Well…got up at coffee o’clock but just couldn’t get going so it took me an hour to get here…and I didn’t sleep much so this is going to be a rough day…and I wonder why that is after sleeping okay for a few weeks? Oh, well….I did get out to see my grandson yesterday and he is growing like crazy can’t wait til he can see me without a mask…it was nice to see him smiling and laughing…and I know it was good for the car to get it out on the e-way and get it warmed up all the way for a change….didn’t get anything else done but the bike ride yesterday and today looks the same but I should clean some to get ready to move…not sure if I will but I should…and I can get out on the bike as soon as it gets light since it is already about 35 out there and I’m used to freezing my butt off…well…not used to it but I know I can tolerate it…but it still takes the rest of the day to warm up…not much to do today…I need more coffee before I even think about what I’m going to do today so I think that’s what I’ll do…more later…

Well…things sure are back to normal with waking up at 5:24 and then out of bed before 6….and that is a little disappointing…but, I feel okay this morning and not too sore so I guess that’s all I can hope for…and I didn’t take anything for my allergies since I’m running out of medicine and can’t get more for a few more weeks…but that brings my sinus headache back and that is pretty annoying…oh, well…the damn mice are back in the garage and one of them chewed a hole in the bird food bag…that didn’t last long as I got two of them in the traps over the past few days and the trap that is left was empty this morning so maybe I got them all…I really do hate to kill anything but it is annoying to leave a trail of bird food out of the garage when I go out to fill the feeders….didn’t get a lot done yesterday other than look at house listings but I have plans to go out and see my grandson this afternoon and hang out with my son and his wife for a while…he’s growing like crazy and is almost 5 months old and I’ve only seen him once with this damn virus still around…can’t wait for my turn to get vaccinated to help put an end to this crap…I don’t think I’m going to make it to 6K miles on the bike…just can’t bring myself to do any doubles after getting cold on the first one…but I think 5900 miles or so should be enough for the riding to be successful…not much to do today….just going to take it easy until it gets light and then get on the bike and then more work on finding a house….more later….

Well…it appears things are back to normal with getting up a little before 6 and not even trying to go back to sleep…and I tossed and turned all night so thing really are going back to normal…darn….and I feel worn out this morning but I probably should as old as I am…I did get a nice ride in yesterday but I am a little confused about it…it was the same temp as the day before with the same clothes but my hands were not frozen and my toes were just a little numb….weird…and I am getting out today as soon as it gets light since it is already warmer than yesterday out there right now…maybe I’ll do one of the doubles I need to make it to 6K today…but I’m sure not motivated to do that right now but we’ll see as the coffee works and the morning goes on….at least my phone and tablet are working this morning so I don’t have to think too much yet…not much to do today…just looking for houses and riding and I guess that is going to be the plan for the rest of the year…it is looking more and more that I am just going to have to buy something I don’t want just to get out of here and have a base to start looking for something I do want…more later….

Well…two weeks until the end of the year and I hit 5,815 miles today…and that made me think “I wonder if I can make it to 6,000 by the end of the year?” After all, it’s only 185 more miles and that works out to 14.23 miles a day…but that is with no days off for cold, wind, or soreness…there would have to be a few doubles in there to make sure…but I wonder if I need any more goals for the year? It would just add to my stress level of not being able to find a house that I want and only having three months to find one and buy it and move…and I really don’t need that right now…so, I guess we’ll see….

Well….running really late today with both my phone and my tablet dead this morning and screwing around with them to try to get them to work…what are the chances that both of them would be dead when I got up? It appears that I have both of them working again but I wonder why the tablet didn’t just restart itself after the updates to the software overnight? Hmmmm….oh, well…slept okay last night but feel a little crappy after having a couple of cocktails….and I was good all week to give my liver a rest…my right shoulder and neck really hurt after sleeping wrong on them and I may have to take something for that this morning…just feel a little off today and I wonder if I have another cold….or if it’s just more allergies that are annoying the hell out of me….I did get a bunch of cleaning done yesterday so I don’t have much to do today but cook and I am going to try out a new recipe for chicken for lunch….I do like the rice I made the other day so I may make some more of that to go with it….need to get away from ham and all the salt that comes with it….I did get a bike ride in yesterday and this time my feet froze instead of my hands…my toes were numb all afternoon from it and I may have to buy some wind proof socks to help…but they are 25 bucks and I’m not sure if I can justify that much money even though I hit a milestone in my checking account Weds….more later….

