Well…darn, turned out I was quite the slug today with only running an errand and doing the two bike rides and I should have gotten some stuff done…but there were two soccer matches on and Man U played and won their Europa League match this afternoon so I was distracted…and now I’m sitting here waiting for the 5-8 inches of snow we’re supposed to get overnight…and it’s raining right now so there will be ice under the snow tomorrow morning…I’m glad I got everything done today so I can hibernate tomorrow and Saturday, but I will be out there shoveling the snow again…for what I hope is the last time, but I said that last time, too, and the temps are supposed to be in the 30’s for the next ten days so March is going to be a write off for good weather or outdoor bike rides…at least I have some good shows to watch tonight with “Picard” and “The Mandolorian” in my Plex queue….and I saved them for Thursday night as I always do….

Well…damn, waking up and getting going this morning is more of a process than an event…up at 4:04 then floated back into sleep until around 7 waking up a few times in those hours…had a really pleasant surprise when I looked Mastodon as I normally do when I get up…someone had posted a clip of CSNY doing “Down By the River” from what looked like when “DejaVu” was released…Neil and Stephen were playing at each other with David moving in and out with them and Graham on the Hammond B-3…just a rocking version shortened for tv but still a cool thing to wake up to….didn’t get much done yesterday and I’m leaning toward taking the day off today since I’m running out of days to do that…I mean what’s the point of being a fit dead guy? I do have to run an errand this morning but I am not going to shower before it like I usually do….okay, the coffee is not working yet…I’m a little impatient about that today but I’m only about a third of the way on the first cup so I need to take a breath….not sure what I’m going to do today…will probably do at least one ride but I don’t need to cook until tomorrow with having both chili and rib leftovers….my teeth were really painful when I got up today but have settled down after I stopped grinding them and I hope the lack of pain continues….not much to do today…my weather widget is telling me winter weather is coming and that is feeding into my depression today…but It’s not going to get worse…I hope….more later….

Well…while I was on the bike this morning, my legs hurt quite badly so I decided to not do the 31 miles again today…and I really didn’t want to be cold today, either, so that made the decision for me…I did get 16 miles in and made some ribs and rings for dinner but didn’t get much else done but the grocery run this morning…and I forgot a couple of things so I need to go back out to Meijers for a short trip in the morning….and that will lead to hibernation for Thursday night since we are supposed to get 5-8 inches of snow overnight….I am so damn tired of winter and want to get my garden prepped…I do need to put the seeds in cups tomorrow so they will be ready to go in after last frost…but right now, I’m going to just sit here for a bit and watch a motorcycle race in the rain…

Well…up at 6:03 this morning and when I was lying in bed trying to get moving, I saw something that was a little confusing…the full moon streaming into my west facing window threw a pattern on my wall that made it look like I had two windows in there instead of one…pretty cool…and I slept okay but ground my teeth again and have a little pain from it but not as much as yesterday so that is cool…not going to ride before I do the grocery run so I can ease into the day and have coffee and then do a ride indoors this morning as I wait for the temp to come up enough to ride outdoors this afternoon…but that will be the last one this week with the temps dropping and watching for a winter storm for Friday morning…so, I need to get all of the errands run today and tomorrow….didn’t get a lot done other than the rides yesterday but I think I may be getting used to it…I did find a container to put on my side table to put the bills in when they come to make sure I don’t miss a payment….need to be a little more organized around here….not much to do today…just the grocery runs and then getting on the bikes…doing the 31 miles yesterday put some miles in the bank in case I don’t feel like riding…my legs are sore and that seldom happens….more later….

Well…after getting 16 miles in this morning on the indoor bike, the weather was just so inviting with the temp up to 46 and sunny…so I suited up and did another 15 miles outdoors to give me 31 for the day…surely don’t have my summer lungs or legs but it was a good ride until coming back from the beach into a 10 mph wind that was kind of a chore…I did get the chance to ride by the huge boat storage building that caught on fire yesterday…150 boats in it and they think it’s  a 2-3 million dollar loss…and you could smell it from a quarter mile away….my legs hurt quite badly right now so I think I’ll take something for it before I get into the relaxing later…my teeth are holding up now but with a bit of a setback after I got up from grinding them all night…the hole where the molar used to be started to hurt but that went away this afternoon and that was the first time I even felt that part of the work…second day in a row I didn’t use any orajel or ibuprofen for the pain so that’s progress…and I can chew on that side a bit so it’s slowly getting better…yay!

