Well…man, getting three rides in before 10 am took a lot out of me and I really needed to take the afternoon off to try to recharge a bit but it really didn’t work and I’m still so low on energy I could just sit here the rest of the day…and I just might…the pain in my back is still pretty severe and it’s coming up on two months since I hurt it…and it’s weird that my left should has been hurting this summer when it’s normally my right that hurts with any abuse like cutting out the sod on the front walks…one good thing is that I really do think I broke an adhesion or scar tissue in my right thumb and it hasn’t hurt since I did the walks and it’s no way near as stiff as it had been…so now do I wait for the scar tissue to reform and worry about that? Nope, I’m used to it hurting so if it comes back, oh well…it looks like only two rides in the morning tomorrow since F1 qualifying is on at 9 and I can’t get three rides in before that…and I’m not sure if 11 is too late to go out in the sun without burning to a crisp…I guess I could chance it to see if I can get some flexibility back into my schedule…only had about 800 calories today so I’ll probably have to eat more tomorrow…had a chicken sandwich and some chips for lunch and then one boneless/skinless chicken thigh and some creamy pasta for dinner…I did assemble the potato salad today so I’ll have that for tomorrow and then will have to think about what else to cook Sunday and get that out of the freezer tomorrow…okay, I’m done…

Well…damn, running late already today and need to get on the bike in 16 minutes so I can get three rides in before F1 practice comes on from Spa in Belgium at 10…I am so tired of being in a rush every day and not having any time to just enjoy life…slept okay last night and was only up a couple of times and that is better than earlier in the week…have a lot of cooking to do today…or assembling since I cooked the ingredients for potato salad yesterday and grilled a lot of chicken thighs that will last me a couple of days…it is cool out there right now at 55 degrees and I don’t mind that at all…going to wait to take the antibiotics until late this aft so I won’t get sunburned…I wonder if I could just do two rides today? Just so damn worn out and I know I’ll make the goal so why am I working so hard? Need to get on the bike in 5 minutes so I need to get going…more later…

Well…it’s been a day and I have been running since 7am…got the first two rides in before I headed out to pick up the 3,500 dollar antibiotic prescription that really only cost me 28 bucks so that was cool…but having take it for 90 days is going to be a pain…especially since it makes you extremely sensitive to the sun and has a warning to avoid direct sunlight or it will damage your skin…but, you know I can’t do that so I’m going to take it after I get everything done for the day…and go out and try to get some 100 spf sunscreen to see if that helps…so it looks like my beach days are over for the year and that sucks…and I’ll have to get out on the bike and be done by 10am every day…I did get some more little red allergy tablets today, too, and now I have 96 of them and that will get me to about the time I run out of the antibiotic…I did find the earplugs I wanted on amazon…oh, I already talked about that…only 40 cents a pair and that’s pretty good…I really do want to have cocktails tonight but I need to get the swelling down in my foot and that won’t happen if I’m drinking…tonight will be 4 days in a row being good and the progress on my foot is not as fast as I would like…darn…have everything done but my teeth and making ice so I think I’ll read a bit before I do that…

Well…that was a little better…slept almost 5 hours last night but I still don’t feel like I slept at all…and I need to get on the bike in 15 minutes or so to get the first two rides in before I run out to get the prescription they didn’t have ready yesterday…still dreading how much it’s going to cost…oh, well…need to do some meal planning today and figure out what I want to cook…have some chicken thighs in a marinade that I want to grill but I’m not sure if it will be chicken tacos again or just with roast potatoes or maybe some baked beans…going to make another batch of potato salad since I got 3 pounds of potatoes for a buck yesterday and remembered to get eggs…the freezer is full again and I think I may have to start using all the canned goods I have on the shelf of the prep table…think I’ll dig through the recipes that my daughter left me and see what looks good…one of the squirrels took down one of my sunflowers yesterday but that’s okay since I planted the plants for them…going to tear out some tomato plants and put some more beans in place of them just to see if they will have enough time to come up…not much to do today…just the rides. cooking , and errand then I’m going to watch Olympics…need to get going…more later…

Well…stumbled on the fact that the Olympics started this morning so it looks like I’ll get nothing done in the afternoons for the next two weeks…and that’s okay it’s only once every 4 years so I can take a little time to enjoy myself a bit…I did get three rides in and the grocery runs but they didn’t have my prescription ready so I’ll run out tomorrow morning and pick it up…still concerned what my end of it is going to be but I really need it so I’ll go up to a hundred bucks…I did remember to just order some more generic flonase since I’m down to my last bottle and don’t want to run out..and I remembered to order some new earplugs since I am almost out of the ones Tom got me…got 20 pairs of silicone corded ones for 8 bucks…I had a pair of these that lasted me years and they are washable so you can keep them clean…I still do have a pair somewhere downstairs and they just don’t wear out…so I can’t wait to get them…and I ordered another set of the flat, forged aluminum pedals for the black bike to get enough ordered for free shipping…will have to order the rest of the parts to put it back together soon…was just thinking about the antibiotic series they want me to do…I mean I’ve never heard of anyone taking antibiotics for 90 days and I wonder how bad that will be for my guts…oh, well…if it gets me over that damn infection, I don’t care…tonight and tomorrow are going to be the third and fourth night of no cocktails and I can already see that the swelling in my foot is going down but I may have to be good for a whole week to get it back to normal…and I can do that..

