I guess it’s thumbs up today. This morning I saw the hand specialist; and surgery is on the sidelines for now. In fact, I may not need it.🙂 I do have a small bone spur; but I also have thumb CMC arthritis; and the doctor’s first recommendation was a splint to protect and immobilize the thumb for a while. I see him again in about six weeks; and we’ll take it from there.

But I don’t give today’s weather the thumbs up. It was sprinkling on and off when I went out on the road bike; and it continued like that until late morning. That wasn’t bad; but then, around noon, it rained hard for a while. There was a flash flood warning in effect for several hours; and in fact, some areas had street flooding because it rained so hard.

I’m very glad I’m not riding on the levee right now! The weather site I just checked said the wind is 25 mph; and wind like that makes the going very hard. More T-storms are possible overnight; so it’s a good thing I’m back home.

It looks like conditions will be much better tomorrow morning; so I guess I can get to and from the store without getting wet. I plan to visit Whole Foods to look for sunblock; and I think I need to keep myself out of that salvage store for a week or two. I’ve got so much canned stuff it isn’t funny.

One good thing about the current weather is that my place didn’t get too heated up. Most days it’s sweltering in here by the time I get home from work; and today it’s much more bearable. Thumbs up to that!