting the Italy trip firmed up and has booked some cool old world hotels for us to stay in,…we even have an apartment in Rome that is cheaper than two hotel rooms would be…I need to get started on what I want to see in the three cities we are going be in…in Florence we can take the train from the airport and then a water taxi to our hotel…that will be fun…going to be cold again tonight down to about 2…brrr…have to run an errand in the morning to pick up the prescription that is going to treat all of keratosis on my face and scalp to keep them from turning into cancer…I did figure out that if I run the car for 10 minutes on really cold days, the car shifts perfectly fine so it must just be the standard gear lube they have in there…I’ll have that changed once spring gets here….time to read…

Well…another day of not getting out of bed til 5:44 and that is a win in my book…not sure why that is happening but it’s probably from being so worn out from getting out of bed before 5am for a week or so..we have another winter weather advisory on for today and I am so damn sick of the snow…need to get out tomorrow to pick up a prescription so I’ll be shoveling the alley again and my body is wearing out…and it’s only 13 degrees and getting down below zero tonight and I’m tired of the cold, too….just damn tired…but I need to get moving and get the weight work started so I can do two rides this morning…got a bunch of food that is bad for me at DD yesterday…even bought some turkey bologna for 99 cents for a pound along with some thin sliced roast beef and it will be the first time I’ve had beef in a long time…not much to do today…just need to get through the exercise to see how I fare after that…more later…

Well…I am beat today after the blizzard drives, shoveling, and surgery yesterday but I slept better and didn’t get out of bed til almost 6 and I am now running late to get things done…should have done the weight work by now but I’m not going to stress about it…couldn’t sleep on my preferred right side with the surgery and that has left me with pain in the right side of my neck…can take the bandage off the incision this morning and then I’ll leave it in the air until I get the stitches out on Feb 6th…need to hit the library today or tomorrow to reload books to read but I think I’m going to run out of authors I like and I’m not sure what to do about that…it’s been a year since I started reading a lot and I think I’ll miss it…but I’ll get more done around here…still damn cold here at 14 degrees and it’s going to be int he teens for the next week and I can’t wait for March to get here so we’ll get some relief…more later…

Well…man, the drive over to the plastic surgeon was as white knuckle as it gets and I don’t think I’ve driven in that kind of weather in years…visibility was down to zero in spots and I never got over 30 even on the expressway…and coming back it was even worse…at times the other cars disappeared into the snow and I couldn’t see them even when they were only 30 feet in front of me…lots of people had their emergency flashers on and I hadn’t ever seen that before…my car did okay except for the icy spots and I had a chore getting it going from a stop…but I just upshifted and it bit and I was even able to get back into the alley and into the garage even though there were 5 inches of snow in the alley…the surgery was pretty easy but I have 6 stitches in my face since they took an almost quarter sized chunk out of my cheek…now the waiting begins to see if it’s skin cancer or not…ick…