Well…darn, another fitful night of sleep and I was up 5 times for about 3 1/2 hours total…so there will be a nap in my future,,,it was the second night of no cocktails and my right foot is finally starting to show some results from it so I’ll take two more nights off before I have one cocktail night on Friday…didn’t sleep too well but i got into rem sleep and had some dreams late so I’ll take it…have to get going soon to get a ride in before the grocery run but I want to have at least one cup of coffee before I go out…the Olympics start today and the Us plays France in soccer this aft at 3 so I’ll be watching that and some rugby 7′s that starts today, too…still have a day or two of leftovers before I get back to the grill with the pork chops I took out of the freezer and I need to make more potato salad and potato soup, too before the celery spoils…I was going to work on the back door today but I’m not sure if I’ll have time to get that done before the Olympics get going…it’s going to be busy today so I should get going…more later…

Well…what a day and I am exhausted from it..started out with the first ride at 6:45 and then to the dentist at 8:30 and I found out I still have infections in two teeth so they are trying antibiotics this time for 90 days until my next appointment with the periodontist…looked the drug up on good rx and had a huge shock…the price was from 1,799 to 3,500 dollars and there is no way I was paying that so I went over to Meijers to talk to a pharmacist and he told me that the price was wrong and he is sure it won’t be more than 32 bucks after medicare…he said he’d find the best price and charge me that…and I thought that was pretty cool…then back on the bike for two more rides and I was exhausted after not sleeping at all last night…I was good with no cocktails and I’m going to extend that til Friday when the Olympics opening ceremony is on…I need to get the swelling out of my right foot and taking time off usually works…need to do the grocery run tomorrow and I’m not sure if I’m going to DD to get some more boneless/skinless chicken thighs at 1.37 a pound…running out of protein in the freezer…I did grill some bacon wrapped pork fillets on the grill the other day and that is the only way to cook them…juicy and very tasty…and I’m getting 4 more of them tomorrow…if they have them…only a buck each…just a little over 2 bucks a pound…we’ll see…

Well…up and down all night and a good part of it is that I couldn’t get comfortable with all the pain in my neck and back…an it is getting old that everything I do causes enough pain to be uncomfortable…oh, well…didn’t sleep well but I was expecting that with being good last night since I have a dentist appointment at 8:30…I do want to get a ride in before that so I’ll need to be out of here by 6:45…that does give me enough time to pour down two cups of coffee if I get on it right now…it felt good to finally get the door frame on the garage painted and now I have the one on the back of the house to do…not sure if it will be today, though, with the possibility of rain…the radar has the rain over in Wisconsin but I’m sure it will fall apart before it gets here…got down into the 50′s last night and it’s still there so the ride will be cool to start the day but that’s okay…maybe it will wake me up…going to try to treat my back with biofreeze before I go out…one weird thing…after I spaded the front walks last week,I haven’t had any pain in my right thumb and I can move it better…I wonder if I broke some adhesions and scar tissue in it…I’ve had constant pain in it since I hurt it 15 years ago so this is welcome…not much to do today…just the rides and dentist and then I’ll wing the rest of the day…at least two more rides and maybe I’ll do the prep work of the back door…we’ll see…more later…

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Well…when I was out on the third ride today, my neck and left shoulder started howling pain at me and I could barely move my neck to look for cars…it seems be a little better now but it’s the same spot I hurt 6 weeks ago and it’s just not healing…darn…started out the day by getting on the bike for the first ride at 7am and then straight into ride two…home for a shower and then over to the library to return and pick up three more books…the back here and got on the bike for the third ride…then a quick lunch and out to work on the door frame of the walk in door that had started to crack and peel…so after I scraped an sanded it, I decided to paint it,too and finished that up around 2:30…after that I still had the weight work to do and got that done before dinner…so now it’s almost 7 and I think I’ll stop now and watch a little tv…I did race a cruise ship back to the docks and beat him by a mile…the ferry is much faster…

Well…up at 4:44 this morning but laid there in bed until around 6 and now I need to get going to get the rides started before 7…for the fist time since I injured it 15 years ago, my right thumb didn’t hurt at all last night and I can’t figure that out…have been slathering it with voltaren every night for a year but today it’s just a little stiff…weird…it looks like no rain for another week so the lawn is gone for another year and that sucks since it was really coming in…oh, well…I do need to hit the library after the rides this morning to get a few more books…don’t have to cook today after grilling the chicken legs and pork loin fillets yesterday but I do have to do some meal planning to figure out what has to come out of the freezer…I do have some pork chops in there and I may take them out and try the second marinade I got a few weeks back…I did get some yard work done while I was grilling yesterday but I won’t have to mow this week with no rain…not much to do today…no cocktails for me tonight with a dentist appointment tomorrow and that will be good for me and I am looking forward to a day off…just what I need…the banner at the bottom of the screen says “very high pollen” and my allergies will be killer today…more later…