Just Life | Steve Tilford

I’m super underslept, but it’s not like I don’t have valid reasons. It seems that there aren’t enough hours in the day anymore. This is without riding, which usually takes up the biggest chunk of time of my day.

I’ve been working on this bathroom most of my waking hours. My time day rotated to 4 am yesterday morning, which means that yesterday was over almost by the time I woke up. It takes a lot of thinking before there is any doing in this project. The building is 125 years old and everything is a little out of whack. Anyway, it is slowly getting there.

I took time to watch most of the Royals game last night. It happens that it was on Tuesday night beer ride, which makes it hard to get back to work after. They only had beer that had at least 7% alcohol, so it got a little ugly. I left after a couple beers to go eat at the Burgerstand and watch the rest of the game. It was already 8-0 Royals by that time. So, it comes down to game 7 tonight.

There is talk about driving down to Kansas City to the Power and LIght District or the Plaza, for tonight’s games, but I’ll have to see how the day goes. That would probably get real long, like tomorrow long.

Okay, below is the blood test results from a friend. Check out the hematocrit and hemoglobin numbers. Also the MCV. What’s up with these numbers? Maybe JV if he’s reading this could pipe in with his ideas. He is an expert on blood values. Anyone else have any ideas about these crazy numbers?

Okay, I need to get going. Physical therapy again this afternoon. Part of that is sort of an upper leg massage thing, but it always comes first. I told Burt last time that I’d like the massage after the PT exercises, not before. We’ll see if he rotates the schedule.

Blood test. Dehydration doesn’t explain these numbers.

Smear by the Royals last night in the World Series.

In floor heating mat.

I’m using 18 x 18 tile. It takes a ton of thinset.

I found this old t-shirt in the grout cleaning rag pile. Fresca for cycling, yum.

I’m putting in a baby sink. The whole space is only 6 foot by 6 foot.

The Insight has turned into the work truck. It doesn’t much like weight.

Finished shower pan.

And I really am thankful for Friday. I haven’t slept 6 hours in two nights, trying to get to a point in this bathroom project that I can take a break. And I am taking a break.

Tomorrow I’m flying out to Orange County and going up to Newbury Park to to the Mike Nosco Memorial Ride on Monday . I think this is 5th or 6th year they’ve done the ride. I’ve done it nearly everytime I think. I’ll be staying with my buddy, Jimmy Mac, newly inducted into the MTB Hall of Fall, at Interbike in Las Vegas, a couple months ago.

Today I had PT at 8 ish, and I went to bed at 4 ish. That was ugly. I quit working around 1am, but foolishly decided to put a new back camera in my iPhone when I got home. That project went south after about an hour. First the flash didn’t work, so I took it back apart and repositioned it. Then when I reassembled it, the phone wouldn’t power on, so I took it all apart once again. So by the time I got it going, it was a 2 1/2 hour ordeal. Plus I was half asleep.

So after PT, I went and voted early. There were a ton of people there, but the line went super fast. I don’t really vote for most of the things on the ballot. Retaining judges and such, I have no knowledge of. Governor, senators, etc. I know some about. It is kind a social responsibility, but I never feel that good when I’m done with it. Strange.

Then, changed the oil in the Insight and got the car ready for a road trip. Trudi is going up to Chicago to visit here mom for a few days. It is nice that it only takes 25 gallons of gas roundtrip.

Okay, I have a ton of more stuff to do today, so I doubt I’ll catch up much. It will be nice to get a little down time. I’m a little worried that I’m not fit enough to ride the ride, but that is never the case.