Well… just got back here from getting the first part of the dental surgery done and man, they jerked and beat on my mouth so much I’m sure my jaw is going to ache tomorrow…my face and jaw is still numb but I think I need to get out ahead of the pain as the numbness wears off…and I lost another molar to a huge abscess…the dentist said we could try to save it and spend thousands to to it but it would come out at some point…it was a the far rear left molar so I’ll still be able to chew…and now without pain…have lots of self dissolving stitches in that won’t need to be removed and the next appointment on the 13th now is just a checkup and consultation and the other side will be done later…and he thinks all of the infection on the left side is now gone and it should heal up okay….hope so….I’m tired and have a headache…
February 27th
Well…happy second anniversary of moving in to my house and it’s going to be a long, painful day…didn’t sleep much at all last night but that’s to be expected with being good last night to prep for the dental work today….out of bed at 5:23 and it looks like it going to snow this morning and I hope it’s not too bad so I can still get to my appointment at 2….and the rest of the day after I get back here is going to be lying on the couch and taking stuff for the pain…I did take the day off the bike yesterday but am going to try to get two rides in this morning and I’m going to eat a lot this morning so I won’t have to eat later…probably not until Tuesday afternoon…I am going to make mashed potatoes this morning to go with the soup I have thawed so I’ll have some non chewing food in case I do get hungry…at least I’ll be able to sleep tonight or even take a nap this afternoon….so nothing planned for the day other than rides and the dental work…I do have to straighten up the living room in case I need to be helped into the front door but that will only take a few minutes….more later….
Go Red Devils!
Well…sitting here watching the League Cup final between Manchester United and Newcastle with Man U up 2-0 but Newcastle is outplaying them…or were until the second goal kind of deflated them….should be a great second half if I can find a channel that is stable to watch it on…using a New Zealand Sky Sports channel right now after trying a South African and English one and both of them jumping backwards….so I’ll stay on this one for a while….
February 26th
Well…running about on time today with getting up with the coffee alarm clock at a little after 6…didn’t go out to get the paper today since I just didn’t want to get cold and it’s pretty useless for 5 bucks…my left hip is hurting again this morning and I must have done something when I was sleeping last night…but, it’s not as bad as yesterday so I can deal with it…didn’t get anything done yesterday but I am going to clean a bit today…going to take the day off the bike today to get back to the normal pattern after riding twice a day all week…I am starting to get a little anxious about the dental work tomorrow…it’s going to hurt like crazy when I get back here and I’ll have to shift into survival mode when it’s done around 4 or so…going to over eat today since I won’t be able to eat until Wed or so…hey, maybe I’ll lose some weight…have to look on the bright side….but I will have at least two days of pain killers to help weather the storm…not much to do today…just eating and cleaning…Man U plays in the League Cup final at 11:30 so I’ll be watching that and then just taking it easy for the rest of the day…no cocktails tonight in prep for the surgery so I’m going to be pretty bored…more later…
Boycott Heineken…
Well…just read an article on Mastodon that even though Heineken promised to withdraw from the Russian market, they have continued to invest in Russia and have launched 61 new products there along with building bottling and distribution plants, supporting Putin and his murderous war in Ukraine…so any time you buy a Heineken, you are helping Putin kill more Ukrainians…so boycott Heineken…they don’t deserve your support if they support Putin…
Of course he is….
