Well…that was a little better…only woke up once at 4 and was able to get back to sleep without taking any more medicine for the cough…still coughing but I think I can handle it for a while just to see how bad my lungs still are…I am breathing a little better so maybe there is progress? This has been so damn tiring that I am worn out…but, I am going to try to get on the bike once it gets warmer…it looks like the rain is going to stay to the south for now but it’s only in the 30’s so the wait to go out is going to be a long one…but, I did get out in long pants the last time out so I can do that once it gets to 45 or so…didn’t even try to get any work done yesterday but I do have some stuff to do downstairs that may just irritate my lungs again but it needs to be done today or tomorrow so I can start wrapping things up down there….and I do need to finish up the painting in here so I can start getting my stuff ready to move…to where, I don’t know but I’m not going to wait til the last minute to do it….not much to do today…need to start getting back into the normal routine so I can eat more…2 chicken thighs and 3 small tomatoes is just not going to cut it for a whole day and that may be one of the reasons I feel so crappy…more later….

Well…no, I still feel like crap and my lungs are completely roached still…but, I have been finding a few houses today on zillow and there is one that I would buy today if it was just about 25 miles closer to GR…it sits about 45 miles to the north…about halfway to Mt. P and I think that is a little to far for me right now…but, it is only 119 grand and has 1500 square feet, a huge garage, half acre lot, covered porches on the front and back of the house and it has an easement to a lake that is across the street…and it is on a quiet street in the country…so, I do have a goal of finding a house by the end of the month and getting the buying process started and I may actually be able to meet that…and with having close to 45K to put down, my payment would only be about 400 bucks a month….so I may just be able to pull it off…still have 5 months…and I still feel crappy…ick

Well…man, I’m getting damn tired of all of this coughing and not sleeping…was up most of the night and got out of bed at 4 to take some more medicine for it and I’m not sure why it has gotten worse again…I felt okay yesterday and could take deep breaths but that is gone this morning so it looks like another day of just taking it easy and hoping for some healing to take place…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get anything done so I am going to try to clean some today but I am going to need a nap at some point with not sleeping last night…just damn exhausted right now….needless to say, I won’t be getting on the bike today…I find myself hoping for rain so that doesn’t trigger my well developed sense of guilt and I do something stupid by getting out when I feel so crappy…okay, just checked the radar and there will be rain here in a few minutes so I don’t feel too bad….I can’t remember feeling so crappy in a long, long time and I’m not sure if knowing that it is my allergies helps any…oh, well….not much to do today….going to just ease into it…again…but I’m not sure if doing that will help how I feel….just damn frustrated that I haven’t made any progress since Tuesday and the last time this happened it took months before I healed up….more later….

Well…with all of the lung problems I’ve had since Tuesday, I was staying off the bike since I could barely breathe without coughing my lungs out…but they appeared to be getting better so I got on the bike today for a short 12 miler….and, while it wasn’t a mistake, I am not as healed as I thought I was since I did start to lose my breath after about 8 miles and now I am coughing again and can only take about half breaths before it hurts…it was still a nice ride but the first one in long pants since April with the temp only being 44 when I left here and that is too cold for shorts. It looks like I’ll have tomorrow to continue to heal with the rain that is forecast for the whole day so that might just work out okay…still have 260 miles to go to get to my last goal and I’m not too motivated to make it after hitting 5K for the year….it feel good to be able to walk without pain for the first time in months….but it is still hard to cut out the calories I need with not riding…looks like dinner is going to be apples, tomatoes and a handful of tortilla chips again….

Well…that was a little better…still woke up way too early at 4:54 but I slept okay with much less coughing and I think my lungs may be healing up some…still only have about 60% of capacity but it feels like there is progress going on and I’ll take any little improvement I can get…..but I still need to take the cough medicine I have been taking since it does help break up the mucus that it feels like my lungs are filled with….I feel a little guilty that I didn’t do a damn thing yesterday but cook but I think it’s what I needed to heal everything that hurt….my legs feel pretty good this morning but I am going to try to get out this afternoon for a ride just to keep the guilt at the level it is and not let it get any worse….but, I’m going to veg out this morning and watch some soccer with my coffee…I did a good job of limiting the calories yesterday with only have half a big rib and 6 onion rings for lunch and then only 3 small tomatoes for dinner along with a hand full of tortilla chips…I’m thinking I kept it under 1K calories for the day and that my be just a little bit too low but I can adjust that as time goes on…no much to do today….going to just ease into it and have some coffee and my last bagel along with soccer…I should do some work but I probably won’t….still don’t feel up to it…more later….

