Well…damn, just got back from doing the second ride of the day and that may have been a mistake…where they did the biopsy last week hurts like crazy and it was not so good of an idea to sit on it for almost 3 hours today…and my fingerless riding gloves opened up the burn that was healing on my right thumb….and my back is being heated again since I could barely stand after getting off the bike…not a lot of pain but just so damn stiff that I had to do something…so, it looks like I’m taking a rest and repair day tomorrow and I’ll just get the yard work done instead of riding….I do need to come up with a political topic for later but I think I already know what it’s going to be…so, I should be back here in just a little while….more later…

Well…just poured the first cup of coffee and I sure hope it starts to work soon….had some dreams last night that I don’t remember but it had something to do with being cold and then I woke up and was cold so that was weird….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I need to work on the yard today and I will get to that after I get two rides in…my hands are finally starting to heal and the stiffness is going away just in time to hurt them again raking today…I did eat two meals yesterday to have enough fuel to support riding two times and I got 23 miles in but I think I ate too much so that leaves me on the fence about eating two meals today…but I have chicken that needs to be cooked or frozen so I’ll probably do two breasts today…but won’t eat them until tomorrow…I have a leftover one that I forgot about and that will be enough for today….how many calories in a boneless skinless breast? Not more than 300 so I’ll stay under 1K for the day…not much to do today…Man U plays at 7:30 so I won’t be able to get out on the bike til 9:30 or so but it will still be cold so I’ll be in full thermasuit but maybe in shorts this afternoon….more later…

Well…just walked out on the porch to get the mail and in it was a pleasant surprise…got a check from my insurance company for 244 bucks for some sort of a refund to my premiums…I have both my car and house insurance with the same company so I’m not sure what account it’s for but I’ll take it…it would be nice to know but I don’t need to know….and I really don’t think I’ll call my agent to find out…it’s just a piece information that is not necessary and I don’t feel like doing any work to get it…

Well…damn, I’m even more sore this morning and I hurt everywhere…even have a headache and that is not normal at all…I need to get moving and I’m not sure how that is going to work…it’s April and it’s only 29 degrees out there and that sucks…I am so tired of the cold and it gets worse as I get older…okay, is this the starting of a little bout of depression? Sure feels like it….but I’ll have to see how it plays out…I really should get on the bike now but that is going to wait for a while so I can get some coffee in me…at least the sun is shining but it’s not warming things up so what’s the point? Didn’t get anything done yesterday but I am going to try to get some yard work done today but that is going to be a chore with how sore I am….but I think moving around will help with that…at least I hope it will…I did try to eat more yesterday but I was still under 1,000 calories and I wonder if that is contributing to how I feel? Eating has gotten pretty hard to do as I try to keep losing weight…I do want to check the car to see how much coolant I lost on the run out to Ada the other day…pretty sure most of the air in the system should be gone and I’ll have to fill the expansion tank….not much to do today…need to get on the bike by 8:30 and that gives me 23 minutes to veg and have more coffee…going to try to get outside for a ride later but I don’t feel like doing anything right now….more later…

Well…after the two rides today, I decided to take the day off since I hurt so much and was exhausted…even laid down on the couch to try to take a nap after I almost fell asleep writing the second post today…and I had two meals…or two half meals today since I know that is part of being exhausted with only doing one light meal a day for the past 5 days…my hands really hurt so I didn’t go out and start working on the lawn…I will get out to rake up the leaves tomorrow and get the branches bundled up to go out with the trash on Tuesday…I could even wait til Monday when it is going to be in the 60’s but I do need to do things over the weekend along with riding twice a day outdoors….so tomorrow will be better and I’ll get some work done…I do have lots of seeds up downstairs and should be able to plant in a couple of weeks….

