There are no pics this week.
Near the end of the holidays, I started having severe problems keeping my glasses clean. After several days of this, I finally realized the problem wasn’t my glasses. I had floaters in my left eye. I looked them up on the Internet. I learned they are common for people my age, and they’re only a nuisance. Except for when they are a precursor to blindness. It might be a good idea to see your doctor. So I got an appointment with my ophthalmology practice. (My regular ophthalmologist was out this week.) The doctor said they’re just a nuisance, but it might be a good idea to come back in a month. Just to make sure they aren’t a precursor to blindness. I understand that after a month or so, most people learn to ignore them.
The last part of the week had some wonderful riding temperatures and no rain. But there was no riding because it was three days of continual misting. But it was good in other ways. We went to our favorite pizza place for dinner Thursday. Friday, we had a neighborhood party. Saturday we had a Circle dinner at the Sochurek’s. All that partying was really good, because Monday I’m having colonoscopy. That means I’m prepping today. My diet today makes bread and water look good. Hopefully the purge will improve my blood chemistry in preparation for blood work I have scheduled for Wednesday. Not that I’m feeling old …
My bike’s Garmin GPS has worked great for the last 5 years. It’s designed for outdoor use and has definitely stood up to some tough weather, plus even a couple of drops. I think it’s still working great — or it would be, if I could turn it on. I don’t see a way to fix or bypass the defective power switch. I decided to be happy with the 5 years of service I got from it, and ordered a new Garmin. Which, of course, is better in many ways. Including an improvement I didn’t want. Garmin licenses their maps to their GPS units, which I find understandable. But they don’t allow their customers to transfer their maps from one registered unit to another new registered unit. I found that unreasonable, but I had no option. In addition to a larger screen, brighter display, better GPS tracking, a more secure bike mount, a working power switch, and many other improvements, I now have maps that are 5 years newer.
Danita told her staff about her retirement on Tuesday. That relieved her of a lot of stress. She’s still feeling anxiety about retirement, but it’s substantially lessened.
The Christmas decorations are packed up. There are no parties this week. We are settling in for a normal week — other than Monday. If Danita’s sane, she’ll go to work after she drives me home from the colonoscopy, and stay late.
I hope this finds everybody doing well.