Well…slept okay last night but ground my teeth and that means pain again…but it’s not too bad so I can live with it…must have slept on my left side last night since my neck hurts on that side…having the pain subside a bit yesterday gave me hope that it is going to heal but I’m not so sure today….I know that it takes time and I haven’t had to treat the pain in a full day so maybe? Didn’t get much done yesterday but do some laundry and do the bike rides but I’m still pretty worn out today….didn’t eat a whole lot yesterday with a bowl and a half of chili and a 4 inch piece of smoked sausage in a leftover hamburger bun…less than 1K calories I’m sure and I need to plan out meals for the rest of the week…there is no protein on sale this week and I normally do corned beef and cabbage for St. Paddy’s day but not at 4 bucks a pound…I think I need to vary my diet some and get away from the normal chicken and pork but I am thawing some of the last batch of ribs I have in there for tomorrow that needs to be marinated some time today….it may be warm enough to get outside on the bike today but I’m going to do one downstairs to start the day…it is only 30 out there right now so going outside is going to have to wait…and today will be the only time this week I’ll even think about outdoor rides since the highs are going to be in the 30’s the rest of the week…I get impatient for the weather to break every spring and the wait gets depressing at times…I do have to get my seeds in the cups today and get some bean and tomato seeds tomorrow so I can get everything going to be ready for the last frost…more later…

Well…after having pain eating lunch…I was pretty depressed and really thought I wasn’t making any progress in healing….but then I tried some chili as dip with some tortilla chips and was able to eat on that side…still painful but not the howling pain that it has been for the past week…and the pain stopped right after I stopped eating….so I decided to give dinner a try and had a piece of smoked sausage on a bun and was able to eat on the left side and now I sit here with barely any pain drinking ice water so I do have hope that there is progress happening with healing….have not had to use any orajel today and that would be the first time since I had the work done a week ago…I’m going to keep my fingers crossed that it’s not just a fluke and the howling pain starts again…

Well…as you know, I’m fighting to recover from having the gums on the left side of my mouth torn up and then stitched back together…and I haven’t been able to chew on that side in the week since…but it appeared to be getting better over the weekend so when I made chili today, I decided to try to chew on the left side but that lasted one spoonful and the pain started right up again…so we’re back to square one again although it doesn’t hurt when I don’t use it and that is progress from before…I really hope this is one of those times where it hurts until it doesn’t and surprises me with that soon…but now, it didn’t work…and that sucks…

Well…damn, must have ground my teeth all night since they hurt with that dull, background ache that is going to be energy draining all day…I feel pretty worn out and I’m having a hard time getting going today…since I didn’t take the day off yesterday, can I take it off today? Just poured the first cup of coffee so that can’t be working yet but it has to start soon or I’ll be lying down on the couch for a nap…didn’t get out of bed til 7 this morning and that is getting to be the norm but that will change tonight with not using the rest of the pain medication for my teeth….it’s raining and 35 degrees out there so I’ll be riding indoors today and the rest of the week since the highs are going to be in the 30’s all week…I sure hope spring breaks soon…I mean we’re in frickin March and it’s supposed to be warming up…but looking out 10 days, there is no warm at all….I did throw some stale ritz crackers out for the squirrels yesterday and I didn’t think they were going to find them but they did late in the day…have two more tubes of them to put out today and I am going to watch to see if any of them are the new babies…not much to do today….I am running behind on these so I’ll have to stay off Mastodon and come here…I am making chili today so I’ll have something easy to eat and not irritate my gums…and that will be for lunch and I have no clue what dinner will be….will have too think about that…more later…

Well…running about on time today with getting up at a little after 6 and then heading out to get the paper…so, I’ve already read it and need to get to my normal routine but I am doing this first instead of reading the news since I feel like I’ve been distracted by other things…mostly my teeth not healing and being in constant pain…and that leads to not eating and lack of energy from it…didn’t get a lot done yesterday other than the outdoor ride and today is setting up to be even more sluggish…have the first F1 race of the year at 10, then Man U plays at 11:30, the Indy car race is on at 12:30 and then the nascar race is on at 3:30 so I’m not sure when I can wedge a bike ride in…it is Sunday and I normally take the day off so maybe I’ll do that today….it would be nice to have the day off and do what I want but we’ll see….don’t feel like doing much right now and the pain in my teeth from grinding them overnight has subsided a bit so I’ll take it…there have been little rays of light that have me hoping that I’ve started to heal but it’s been almost a week and I think it should have gotten better sooner…not much to do today…just need more coffee right now and to go over to Mastodon to see who’s up and moving…and I will be back here later for another one or two….more later…