The Sleep

Boy nothing beats a good night sleep. Of course I couldn't get up at my early alarm. Not even  sure if I want to do the early alarm anymore. It might not be worth it. 

This morning I got up not from my middle alarm, but from the Police. My Dad was driving slow, confused, jumped a curb, and  was on the grass. Police checked him out. Vitals were good, but kinda confused. So he is back here. We will take his keys away. The cops are going to start the paperwork. Once the SOS opens he will have to do a driving test to keep his license. He may go stay in a VA long term care place though. 3 squares,  people,  etc...  

Outside that not much. I was tired after work yesterday. I didn't do much after. I read my book a lot. It seemed a good way to spend time. I slept at a decent time, and fell asleep easily. I got a solid 6 hours plus of sleep. 

The days are different. I am not gonna be the same old person I was. Just not sure how different. I did pushups,  and pullups again on Sunday in spite of the pain. I feel that actually helps, a bit. Either today or tomorrow I do it again. Not sure which. I will no longer have soreness soon, and honestly that kinda sucks. You forget how good the exercise is when you no longer get sore. 

My life is staying relatively simple. I like it this way. I am optimistic the worst of this may be over. The MI numbers seem to be going down. My neck of the woods is a slight uptick. We definitely are testing more though. If we can get back to a more normal situation that would be sweet. 

Today is a work day, which is nice. By the time you know it, it will be 2:00 PM, and I will have 20,000 steps in. I have to pick up my dad's car, which is parked on a street not too far from the bakery actually. 

So yeah, another day. My life is pretty sweet. Especially after a good night sleep. 

Anyway, I gotta go.  

Laterzzzzzzzz.     :)

xoxo.         :)

xxoo.        :)

Byeeeeeeee.      :)))

3 Pounds To The Good Side

I gained 3 pounds last week, so that is good. I felt I ate better. I was hungry a lot. Especially on the days I worked. My cough, and phlegm thing is disappearing. I did do pushups and pullups the other day. Worst case scenario. I didn't lose a lot of strength yet, so I could do my normal reps. I did lose all ability to do them without soreness later. I am paying for that. Holy cripes. 

I slept almost 9 hours last night, which for me is a miracle. I feel pretty good today. We are going to work on a project outside today, which is our final one. This virus thing has been horrible. and still is, but we really got a lot done, and financially we didn't take a hit really. The time off we used to our benefit. Lisa will probably still have a few weeks off. 

Outside that not much. It would be kinda nice to get rid of this virus. We all are living with just a little apprehension in us I bet. Who is going to feel comfortable sitting in a bar having a beer?  Young people I guess. The older you are the more you worry. Typically anyway. 

This week will be a pretty normal week for me. I'll probably work 4 days. Our work area is spacious,  and there are not a lot of people working so it will be safe. Plus we all have to wear masks so. I am confident, and have no fear of working. For what has been a really negative start to the year, we have done positive things. 

Anyway, I guess I got nothing.  

Laterzzzzzzz.      :)

xoxo.         :)

xxoo.        :)

Byeeeeeeee.       :)))

One Thing Gone

So, I think my cough phlegm thing is all gone. It was the two medications. During this time a chronic cough is pretty stressful, with that nasty big elephant in everyone's room. I did worry about it. You just wonder the cause. It's something invisible regardless, so your mind can conjure up any number of things. 

Yesterday we got some things done. I did go for another run. I am going to do push ups,  and pull ups after this. I forget working out also is a way to get your blood flowing through muscles and stuff. I feel that is a part of keeping me healthy. Everything took a hit for a while.  Health for me is a priority,  so resistance training I feel is important too. 

I can definitely feel my legs after running two days in a row. That's all good stuff too.  This World currently is very stressful. Luckily next week will be a pretty normal schedule for me. That will help me feel good mentally. Getting into a bit of a norm. I did get a lot done yesterday. Cleaned the fridge, organized the pantry, threw old shit out, and a honey do project that never would have gotten done for years probably. The duct on our downstairs bath fan got unconnected. I had to take down a few boards from the ceiling,  to reconnect it. We did it, and put the ceiling back up. It is tongue and groove.  I think that is about it. I did finish listening to my book. It was due in a day or two. I got my next one to start tomorrow at work. 

Yesterday appears to be a bad day for the virus. Everyone has their side on best way to handle this. I really don't know. I suspect we should be social distancing even if those orders aren't in place. We all can look at the average population, and judge. I don't want to get sick, cuz of someone who looks like the average population. It's not a good look for a person. I wear a mask when I am out. Not that I go out hardly. We have a lot of food. Pantry is full. freezers have a lot. It's not like we stocked up, but sometimes you forget you have shit. 

