Well…I really don’t understand where the energy comes from to power thunderstorms that are raging here when it’s only 40 degrees but it’s happening so there must be something…up and moving before 5:30 today but it’s a bit of a struggle just to get my brain working without coffee and I’m pouring it down but I don’t think I have enough to drag me into the day…I do need to get going since I need to hit the library for more books since they were closed yesterday and I finished up the last one in the afternoon…didn’t get much done yesterday but the painting and some light cleaning and I’ll probably do the same today…no painting since I went through the quart I bought already and now the wait begins to see if it will work on the spalling…no cooking today with the pizza leftovers and lots of ham left…I probably should run to Meijers when I’m out to see if I can get a pork shoulder to cook in the instant pot but I really don’t like going there on the weekend…I guess we’ll see…more later…

Well…I guess this is to be expected as we age but it is still never easy to hear…my youngest sister messaged me today to say that one of my brothers in law died this week…he was in a nursing home with dementia and died from a massive stroke Wednesday…he was a good guy and they were married for 60 years…no obit or funeral so I guess I’ll just send good thoughts my sister’s way…

Well…okay, going to go on a little rant right now and it might not be pretty…got everything done early today so I could hit the library for more books but the place was closed for good Friday and I am so tired of religion followed by less than half the people in this country dictating to the rest of us…as you know, I don’t celebrate any religious holidays since I’m a big ole atheist and don’t suffer the delusions of the religious…and let’s be blunt…the easter story that they are celebrating this weekend was cribbed from a story from India that was told 1,500 years before jesus as was much of the supposedly “divinely written” bible…and that’s the thing about religion, they expect you to take their holy book as truth when much of it was written by ignorant goat herders who took things that now can be explained by science and made them into their religions…I really do hate the purposely ignorant people who think their “faith” should have the same weight as facts and then tries to force their beliefs down everyone’s throats…and don’t get me started about the second class status they want to impose on women who are seen as things to be used by men with no thought that they should have equal rights…religion is evil and the sooner it is gone the better…geez…

Well…slept all the way in til 5:40 this morning…and yes, that is sarcasm…I really don’t sleep much anymore and it is tiring running on coffee all the time…but that is life so I guess I’ll live with it…I do have a couple of things to do this morning and that means I’ll have to drag myself out to run an errand to get more books from the library and hit DD to see if there is anything I need since their ad has not reset like it’s supposed to on Tuesdays…it rained here the entire day yesterday and it’s supposed to rain again tomorrow with another inch or so and I’m just glad it’s not snow…have to start thinking about putting the summer wheels back on the car but hey need to be cleaned first and I can’t open up the outside water spigot until it’s not going to freeze but that won’t happen for another week or so…it’s going to be in the 30’s for a high next week and that sucks…it’s April and we should be seeing spring but 50’s is not spring to me…not much to do today…just the errand and the normal stuff and putting another coat of paint on the repairs…more later…

Well…as I was siting here on my butt just reading, it hit me that it’s been a week since I did the cement repairs and that it should be cured enough to paint…so I went down and got the first coat of Zinsser’s peel stop paint on it and I’ll let that dry for a couple of days before put the second coat on it…only used about a third of the quart that I bought so I’ll easily get one more and maybe two more coats from it…I have a few more places that need to be repaired and painted so I’ll probably buy another quart soon and get started on that…I do want to paint the bike room and continue the grey with white trim as I’ve done up here…I guess we’ll see if it works or not…didn’t get much else done today other than the normal stuff and some reading…man, it’s been raining hard out here since I gut up at 5am this morning and we are supposed to get 2 inches of rain today and another inch a day Friday and Saturday…it’s pounding against the siding and we even had some thunder roll though and I can figure that out with it only 35 degrees out here…at least it’s not snow…more reading…

Well…up and moving a little after 5…again…but today is going to be an easy one with the rain keeping me off the outdoor bike so all I have to do is the weight work and one indoor ride and that means I’ll be done before 8:30 or so…didn’t eat much yesterday but 2 pieces of pizza but I’m having a bagel to get the day started today…but not for a while…need to drown myself in coffee first or I just won’t get started…going to have to get off my butt and get the lawnmower fixed so I can start on the yard work soon but I think I can put that off for a few days…and just live for a while…not sure what I’m going to cook today but it will probably be just heating up some leftover pizza…don’t really feel like making mashed potatoes to go with the ham so that will wait til tomorrow…not much to do today…just going to get the normal stuff done and then clean a bit…it’s raining and almost cold enough for it to be snow and that sucks on April 2nd…more later…

Well…I almost forgot about the Artemis II moon launch today where they are sending 4 astronauts for a loop around the back of the moon and then back here…the flight is supposed to last until the 9th and it will be so cool to see a rocket launch that has nothing to do with ole elon…didn’t get much done today but the exercise but no outdoor ride since it’s still just a bit above 40 here and I’m not going to be that cold anymore…supposed to start raining later tonight and rain all day tomorrow and tomorrow night with some storms thrown in…so it will be indoor rides for the next few days…I did get another BAH at Meijers this morning and I picked up a 10 pound bag of potatoes at aldis for only 2.79 so I’m good on them for a while…used my next to last frozen pizza today so that means it will be a one meal day for me…didn’t even have a bagel for lunch so I can make a snack later…okay, back to reading…

Well… up and out of bed by 5:27 this morning and that followed waking up at 3 or so…and that’s wearing me out. ..the weather is going to suck for spring and we’re not going to get to 60 until late April and that’s just not right…so I won’t be out on the bike in shorts again until May…ick…didn’t get a thing done yesterday but I need to get moving now since I’m doing the grocery run this morning and need to get the weight work done and a ride in downstairs before that…and then I need to plan on some cleaning…still have 2 books to read out of this set so it looks like I won’t be hitting the library til Friday or maybe I’ll wait til Monday to give me time to do other stuff…got the laundry done yesterday so maybe I’ll paint the patches downstairs today and see if the paint really works…not much to do today…just need to get off my butt and get moving right now and I’m tired of that every day…more later….

Well…the second storm of the day is rolling through here and the lights just blinked and I don’t like that one bit…at least it’s still over 50 and the furnace hasn’t been on all day for the first time this year…I did get out on the outdoor bike in shorts today but it really wasn’t pleasant when I forgot that the temp is 10 degrees colder out at the lake…so I cut the water stop short and got to the north side of the dunes where it was warmer…the detour route isn’t bad but going the wrong way through the tunnel of trees is a little weird…my legs held up a lot better with just a little stiffness but my right thumb has been howling all day so I’ll hit it with some voltaren soon…can’t pass up protein at 85 cents a pound so I’ll be getting another ham tomorrow since the pork shoulder is no longer on sale…darn…and that means I only have to make mashed potatoes again and I’ll be eating for another week…okay, want to finish the book I’ve got going…

Well…another month ends and I don’t know how I feel about it…it sure feels like time passing has a finite edge to it as I get older and there is an end that I can see coming…didn’t drag my butt out of bed til 6 or so this morning and I feel like I’m running behind as I always do…the weather forecast has changed from the 6 inches of snow that was supposed to come Thursday to an inch of rain instead and I’m okay with that…it would be warm enough to get out on the bike right now but it is going to be raining for a few hours so I guess I’ll do an indoor ride to start the day and maybe get outside after lunch…need to check on the cement patches I did downstairs to see if they are dry enough to paint…would like to get that done today…Meijers has pork shoulder on sale for 1.49 a pound and I am going to get one of those tomorrow if they have them…but they haven’t been following their ad prices lately and will either not have them or have a higher price and that sucks…I guess I can buy another ham at 85 cents a pound if they don’t….more later…