Well….running a little early today with getting up early….slept okay last night even with going to bed early and being good for the 7th day in a row…only have 9 more to go until I have cash again and I can’t wait for that….the car barely started yesterday morning so I put my jumper box on it to charge it up…when I charged the box again, it took almost 4 hours so it must have drained it….or the battery in the car is bad….it shouldn’t be…it’s only a couple of years old…if I had gas, I’d take a drive today….I may start it to see if the charging helped….didn’t get a lot else done yesterday other than the bike ride and today looks the same….it looks like I have the 18 meals I need to get to the 20th and that will empty the freezer…I have the list for that day and I will re fill everything then…it’s a long one….not much to do today…just the workout and the bike ride….have to start thinking about changing out the summer clothes but not yet…this week looks great and in the upper 70’s….more later….

Well…I have been thinking about the recovery of the Blue Heron population over the past few years…when I was a kid, it was an occasion to see a Heron or a crane and I can’t remember seeing more than a few of them all of my life before now…but today, I saw 5 of them when I was out on the bike, and one of them did some flying that I have never seen form a bird that large. When I was just starting out the ride, going up the trail that runs along M-6, a Heron came floating in to land in the pond that is 20 feet or so below the trail…it crossed no more than 6 feet in front of me and just above the 6 feet high fences that line the trail. I assumed that the bird was going to land in the pond since I’ve seen them standing there almost every morning…after I got down the trail about 20 feet more, the Heron came sailing up the bank and over the fence; making a hard left turn that had it’s wings pointing up and down and it’s feet parallel with the ground…it cleared my head by about a foot and a half and if I was fast enough, I could have reached up and touched it…one of the coolest things I’ve seen from such a big bird….

Well…almost forgot to do this again this morning…not really forgot but I knew I had something to do to keep me busy until the temp comes up but for a second, I blanked on what that was….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get a lot done with sports being on all day…didn’t need to do a lot so I guess that worked out….and today, there is only the Lions to watch so I will force myself to do better…slept okay last night and that was with being good…was the 6th day with no cocktails and I have 10 more to go to get to the 20th…might have to take the battery out of the car today and charge it…it barely started this morning…the last time I drove it was Thurs and I think I’ve run it a grand total of two minutes in the past two weeks…with the radio draining a little every day, I think I need to do something to not ruin it….but, I have been trying to save the gas that’s in it since I have to go out to Spring Lake sat to hang out with C and M and K…..I do have the jumper box I can use so I need to make sure that is charged and ready….not much to do today….I am going to clean the stovetop and the counters today and start getting rid of the cobwebs but that is about it…after the bike ride this morning…more later…

Well…running a little early today and I have been up since before 6…but, I slept okay last night and had a few dreams so that was cool….and I feel pretty good this morning with having 5 nights with no cocktails…and there are 11 more to come so I wonder if I’ll feel like superman after it….not sure if I want to but that’s what’s happening…had a good day yesterday but didn’t get much done but the bike ride…and today looks the same with too much sports on…okay, only 3 hours and maybe I’ll clean after that….I think I may buy a cheap, portable gas grill that I can hide after I get cash coming in…I miss grilling ribs….my back still doesn’t hurt and it’s been weeks so I’m not sure if I’ll talk about it again unless it starts…but, with the bike fixed and being able to go hard, my legs hurt some…but it’s a good pain so I’m not going to complain about it….more later….

Well…working on my fifth night of no cocktails and all I have to say is it is really boring being broke….and I have 12 more to go before I have money coming in…so, I’ll be sitting here, doing nothing for 12 more days…I have been cleaning some and with the Premier League coming back tomorrow, it should help with the boredom…but, Michigan plays at the same time as Man U so I’ll have to be burning up the remote to stay in touch both both of them…and I may do 30 miles on the bike since it is working so well so that will help, too….I do still have 34 bucks to get through the 12 days so at least I can eat something…have been stretching the food too far the past few days and felt like crap today so I am going to make popcorn tonight….okay…that’s enough complaining….there’s a race coming on in a few and I think I’ll watch some of that…

Well…running quite early today and it’s because I’ve been up since 5 or so…slept crappy again last night with a lot of tossing and turning…but I don’t feel too bad so I guess it wasn’t too bad….I did get a lot done yesterday…okay, not a lot done but I did get my kitchen floor cleaned and I think I’ll continue some cleaning today…after the bike ride…the bike is till working great and I almost have the shifter working right….it is so cool to have the chain skipping fixed and to be able to push as hard as I want on the pedals…I think I broke a record with the least amount of money spent on groceries yesterday…only 14 bucks but I did get some pork chops and potatoes to get me through another week….have 34 bucks left to get to the 20th and with what is left in the freezer, I think I can make it…no cocktails until then, though, so I am going to be pretty damn bored….oh, well…should lose quite a few pounds in the next 12 days….more later….

Well…running late today and for the first time in a while, I just forgot…I knew there was something I had to do but I guess my mind was elsewhere….only spent 14 bucks on groceries this morning and I need to do that again next week to get to the 20th…and leaves me with no cocktails for the next two weeks but that might just be a good thing…slept a little crappy last night and that is back to the normal that I’ve known for the past few years which is a little disappointing…but, what can you do about it? Still feel okay even with the crappy sleep and now I’m just waiting for the temp to come up to get on the bike and I hope that the rain will hold off until I can get that done….not much to do today….I am going to clean some and then just veg around here today….this is really going to be a boring two weeks…..more later…..

Well…running a little early today and it is kind of cold in here…only 47 degrees outside and I wonder if I’ll have to put the heat on tonight….it stayed over 70 in here but just barely…slept a little crappy last night and am feeling it this morning…just no energy right now and I’m hoping the coffee will get started working soon…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but today I do need to do the kitchen floor and vacuum….my back still isn’t sore and I am getting a little concerned about that….yeah, it’s weird to be concerned about no pain but it’s like waiting for the other shoe to drop….it’s got to hurt at some point and the waiting is a pain…can’t wait for the cash to start coming in…have 48 bucks that has to last for two weeks so there will be no cocktails for a while….think I can get there if I don’t eat a lot….and I can use to lose a few pounds….more later….

Well…have been thinking about my own mortality since Walter died Sunday…he was only 3 years older than I am and, for some reason, it drove my thoughts to my own end….not that it is going to happen soon…I still feel better now than I have at any other time in my life…but how much longer do I really have? I guess that’s a thought that most people have at some point, but it hasn’t been to me until now….not sure how I feel about it…

Well…another morning….feeling a little slow today and I am going to ease into this one with lots of coffee…had a nice day yesterday but didn’t do much…I did get out to have a couple with the twins and that was fun…but didn’t clean or anything else so I’ll have to do some of that today….slept okay last night and that has almost become the new normal….haven’t been tossing as much and that is making some new problems with pain in my shoulders but that I can live with….I think I may start doing a countdown to SS here….so that will be 15 days until the first deposit and I have 58 dollars to get there….shouldn’t have to put gas in the car but I do have to eat and have cocktails so it will be a little tight….but, the bike is fixed so that is cool….more later…