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I got bad bloodwork results back from doc's office. drat.

I woke up with a headache today & I've been waking up with headaches sense Tuesday. Asprin doesn't do sh!t but a migraine med helps. My headaches sometimes return later in the day or night thou. I'm going to make a doctor's appointment on Monday if I'm still having headaches come Sunday.

Went to take my evening meds... Oopsie.
Should have stopped at the pharmacy on the way home

@#$% back bike tire exploded on me and splattered "green slime" all over. drat it! now I will have to walk for exercise until I can scratch together the duckie$ to rent a cargo can so I can haul the thing into the next county's bike shop to fix it.

auntblabby, I feel you, I too just had to replace a back tire! It was costlier than I'd bargained for. Hope you can get it fixed soon, well but affordably.

thank you can you tell me more about it?

It was only that I'd never had to get a new bike tire before, was a total newbie, and someone told me "Eh it's only gonna be this much and this much" etc. He also mentioned a big box store that probably does do it for cheaper -- I couldn't get to that one (blown tire!) so I took it to a place near me that is an independent -- and the tire and the inner tube and the fee for doing the work all cost just that bit more that I got a bit of sticker shock when I went to pay!

I guess it wasn't all that much higher than the big box service, but I was still a little bit -->

I'm now thinking I want to learn how to just buy the tire/tube and then go home and change it myself next time, to at least save that cost out of it.

It's kinda funny you mention that, because the tube in my bike's rear tire ruptured recently as well. I went to take it out for a spin one day, and I was wondering why the tire was dragging and making this ungodly squeaking noise. I thought it was the brakes at first, but then I took a closer look and I saw the tube poking out with a huge gash in it. Needless to say, I was not pleased.

Three of us all in a row -- I'm hearing the Twilight Zone music starting up!

I should really fix that stupid thing so that I can ride again. Is it hard to replace a bike tire tube?

nothing

I don't know, I have yet to attempt it!

I gather it's a bit trickier to replace a tire, tube or wheel on a rear bike wheel because of the gear cassette although I could be wrong about that. It just seems to me that there's "more to remove" to get at the wheel in the first place, than if you have to take the front wheel off instead.

I have no idea and I would like to try to do my own bike maintenance. It would certainly save some money I think.

CIRCADIAN SLEEP DISORDER ! !!
I am so sick of this. I'm sick of there being no treatment for it but stupid suggestions like drink chamomile tea and don't look at your computer. This doesn't work. Apparently nothing works.

Have you tried melatonin? I used to use it back when I worked as a cashier.

from what I saw it is quite involved, you have to remove the rear wheel, unloop the chain from the sprockets, disconnect the brakes, remove the rubber and inner, patch the outer rubber's puncture, get a new inner tube squeezed inside of the outer rubber, place the restored pair carefully around the wheel so as to not pinch the inner tube and aligning the bead with the rim [the guy I watched used a little water at this point around the rubber], carefully insert the stem through the hole in the wheel, make sure the stem is erect and not pinched anywhere, reinflate. then put the wheel back at the right place in the frame bracket, taking care to align the wheel so it spins true, replacing the bolt/s, replacing the brakes and chain. a LOT OF HARD WORK!!

Yeah, melatonin is the ultimate "make me sleep now" substance.