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No motivation…again…

Well…it has been another lost day for me and I just can’t get motivated to do anything…I wonder if I used it all up working on the car yesterday? I’m still not sure if I guessed right on the car and it is still in the back of my mind that I didn’t…normally, there is a clear reason when a car does something weird but the caliper slider pins were not completely dry..I did use lithium grease on them last time but I don’t think it’s high temp enough for the pins…so, this time I used wheel bearing grease and we’ll see how it works…I wonder if my lethargy is caused by not eating enough again? I am just so tired of counting every calorie and not being able to eat anything except what is planned for the day….I wish this weather would keep up for another week and I could get back on the bike…with having the player working again I really can’t wait…and I know it makes me feel better when I do ride….oh, one last thing…if you want to read a good one about the hollowing out of the middle class, go over to Kos today and look at the one that Hunter just published…love his work and he just nails the despair that comes with the rigged economic system…

January 12th

Well…it was a day yesterday but I didn’t do much..there was a “Game of Thrones” marathon on HBO that I got sucked into…there wasn’t really much else to do…I did work on the car and might have the braking issue fixed with greasing the slider pins on the front calipers…at least it worked going out to get the paper this morning…I lost one of the anti rattle springs, though so I have to try to find another one…might be hard with the car being so old…it will still works without it so no big hurry…slept crappy again last night but that is normal now so I really don’t care anymore….not much to do today…there are still the HBO and showtime free previews today so I may be able to find a movie or two to watch but that is about it…more later…

January 11th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday but I have started to have brake problems on the car…think the caliper is hanging up on the right side front so I think I’ll have to take it apart Monday and grease the slider pins…I did win at pool again so that was okay but I do feel like crap today for some reason….slept okay…no, not really, slept crappy so maybe that’s it? I do hope the rain continues or the sun comes out to keep the melt going…need to get the snow piles down a little so I can see over them…as you can see, I only did one yesterday but that will be fixed today since there are topics again with congress back from it’s continual vacation and the stupid is flowing again from the right..okay, not feeling this so I’m going to stop and have more coffee…

January 10th

Well…just noticed that yesterday’s first post has disappeared and I’m not sure what happened…might be the new software that runs this thing…so, I guess I’ll have to update…it was just a normal day yesterday but I did go over to C’s house to get the water heater turned on so they could show it…have to go back over there this morning to shut the place down so he doesn’t have to spend 50 bucks on gas to come down and back…slept okay last night but had some disturbing dreams…not the happy ones I normally have but I guess the plus is that I had dreams two days in a row…yesterday’s were about cell phone problems and were related to real cell phone problems that I had…not being able to get texts…had to go over to Verizon to get those fixed but they couldn’t figure them out…just started to work again on it’s own…not much to do today..getting ready to head across town and then back here for a while before I head out for pool later…more later…

January 8th

Well…it was an okay day yesterday and, with being good, I feel okay this morning…even slept okay which is really weird given how bad it has been lately…maybe it was the 4 hours I got yesterday? The rest of the day was just like all of the others but it looks like I made it through the “polar vortex” okay….the car started fine this morning and it is going to get warmer so the worst is over…I was even out in shorts this morning to clean off the car and warm it up…the lack of wind helped, though…not much to do today…have to meet up with C at his house that he has for sale to help with getting it ready to be shown tomorrow and then close it back down Friday morning but that’s no big deal…then, just more of these and resumes….more later…

January 7th

Well…running really, really late today with trying to get the driver’s door on the car thawed so I could get in it…had to run an errand yesterday where I had to get in the passenger’s door and climb over the shifter to get it…it’s hard enough for me to get in it normally but this one hurt both my hips and I am sore today…I did make up a brine solution that I heated in the microwave that opened it fine even at zero  this morning….and, the damn radar detector died yesterday so I guess I’ll have to go without one for a while and just slow down…slept really crappy last night didn’t get to sleep until one and then back up at 5:30 so today is going to be a low energy one…not much to do today…going to finish my coffee and read the news and then make lunch but that is about it…more later….

Strange day…

Well….it was kind of a strange day today but I made a little cash so that was good…but the damn driver’s side door on the car froze shut so I had to climb in and over to get in the driver’s seat…and, at my age, that is not the easiest thing to do….and, it looks like I won’t be able to get it open until wed since it is too cold to use hot water to melt it…the car worked good in the snow today and I just can’t say enough about the tires…I hope the drive today was enough to make it start tomorrow but I will probably walk up to get the papers if I get them at all…might just go online for them tomorrow…

December 6th

Well…it was just another day yesterday and I didn’t do much but watch football and soccer…and it was okay but a little boring…slept okay, too, but woke up this morning to a huge bruise on my right ankle…it took a while to figure out where it came from but then I remembered I got hit on the ankle by the cue ball shooting pool Friday…weird….got up this morning to about a foot of snow on the car and 25 below zero wind chills…the car started okay but I was not going to go out in shorts to clean it off….not much to do today…going to just hibernate and clean a little…going to be good all week and let the liver rest until Friday…just don’t need the calories…more later…

January 5th

Well…it was just another day yesterday and I didn’t get much done around here…I did finally vacuum the ice melter pellets that were spreading all over and cleaned my cook top but that was it…slept okay last night but I am still tired today and it was probably the cocktails…the Wings finally played a game last night and won it so that was okay…my elbow is still killing me and I’m not sure what to do about it….I have been resting it but that doesn’t seem to help…not much to do today…going to watch some soccer and finish the coffee…then decide what to do…will have to clean the car off so it will dry before the cold air comes in…not going to be as cold as last week so I may not have to do the plan b of keeping the car warm…..more later…

January 3rd

Well…it was a kind of nice day yesterday with lunch with T that was so much fun…and it was good to see her before she heads off to the Bahamas for a couple of weeks…it was so damn cold this morning that the car barely started and it is still 7 below right now at 9…might have to start using the plan b method of starting the car up for a while before I go to bed to get some heat in it overnight….especially for mon and tues when it is supposed to be even colder….slept okay last night but I am a little worn out since all I had to eat was the two enchiladas for lunch….back to thinking that nothing even sounds good and I feel so bloated that that compounds it…have already gained a bunch of weight from not riding the bike and I don’t like it….not much to do today…going out for pool maybe..but I’m still broke so that has less appeal….more later…