Well…damn, I hurt this morning…and it’s darn near everything that does…my back and hands are stiff and it is going to take some time to loosen them up today….had a good day yesterday and the car survived it so that’s one less thing to worry about…I think today is going to be a recovery day but I am going to get on the indoor bike …it’s too cold to ride outside today so I’ll try to do two indoors to keep the guilts away….it’s only 35 outside and I am so tired of the cold but it’s going to warm up starting tomorrow so I have that to look forward to…man, my brain is just not working right now and the coffee is just getting it started so I’m going to stay in slow mode for a bit…I do have to start looking for meals after I finish up the ham today and I may just use the last can of potatoes to fry up but might make some oven fries instead…didn’t have much to eat yesterday other than a ham sandwich on Italian bread so I am going to toast some of the Italian this morning with peanut butter and coffee…not much to do today…just going to ease into it and try to loosen everything up…it’s a little weird to hurt in places that are new and I hope I don’t have to hurt everything again…damn, I’m old….more later…

Well…just got back from the long run out to Ada to shoot pool and had a lot of fun…the car made it with no problems and I even was able to put the top down on the way back and that always makes traveling more fun…but the wind was blowing the car all over the road on the way back and it’s howling out here right now…so much so I can hear it over the Man U match that is on right now…I want to check on the hose clamps that hold the ends of the hose that I replace just to make sure they are still tight…but right now, I am just going to watch some soccer and try to find a topic to write about….more later…

Well…damn, up at 5 again and out of bed at 6 and I am worn out today…but, I haven’t had any coffee yet so that may be part of it…when it gets warmer, I’m going to have to get the hose out to wash all of the coolant off the engine compartment of the car…it went everywhere with the hose failing yesterday and I really do hate the smell of coolant…I think I have the car fixed but my hands are pretty damaged with burn and cuts on them from the work yesterday…I’m getting too old for this crap…my back is sore from leaning in to work on the hose and I think I’ll need to take something for it before I run out to Ada….didn’t get anything done yesterday but work on the car and today will be the same with shooting pool…it usually takes a few days to get the air out of the cooling system so I’m going to put a gallon of pre mix in the trunk again and hope for the best….think I’ll put the heating pad on my back for the second cup of coffee…not much to do today…just the grocery run and then out for pool and I hope the car survives it…more later….

Well…as you can see, I didn’t come back for another one since my day has been taken up working on the car…on the way to shoot pool out in Ada, I blew a heater hose and dumped all of the coolant out on the ground 10 miles outside of Muskegon…luckily, I had put a gallon of premix in the trunk so I was able to get it back here with just one stop at a car dealership to get some water…then I spent the afternoon trying to find a special hose and found the only one in Muskegon that cost me 23 bucks and lots of work to put the new one in and replace the temporary fix that I needed to do to be able to drive to get the new hose…and the one that split had a two inch long one in it and dumped all of the coolant on the exhaust, causing huge clouds of white smoke that I can still smell….it’s been that kind of day…but I think it’s fixed…after putting the new hose in, I took it out for a drive where I ran it over 70 for a couple of miles…and just went out to check it to make sure it’s not leaking and it appears I have it installed right…but I did burn my right thumb working on the car when it was still hot…okay, I’ll stop complaining now…it appears the car survived the overheating and I may have been quick enough to shut it off when it got hot…this is the second time I’ve replaced this hose…the last time it just started to seep so I could change it before it failed…

Well…damn, I feel worn out today and it’s a lot of work just to do this right now…the good news I got yesterday led to a bit of celebrating last night and I’m feeling it….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but the bike ride but I don’t think I’m riding today with the pain that came with it…might try to ride downstairs but I can still feel the damage from yesterday and that makes me a little hesitant….I was really hoping that it would rain this morning and it would clean the salt out of the car but it looks like it is moving out and dry…not quite warm enough to put the top down for the run out to Ada today but I’ll get it down next week with the warm up that is coming…going out to shoot pool today and I’m looking forward to that…not sure when the last time was and I have to remember to take the quarters I have in the bowl in my bedroom…it’s a 100 mile round trip and the car can use some mileage on it…I’m not dying! That was the the takeaway from talking to the urologist yesterday and I don’t think I thought I ever was…just had a feeling that things were going to be okay and it’s nice to be right…not much to do today…just the run out to shoot pool and then back here to just veg out the day….it’s mug shot day for the idiot boy but I’ll be on the road while that happen…darn…more later…