Well…up at 5:55 this morning but, with being good three nights in a row, I feel okay even with tossing and turning all night….and after shutting down the downstairs project, my allergies are better and I’m not coughing at all…we’ll see how long that will last…had a few new dreams last night, too, but I don’t really remember them at all…I just know I had them….and tonight will be 4 days in a row of being good…I am looking forward to tomorrow night when I can have a couple and get started on the new season of the Expanse that showed up yesterday…I did get my colon cancer test prepped this morning but I’m not sure if I want to know the results…but, they are sending me a 25 buck check just for doing it so I guess that’s some incentive and it’s better than doing another colonoscopy…will probably have to do another one next year but maybe that can wait after this test….I did get a bike ride in yesterday and froze my feet to the point that they hurt like crazy when I warmed them up in the shower and I can’t figure that out…it was warmer than the last time I went out and it was worse than that…strange…I do need to clean up this place some today since my brother is coming over to pick up some equipment this afternoon…and I’m running out of time to find a house and need to get that done in the next 3 weeks or I won’t be able to close and get moved on time…I guess I’d better start working on plan B and look for apartments, too…don’t want to do that…not much to do today…just clean and look for houses after I run out to the post office this morning…and try to get a bike ride in before 3….more later…

Well…running about on time this morning and I was good last night for the first time in  quite a while so I feel pretty good this morning as compared to how I have been feeling…I even slept okay last night but woke up a lot all night and had dreams about voting and losing a hat that were pretty weird…took the day off the bike yesterday since I just couldn’t take being that cold again but I will be out at some time today to get to 5800 miles and I still do like riding even after so many miles….I basically took the day off yesterday other than a little cleaning and all I have to do today is the grocery run and I don’t have much on my list for today….want to get the freezer emptied out and I have enough in there to last me a couple of weeks….I am tired of ham so the chicken I’m getting today will be a welcome change…and a little roasted cauliflower with it will be good…and I made some brown rice yesterday to go with some veggie egg rolls and that was good so I’ll have some of that, too…not much to do today….I do need to find a house int he next two weeks but it appears the listing have slowed down some…I did laugh the other day when and unused high school in Nashville came up…24,000 square feet for only 99K…all brick building but you’d have to be an expert in boilers to heat it but it would be cool to have a full size gym for my own person use….more later….

Well…not sure if I’m running late or not today with forcing myself to stay in bed after I got up at 5…I do know I fell pretty crappy today and part of it is cleaning up downstairs with all of the dust…my head is plugged up and I’m coughing again and that makes for a miserable morning….good thing I don’t have a lot to do today and it’s too cold to get out on the bike…and probably will be all day so I may just take a day off…I did get a package from my daughter yesterday and the socks and hat she knitted for me are pretty cool and fit great…have the socks on right now and it is nice to have a little color to wear instead of the all black that I normally wear…I just thawed some half and half that I froze a week or so ago so it would keep and it looks weird in my coffee so I may just toss it…might try to shake it up to get the milk fats to reincorporate better but it tastes okay so I think I can live with it…had to buy a pint of it since they were out of the small containers but I wonder if I can just use milk instead? Probably, but it isn’t as smooth and I think I can splurge a little on the calories….not sure what I’m going to cook today since I am out of leftovers…might do some pasta for a change of pace or look in the downstairs freezer to see what’s there…there is finally some room down there but I don’t want to fill it again until everything is gone…not much to do today….going to just take it slow and ease into the day with more coffee and news and not think for a while….more later….

Well….I guess I’m not used to the cold yet…went out for a ride at 28 degrees this morning and I am still frozen from it…and I even added some poly long johns under my wind pants since I thought that would happen….it did help my feet a little but I still need to figure out how to keep them warmer…it was just damn unpleasant but the good thing was that I had the trail to myself with not seeing one other person in the entire 15 miles….and the problem with the garage opener light is not the bulbs since they didn’t light after I replaced them…but it’s too damn cold to take the cover off and see if I can fix it so I am going to wait until it gets a little warmer later in the week to work on that….I sure hope I warm up some soon….this is really pretty annoying….

Well…made it all he way til 6:20 this morning but I still feel pretty crappy right now….and I had weird dreams about fixing outboard motors and getting laid off…but even in the dream I remembered that I’m retired so it wasn’t as stressful as it should have been…and in the dream I was still young…ish…and I think what I looked like was still how I see myself, not how I really look on the outside…it was sure a relief feeling better yesterday but I am still concerned that feeling lousy and exhausted is going to come back as the damn coughing has….I did get a nice bike ride in yesterday but it is going to be cold today with a high of 31 and I’m not sure I want to get that cold anymore…we’ll see if it’s going to be sunny or not and that will probably decide it for me…I do have an errand to run this morning to return the faucet I bought and the lights in the garage door opener have burned out so I need to stop at the dollar store and get some leds that should hold up to the vibration better….and I should have a couple of spare bulbs around here as the incandescents go out…and I need a spare pair of sunglasses for riding the bike, too….other than that, it is going to be an easy day…didn’t get to the cleaning yesterday so that should be on the agenda for today, too….but, who knows? Just haven’t had any motivation lately and don’t have any right now either…jsut need more coffee…more later…