Well…as of today, the preparation for the colonoscopy begins…have to stop eating anything that has fiber in it for the next two days, and then eat my last food Saturday so it will be two days without any food at all and I am lucky that I do periodic fasts that go a day and a half for practice…and I talked to the doctor’s office this morning to get the loose ends tied up since they sounded like they don’t have any records for me and I can’t figure that out because mychart has all of that stuff in it…hmmmm….and then I talked to my brother who is going to give me a ride there and back so everything is a go for Monday…so now I can relax a bit until the cleanse starts Sunday and continues until 8 hours before the 2:30 procedure Monday…I probably should get a self rising pizza to eat Monday evening so I don’t have to cook anything til Tuesday…so now I go into anticipation mode for the next 4 days and then survival mode for Monday…I AM having cocktails Monday night….no matter what they find…either to celebrate that I don’t have cancer or to drown my sorrows if I do….Oh, well…
October 20th
Well…I think all the effort I put in on the bike yesterday hit me last night and I slept through it…not too sore today but I do feel pretty worn out and I’m not sure if I’ll attempt an outdoor ride today…it’s going to be warmer but the wind is supposed to be about the same as yesterday and that was too brutal for me….it does look like the rain is over for a few days and I need to start thinking about mowing the lawn one last time without having the bag on it to pick up the leaves…. and I need to run the string trimmer one more time so the yard will look neat over the winter….but that can wait a bit…I think I need a day off everything and that will probably be next Tuesday after the scope….who knows, it could be found that I’m dying of colon cancer and then nothing will matter anymore….I wonder how I’ll react to that? Damn, I’ll miss the UK trip if that happens….but I’m not going to worry about that right now….I do need to start eating the right things today to prep for the procedure Monday but I have to read up on that to make sure I do it right….and I have leftovers that need to be used today so that may wait til tomorrow….not much to do today…just going to ease into it with more coffee and some news before I get on the inside bike…don’t have a lot of work that I need to do after that so it may be an easy day…and yeah, I will probably try to get an outdoor ride in, too, because I’m just not too bright…or stubborn…that’s probably a better description…more later…
You’d think I would learn…
Well…when I got up this morning, the pain in my back and legs was much better and I was able to move around quite easily so I got on the downstairs bike before I did the grocery run and got my 8 miles in…and after the run, I still didn’t have a lot of pain so after sitting here for a bit and looking outside to see the sun shining and having some lunch, I decided to give an outdoor ride a try…well…you’d think I’d learn the when the trees are whipping around up here that it is going to be even worse down by the lake…and it was..I barely made it across the point until my legs started to hurt like crazy but I kept going until the front tire started to come apart and was thumping the handlebars, so I turned around to came back here and put a new tire on it…but, when I tried a used tire that I thought was good and it wasn’t so I had to put the last new tire I had and then finally got out again around 12:30 to give it another try and the wind was even worse…but, did I turn around? Of course not…I’m an idiot, after all, so it was straight into the wind all the way out to the beach, straining the entire way just to keep moving…and let’s cap that off with rain…it started when I was almost to the beach and rained so hard I didn’t even stop for a water stop…and when the clouds came over it started to get cold again and 41 degrees in the rain is not a lot of fun…but, I survived it and might even have learned something…don’t go out when it’s cold and windy and raining…should have learned that by now…oh, well…
I just don’t understand…
