It’s good to be back on the road after COVID 🚲

I think throughout the month of December into January I only rode into work a handful of times in part because my brake reservoirs was low, I had the lock bounce off my bike, I was out for a while it got cold and I got COVID.

My parents are still both sick 🤒 with colds, and that kind of scrambled plans for the day. I haven’t seen them since before Christmas when we went to the Nutcracker. Mom turned 76 and Dad is turning 78, it’s really hard to know how much time they have left. They’re always is see you next time until there isn’t with older people. 🧓 👴 On the other hand people sometimes do live longer than expected. ⌛ Truth is time is short. Kind of really screwed up my plans. Now I got to plan to get to the laundromat and maybe groceries. Not going to fire up Red 🛻 today as I don’t need to. Can’t drop my cans 🥫 off for recycling at my parents house trash can ♻️ so I got to find room in my can. If I known they were still sick I done the laundry yesterday and the transfer station. Practical stuff but I miss them too. 🍲 Sunday dinner with family is special.

Got my bike up and running 🚲, once I used the proper adapter and did it right I was able to top off the fluid and pump out the bubbles. I got brake fluid on the front calipers so they sqweak and don’t stop really strongly but have good brake capacity now. I do need to replace the pads, I have them but didn’t do them. Brake cleaner would fix both things but I’m not applying that indoors. Rode out to Five Rivers, 🐦 it’s a nice day so lots of people out here but I don’t know what my plans are after this. I think I want to Hannaford and get a few things but I can’t get too much without a freezer. 🍏

I’ve done my best to clean my apartment and get things ready for the landlord to swap out the fridge 🧼 though nothing is perfect. But you can only polish a turd so much. 💩 A lot of things just are worn out or need extensive repairs and it’s not my building. I’m the paying customer and I’m fine with it the way it is though I need a refrigerator. I’m filling the ticket 🎫 for repair on Monday for the fridge. I’ll do it first thing in the morning. Nothing for me to worry about, I’ve been at the unit for over seventeen years now and that’s a long time for only minimal maintenance not that anything was new when I moved in. Even if I kept it spotless it would need extensive renovations before the next tenant moved in. Buildings don’t last forever, especially with inexpensive contractor grade materials. 🔨 I’m my toughest critic, but I always pay my rent early and rarely ask for repairs.

I’m hoping Friday to take off to camp 🏕️ during the long weekend. Probably Madison County for the horse 🐴 camp but it depends on the snow and ice levels and the weather. I also am considering the Adirondacks. I just want to have a fire 🔥, smoke some pot 🚬 and relax up in woods 🍻 enjoying the cold ❄️ and the woods. It’s been tough recovering since COVID with the cold. 💤 I still don’t have the energy I had before COVID, I got to build myself up again and it’s been tough with the cold weather. It’s January!