Well…just read an article that had me laughing out loud at the absurdity of it…I guess idiot boy is now a DJ at his tacky Florida golf club every Thursday and Saturday night during dinner…yep, the idiot trump is now playing music for dinner patrons as he sits there and stuffs his face and my only thought is “of course he is” this how far this idiot has fallen and I, for one, is happy to hear it…maybe the stress from the coming indictments is furthering his decline and that’s just fine with me…the sooner he shuffles off this Earth, the better it will be for everyone…I wonder what’s next? Is he going to become a waiter there, too? Or better yet, a busboy….who really cares anymore? Geez…
February 25th
Well…damn, I’m not sure what I did but my left hip started to hurt last night and it is really bad today…hard to put any weight on it and that is just a pain…woke up at 5 again today but laid back down until 7:30 and I think the lack of sleep has caught up with me….so, I don’t know when I’m going to get on the bike today…it’s already 8 and I’m on the first cup of coffee so it will be quite a while…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get a lot done but I do need to clean the bathroom today with the build up of dust on the edge of the shower…I still can’t believe how dusty this house is…I guess it should be with being 82 years old but it is still a pain to constantly dust…Monday is going to be the two year anniversary of moving in here and it has been a pretty good time living here…haven’t made any progress on the house in 6 months so I need to get off my butt and get going but that will wait until after the health problems are sorted in April…not much to do today…it did snow a little last night but I don’t think I’ll have to shovel today…I do need to clear the front steps that I forgot the other day so I can use them after getting my mouth destroyed on Monday…I had doves on the feeder yesterday and that has never happened before….huge birds but pretty dumb…two of them were pecking at the side of the feeder trying to get at the food and never figured it out…more later…
Lazy day…
Well…sitting here at 12:45 and I have everything I wanted to do already done so what’s next? Got two rides in this morning and am still digging on watching tv on my tablet when I ride now…watched two episodes of “Leverage” today and will probably keep doing that since there are 5 seasons to watch…the teeth that they are working on Monday hurt like crazy today and I had to take some ibuprofen to cut it…and it worked well since I just noticed the pain is gone…it’s pretty annoying that the city is working on something at the corner and have had two trucks idling over there for over an hour…can’t figure out what the heck they are doing…I do still have to do the lunch dishes before the soccer match that is on at 3…it looks like the big empty lot to the north of me is having sewer lines put in it…there is a pallet of about a dozen 20 foot pipes sitting there so we may be seeing another new house or two out here….I didn’t hurt my should as much as I thought since it doesn’t hurt at all today…but it is funny that when I move it the thing grinds an pops so loud I can hear it…strange…
Some good demographic news…
Well…with all of the insanity and hate coming out of repub party these days, and the illusion that they are taking over this country, an article I just read gives me hope that this is just temporary…when polling was done on political affiliation over the past few months, the only group that the repubs lead in is the over 65 folks…and that group is the one that they continue to kill off with covid by the constant anti vax bullshit that comes out of fox news on a daily basis…and the group that watches fox is the only one that is shrinking…with the greatest number of additional voters coming from the 18-29 year old group that overwhelmingly votes for dems…this demographic time bomb is paired with the fact that no one likes any repub policy…and the overturning of Roe by the supreme court brought needed attention to the rest of the bullshit they have been up to…I mean Missouri just passed a law that makes it a felony to cross dress or “drag” and perform in public…and that means that every trans person could be arrested for just living their lives…so, I have a little hope that enough voters that have at least one foot in the real world will continue to see the repubs for what they are and vote dem to boost the demographic train that is bearing down on them…geez…
February 24th
Well…I just noticed that I only did one of these yesterday and I promise to do better today….up at 5:04 again this morning but laid in bed til 6:43 and I’m not sure if that helped or not…my stomach is growling like crazy this morning for some reason and I have a bad case of heartburn and I can’t figure out why that would be…I know I kept the calories under a thousand yesterday but that’s pretty normal for me…I have started to prepare for the surgery Monday by getting food thawed that I will be able to eat with my mouth torn up…turkey soup is going to be the go to since I really don’t need to chew that much and I’m going to make mashed potatoes Sunday….have broth in the cupboard, too, so I’ll be able to survive it…damn, woke up thinking it was Saturday today and that has been a theme all week…off by a day and I wonder how I got out of synch? I did beat the heck out of my right shoulder peeling the ice off my walks with my garden spade but it looks like the heat I put on it last night has helped…doesn’t hurt as much as I expected but it is still stiff….not much to do today…need to get stared soon but don’t want to…just going to ride the bike…twice…and then see what happens….more later…