Well…I know I talk about polls a lot here and sometimes they are accurate and sometimes they aren’t, depending on the structure of the poll and the selection of the sample to poll…but, just the other day, one came out that I just don’t understand…in that poll, almost 70% of the Americans polled thought that our democracy is in danger but that same poll said that most people aren’t basing their votes on that…with inflation and the economy still coming out on top…and I have one thing to say to these people: if we you vote for repubs and we lose our democracy in three weeks, inflation and the economy are going to be the least of your problems…as the repubs are now saying openly, if they take back the house, they are going to hold the world hostage by defaulting on our debts unless they get enormous cuts to Social Security and Medicare along with Medicaid…and they are not stopping there…they are coming for the affordable care act that has helped over 20 million Americans afford health insurance and all of the good things that come from the inflation reduction act like 35 dollar a month insulin for seniors will be gone and they will try to pass a nationwide abortion ban that will take women’s control of their own bodies away from even the states like Michigan who have a constitutional amendment protecting women on the ballot in November….I just don’t understand how this is not a hair on fire moment for ever damn person in this country….do you think the repubs will do anything about inflation? Or the economy that they have crashed every damn time they’ve been in control? Not a frickin chance since they will be too busy investigating their enemies and impeaching Biden to do anything for normal Americans…so get your head out of your asses voters…inflation is not the most important thing on the ballot…especially since more than half of it is just price gouging by big corporations…and do you really think that the repubs will do anything about that? Nope…geez…
October 19th
Well…damn, I think all the dust that got in my eyes yesterday has done some real damage to them…they are still full of crap and blurry and I hope that clears up later today…my back is still quite stiff from it but the rest of the pain is manageable and not nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be today…and I still feel good that I still have the capability to bend like I had to getting into the edges of the attic near the eaves….you are not supposed to be able to do that at my advanced age….slept okay last night but was up at a little before 5 and I really thought I’d sleep better with all the work and riding the downstairs bike yesterday….going to get back on the bike this morning before the grocery run so that needs to happen here in the next half hour or so and I’m not ready for that yet….need to get on the work for the trip today to make sure I have all of the suggestions ready for next week’s meeting and I also need to do the recon run out to Holton road for the scope on Monday today, too…but I’ve got all day to do that….have to do the grocery run today, too, but I really don’t have much to get this week since I won’t be eating two days for prep…and I need to get on mychart for the instructions on what to eat starting tomorrow…damn, I can’t wait til Monday night and having the damn thing over….but then I have more dental and doctor appointments the first week of November and I just want all of them done so I can relax a bit…I think I’m going to delay the dental work since my teeth don’t really hurt anymore and I think it’s stupid to remove teeth that are still solid and that I can still chew with….not much to do today…just the grocery and recon run and then I’m going to sit here a while and get some organization going for the trip…with working hours on the house for the past couple of days, I need to take some time to heal up a bit before I get started on the dining room….more later….
Got the insulation done….
Well….after I got back here from errands, I had my last cup of coffee and it was only 10:30 so I decided to get back to working on the insulation upstairs…and I am still marveling that the previous owners took a look at the piles of fiberglass batts that came from the underside of the roof when it was replaced and just shot cellulose blow in insulation over the tops of the piles….and they left probably 25% of the plaster bare with no insulation at all and then piles of batt and blow in that were 3 feet deep….so I dug all the batt out of the piles and stuffed in down between the joists and then spread the blow in over it and now there is not an inch of the attic floor that is not covered…and then I cleaned up all of the crap that was left from putting the roof on and the rotten old paper from the batts and dragged that out to the trash so at least it looks better than it did…and, over the winter, I’m going to tap into one of the electrical boxes up there and put some lights up with a switch next to the door so I don’t have to use a flashlight or an extension cord with my portable light…I think it’s going to take a few days to get over all the dust in my lungs and eyes and the dust mask I was using was black when I finished…and I’m sore again so I’m taking the rest of the day off….it’s 1:30 and I have been going since 7:20 this morning and that’s enough…maybe more later….