I do have anxiety though. Maybe we all do. Financially, I am secure, but so much of our health issues are invisible, so we are a ticking time bomb potentially. If we get hit with the virus we wont know it unless we get symptoms. 

Work makes me feel more normal,  and confident. Stewing at home is not my best thing. It has definitely helped we continued to do shit. Projects and stuff. Our house needs another cleaning,  and now we have to clean downstairs too. 

I read somewhere regardless of the next moves they will be bad. The Economy won't all of a sudden get better, the virus isn't going to disappear,  and people are still going to get sick and die. We are going to play a little game called survival of the fittest. To what scale we are not really sure. There will be a culling, but to what scale we have still yet to see. 

The future days will be different. The plans we made on January 1...   ehhh,  they never pan out anyway.  

Laterzzzzzzz.      :)

xoxo.           :)

xxoo.          :)

Byeeeeeeeee.       :)))

How Do You Tune Out The Noise?

There is no shortage of things to pay attention to these days. Except Sports. I pay zero attention to Sports. No sports to pay attention to. I check the numbers daily for the virus. The cases in my neck of the woods are inching up. There is probably a lot more testing now. We are probably lucky this isn't in the middle of flu season. I gather the flu brings people to the Healthcare system too. 

This thing here has changed the World we live in. It is different from here on out. It isn't a huge statement, and not a big deal really. WWII ended, and people found a norm. The same should happen here.  The macro financial impact I don't know. It's pretty severe theoretically. There is a lot of money in circulation. Also a lot of loans taken out thinking the World tomorrow will be quite different than what actually will take place. 

I think I read somewhere there is a lot of corporate debt outstanding. Everything is different today now too.  I dont know what will happen,  but things are different. It wasn't a flawed man made thing that did it either. The flawed man made things probably won't come out unscathed however. Economies dealt a body blow. A significant one too, but how it turns out who knows. 

Yesterday was pretty good. My cough is better again. My blood pressure is lower, but now I don't trust my stupid machine. It typically stops measuring the lower number when you can no longer feel your heartbeat. It stopped while I still felt my heartbeat. I can check it at work on Saturday. They have those everywhere at my Saturday job. 

Today i woke up feeling less anxious. It was another day of not drinking. It's pretty easy now, because I am afraid of the Health ramifications, and the idea of a drink makes me disgusted kinda. Think when you are a kid, and you take a sip of a mixed drink. Yuk right?  That's how I feel. Yuk, and fear of the Health negativity. 

I went on a run yesterday. Not long. My legs were sore,  and I had to nap. We got a few things done, I finished season 6 of GOT, and I ate good. I've lost muscle during this time. I can see it, and my calves, which were muscle now have loose skin. My arms are smaller, and my chest less defined. I'll have to work on that again. 

Really not much else besides that. Financially we are doing good. Better than before really,  which seems impossible. The percentage of people making rent payments, and house payments probably have some stress. Big city living is expensive. It makes a one size fits all stimulus package seem unfair, but I gather after this people may try and move out of the big cities. 

All things being equal these types of things in the long run bring about a long term progressive turn in politics. You bring outsiders to an area where people lived their whole life, and it changes things. 

Remember my writing essay to graduate College. If I was born in a racist town with racist parents what on Earth could make me not racist. I threw everything out. It's me, and my life. If I am held accountable for me it would be silly to hold onto anything just in case it isn't true. It turns out that was the right move. Everything was wrong. Look at my Dad 30 years later. You know?  It would have been pretty dumb to tie my ship to that idiot. 

These days a lot of people tie their ship to flags, and guns,  and whatever. I sought out the truth. It ended up being pretty brutal. I have long since accepted it though. I have long since been accepted. I ain't no Saint. That's for sure, but I am confident. I am assured too. 

Anyway, I may run again. Well, actually for sure I am. Should be okay. 

Have a good one.   :)

Laterzzzzzzz.       :)

xoxo.        :)

xxoo.       :)

Byeeeeeeeee.      :)))

Better Heading Into Days Off

Good morning. How's it going?  Me, I am fine. My blood pressure reading was high, so that's annoying. I'll monitor it the next week, or so, and maybe make a prescription adjustment. Other than that things are fine. Not drinking is going good. Actually I think for me it is a necessity. Since my blood pressure obviously can run on the high side, drinking is bad. 

I got off work yesterday with days off coming up. I relaxed for a bit, got the walk in closet floor done. Later on I did dishes, and we pulled weeds in the front yard. There was no desire to drink alcohol. This day and age I am afraid of the health ramifications of drinking. I know, I am going to worry myself into an early grave. 

