Well…..another cold morning today but at least there was no ice on the car today…..didn’t even warm the car up this morning even though it’s only 13 degrees….slept okay last night but I am trying to figure out how I lose the covers every night…even though it’s 75 in here, it’s still cold without them….my elbows are not as bad today and I can actually move my left one without it popping and that is a welcome development….but, my heel is still hurting and I really do need to find out how to fix the cracks in it….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I’ll go to the bathroom today and maybe even the kitchen floor…not sure yet….there are some soccer matches on this morning that I’ll put on for some background noise but we’re in the dead zone of no sports I really care about…and that is going to make the day pretty boring…more later…..

Well….running a little late today and just can’t get started…I do have a reason…T left for the Bahamas this morning and I got a text from her at 5 that she was at the airport and had already had her first beer….that made me laugh and made it hard to get back to sleep…I was already up so I guess it wasn’t that much of a reason….slept okay last night but feel slow this morning with the cough still here and my heel pain….just feel a little rickety….didn’t get a lot done yesterday other than cooking and today will be the same…I should do the bathroom and I might but who knows?  Today appears to be the last day of the deep freeze we’ve been having here in GR…might even get up to 40 by Tuesday and that means I need to wash the car….the cold has been wearing on me and it will be good to have it be normal for a while…..not much to do today….soccer starts in a few minutes and I do need more coffee to get moving…more later…..

Well….running a little late today…just can’t get started and that is becoming pretty normal….I do still have a little bug since my lungs are congested…or it could be allergies…who knows? I did get out to run some errands yesterday and I am thinking of going out to get the battery switch today but I’m not sure if I will…I did get my lottery tickets for tonight and tomorrow and if I win them both that will be close to a billion dollars….yeah, I can dream a little, can’t I? Having a little trouble keeping my skin from cracking this winter with the cold…my right heel is really bad and it hurts like crazy when I walk….and coping with that makes everything else hurt…damn, I’m getting old….not much to do today…I do need to clean a little but not until the coffee works more than it is now…more later…

Well…running a little late today and it’s weird that I can’t figure out what day it is…kept thinking that it was Friday but it’s not…I did get the grocery run in today and spent less than I expected which was cool…didn’t get much, though, and still spent 50 bucks….slept okay last night but almost broke another pair of glasses…need to remember to put them where I can’t do any damage….the tendonitis has moved into both elbows as of yesterday and it is almost as painful as my split heel…I’ve been limping around here for over a week now and it’s not getting any better….I think I’ll go out on the net today and see if there is a fix for it….not much to do today….I did clean a little yesterday and will continue to do that today if I feel like it…more later….

Well…running a little late today and I just have no motivation to get moving….haven’t had a lot of motivation to do anything the past few days and I’m not sure why….slept okay last night and even had a few dreams that I don’t remember…yeah, I know how that sounded…how do I know if I had dreams if I don’t remember them? Maybe I didn’t…who knows? I did have to take something for my left elbow yesterday and it seems to have helped to get the swelling down…but now my right one hurts, too, and I’m not sure what the heck is going on with that….I really do have to get something done today since I wasted the day yesterday watching soccer…and there is only one match on today so I should be able to do something before that comes on at 3….the cold weather is starting to wear on me and I do need to remember I’ve lived through worse…but the 8-9 degrees below zero the next two nights is going to be a trial…and it’s only going to be 10 degrees for a high on Friday so maybe I’ll just hibernate….more later….

Well….running late today and there is good reason for it…feel pretty crappy today and my left elbow has gotten my attention by the tendons swelling and catching…that started yesterday and it continues this morning…thought about taking something for it but didn’t…will do that today…..didn’t get anything done yesterday and T gave me the excuse that it was a football day and you don’t have to do anything on a football day….one good thing was that Man U won their match and it was about time…way too may draws lately….and there is more soccer on this aft so I have something to look forward to….not much to do today….need to get out to buy lottery tickets today for the draws tonight and tomorrow but that is about it….more later….

Well….didn’t want to make the title too long so I’ll flesh out the thought here…not sure if I’m looking forward to this year or not….we have just survived a year of the idiot trump and the only thing I’m thankful for in that is I have had lots of topics to write about but it has also made me a one note writer…and I am going to try to change that this year…after all, writing about the idiot gives him exactly what he wants, attention, and I for one don’t want to give that asshole anything…and there are lots of topics out there…science and sports for a couple and music, and weather…you get the idea. Have never been a resolution person….and the standard one of losing weight is something that I work on every day, especially in this dead time when I am off the bike…and to create stress by trying to live up to some artificial goal is not something I want to do anymore…oh, I know, I could do one about moving along on the next novel but I don’t work like that…it usually just comes to me and trying to force it is not fun…and writing is supposed to fun…to me anyway, and it comes through in the writing if it isn’t…maybe I could resolve to make guacamole today…would that work…and the second one could be to eat it…now that would set me up for some successes the first day of the year….and that is a good way to start….more later…

Oh, one last thing….you should go over to Kos and read Hunter’s rant this morning…he just kills it with righteous indignation and it made me laugh…and that’s a good thing to start the year…

Well….I think I should start this one by saying Happy New Year….not sure if it will be, but I’m still living and breathing so that is always a good thing…slept okay last night but overdid it and I am feeling it today…but, I knew that would be the case so I am not going to complain….didn’t get anything done yesterday and with sports starting already today won’t be better….lots of soccer and football to watch so cleaning is going to wait until tomorrow….I do have a conflict with Michigan playing at noon and then Man U playing at 12:30 but, with how crappy Man U has been playing, I think I’ll stick with Michigan…..not much to do today….I bought some avocados Wednesday and I am still waiting for them to ripen enough to make some guac so I may do that today…but, not much more than that…more later….

Well sitting here a little bored so I thought I’d take a look at how many of these things I’ve done this year….with this one, I’ve done 910….910 times of coming here to try to have something to say and at times being able to be lucid enough to make some sense…..I’d have to take a look at the dashboard to see how many I’ve done since I started this thing…okay…maybe I will…ha, this is too funny…I must have started the year at 5,000 posts since I now have 5,910…pretty cool…and this IS the last one for the year….

Well….not sure if I need to do a summary of the year but I don’t have any other ideas so here goes….not going to touch on anything political today because, if you’ve been here before, you know how I feel about the destruction of this country by the traitorous repubs…this one will be a little more personal since quite a few things have happened…I got to see Steely Dan here in GR and it was one of the best shows I’ve seen them do even if Walter wasn’t there….still couldn’t find a job and ran out of money so I had to take my SS early to continue to pay the rent and eat….and that took a big load off and got rid of the knot that was constantly in my stomach….in my 4th month of that now and have paid all my bills and have a couple of grand in the bank but I am still in cheap mode and haven’t really bought any of the stuff that I need yet…I think I’ll wait a while for that so I can get a good sized cushion in the bank for any emergencies that may come up. Still no health problems to speak of but my back has been in pain on and off for most of the year….has been good lately so I guess I’ll not complain about that…..I have had a bunch of allergies that have been bugging me but most of the time I don’t need to take anything for it so that’s another thing to not bitch about….I have been feeling a little isolated lately with being here most of the time…but I guess it’s just another new part of life that I’ll have to get used to….and I am good at being alone…so it won’t be too hard…..Happy New Year!