Well…up and out of bed at 5:15 this morning and that immediately made me think of the Who song from “Quadrophenia” of the same title…didn’t sleep much last night and it’s only going to get worse as the temps plunge into the single digits for a high tomorrow and into the negative for the low tonight…just poured the first cup of coffee and it needs to work soon so I can get moving and get my day started…I’ve never seen a “cold advisory” before but there is one just issued and that is a little ominous…so I guess I’ll go into survival mode today..another 4 inches of snow last night so I’ll be out shoveling after the rides and need to attack the alley today since they are never going to plow up here…I only had two bowls of soup for food yesterday and it looks the same today…just don’t feel like eating anymore…more later…

Well…we got another 13 inches of snow overnight and it took me almost two hours to shovel the walks and driveway when it normally takes about a half hour…going to be sore as heck tomorrow since I’m already sore just sitting here…the streets are littered with stuck cars and I really don’t think they will get up here to plow until the weekend…and I’ll have to shovel the alley if I want to get out of here…oh, well…at least it was nice fluffy powder…but still…I have had enough snow for the rest of the winter…

Well…damn, up an out of bed at 5:07 this morning and the string of not sleeping continues…really up at 3:04 and then up and down until I just gave up…feeling pretty trapped up here with so much damn snow and I just want this winter to be over…and I had so much pain from something that I had to take an ibuprofen last night…I think I’m just abusing my body with all the shoveling so I need a day off that I’m not going to get with another foot of snow today…just so damn worn out…I really think I need to change my attitude with all the snow…I used to love weather and storms and I wonder when it got to be work? Maybe it’s depression coming back…who knows? I do know I need to get my butt moving right now and get the day started with the weight work and then on the bike for two rides and then I can start to think about the rest of the day…more later…

Well…after I shoveled a little landing pad in the alley so I could get a start on driving out of the alley…I got out easily even though the plows came through and pushed a lot of snow on the entry…so I got out to the dentist and got a great report that I’m doing just what I need to do to keep the rest of the teeth I have and that was cool…I was even able to get the prescription from Meijers so I really don’t have a reason to even do the grocery run this week since I don’t need anything…but I probably will anyway since I want to check in with the plastic surgeon so I know where I have to go in that medical complex next Tuesday…and it’s right next to the good Meijers so I can check that out tomorrow…okay…want to read a bit..

Well…damn, the coffee needs to work today with how I’m feeling right now…just frickin worn out and have so much to get done today…going to have to shovel the alley if I’m going to get out but it’s only 7 degrees out there and it’s going to get colder with a low of -2 tomorrow…I wonder if the car will start…going to let it run while I shovel the alley this morning after the rides…but I’m only going to shovel tire tracks and not the entire alley…slept okay last night but I don’t feel like I did…at least I wasn’t up an down all night…I did have to shovel twice yesterday with the snow and wind and I’ll have to do all the walks again this morning…still not too sore and that is a little weird after all of the abuse I’ve heaped on my body…I mean I’m 72 after all…going to try the thawed potato soup today and I hope it wasn’t ruined by freezing it…and I took a container of ham soup out, too so I’ll be souping it all week…not much to do today…just need to get the normal stuff done and the shovel, shovel, shovel…and then out for the dentist appointment….more later…

Well…this is probably the nastiest day we’ve had since I moved out here…10 inches of sow so far, 40+ mph winds and only 13 degrees making the wind chill a good -20 and we have at least 10 more inches of snow coming…have 3 foot drifts across the walk to the garage and another 3 footer the entire length of my lot that is about 90 feet…going to have to dig out my long Columbia winter coat and get my Man U scarf to wrap around my neck…even with that, I’m not going to be able to be out in the wind for more than 10 minutes at a time…and I’ll have to shovel at least 3 and maybe 4 times today so I’m only doing one ride…needless to say I won’t be getting out to my appointment tomorrow afternoon since they haven’t plowed out here in more than 2 weeks…and in that time we’ve had more than 20 inches of snow…maybe closer to 30 inches…and we have snow in the forecast every day for the next two weeks…it’s getting below 0 Friday night…ick…

Well…woke up a little after 3 this morning and out of bed a little after 5 and that is really starting to suck…and we had 10 inches of snow overnight with the wind just howling and I’m pretty sure I’ll have to call and cancel my dentist appointment since I won’t be able to get out of here…it’s just a cleaning and I think I can miss that one…still not sore from shoveling and I can’t figure that out…I mean after all the work I should hurt but I don’t and I’ll take it…it’s going to snow for two weeks and the high today is 14 degrees and it’s just going to get colder with a high of 7 degrees Friday and we’ll be below zero for the low…I’m going to need to get out of here for supplies by Thursday but I’m not sure if that is going to be possible if they don’t plow…which they won’t…I do need to get going and get the normal stuff done right now so I can get out to shovel…I do haven 4 books left to read so that will get me through til Friday so I guess that’s something…just feel so damn trapped up here with the city not doing it’s job and I guess I’ll have to get the e-mail warmed up to bitch about it with the city…more later…

Well…we are under another winter storm warning from now until 7am Tuesday and that is going to suck…8-15 inches of snow with high winds is going to get me out there to shovel at least 3-4 times and I know I’ll have to shovel the alley to get out for the dentist Tuesday aft…and they haven’t plowed the street up here since the last 20 inches of snow up here so it could be a challenge but all I really need to do is get to Park street and that is just a little more than 100 yards since it’s a main bus route and they plow it…still not sore from shoveling every day and I wonder when that is going to come? I still have 3 books left so I won’t have to hit the library until Thursday or so but I’ll probably go there after the grocery run Wed…spending too much time shoveling that I can’t use to read…one good thing happened today…when I heated a bowl of soup for dinner today, I could taste it a little…yay!

Well…damn, they just issued a winter storm warning that runs til Tuesday so I may not be able to make it out of here to get to my appointment Tuesday afternoon…I don’t think I’ve seen a winter like this in a long time…up at 5:15 today and that makes it two weeks of getting up that early…it is pretty depressing to have so damn much snow and cold temps…not going to get out of the teens for a couple of weeks and I am just worn out for this extreme weather…still need to get moving in a few minutes to get the day started but I sure don’t want to right now…I’m pretty sure the coffee is not going to work today and that is going to suck…so damn tired…not much to do today…might have to run an errand this morning to get some supplies to survive the weather but I don’t want to…more later…

Well…the Manchester derby is on right now and that screws up my schedule for the whole day…and we just got going so I won’t be able to get on the bike until 9:30 or so…might make it a 1 ride day since I want to make soup this morning and after the heavy snow shoveling yesterday, I can afford to take an easy day…and I only had one meal yesterday so I’m good on calories…I guess I could do a 2nd ride after lunch but I don’t think I want to…okay, going to watch the match…more later…