I did watch a few more episodes of GOT, and started reading another book. I ate a lot too. I definitely had a good appetite. I ate like 4 small meals, plus a salad,  and a piece of coffee cake, and some pickles. Its sorta funny, I put as a goal to get down to 160 pounds. Last week I reached it. 158.9, and I was like oh shit I got cancer.  :)  I weigh myself one day a week. The day before our dinner was shit, so I barely ate anything. I weighed myself around noon the next day with no food in me, so of course I weighed less. See though, I worry about everything. Maybe it's just cuz the World is messed up. 

This place seems like it should be a nice place right?  We just come here to die though. We aren't sure when either. We don't start really worrying about it til we are older. 

There is a nasty virus that wreaked havoc on the World. People are taking their sides on how best to deal with it. It's not even comical.  We are starting to get a few more cases where I live. Starting to inch up. Just more shit to worry about I guess. This shit will take a toll on us stress wise I guess. I would say best stay busy. Keep your mind on other things as much as you can.  

I am going to take Hope for a short run today. It's been a while cuz of my cough. I feel I am doing better though. Much better really. I need to sweat more though. Sweat the salt out of my system kinda. Lord knows I am skinny enough to be a good runner for me. 

Today should be okay I guess. We will work on a few things. My front grass is horrible. I guess I should start doing something with it. Yeah, I got a few things to work on today. Kinda looking forward to the run.  

Laterzzzzzzzz.        :)

xoxo.           :)

xxoo.         :)

Byeeeeeeeeee.       :)))

On The Uptick

Good morning. How's it going?  Me, I am okay. I worked yesterday, and I didn't drink again. At my age drinking increases stress, cuz of the negative side effects. My resting heart rate is falling again. My brother John is like on 170 days of not drinking, and that's the direction I'd like to head. The thought of drinking currently seems very negative to me. I  guess that's how you want to be if you want to quit. 

I feel my phlegm thingy is going away too. I am a confident person, and I typically think my body can overcome anything. Imagine a little pill can create in you a cough.  Seems ridiculous right?  I always figured my body would overcome. Also I wonder if alcohol makes it worse.  I took two pills at different for blood pressure. Both had a cough element,  and I had a lingering cough. Life can be scary once you turn 50 plus.  You start thinking what invisible shit will be my doom.   :)   Me trying to do healthier things will alleviate that very real stress. Especially during this crazy time. 

I finished reading my book. I slept good, but my early alarm woke me from a deep sleep. I feel I ate okay yesterday. I wouldn't mind gaining a couple pounds this week. 

Really not much else going on. We are only working today this week. Expanding curb side to 2 days at each place next week, and just getting ready. We will work probably 4 days for a few weeks, and expect the bakery at least will open up. I cannot predict restaurants at all. It's kinda been a perfect storm of bad things that can happen to an Economy. The whole World too. 

We are sitting in a pretty good spot. Financially our lifestyle is simple and cheap. I have no outstanding debt, and like consuming alcohol in your later years, that just adds stress during difficult economic times. I guess a lot of oil companies will be finding that out soon.   :)

Today is a bit of work,  and most exciting is day 3 of not drinking.  Not drinking seems to just erase stress kinda.  

Anyway I spose.  

Laterzzzzzz.     :)

xoxo.         :)

xxoo.         :)

Byeeeeeeeee.       :)))

Starting At Day 1

Day 1 of not drinking happened yesterday again. My heart rate is way low. I already am looking forward to day 2 of not drinking. So dumb I do it in the first place. The stay at home did me in I guess. I am down to 159 pounds which is ridiculous. I am one of those people who lost weight during this ordeal. Mostly cuz I eat less meals. You cut your activity by 2/3, and you just aren't hungry.  One thing I noticed is so far I dont have the phlegm thing this morning. It would be nice to have that over with. With my  heart rate low at least I know I am not fighting anything. Healthy on that front. 

I got my shopping done yesterday. I saw a lot of people without masks. Also you see a lot of not healthy looking people not wearing masks. To each their own I guess. What does the average person look like?  Are the majority of us unhealthy?  

I go back to work today. My activity will increase, so that is good. Get back on a more normal schedule. I didn't sleep great last night, but I think tonight I will. I'll get the activity in plus I'll be going on little sleep. I am in the middle of a good book, and I am listening to a good book. Also, I have to start doing GOT again. Finish that up. 

It will be a busy day today compared to how I have been. I will take Hope this morning, and hopefully have enough time to ride my bike. I have my summer bike upstairs,  but I have to fill the tires. 

So basically nothing i guess. Another day, and there sure are enough things to worry about each day huh?  So many hidden things to concern ourselves about. 

I guess i better get going.  

Laterzzzzzz.       :)

xoxo.           :)

xxoo.       :)

Byeeeeeeeee.        :)))