What a damn crook…
Well…we all know how big of a crook the idiot trump is stealing anything that wasn’t nailed down when he was squatting in the WH, but just the other day his corruption hit another low when it was reported that idiot boy charged the secret service 5 times what a room normally goes for when they stayed at his tacky resorts…upward of 1200 dollars a night for at least 10 SS agents…and this cash went straight into his pocket and is the reason he never stayed anywhere but his own properties…so 12,000 bucks a night to protect this asshole when he’s not worth 2 cents…and it was estimated that he took yours and my tax money to the tune of over 2 million bucks and I can’t believe the SS went along with it…okay, with the revelations that the SS is full of trumpers, I guess I can believe it…and now I wonder who in the SS got kickbacks for approving this illegal expenditure? The question I have is: was the SS this corrupt before trump or did he just infect the entire government with his amorality? As this crap is uncovered, I want someone to be held responsible…the corrosive effect of idiot boy getting away with this and everything else he did is just sickening…and to have an entire political party not just approving of this corruption but participating in it at ever turn depresses the hell out of me…geez…
A good day so far…
Well…it’s only a little after 9:30 and it’s been a good day so far….got the first indoor ride done this morning and it was not nearly as bad as I expected…in fact, it helped my left hamstring and it barely hurts now…I think part of the easiness of the ride is that I’ve done 4,200 miles outdoors and my legs are in pretty good shape…it was a little funny when I went down there this morning and got on the bike and the rear tire was slipping on the roller on the trainer and I thought I’d gotten some wd on it when I lubed the chain up yesterday…then I checked the tires and they were both flat and that was a facepalm moment for me…it’s been 6 months since I last rode it and of course the tires would be flat..after all, I have to air the tires up on the outside bike every couple of weeks and this one is no different…it was nice to not have to suit up and get cold an wet and, after 45 minutes, I was soaked through and it felt good….then I ran an errand out to Menards to get some more dust masks and one of those 3 panel led lights that just screws into the socket that I had a 75 watt bulb in…yow! That thing is bright! It lights my garage up so I can actually work in there with the door closed and can see easily…and it uses less power than the 75 watt…and on sale it was only 6.74 and that’s a pretty good deal…and I got 50 dust masks for about 12 bucks and that makes them less than 24 cents each and that is a pretty good deal… and that means I can get back up in the attic and work on the insulation again…but I want more coffee and to read the news for a bit first…not a bad way to start my day….
October 18th
Well…damn, I’m sore today from climbing around in the attic yesterday but I only have 30% of it done so I’ll need to be back up there today…I’ll need to go out and get some more dust masks since I used up my last one yesterday and Menards has them on sale of 10 bucks for 50 of them and I do want to get one of those 3 panel adjustable led lights to light up the garage that they also have on sale for less than 7 bucks…that will be later this morning since I do want to get on the indoor bike for the first time this fall and get at least 8 miles in….the big wind that was supposed to come in last night didn’t happen and the highest gust so far today is only 33mph instead of the sustained 50+ they were predicting and that’s okay…my shingles are thanking the weather for not blowing them off…I also want to make a dry run out to the place I’m getting the colonoscopy Monday to make sure I know where it is….I was good last night and didn’t sleep all that well but feel okay this morning other than the pain in my back and legs….and I hope that getting on the bike will loosen my legs up some so I don’t need ibuprofen to get to work…I did some damage to my left hamstring but I feel good that the old body still has the ability to crab walk on the joists and do the work upstairs…I did find a switch under the insulation that is for something and I’m going to check if it was for a light up there and see if I can put one up since I’m working in just daylight from the windows and a flashlight….not much to do today….need to get on the bike by 7:30 so I can get the errand done by 10 or so…and I need to start putting together my thoughts on the UK trip since we are doing the zoom meeting with the travel agent next Thurs….have started reading about some day/side trips and will be making decisions in the next few days….and I need to get the instructions for the colonoscopy figured out so I stop eating at the right time and time out the cleanse to finish when I need to be there….and I want to get back upstairs to continue to make progress…I know one thing, next Monday night is going to be a cocktail night and I need to have a big meal ready since I won’t eat anything Sunday or Monday during the day…hey, a chance to fast and lose weight….more later….
This could get nuts….
Well…I normally don’t watch any local news or weather, getting mine from the internet but that means I actually have to go out to the sites that have that info…and today I just didn’t get to it until just now and yow! They have what is called a storm warning on starting at 2am tomorrow and going until 2am Wed…this is something I’ve never seen before in my long life and it could get pretty wild…what the storm warning means is that there is a possibility of sustained winds of up to 50 knots, or 57 mph with gusts of up to 70 or hurricane strength…and they are predicting waves of 15-18 feet and even higher..now that would be worth the ride out to the beach tomorrow but not on the bike that’s for sure…I really hope my shingles hold up to that blast…and it’s sure the ride will be on the indoor bike tomorrow and I’m glad I got the chain lubed up this afternoon but I probably should clean it with the collection of cobwebs on it….okay, time to take it easy and take some ibuprofen…walking on the joists upstairs and bending over so much working on the insulation has tweaked my left hamstring and it hurts like crazy….ha, my computer has a little “wind” icon in the bottom banner….that’s kind of funny….