Well…running really late again today with another night of coughing, wheezing, and not being able to breathe that kept me up until 3 or so and then I didn’t get out of bed until 7:30 since I needed some sleep…can breathe a little better right now with being able to take half breaths instead of the quarter breaths from yesterday but it still doesn’t feel right…I did take a bike ride yesterday and got through it but barely…started to get out of breath at about 8 miles and it went downhill from there…and that never happens…so, I may have to re-think riding today…I have time for that since it is only 35 out there and that will keep me in until after noon…and my chest and back are really sore from all the coughing that will need an ibuprofen in a few minutes so I can move around here and get a few things done…the bitch in all of this is that it’s not a sickness and I did it to myself by not taking enough precautions when I was working downstairs…I just hope there is no permanent damage from this last time on the downstairs project…oh, well….as you can probably tell, I didn’t get much done yesterday but I am going to try to take the doors off the linen closet and get them ready to paint…and I have a door frame in one of the bedrooms that has to be finished but I need some painters tape for that and I am out of it….so that will wait for a run to HF to get that on Monday…this morning looks like just easing into it and having some more coffee and I may have a bagel to use them up before the spoil and I cut them out of my diet to save some calories….more later….

Well….that really, really sucked….running late this morning since I had the worst night of sleep in almost a year…my lungs kept me up all night with severe coughing and wheezing and that continues right now and I am sore and tired from it….the only thing that allowed me a little sleep was the cough pills that I bought for the last time this happened….and I know it’s going to take a week or so to get better and that is a little depressing….damn….didn’t get anything done yesterday but the grocery run and today looks like another down day with no bike ride again…I may try it to see if it will help clear out my lungs with the exertion on the bike but that won’t happen until this afternoon since it is too damn cold to go…check that…just looked at the weather and it is over 50 so I can get out any time after I have lots of coffee and probably another dose of cough medicine….but I need to space those out and make sure I have some for sleeping the next few nights….or I’ll have to make a run out to Meijers to get more….not much to do today….I do have to salvage the rest of the pink tomatoes since it will be close to frost tonight and I don’t think they’ll survive it…and I need to clean but I also need to make sure I don’t aggravate my lungs…it is just miserable to cough, and cough, and cough…. and feel this crappy….more later….

Well…after the work on the downstairs project yesterday, and with even wearing a dust mask, I feel lousy with allergies today…still. Have been coughing a lot all day with that iron taste that you get when there is blood in your lungs and have been taking stuff for it but it’s not really helping….I knew it would be a bad idea to get on the bike today and I didn’t have the energy for it anyway so I put the bike back in the garage after getting it ready to go out…the wind was blowing pretty hard anyway so I might have taken the day off even if I felt better….not sure how long this is going to last but I do know that I could barely catch my breath last night and I was breathing really fast just to get enough air but they were short breaths since I would go into a coughing fit if I took a deep one…at least I know what it is and that it will take a few days to get over it…but that doesn’t make it any easier…especially since I did it to myself….crap….

Well…that was a crappy day…all my work on the downstairs project went for nothing and my lungs are completely trashed from allergies to the point that I can barely breathe….and I think it will take a couple of days to get back to normal…and the coughing and wheezing kept my up most of the night so I am just worn out this morning…and feel really lousy….I did get out on the bike for one ride yesterday but there is no way I can get out today with the lungs so screwed up so I think I’ll make it an off day and just take it easy…didn’t get anything done yesterday but the work downstairs but I do need to mow the lawn and do the grocery run today…and I need to get that done early since my brother is coming over to pick up some equipment and take some of the tomatoes off my hands before they spoil….so, I’ll need to get moving by 7:30 or so to get the grocery run done before he gets here around 9….not much to do today…I probably should do a little painting in here but I don’t think I will….just need to recover and be able to breathe before I can do much…more later…

Well…no, he didn’t die…I do put musician’s names in the title when they die but I also add RIP…just a short little comment on a photo I saw when I was reading yesterday…as you know, I read a lot and yesterday, I came across an article about the greatest bass players in rock and JPJ’s name was on the list…and they had a photo of him from their concert at the Chicago Stadium in January of 1975…and I was there! I remember it vividly…but it was a little disappointing because Robert Plant’s voice was shot and you could barely hear him…very crokey…just a cool coincidence…