Day 27 – Monday

Slept ok and  didn’t take a second pain pill but 2 aspirin instead.  I’m thinking of skipping pain pills tonight. My chest discomfort is so much less than Friday, especially if I keep my posture straight (whether standing, sitting, or trying to sleep). I took another mile walk and felt fine after.  Did some cooking … Read more

Day 26 – Brunch

Michael Helmke

I slept ok though I took a second pain pill.  We all went to the Meadowlands in Sloughhouse, CA for brunch which was nice.  It was more a nice drive there than nice food.  I still prefer Roxy on Fair Oaks Blvd (their other restaurant).  After we got back, my Girlfriend and I took a … Read more

Day 25 – Curry

I slept well and didn’t take a second dose of pain meds.  I woke up a couple of times but felt comfortable, so I just went back to sleep.  I feel rested so I think I slept ok considering I went to sleep around 9:30pm after we picked my Girlfriend up from the airport. I … Read more

Day 19 – Celeriac

Airplane Flying

Again, I didn’t sleep well past around 4:30am.  This is getting tiring (yes, literally).  I may try sleeping in the recliner tonight if I wake up again.  Once I wake up I just felt uncomfortable and couldn’t find an easy position to sleep.  Granted there is only once position in which I can sleep.  On … Read more

Day 13 – Geeking out

Linksys WRT54GL

(NOTE:  I realize much of my audience has nowhere near the interest in computers and tech as I do.  Still, I’m going to write about what interests me.  However, if you run across something that is getting too technical, I am trying to keep such lapses limited to once per post and limited to a … Read more

Day 10 – The Good Place

The Good Place

I woke up a bunch of times during the night and eventually stayed up for a while at 3am.  I was hungry and finished up with The Good Place.  Very nice ending to season 1.  Not at all expected and I would be equally happy with it stopping there or trying to continue.  That was … Read more

Day 9 – Thursday

Space Game Thing

I had pretty weird sleep.  I went to bed really tired at 8:30pm then woke up at 10:30pm, went to the bathroom then back to sleep till 2am then awake.  I watched what I thought were the final two episodes of The Good Place, waiting for the twist ending, and found there were actually 13 … Read more

Day 7 – Knife Kit

Michael's Knife Kit

For some reason I decided to switch up pain meds and just took Tylenol in the morning rather than the harder stuff.  There are definitely more aches and pains and it is pretty annoying.  I took a dose of the harder stuff at noon and felt better.  I worked up to two 10 minutes walks … Read more

Day 4 – Elevated Feet

Day 4 - Elevated Feet

I found I wasn’t very tired during the day which was nice.  I had napped some during each day so far and this was the first day I didn’t feel like I needed that.  I also felt more used to getting around the house.  It didn’t feel as exhausting. Both professionally and as a hobby … Read more